SRI CHINMOY

(1931 - 2007)

This site started out as my running blog 20 years ago, but as time has gone on its expanded to include triathlon, cycling, trekking, kayaking and whatever else I try my hand at. The common thread is "Self-Transcendence", a term popularised by Sri Chinmoy, who has been my spiritual teacher since 1993. Best known as a meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy was a decathlete in his youth and later an endurance athlete and record-breaking weightlifter. He encouraged his students to make exercise and endurance sport a part of their yoga. He once said "Each step forward has a sacred meaning of its own", and that's how this site acquired it's name.

For the sixtieth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's arrival in the West, I notched up sixty climbs just ahead of the anniversary date on April 13th 2024. Since that milestone, I've managed second place - and a PB - in our 7 Hour Walk, a PB at Half-Ironman, my first Mountain Ultra and the Self-Transcendence 47-Mile Race. Taking a break from the long stuff over the winter hasn't stopped me getting out trekking, most recently in Antalya, Turkey, and getting back on the bike...Garga Roger Chamberlain