Skip to main content

AustraliaSri Chinmoy Marathon Team

  • About us
  • Our races
  • Results

Search form

Founded by Sri Chinmoy in 1977, the Marathon Team is one of the world's largest organisers of endurance events.
read more »

Gallery

Thousands of event images

History

From 2 to 3100 miles

Sri Chinmoy

Marathon Team Founder

Next Event:

2 April - Sydney
Sri Chinmoy Sydney Series
Details »

More events:

Brisbane
Canberra
Jindabyne
Melbourne
Sydney
View all events »

Worldwide:

View full list »

Latest results:

26 March - Canberra
Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Track Festival, Canberra, 24 – 26 March 2023
Details »

Previous races

View all results »

Worldwide results

Full list »

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim Race Report

By Rathin Boulton
11 November
Race Photos
View gallery »

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim Race Report

9 November, 2008: The spirit of self-transcendence- integral to Sri Chinmoy's philosophy- was notable at this year's Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim. It was a record field for solo competitors, with 31 brave souls completing the 9.4 km distance, most of them choosing to endure the cool morning waters without the aid of wetsuits.

From where did these heroes come? In some cases, it was from teams of previous years. This year had the smallest number of relay teams, as many former team members sought the challenge of going the entire distance alone.

On another perfect Canberra day, back at our regular venue of Lake Burley Griffin, the swimmers not only swam further, but also faster than in previous years, as all finishers defied the length of the lake (from the south-western landmark of Scrivener Dam to the north-eastern point of Grevillea Park) in easily under four hours, with most of them under three.

The aptly-named Southside Slayers was the fastest team, with anchor Georgia Hardy running through the finish banner at 1:58:30, three minutes ahead of the valiant second-placers, the Tridents.

The first solo swimmer out of the water was triathlon champion Aaron Farlow, who- despite never swimming this distance before- finished in 2:05:10. An amazing effort, but as Aaron was wearing a wetsuit, first place went to Michael Skrodzki, who materialised from the water in 2:09:58, more than 10 minutes ahead of Gabriel Mecs, who came second in 2:20:12.

The first solo female (and seventh overall) was Shanyn Sparreboom in 2:14:41. Shanyn won convincingly from her nearest rival, Helen Conway (2:37:09). Incidentally, Shanyn and Helen were the only solo women to swim faster than Jo-Anne Danne, the first (and only) over-50 woman, who finished in 2:38:16. All three of them swam faster than any of the wetsuit-clad women.

Trophies went to all solo swimmers who completed the course- and a few even gave acceptance speeches."It was the first time I did it, so it was hard," admitted Aaron Farlow. Not hard enough to defeat him, of course. He finished with the words:"We'll see you again next year, hey?"

OK. Let's make it an appointment. Same race, same distance and (all going well) same place!



Full results and a photo album are now published.

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim 2008 Results

By Nirbhasa Magee author bio »
14 October

About the author:

Nirbhasa is originally from Ireland but currently lives in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having completed four times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

Full results including individual leg times and placings – overall, by sex and and by category – for the Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim held along the full length of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra on Sunday 9 November 2008.

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim 2008 Results by Category

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim Results Overall

Sri Chinmoy National Capital Swim

Results 2008

Go to event page Find more results »

Stories from around the world

Latest News, Inspiration
Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Track Festival, Canberra, 24 – 26 March 2023
Worldwide
Interview with Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Swimmer - Abhejali
Worldwide
Highlights of this years 3100 Mile Race
Worldwide
Coverage of the 3100 Mile Race
3100 Mile Race
In-depth stories from the early years of the 3100
Sri Chinmoy meditates at the beginning of the 1998 race
United States
The Long Walk to Myself: 6-day Race Impressions by Shashanka Karlen
United States
6 Day Race recap by our associate race director Sahishnu

About us

  • About the Marathon Team
  • Sri Chinmoy, Team Founder

Our races

  • View all events

Results

  • Previous races
  • Worldwide results
Global homepage »

Country Websites

  • W.Europe
    • Austria
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Great Britain
    • Iceland
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Portugal
    • Switzerland
  • Central & E. Europe
    • Belarus
    • Bulgaria
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
    • Hungary
    • Latvia
    • Macedonia
    • Moldova
    • Russia
    • Serbia
    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Ukraine
  • N. & S. America
    • Brazil
    • Canada
    • Guatemala
    • United States
  • Asia
    • Japan
    • Mongolia
  • Oceania
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

Other sites

  • Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team
  • SCMT Channel Swimming
  • SCMT Climbing
  • 3100 Mile Race

Popular Pages

  • 3100 Mile Race
  • Recent media coverage
  • History 1977-Present
  • Our members
  • Log in

Contact Information

Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
Brisbane • 87 Pembroke Rd Coorparoo QLD 4151 • 0450 765 315 • Email us
Canberra • GPO Box 3127 Canberra City ACT 2601 • 0404 071 327 • Email us
Melbourne • PO Box 119 Kew VIC 3101 • 0407 333 740 • Email us
Sydney • GPO Box 3127 Canberra City ACT 2601 • 0404 071 327 • Email us
Creative Commons License

Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License read more »

SriChinmoyRaces.org is a Vasudeva Server project.