New Film on Ultra-running and the World's Longest Race

A project in New York, NY by Sanjay Rawal
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This is a first-of-its-kind documentary spanning the Self-Transcendence 3100 Miler, the Navajo, Bushmen and Japanese Marathon Monks.
Backers: 454
Average Pledge Per Backer: $172

Funded: $78,246 of $75,000
Dates: Apr 17th -> May 17th (31 days)
Project By: Sanjay Rawal
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Latest News

We Did It!

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Team 3100! We'll send a better update next week - in the meantime, thank you a million times over from all of us at 3100: Run and Become. Seriously, we are so grateful to each and everyone of you. This journey has taken us from Botswana to Japan.... (Read More)

Happy Mother's Day!

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating today in the US, and parts of South America, Europe and Asia! To all the mother's who have supported this campaign (including my own) - thank you!! And to all the mothers-to-be and those supporting them, we... (Read More)

Can we reach our goal this weekend?

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear friends, We had an *incredible* week. I remarked to a few friends how grateful I am to have a project that focuses on running. For those of you in the United States, I'm sure you'd agree that if members of our government were runners (on both... (Read More)

Um ... We're Gonna Make It ????

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy reversal of fortune Batman! A few of you stepped it up so generously and unimaginably - some as new members of our little tribe ( including one as an Associate Producer - one of my favorite people in the world - you know who you are!). And some... (Read More)

I'm not sure we'll make it! HELP!!

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi friends!! Just like Eluid Kipchoge missed going under 2 hours in his marathon attempt Saturday morning by just a hair (25-26 seconds), we might fall short of our goal by a few inches. For those math geeks out there, as of Sunday night we're at... (Read More)

Two hour marathon! NYC Fundraising Event/Panel

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! A couple of quick announcements: 1. A trio of runners will attempt to break the 2 hour barrier in the marathon tonight - 11:45 pm EST. Watch the event here. 2. We'll be broadcasting LIVE on Kickstarter next Thursday night from 730-830... (Read More)

New Reward!

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Everyone! We're 2/3 of the way there with 13 days left! For those of you who have run a long-distance race, you know there's no joy in completing 2/3 of the race. So continue sending your good vibes to us! We just came back from the Apache... (Read More)

Midnight Update - WHAT A DAY!!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Friends! I'll be brief! We've had our best day ever!! We raised over $17,000 in one day, which is what we raised in our first week! This doesn't mean the going will get easier - we still have to raise $29,000 more to reach our goal - and finish... (Read More)

Today's the Day!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Did you have a great weekend?? What a weekend we had!!! We received a flurry of donations over the weekend and are back on pace (exactly) to hit our $75k goal. Remember that Kickstarter is all-or-nothing. If we don't hit $75k by May 17th, we don't... (Read More)

Happy Weekend!

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear friends, After a bit of a slow week, we had a boffo day thanks to our friends at the Run and Become running store in London who sent out a massive appeal. We're almost back on pace to hit our $75k goal. But weekends are usually slow for us, so... (Read More)

I lied

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
So on Day 1 or 2, when I sent our first update, I wrote that our Kickstarter campaign wouldn't be one of those that constantly asked our backers to do any work for the campaign - like share, share, share. From internal Kickstarter stats we see that... (Read More)

1 Week Down, 3 To Go!

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We were so humbled by the wonderful responses and all the support that came in during the first week of our campaign. We wanted to say a quick THANK YOU to all our new backers and welcome to the 3100: Run & Become family!  As we enter the second... (Read More)

Dispatch from the Edit Room + Clip from the Film!

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We have a treat today from our editor, Alex Meillier! MONTAGE: the process or technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole. Editing a feature film is a strange kind of alchemy. Taking... (Read More)

We added perhaps the best reward ever!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Ever been on a hard run where you motivate yourself with food to do as many miles as you set out to do? Like when you tell your body it can eat anything it wants to if you finish your workout? If that's you - you'll LOVE this reward. "Have you had... (Read More)

Super duper quick update

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
A hearty THANK YOU to all the new backers of our project! Here are a couple links that might be of interest. The first is an article our film's director wrote on the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race last summer. And here's a direct link to the... (Read More)

The first to believe!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll keep this short and sweet: THANK YOU!! Because of your early support, Kickstarter just told us we're being featured as a "Project We Love". We earned a nifty badge of support from them and are so grateful for the love and added momentum. I know... (Read More)

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