Interview with 3100: Run and Become Director Sanjay Rawal

The Self-Transcendence Race in New York City is a grueling, unrelenting 3,100-mile race held every year around a single block in Queens - 60 miles a day, 52 days. There's no prize money, no corporate endorsements - each of the runners who travel from around the world to participate do it for the higher purpose of self-improvement and spiritual practice. The documentary 3100: Run and Become explores this race, contrasting it with other examples of world cultures using running as a spiritual practice - the Navajo communities of Arizona, the Kalahari bushmen in Africa, Buddhist monks in Japan. It's a riveting, inspiring doc that'll make you want to lace up your old running shoes and jog a mile or two just because. We sat down with 3100 director Sanjay Rawal on the week of the film's Chicago premiere (perfectly timed, as the Chicago Marathon starts in a few weeks) to talk about the film's many challenges, as well as the mindset of those who use running as prayer. Take a listen, and read the full interview below. (Thanks to our sponsor Backblaze as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop !) 3100: Run and Become makes its Chicago premiere Friday, September 21st at the Gene Siskel Film Center , with Rawal in attendance opening weekend for audience discussion. For more information, head to 3100film.com .

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Interview with 3100: Run and Become Director Sanjay Rawal is an episode from Alcohollywood by Alcohollywood.

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This episode was published on Sep 20, 2018.

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