On Tuesday, Belgian ultrarunner Matthieu Bonne set a brand new global document on the 2024 GOMU-EMU 6-Day International Championships in Hungary, overlaying 1,046.29 kilometres (650 miles) over 144 hours to surpass Yiannis Kouros’s ancient mark of one,036.80 kilometres that stood for the final twenty years.
Bonne set out with the function of accomplishing the document, averaging 7.2 km/h over the six-day race, breaking the document with simply an hour left and including an extra 10 kilometres. He finished 1,164 loops of the 900-metre direction—sufficient to make somebody dizzy! Remarkably, Bonne was once trailing Kouros’s tempo till the overall day, when he surged after 120 hours of operating to safe the document.
The race, which started on Sept. 5, came about on a flat, paved 900-metre direction with various climate, together with heavy rain on day 4. The Belgian additionally accomplished the quickest 600-mile cut up in historical past, attaining the mark in 5 days, 12 hours, 27 mins and 12 seconds.
Belgium has a brand new International File !
Congrats to Matthieu Bonne for brand spanking new International Champion identify and new International File Holder within the 6 Days Race !!!
Completing his race with a staggering 1046km – nearly ten kilometres greater than earlier document !
Cheers to you expensive Matthieu !!! %.twitter.com/VjNwjSMEzu
— Made in Belgium (@MIB_BelgiumMade) September 12, 2024
His six-day efficiency is identified as a “world-best” by means of the World Affiliation of Ultrarunners (IAU), the principle governing frame for ultrarunning, however no longer as a global document. As an alternative, global data for multi-day ultramarathon occasions are tracked by means of the World Group of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners (GOMU). As consistent with standard, the data are pending ratification.
In line with iRunFar, along with this fulfillment, Bonne has finished the Marathon des Sables and boasts accolades in open-water swimming, together with crossing the English Channel and navigating Belgium’s coast.