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October 21

1979
Photo by Bhashwar Hart

 

Sri Chinmoy runs the New York City Marathon in a time of 4:48:53 in New York, NY, USA.

 

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Sri Chinmoy Reflections © 2024 All rights reserved.
  • Artworks
    • A Magnificent Obsession
    • Sketches in Time
    • The Strange Birds Of Ottawa
    • Experiences of the Ottawa Gallery
    • The Transformative Art of Sri Chinmoy
    • Sri Chinmoy’s First One Million Soul-Birds
    • Original Paintings and Drawings
      • Australia
        • Adelaide Original – 1
        • Adelaide Original – 2
        • Adelaide Original – 3
        • Adelaide Original – 4
        • Adelaide Original – 5
        • Adelaide Original – 6
        • Adelaide Original – 7
        • Perth Original – 1
        • Perth Original – 2
        • Perth Original – 3
        • Perth Original – 4
        • Perth Original – 5
        • Perth Original – 6
        • Perth Original – 7
    • Spirituality and art
  • Correspondence
    • 1975
      • August 1975
    • 1979
      • 13 April 1979
    • 1981
      • 27 August 1981
    • 1989
      • 16 March 1989
      • 23 March 1989
      • 4 April 1989
      • 6 April 1989
  • Early Years
    • Family
      • Family Tree
        • Maternal Relatives
        • Paternal Relatives
      • Yogamaya
        • Yogamaya attends a Jatra Performance
      • Hriday Ranjan Ghosh
        • Appendix
    • Chittagong
      • A Childhood Pastime of a Great Spiritual Master
      • A Life Nearly Snuffed Out
      • A Life Once Spared
      • Encounter with a Royal Bengal Tiger
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Childhood Ambition
      • The Animal Companions of Sri Chinmoy’s Childhood
      • The Most Bitter Medicine
      • Of Turtles and Other Delicacies
    • Pondicherry
      • An Ashram Jewel: Mulshankar
      • Chinmoy’s First Bengali Teacher: Prabhakar Mukherji
      • Chinmoy’s Mentor: Dr. Sisirkumar Ghose
      • K.D. Sethna (Amal Kiran)
      • Narottam Dass Mehra
      • Sahana Devi
      • T.V. Kapali Sastry
  • Literature
    • Sri Chinmoy and the Language of Prayer
    • Sri Chinmoy’s ‘Ten Thousand Flower-Flames’
    • Thus Spoke our Master
    • The Jewels of Happiness
    • The Ever-Transcending Quest
  • Meetings
    • Ravi Shankar
      • Sri Chinmoy’s First Meeting with Ravi Shankar
      • A Tribute
      • Concerts in New York
      • Pilgrims of Eternity
      • U Thant Peace Award
    • Jesse Owens
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Interview with Jesse Owens
      • Jesse Owens and Sri Chinmoy
    • Meetings with President Gorbachev
    • Sri Chinmoy Visits the Governor of Puerto Rico
    • The King of Surakarta and Sri Chinmoy Reunite
    • Two God-Lovers: Don Pablo Casals and Sri Chinmoy
    • Tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  • Music
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Peace Concerts
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Piano Performances
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Pipe Organ Performances
    • Analysis of Sri Chinmoy’s Music
    • A Summit-Height Musical Experience at Interlaken
    • History of Sri Chinmoy’s Musical Manifestation
    • Cascading Organ Delight:
    • The Birth of a New Creation
    • The Flute of Light
  • New York
    • Aspiration-Ground, Now and Then

