Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto

Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto is a Finnish ultramarathon runner who began running as a hobby at the age of 25 and works as a courier. A member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, he took up multi-day racing in 1999 and has won the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the world longest certified footrace, nine times, finishing the 2015 edition in a record 40 days 9 hours 6 minutes 21 seconds at an average of 76.776 miles a day. He is also a three-time champion of the Self-Transcendence Six Day Race in New York City and won the 2006 San Francisco One Day 24 hour race with just over 125 miles. In 2006 Finnish President Tarja Halonen named him an International Ambassador of Sport.