On Tuesday, Belgian ultrarunner Matthieu Bonne set a brand new world file on the 2024 GOMU-EMU 6-Day World Championships in Hungary, masking 1,046.29 kilometres (650 miles) over 144 hours to surpass Yiannis Kouros’s historic mark of 1,036.80 kilometres that stood for the final 20 years.
Bonne set out with the aim of reaching the file, averaging 7.2 km/h over the six-day race, breaking the file with simply an hour left and including an extra 10 kilometres. He accomplished 1,164 loops of the 900-metre course—sufficient to make anybody dizzy! Remarkably, Bonne was trailing Kouros’s tempo till the ultimate day, when he surged after 120 hours of working to safe the file.
The race, which started on Sept. 5, occurred on a flat, paved 900-metre course with diversified climate, together with heavy rain on day 4. The Belgian additionally achieved the quickest 600-mile break up in historical past, reaching the mark in 5 days, 12 hours, 27 minutes and 12 seconds.
Belgium has a brand new World Document !
Congrats to Matthieu Bonne for brand spanking new World Champion title and new World Document Holder within the 6 Days Race !!!
Ending his race with a staggering 1046km – virtually ten kilometres greater than earlier file !
Cheers to you expensive Matthieu !!! pic.twitter.com/VjNwjSMEzu
— Made in Belgium (@MIB_BelgiumMade) September 12, 2024
His six-day efficiency is acknowledged as a “world-best” by the Worldwide Affiliation of Ultrarunners (IAU), the first governing physique for ultrarunning, however not as a world file. As a substitute, world information for multi-day ultramarathon occasions are tracked by the International Group of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners (GOMU). As per traditional, the information are pending ratification.
In keeping with iRunFar, along with this achievement, Bonne has accomplished the Marathon des Sables and boasts accolades in open-water swimming, together with crossing the English Channel and navigating Belgium’s coast.