Episode 26 - Running, Spirituality, and Transcendence with Sanjay Rawal

Ultrarunner and filmmaker Sanjay Rawal joins the Pain Cave to talk about his latest documentary, 3100: Run and Become. The movie follows competitors in the 2016 Self-Transcendence Run, a 3100-mile ultramarathon around a single city blog in Queens. In exploring the secret of what drives these runners, the film journeys to a Navajo reservation in Arizona, the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, and the Buddhist temples deep in the mountains of Japan, to discover the spirituality that underlies the reasons why we run. Sanjay and I discuss Sri Chinmoy, the guru whose teachings inspired the Self-Transcendence Run, motivation, filming, multi-day racing, and how to find meaning in our running.

Links
The Self-Transcendence Run
More about Sri Chinmoy
Sanjay’s IMDB page
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Intro music: "Fine Line" by the Bloodletters
Outro music: "When I Was Still Young" by Yard Sale