Episode 90: Running for Enlightenment with Filmmaker Sanjay Rawal

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sanjay Rawal is a filmmaker, runner, and the man behind the documentary 3100: Run and Become.

Before becoming a filmmaker, he spent 15 years in over 40 countries working on human rights and international development. His new film is about the longest certified road race in the world: the Self-Transcendence 3100 Miler.

It's an event that boggles the mind: 3,100 miles around a single city block in Queens, New York for nearly two months in the heat of summer. To win, you have to average about 60 miles per day (for nearly two months).

A race like this is less of a race and more of a journey of self-discovery that reveals the limits of human ability.

In this wide-ranging discussion about the spiritual side of running, Sanjay Rawal and I discuss:

Why this race is more of a pilgrimage than a race
The mechanics of a 52-day, 3,100-mile race
What we can learn from traditional running cultures like the Navajo and Kalahari
How we can train our minds to be more resilient
What separates a runner who completes 3100 miles from the rest of us
How the mindset of a spiritual runner can improve your competitive goals

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:05.0	This is episode 90 with ultra-marathoner, filmmaker, and the man behind the featured documentary 3,100,
0:11.0	run and become Mr. Sanjay Raul. Hey there everyone.
0:23.6	Thanks for listening to the Strength Running Podcast.
0:26.0	I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald and here on the show my goal is to help you become a better runner.
0:31.6	Sometimes that means interviewing an Olympic medalist
0:34.9	to learn the principles that guide their success.
0:38.2	Our last episode with Meb Kofleski is a really good example of that.
0:41.8	And other times I'm bringing in the support staff that help these runners operate at such a high
0:46.9	level, the physical therapists, the science experts, dieticians, coaches, sports psychologists. They have deep expertise in a single area
0:56.0	that you can then use to tweak your approach to how you're training. But sometimes it's my job
1:01.6	to light a fire under you. I want you to get excited about running. I want you to
1:06.6	listen to an episode of my show and then dream up a new challenge, a bigger goal or some crazy
1:11.9	new running adventure. I want to inspire you to think bigger
1:15.7	and recognize that you can be a great runner.
1:19.5	My guest today is going to help me light that fire.
1:22.3	Mr. Sanjay Ruall is a filmmaker
1:24.4	and he's created a stunning ode to what it means to be a runner.
1:27.8	His new film is 3,100, Run and Become.
1:31.2	It's a documentary about the world's longest road race held around a
1:35.2	single city block in Queens, New York, called the Self-Transcendants 3,100
1:40.5	Miler. The film follows one runner as he attempts to win the race, running over 60 miles a day for nearly two months,
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