SRI CHINMOY

(1931 - 2007)

This site started out as my running blog 16 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. There are articles on Sri Chinmoy, Iron-distance triathlon, fell running and climbing Mount Agung in Indonesia as well as posts of all the races, Audax rides, canoe trips and triathlons I take part in. 2020 started with a return to Fell Racing on New Year's Day and the Poor Student 200k Audax. Then "lockdown" arrived and opportunities to race or explore became limited. Fortunately, some good things have come out of the grim situation. Firstly the Sri Chinmoy Virtual Race series, where I've run my best times for 10 years over 2 miles, 5k and 10k. Secondly the lockdown of Wales led to me discovering the English corner of the Black Mountains, with a birthday fell-run around the Olchon Valley and over the Cat's Back. I've started 2021 with a 10k out at Bitton and signed up for a March marathon, hoping to beat my time from May 2020.

Garga Roger Chamberlain