Suprabha Beckjord

Suprabha Beckjord, born in 1956, is an ultramarathon runner from Washington, D.C., who owns a gift shop and is a disciple of Sri Chinmoy. She began in 1986 with a 7 km run, ran her first marathon at the Inspiration Marathon in Vermont, and progressed to multiday races, including seven-day races and 1,300 mile races. She is the only woman to have completed every edition of the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the world's longest certified footrace, finishing as its winner until 2009, and she was the subject of the 2009 short documentary The Spirit of a Runner by Jessie Beers-Altman.