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Biography
Kaneenika Janakova (born Theresa Janakova, 1970) is a ultra-distance runner and from Cerová near Bratislava, Slovakia.She has lived in New York for ten years. Janakova is a disciple of Sri Chinmoy.She adopted the name Kaneenika from Sri Chinmoy a Sanskrit word meaning "vision beauty of the inner eye"
Biography
At primary school, she not run very well in sport. But when she went to high school in the socialism she get a gold badge. Hear first marathon 1996, it was not a best performance, it took her 4 hours and 45 minutes. On the other, Košický marathon, he was getting better and he run 4:05. Then he dared to go for longer runs. Between the years 1998 and 2014 she ran 6, 12, 24, 48-hour races. In New York 2001 she first tested 6-day races. Later she added a 700-mile race, a 1000-mile race, 10-day races. In 2015 she entered her first 3100-mile race run for 52 days.
“Many ultra or multiday runners are very humble and simple people. ”
— Kaneenika Janakova
Races and results
- Between 2001 and 2006 she completed four 6-day races. Include 713 km for 6 days, 1,170 km for 10 days, 1,000 miles in 15 days,19 hours. All three mark Slovak national records.
- Top Ten Ranking List 2010 10 day Race , 1st
- World Ranking 48 h women 2011, ninth
- World Ranking 6 days women 2014, fourth
- 2017 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race , 1st, World Record