An Honour to Run with You
A story by Sri Chinmoy
During the seven-mile race today, one man was with me for the entire time. I followed him and he followed me.
After three miles he took two glasses of ERG and offered one to me.
At one point, he went five or six metres ahead of me. I said, “Where is he going?” Then I ran fast and caught him.
He finished just a little ahead of me.
Then he shook hands with me and said, “It was such an honour to run with you.”
Published in Run and Become, Become and Run, part 3
The Past is Gold
A story by Sri Chinmoy
on 20 September 1981
I always say that the past is dust. In my case the past is gold. For inspiration I was watching a videotape of my best seven-mile race performance in Connecticut on 30 March 1980. That day I ran at a 7:19 pace. So the past for me is not dust; it is gold.
Five minutes before the race, Wally brought me a cup of coffee and I got strength from it in the beginning of the race. But later on it stopped working.
One man ran next to me. He was Mohan’s brother-in-law. He gave me drinks along the way. Then he went ahead of me at the last moment. At the end, after finishing, he congratulated me.
Published in Run and Become, Become and Run, part 7
Sri Chinmoy runs personal bests for 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 miles – his 3-mile split time is 21:31 (7:10/mile pace); 4-mile split time is 29:04 (7:16/mile pace); 5-mile split time is 36:39 (7:20/mile pace); 6-mile split time is 44:09 (7:21/mile pace); and 7-mile time is 51:18 (7:20/mile pace – at the Sri Chinmoy 7-mile Race in Fairfield, CT, USA.
Nature Will Help Me
A story by Sri Chinmoy
This morning I went to our Runners Are Smilers race. I walked the two miles in 38 minutes and 56 seconds. Unfortunately, my knee was extremely painful. In the afternoon Saroja made a special compress for me. I gave her the recipe. It consisted of eggplant, cabbage, onion, cauliflower, squash, pumpkin, avocado, mango, mushrooms, ginger, garlic, tamarind paste, chilli and a few spices. She blended them into a paste and then heated them together to make a poultice. I really feel that nature will help me.
Published in Walking-Challenging-Becoming, part 1