Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto is a Finnish ultramarathon runner who began running as a hobby at age 25. He currently works as a courier. Aalto is a member of The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. In 2006, Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, recognized him as an "International Ambassador of Sport".History
In 1999 he started running multi-day races. He ranked all-time second at the 3100 mile Race 2006. On October 29, 2006 Aalto finished the San Francisco One Day 24 hour endurance race in first place, logging just over in a 24-hour period. Aalto is a three-time champion of The Self-Transcendence Six Day Race in New York City. For three straight years he ran all three yearly Self-Transcendence multidays in New York. He has won the world's longest certified footrace, the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race nine times, finishing the 2015 race at record time 40 days 09:06:21 for a daily average of.Races
