Watching the Six-Day Race

During the six-day race, a runner from Colorado came up to me and said, "Sri, I always feel for you. Whenever other people misunderstand you, I say, 'His philosophy is totally different.' I read your books.

"My wife is so nice. She says, 'As long as you don't get injured, you can run.' After eight days I am running another six-day race."

Then, after some time, he said to me, Sri, you have inspired me so much that I have already run three miles."

Cahit Yeter came up to me and said, I took a long rest, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw you." I hadn't seen him.

As soon as Stu Mittleman saw me, he started clapping. Don Choi gave me a little smile.

Kim Cavanough calls me "Guru " She said, "Guru, this is one of your races. Your people have made it into your race. I am getting the same feeling here as at your races."

Nathan Whiting came by and I said, "I have read the article about you."

Nathan said, "I have not read it."

I said, "It is excellent."

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-6 July 1983




[Source: "Watching the Six-Day Race" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 14, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1985.]