Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto

Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
BornPekka Aalto
(1970-08-27) 27 August 1970 (age 55)
Sport
CountryFinland
SportUltramarathon
Event
3100 miles run
ClubSri Chinmoy Marathon Team
Achievements and titles
Personal best40 days 09:06:21 (2015)

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".[2]

History

In 1999, he started running multi-day races.[3] 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).[4][5]

Races

Races
Year Races Distance (Miles) Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) Placing
1999 Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race 700 09:09:10:40 [6] 1.
2000 Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race 700 09:09:44:59 [6] 1.
2000 Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race 669 [6] 10:00:00:00 2.
2000 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 47:13:29:55 [7] 1.
2001 Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race 349 10:00:00:00 —
2001 Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race 700 09:20:32:29 [6] 1.
2001 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 48:10:56:12 [7] 1.
2002 Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race 422 [6] 06:00:00:00 1.
2002 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 46:13:27:51 [7][8] 2.
2003 Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race 457 [6] 06:00:00:00 1.
2004 Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race 433 [6] 06:00:00:00 1.
2004 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 46:06:55:11 [6] 1.
2005 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 49:10:28:49 [7][8] 2.
2006 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 43:15:49:33 [6][8][9] 2.
2007 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 43:04:26:32 [7][9] 1.
2008 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 44:02:42:15 [6][9] 1.
2009 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 43:16:28:06 [6][9] 1.
2010 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 46:07:37:24 [6][9] 1.
2011 Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race 467 [6] 06:00:00:00 2.
2011 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 46:07:37:24 [6][9] 3.
2012 Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race 470 [6] 06:00:00:00 2.
2013 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 48:16:14:33 [6][9] 3.
2014 Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race 833 [8][10] 10:00:00:00 1.
2015 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 40:09:06:21 [4][5] 1.
2016 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 46:02:54:22[11] 2.
2019 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race 3100 47:01:39:34 [12] 1.

References

  1. ^ a b "Asprihanal Pekka Aalto (translated from Finnish)". fi.srichinmoyraces.org. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. ^ Uusitupa, Ismo (28 April 2018). "Lehdenjakaja Pekka Aalto voitti kymmenen päivän juoksun New Yorkissa – päiväannos keskimäärin 133 kilometriä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ^ "This guy ran 5,000km around the block". Red Bull. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Flying Aalto wins 3100 Mile Race in record time". srichinmoybio.co.uk. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Finn Shatters Record in World's Longest Certified Footrace". runnersworld.com. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "DUV Statistic". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Winnerlist 1997 - 2011". lebedev.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d "10 Day Final Results - 2014, Men". us.srichinmoyraces.org. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "3100 Mile Race Results". srichinmoyraces.org. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Runners Race for Enlightenment in Ultra Marathon Inspired by Indian Guru". The Wall Street Journal. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Ashprihanal Aalto". srichinmoyraces.org. 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Calling All Ultra-Runners: One Block in New York City Promises Transcendence". The Wall Street Journal. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

Further reading

Film
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashprihanal_Pekka_Aalto