Finnish ultramarathon runner
Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
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Birth name | Pekka Aalto |
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Nationality | Finnish |
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Born | (1970-08-27) 27 August 1970 (age 54) |
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Country | Finland |
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Sport | Ultramarathon |
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Event | 3100 miles run |
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Club | Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team |
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Personal best | 40 days 09:06:21 (2015) |
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Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (born August 27, 1970) is a Finnish ultramarathon runner who began running as a hobby at age 25.[1] He currently works as a courier. Aalto is a member of The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. In 2006, Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, recognized him as an "International Ambassador of Sport".[citation needed]
History
In 1999, he started running multi-day races.[2] He ranked all-time second at the 3100-mile Race in 2006. On October 29, 2006, Aalto finished the San Francisco One Day 24 hour endurance race in first place, logging just over 125 miles (201 km) in a 24-hour period. Aalto is a three-time champion of The Self-Transcendence Six Day Race in New York City. For three straight years he ran all three yearly Self-Transcendence multidays in New York (six days, 3,100 miles (5,000 km), 700 miles).[1]
He won the world's longest certified footrace, the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race nine times, finishing the 2015 race at record time 40 days 09:06:21 for a daily average of 76.776 miles (123.559 km).[3][4]
Races
Races
Year |
Races |
Distance (Miles) |
Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) |
Placing
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1999 |
Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race |
700 |
09:09:10:40 [5] |
1.
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2000 |
Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race |
700 |
09:09:44:59 [5] |
1.
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2000 |
Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race |
669 [5] |
10:00:00:00 |
2.
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2000 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
47:13:29:55 [6] |
1.
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2001 |
Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race |
349 |
10:00:00:00 |
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2001 |
Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race |
700 |
09:20:32:29 [5] |
1.
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2001 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
48:10:56:12 [6] |
1.
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2002 |
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race |
422 [5] |
06:00:00:00 |
1.
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2002 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
46:13:27:51 [6][7] |
2.
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2003 |
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race |
457 [5] |
06:00:00:00 |
1.
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2004 |
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race |
433 [5] |
06:00:00:00 |
1.
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2004 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
46:06:55:11 [5] |
1.
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2005 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
49:10:28:49 [6][7] |
2.
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2006 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
43:15:49:33 [5][7][8] |
2.
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2007 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
43:04:26:32 [6][8] |
1.
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2008 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
44:02:42:15 [5][8] |
1.
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2009 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
43:16:28:06 [5][8] |
1.
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2010 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
46:07:37:24 [5][8] |
1.
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2011 |
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race |
467 [5] |
06:00:00:00 |
2.
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2011 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
46:07:37:24 [5][8] |
3.
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2012 |
Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race |
470 [5] |
06:00:00:00 |
2.
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2013 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
48:16:14:33 [5][8] |
3.
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2014 |
Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race |
833 [7][9] |
10:00:00:00 |
1.
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2015 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
40:09:06:21 [3][4] |
1.
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2016 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
46:02:54:22[10] |
2.
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2019 |
Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race |
3100 |
47:01:39:34 [11] |
1.
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References
Further reading
- Film
External links