The great ultra distance runner Marcy Schwam visits Annam Brahma restaurant to give a talk on ultradistance running and answer questions. She is honoured by Sri Chinmoy for sharing her pioneering achievements in the field of ultradistance running.
A month later Schwam would set records in the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team's first 24 hour race
Sri Chinmoy presents prizes at the end of the Sri Chinmoy 700, 1000, 1300 Mile Races.
Sri Chinmoy runs a solo time trial for the 100 metres in a time of 17.40 seconds on a track in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
More than Satisfied
by Sri Chinmoy
Today I lifted 200 pounds with one arm for the first time since I resumed my weightlifting just a few days ago. First I lifted it with my right arm and then with my left arm. For some reason, my mind was telling me that it had not gone high at all and so I lifted it two more times with each arm. If I had known that it had gone so high the first time, I would not have killed myself by lifting again.
I am more than satisfied with this lift. My right arm is out, and the height of the lift is very good. Today I am 144 pounds and so this is 56 pounds over my bodyweight.
I first lifted 200 pounds with one arm on March 6th, 1986 — almost twelve years ago. At that time I was 157 pounds. Then I took rest from weightlifting for more than nine years. Now God wants me to enter into the weightlifting field once again.
Published in A Mystic Journey in the Weightlifting World, part 2