Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto

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Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
Personal information
NationalityFinnish
BornPekka Aalto
(1970-08-27) 27 August 1970 (age 55)
Sport
CountryFinland
Sport Ultramarathon
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]

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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
YearRacesDistance (Miles)Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds)Placing
1999Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race70009:09:10:40 [6] 1.
2000Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race70009:09:44:59 [6] 1.
2000Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race669 [6] 10:00:00:002.
2000Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310047:13:29:55 [7] 1.
2001Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race34910:00:00:00—
2001Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race70009:20:32:29 [6] 1.
2001Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310048:10:56:12 [7] 1.
2002Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race422 [6] 06:00:00:001.
2002Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310046:13:27:51 [7] [8] 2.
2003Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race457 [6] 06:00:00:001.
2004Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race433 [6] 06:00:00:001.
2004Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310046:06:55:11 [6] 1.
2005Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310049:10:28:49 [7] [8] 2.
2006Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310043:15:49:33 [6] [8] [9] 2.
2007Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310043:04:26:32 [7] [9] 1.
2008Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310044:02:42:15 [6] [9] 1.
2009Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310043:16:28:06 [6] [9] 1.
2010Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310046:07:37:24 [6] [9] 1.
2011Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race467 [6] 06:00:00:002.
2011Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310046:07:37:24 [6] [9] 3.
2012Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race470 [6] 06:00:00:002.
2013Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310048:16:14:33 [6] [9] 3.
2014Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race833 [8] [10] 10:00:00:001.
2015Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310040:09:06:21 [4] [5] 1.
2016Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310046:02:54:22 [11] 2.
2019Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race310047:01:39:34 [12] 1.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Flying Aalto wins 3100 Mile Race in record time". srichinmoybio.co.uk. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Finn Shatters Record in World's Longest Certified Footrace". runnersworld.com. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "DUV Statistic". Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Winnerlist 1997 - 2011". lebedev.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "10 Day Final Results - 2014, Men". us.srichinmoyraces.org. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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.

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