{"id":10825,"date":"2022-12-14T23:28:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/11-running-records-that-will-blow-you-away\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T23:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:28:48","slug":"11-running-records-that-will-blow-you-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/11-running-records-that-will-blow-you-away\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Running Records That Will Blow You Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People are capable of doing incredible things. <\/span>These running record holders have dedicated their training to achieve a goal \u2014 and their hard work paid off. Some of these records are unconventional \u2014 especially when it comes to sports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But despite their unique record-breaking goals, all of these runners are ambitious to live up to the challenge. <\/span>The following <\/span>running <\/span>records <\/span>will <\/span>wow<\/span><\/em> you<\/span><\/em>, showing<\/span> that running is anything but boring <\/span>because y<\/span>ou can <\/span>turn a <\/span>challenge<\/span> into a fun feat.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Xu Zhenjun from China is <\/span>still<\/span> the <\/span>running <\/span>record holder <\/span>for the fastest marathon running <\/span>backward <\/span>in 2004<\/span>. He ran the entire Beijing International Marathon backward, cross<\/span>ing<\/span> the finish line <\/span>just <\/span>after <\/span>3 hours and 43 minutes.<\/span> This is incredible as <\/span>many forward <\/span>marathon<\/span> runners <\/span>strive to finish<\/span> in under <\/span>four<\/span> hours<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Aaron Yoder broke the running world record for the fastest backward mile in 2020, finishing the backward mile in just 5 minutes and 30 seconds. He previously held the same record in 2015, with a 5-minute 54-second backward mile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rainer Predl<\/span> came up with an <\/span>extraordinary<\/span> challenge. The ultra<\/span>\u2013<\/span>runner from Austria resolved to break the record of the highest mileage on a treadmill within 7 days. <\/span>H<\/span>e managed to set a new <\/span>running<\/span> world record <\/span>w<\/span>ith 853.46 km <\/span>(530 miles), running <\/span>168 hours during that week, with just 15 hours of sleep in total.<\/span><\/p>\n T<\/span>he extreme athlete <\/span>also held<\/span> the <\/span>2011<\/span> running<\/span> world record for 100 km on a treadmill <\/span>in 7 hours and 15 minutes. His record has since been beaten by Florian Neuschwander of Germany in 2021 for running 100 km on a treadmill in 6 hours and 26 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This <\/span>special form<\/span> of an<\/span> ultra marathon<\/span> has<\/span> the participants <\/span>run as far as possible within 24 hours.<\/span> The most well-known is the annual <\/span>IAU 24-Hour World Championship,<\/span> held mainly throughout Europe. The latest running world records for the event are held by <\/span>Aleksandr Sorokin<\/span> of Lithuania in 2022, who ran 319.614 km (198.598 miles), and <\/span>Camille Herron<\/span> of the USA in 2019, with 270.116 km (167.842 miles) in 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n1. Running backward<\/strong><\/h2>\n
2. Treadmill running record<\/strong><\/h2>\n
3. 24-hour run<\/strong>ning records<\/strong><\/h2>\n