Suprabha Beckjord

Suprabha Beckjord
Personal information
Birth name Schechter
Nationality United States
Born 1956
Sport
Country United States
Sport Ultramarathon
Event(s) 3100 miles run
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 49 days+14:30:54 (1998)

Suprabha Beckjord (Schechter) (born 1956) is an ultramarathon runner from Washinghton D.C. [1] She is an owner of a giftshop[2][3] and a disciple of Sri Chinmoy.[4]

History

1986 she began with a 7 km run.[5] Her first Marathon was the Inspiration Marathon in Vermont.[2][6] She progressed to multiday races, including seven day races, and 1,300 mile races. She was the subject of a short documentary by Jessie Beers-Altman entitled 'The Spirit of a Runner' (2009)[7]

Records

The only women to have completed every edition of the world's longest certified footrace the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race as winner until 2009.[8][9]

“ Anyone can do this, if they set their mind to it.[6][8] ”
— Suprabha Beckjord

Racing History

Statistic (World Records highlighted)
Year Name Length (miles) Placing Records
1986 200 Mile Race 200 1 [9]
1987 Five Day Race 347 1 [9]
1988 Seven day Race 521 1 [9]
1988 700 Mile Race 700 1 [1] US Record [10]
1989 Seven Day Race 470 1 [9]
1989 1000 Mile Race 1000 1 [1] World Record [10][11]
1990 Seven Day Race 500 1 [9]
1991 Seven Day Race 523 1 [1]
1991 1300 Mile Race 1201 3 [9]
1992 Seven Day Race 484 1 [9]
1992 1300 Mile Race 1300 1 US Record [9]
1993 Seven Day Race 490 2 [9]
1993 1300 Mile Race 1300 2 [1]
1994 Seven Day Race 502 3
1994 1300 Mile Race 1300 2 [1]
1995 Seven Day Race 508 3 [1]
1996 2700 Mile Race 2700 1 World Record [10]
1997 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 World Record [12]
1998 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 World Record [13]
1999 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [9]
2000 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [9]
2001 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [9]
2002 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [9]
2003 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2004 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2005 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2006 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2007 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2008 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]
2009 3100 Mile Race 3100 1 [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Ultra Marathon Statistics". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  2. 1 2 "Washingtonian Completes Race Of 3,100 Miles". The Washington Post. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Running on Inner Strength". New York Times. 1998-06-12. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Running 3,100 Miles, and Following Their Leader Every Step of the Way". New York Times. 2004-06-01. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Race for the goal". The National. 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. 1 2 "Suprabha Beckjord: Ultra-Runner". Washinghton Running Report. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ↑ "The Spirit of a Runner". imdb.com. 2009.
  8. 1 2 Endurance Special. Runner’s World. 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Suprabha Beckjord". multidays.com. 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  10. 1 2 3 "Self-Transcendence enthusiasts". srichinmoybooks.com. 2012. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  11. ↑ "History of the 3100 Mile Race". srichinmoyraces.org. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  12. ↑ "Kurze Meldungen". Frankfurter Allgemeine. 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  13. ↑ Doug Lennox (7 September 2009). Now You Know Big Book of Sports. Dundurn. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-4597-1873-9.

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