Runners from Slovenia at 17th Belgrade ultramarathon: Daniel, Miha, David and Toni.
On the weekend from October 5th to October 6th 2013 the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Serbia Team hosted the 17th Belgrade Ultramarathon of Self Transcendence with the strong presence of runners from Slovenia.
As is usual with events held by Sri Chinmoy the air at Ušće Park was full of quiet and gentle determination. The runners had a choice of running for 6, 12 or 24 hours but the track was the same for everybody. Two kilometers round loop. It was a question of will.
There were 69 finishers at the individual events and among them four Slovenian runners.
Miha Podgornik at 17th Belgrade Ultramarathon 2013
and joined the party for the whole 24 hours. Miha finished excellent fourth overall with 210 completed kilometers. Toni finished eight overall and first in his age group with 172 kilometers.
You can see the high spirit of Miha and his support team from reports at his personal blog. Miha’s goal was a qualification standard for Spartathlon which he achieved without problems.
and were running for 12 hours and they finished at top two places. David did 112 kilometers while Daniel stopped at exactly 100 kilometers.
12H top finishers at 17th Belgrade Ultramaraton 2013: Daniel and David on the left.
Congratulations to our guys and to everybody who participated. It was a weekend to remember and to repeat the next year.
Photos by Miha Podgornik’s support team and from runner’s Facebook pages.
Full results are available as a PDF document.
About Ultrarunning Slovenia
Running for 6 Hours in a 2km loop that must be hard work. I do understand your statement “It was a question of will.” Pretty impressive results.
Yes, it is all in your head. When you are physically prepared, of course.
Wow that is something, very very impressive and thanks for sharing!
Miriam, you are welcome