Sri Chinmoy entered the Jersey Shore Marathon three times, finishing on two occasions 1979 and 1982.
On 2 December 1979, Sri Chinmoy finished the Jersey Shore Marathon in a time of 4:33:55 (Pace: 10:27) It was his 7th completed marathon, nine months after taking up marathon running.
1982
On 14 November 1982, in the Jersey Shore Marathon, Sri Chinmoy ran his 16th marathon in a time of 4:22:57 (10:02) pace.
1981 Jersey Shore Marathon
On 6 December 1981, Sri Chinmoy started the Jersey Shore Marathon, but stopped because of the extreme wind. In fact, the NYTimes ran an article about runners injured by being knocked over by the wind. "...Last December, in the Jersey Shore Marathon at Asbury Park, there were gusts of 50 miles an hour. I got blown over and broke my right hand"
Sri Chinmoy describes the experience in Run and Become.
The windy marathon
When I ran ten miles in the Jersey Shore Marathon today, the wind was so bad. The trees were half bent. Three or four times I had to stop.
— Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, part 8
Next year after a windy marathon in Long Island, Sri Chinmoy again referenced the race.
Nature is so cruel!
Nature is so cruel to us! To run 26 miles is not enough. It also has to be so windy and cold! Is it a joke? We say nature is kind. We are all the time trying to be as natural as possible and become one with nature’s beauty. But nature has been so hostile to us — both in the Jersey Shore and the Long Island Marathons.
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