#116 - Sanjay Rawal - 3100 Miles: The Longest Race On Earth

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Sanjay Rawal is an award-winning filmmaker.

Today we learn about the longest race on earth which takes place in the middle of New York around a square block in the city - 3100 miles over 52 days.

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0:00.0	Well, hello friends, welcome back to Modern Wisdom.
0:03.5	My guest today is Sanjay Raoal.
0:06.3	He is the filmmaker behind 3,100 Run and Become.
0:11.3	This is documentary about the longest race on earth.
0:14.7	You might think it was across the United States or on the plains of Africa perhaps.
0:20.7	But no, this is a square block in the middle of New York City in the middle of summer.
0:28.0	52 days, 31 hundred miles.
0:33.0	3,100.
0:34.0	That would take you literally across coast coast of the United States.
0:37.7	And it's just the modest experience I've ever heard.
0:41.8	Sanjay talks us through the history of distance running,
0:45.7	why we are built to run anthropologically, biomechanically.
0:49.8	Recently we had Elliot Kipchogh's sub-to-our marathon performance.
0:54.1	But in comparison with the 3,100 race,
0:57.5	that marathon seems quite a lot like a sprint.
1:00.2	So yeah, get ready for this one.
1:02.8	Please welcome Sanjay Raoal.
1:05.2	Oh yeah, PS.
1:07.0	Upcoming guests include Professor Paul Bloom from the University of Yale,
1:10.6	Aubrey Marcus and Brian Callan.
1:14.0	The next few months are going to be awesome.
1:27.5	I'm joined by Sanjay Raoal.
	...

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