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Camille Herron Breaks 48 Hour Running World Record

• rcarr 4y ago
  It blows my mind that we’ve generally gone from a marathon being considered a long distance to run, to stuff like 100 mile and two day races becoming more and more common in the space of like 20 years. I swear hardly anyone was doing this kind of thing pre-internet. Sure, there were probably a few scattered people across the globe that hardly anyone knew about but the internet really seemed to ignite this into a global phenomenon. I think anyone who does one is incredible.
  • rurban 4y ago
    In fact the extreme long running fade has long gone. In my youth, 40 years ago when I was still a long distance runner, 100km was trendy, but the professionals and sports doctors have told me that everything over 30km is too unhealthy and fading away in the last decade.
    • rcarr 4y ago
      According to this study from 2020[1]: > Participation has increased by 1676% in the last 23 years from 34,401 to 611,098 yearly participations and 345% in the last 10 years from 137,234 to 611,098. There have never been more ultra runners. [1] https://runrepeat.com/state-of-ultra-running https://runrepeat.com/state-of-ultra-running