The Enthusiasm-Awakeners sing songs composed by Sri Chinmoy that are short, catchy and encouraging. While our group is not a refined singing group, the runners seem to appreciate our dedication, commitment and enthusiasm.

A little background: The Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is an annual race, founded by Sri Chinmoy in 1997. The race lasts for 52-consecutive days. A handful of elite ultra-distance runners aim to individually complete 3100 miles in those 52 days (requiring an average of 59.6 miles *per* day!). Since 1997, the race has been in New York (with the exception of 2020, when the race was hosted in Austria). Our little singing group began to sing in the early mornings for the runners in 2006 — and did so each day of the race for the next 13 years. In 2020, the race was held in Austria and a group of singers there upheld the enthusiasm-banner of the early morning singing. In 2021, the race returned to New York — but due to various reasons I decided against the group singing that year. Now, in 2022, we are excited to be back offering this little ‘enthusiasm support’ for the runners.

Here are some links to the Race — which is a sweet, spiritual odyssey even as much as it is a tough, physical endeavour.

The following link won’t have postings in 2022 — but has amazing past 3100 Mile Race coverage as well as other SCMT race coverage such as the 6 & 10 Day Race. Perfection Journey: https://perfectionjourney.org/  Super excellent, in-depth articles by Utpal with daily interviews with the runners and support team, photos, videos (be sure to watch the videos with their stunning aerial shots :), etc.


Songs the Enthusiasm-Awakeners sing at
the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

Sri Chinmoy composed over 23,000 songs in his lifetime (1931-2007). Most of these songs are in Bengali, his mother-language — but he also composed songs in English, a language which he was also proficient in. Our song group focuses on a very small portion of these songs — specifically songs Sri Chinmoy composed in English between December 1999 and September 2007.

Our singing group is honoured to clap and sing for the runners of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race each morning. Please see the Race webpage for details about the race itself (https://3100.srichinmoyraces.org)

We sing at the race for about 30-45 minutes each day. Our singing begins promptly at 6:40 a.m., just 500 yards from the starting line. Visiting members of the international Sri Chinmoy Centre are welcome to join us. You do not need to know the songs — or even be able to sing well — just come! We’ll give you the lyrics and we sing the songs several times until you catch on. The main thing is the energy, enthusiasm and joy that you share with the runners and the community.

Tools for you to learn our “playlists”

If  —and only if— you do want to learn some of the song in advance, here are some tools to do so.

If you are planning on joining us this year –or even if you simply want to enjoy some oneness– please see the calendar and “playlists” of songs we have chosen to sing at the event. We start at 6:40 a.m. and typically sing for about 30 minutes. We repeat each song many times, so even if you do not learn the songs in advance you should be able sing along (we’ll lend you a set of lyrics).

If you would like to learn the songs in advance, see the “tools” below.

  • Playlists and 2022 Calendar with playlist information, this calendar lists which “playlists” we will most likely sing on that day (tbc)


Enthusiasm-Awakeners on first day of the 2022 race.  

Singing and cheering on the Austrian runner, Surasa — who joyfully acknowledges the Enthusiasm-Awakeners support. (Photo by Jowan, 2017.)