On Saturday, New Mexico trainer and coach Megan Eckert broke the ladies’s world file for the 6-day occasion on the 2025 GOMU 6-Day World Championship in Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, France, surpassing Camille Herron’s world better of 560.33 miles (901.764 km), set at Lululemon’s Additional occasion in 2024–and there have been nonetheless 9 hours left within the race. Eckert completed with a mind-boggling 603.156 miles (970.685 km); she’s the primary lady on this planet to surpass the 600-mile mark in a 6-day race. (The file is pending ratification.)
Ivan Zaborsky of Russia received the boys’s race, with 650.920 miles (1,047.554 km), which was additionally a brand new world file, although it was not clear whether or not he would break it till close to the very finish. (Based on iRunFar, his achievement surpasses the earlier file set by Matthieu Bonne by 1.26 miles (2.03 km).
The race, which began April 28 and ended Sunday, takes place over 144 hours of steady exercise; it was the third version of the GOMU 6-day world championship. Racers are free to relaxation and refuel on their very own schedule, however the clock by no means stops.
It was solely Eckert’s second time racing a 6-day occasion, and represented a major enchancment over her first (and former finest) results of 526 miles (857 km), from 2024. After her victory, Eckert informed organizers, “I didn’t know I used to be going to interrupt the world file—you by no means know once you begin racing. I come right here with the objective to succeed in 600 miles. The final day is extremely robust, attempting to get myself again on the market, lap after lap, to push by that barrier.”
Trishul Cherns, president of GOMU (International Group of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners), issued a press release about Eckert’s achievement: “Meg Eckert turns into the primary lady in historical past to run 600 miles (966 km) in six days, averaging 100 miles (161 km) per day. She units the ladies’s World Finest Efficiency acknowledged by the IAU (Worldwide Affiliation of Ultrarunners) and breaks a number of world data for non-standard multi-day extremely distances, recognised by GOMU.”
Stine Rex of Denmark truly broke Herron’s file in September 2024, with 567.688 miles (913.606 km), however it has not been ratified.
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