Polish ultrarunner Łukasz Wróbel set a staggering new yard extremely world report on Wednesday at Legends Yard Belgium, held in Retie, Belgium. Beginning early Saturday morning, Wróbel ran for 116 consecutive hours, racking up greater than 777 kilometres. Belgian runner Jan Vandekerckhove served as Wróbel’s help, ending 115 yards earlier than he may not proceed.
Wróbel and Vandekerckhoe far outlasted the opposite runners on the occasion, finishing 56 laps after the remainder dropped out, and averaging 43:13 per lap over the length. The Belgian course is thought to be quick and flat, and whereas 15 runners managed to make it to the 50-hour (yard) mark, all of them started to falter shortly after that.
The distinctiveness of the yard extremely occasion
The yard extremely, created by Gary Cantrell (also referred to as Laz Lake), requires members to run a 6.7056 km loop each hour on the hour till just one individual stays standing. It’s a race of each bodily and psychological endurance, because the clock doesn’t cease—in the event you can’t end the loop throughout the hour, you’re out. Belgian runners have secured a dominant popularity on this racing model, with the previous world report of 110 yards (greater than 737 km), and the title of Workforce Yard Extremely World Champions, held by Merijn Geerts, Ivo Steyaert and Frank Gielen, in 2024.
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Geerts, Steyaert and Gielen improved upon the person yard extremely world report distances set by Harvey Lewis, who accomplished 108 yards in 2023. In that race, Canadian ultrarunner Ihor Verys assisted Lewis, finishing 107 loops, protecting over 717 km. Whereas Geerts, Steyaert and Gielen weren’t competing on the Legends Yard Belgium occasion, Steyaert was noticed cheering the runners on, and Geerts and Gielen are presently throughout the top-10 runners on the 6-days-in-France multi-day race held within the area of Ardèche.
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Łukasz Wróbel wins the 2025 Legends Yard Belgium with 116 accomplished loops in 116 consecutive hours. He was prepared within the corral for a 117th, however Jan Vandekerckhoe didn’t full the 116th in time.
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Each Wróbel and Vandekerckhoe have now earned spots on the particular person yard world championships, Massive’s Yard Extremely, to be held in October in Bell Buckle, Tenn.
