Personal information | |
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Birth name | Pekka Aalto |
Nationality | Finnish |
Born | 27 August 1970 |
Sport | |
Country | Finland |
Sport | Ultramarathon |
Event | 3100 miles run |
Club | Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 40 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".[ citation needed]
In 1999, he started running multi-day races. [2] 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). [3] [4]
Year | Races | Distance (Miles) | Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) | Placing |
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1999 | Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race | 700 | 09:09:10:40 [5] | 1. |
2000 | Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race | 700 | 09:09:44:59 [5] | 1. |
2000 | Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race | 669 [5] | 10:00:00:00 | 2. |
2000 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 47:13:29:55 [6] | 1. |
2001 | Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race | 349 | 10:00:00:00 | — |
2001 | Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio 700-Mile Race | 700 | 09:20:32:29 [5] | 1. |
2001 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 48:10:56:12 [6] | 1. |
2002 | Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race | 422 [5] | 06:00:00:00 | 1. |
2002 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 46:13:27:51 [6] [7] | 2. |
2003 | Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race | 457 [5] | 06:00:00:00 | 1. |
2004 | Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race | 433 [5] | 06:00:00:00 | 1. |
2004 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 46:06:55:11 [5] | 1. |
2005 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 49:10:28:49 [6] [7] | 2. |
2006 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 43:15:49:33 [5] [7] [8] | 2. |
2007 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 43:04:26:32 [6] [8] | 1. |
2008 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 44:02:42:15 [5] [8] | 1. |
2009 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 43:16:28:06 [5] [8] | 1. |
2010 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 46:07:37:24 [5] [8] | 1. |
2011 | Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race | 467 [5] | 06:00:00:00 | 2. |
2011 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 46:07:37:24 [5] [8] | 3. |
2012 | Self-Transcendence 6 Day Race | 470 [5] | 06:00:00:00 | 2. |
2013 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 48:16:14:33 [5] [8] | 3. |
2014 | Self-Transcendence 10 Day Race | 833 [7] [9] | 10:00:00:00 | 1. |
2015 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 40:09:06:21 [3] [4] | 1. |
2016 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 46:02:54:22 [10] | 2. |
2019 | Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race | 3100 | 47:01:39:34 [11] | 1. |