    • The Religion of Humanity
  • Overview
    • Floods in Europe
    • Remembering Sri Chinmoy
    • The Many Names of the Master
    • The Voice of the Twentieth Century
  • Peace initiatives
    • Niagara Falls
  • Photographs
    • Chinmoy – The Ashram Years
    • Early athletics
    • Chinmoy Returns to India after Five Years
    • Visit to India 1972
  • Rare Recordings
    • Our Path
    • East and West
    • The Existence of God
    • The Meaning of Discipleship Today
    • The Third Eye
  • Scholarly Studies
    • Simplicity and Power
    • A Truth Must Be Lived
    • Poetry’s Universality and Humanity’s Divinity
    • The Art of Running
    • The Ever-Transcending Quest
    • Reflections on Musical Composition
    • The Writing of Devotion (exract)
    • World-Story and Soul-Story:
  • Songs
    • Bengali songs
      • Hiya Pakhi
      • Jiban Debata
    • English Songs
      • Beauty Came to Me
    • Father’s Day Songs
  • Sports
    • Cycling
      • Cycling Days (1977-1980)
    • Races
      • 100-Metre Races
      • Track Races
      • Middle Distance
      • Two-Mile Races
      • Long Distance
      • Marathons
      • Ultramarathons
    • Running
      • Sri Chinmoy — Beyonds Limits
    • Tennis
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Peerless Tennis Achievement
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Peerless Tennis Achievement, Part Two
    • Weightlifting
      • A Man of God-Strength
      • A Tale of Two Lions
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Weightlifting Adventure
      • Building a Modern Juggernaut
      • Sri Chinmoy’s Miracle Lift
      • Worlds Where Matter And Spirit Meet
    • Field Events
    • Other Sports
      • The Wonder of Human Flight
      • Games
    • Sports Photos
      • Distance Running
      • Sprinting
      • Field Sports
  • Timeline
    • On This Day
      • January
      • February
      • March
      • April
      • May
      • June
      • July
      • August
      • September
      • October
      • November
      • December
    • Publications
      • Chinmoy Family
        • Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha play
      • Anahata Nada
        • New Year’s Meditation: Invitation to Peace
        • The Golden Boat
        • Celebrity One-Mile Relay
        • Poetry Award
        • Sri Chinmoy and Erskine Childers
        • Puerto Rico Honours Sri Chinmoy
        • 11 Lectures In 11 States – January
        • Meditation at Christ Church
        • Radio Broadcasts across the U.S.
        • King Goodwill Zwelithini attends Peace-Concert
        • Canadian Lecture Tour
        • Two Thousand Per Year
        • NYC Marathon – 1979
        • Herculean Publishing Venture
        • Meeting with Nelson Mandela
        • Meeting with Giani Zail Singh
      • AUM magazine
      • The Expanding Light
        • Singapore Newsclipping
        • First News Article
    • Comparative Dates
      • 1931
      • 1964
      • 1970
      • 1973
      • 1974
      • 1975
      • 1976
      • 1977
    • Year by year
      • 1976
    • Special Dates
      • April 13th
      • August 27th
      • Father’s Day
      • Jharna-Kala Celebrations
      • Weightlifting Anniversary
      • America’s Independence Day
  • Travels abroad
    • Australia
      • Sri Chinmoy’s First Visit to Australia — 1976
        • Sri Chinmoy’s 1976 Tour
      • Sri Chinmoy in Australia – 1984
    • Itineraries
      • 1976
    • A Journey to the South Seas
      • News Clippings from Samoa-Fiji 1993-94
    • Bali, Bali, Bali
    • Sri Chinmoy in Japan
    • Travelling the Inner Road
  • United Nations
    • Sri Chinmoy’s Work at the United Nations:
    • Light in the United Nations
  • Videos
  • Writings
    • Poem: 1946
    • Autobiographical
      • Poetry
        • An Orphan Boy
        • An Orphan Boy – Commentary
        • A New Epic
      • Prose
        • “My Mother, No More!”
      • Life Experiences
        • A Dream
        • My First-Time Experiences
      • Stories
        • Chittagong Stories
        • Collected Stories
      • Informal talks
        • Man Proposes, God Disposes
    • Stories
      • Spiritual Masters
        • Sri Aurobindo
        • Sri Chaitanya
        • Swami Vivekananda
          • Swami Vivekananda
          • Vivekananda Tribute Book
        • Swami Brahmananda
        • Anandamayee Ma
      • Cosmic Gods
      • Enlightening
    • Ashram Notebooks
      • Early writings 1945–1949
      • Notebook: 1948
      • Enter We Must
    • Lectures
      • Ignorance-Night and Aspiration-Light
    • Miscellaneous
      • My Letters
      • Proverbs from Around the World
    • New Year’s Messages
      • 1966
      • 1967
      • 1968
      • 1969
      • 1970
      • 1971
      • 1972
      • 1973
      • 1974
      • 1975
      • 1976
      • 1977
      • 1978
      • 1979
      • 1980
      • 1981
      • 1982
      • 1983
      • 1984
      • 1985
      • 1986
      • 1987
      • 1988
      • 1989
      • 1990
      • 1991
      • 1992
      • 1993
      • 1994
      • 1995
      • 1996
      • 1997
      • 1998
      • 1999
      • 2000
      • 2001
      • 2002
      • 2003
      • 2004
      • 2005
      • 2006
      • 2007
    • Nirvana
    • Other Notebooks
      • Undated 1
        • Confidence
        • Is spirituality an art?
        • Conscience
        • Death
        • Hope
        • No mind
    • Quotations
    • Translations
      • Lotus-Petals from Nolini