The other day I wrote about an attempt at the treadmill world record for running 24 consecutive hours by a team of 12 people. Jim gave me a heads up that they had in fact broken the record before I remembered to check for myself. Not only did they break it, though; they smashed the record by over 14 miles!
They caught up to the previous world record pace in about 3 hours, and there was no looking back from there. Here is the hourly breakdown as provided on the Great Lakes HSA 24 Hour Treadmill Challenge website:
|
HOUR
|
Distance
for Hour |
Pace
for Hour |
Total
Distance |
World
Record Pace Total Distance |
|
1
|
10.12
miles |
5:55
|
10.12
|
10.31miles
|
|
2
|
10.35
|
5:47
|
20.47
|
20.62
|
|
3
|
10.69
|
5:27
|
31.19
|
30.92
|
|
4
|
10.74
|
5:35
|
41.90
|
41.23
|
|
5
|
11.09
|
5:24
|
52.99
|
51.54
|
|
6
|
10.95
|
5:28
|
63.94
|
61.85
|
|
7
|
11.19
|
5:21
|
75.13
|
72.16
|
|
8
|
11.27
|
5:19
|
86.40
|
82.14
|
|
9
|
11.28
|
5:19
|
97.68
|
92.77
|
|
10
|
11.34
|
5:17
|
109.02
|
103.08
|
|
11
|
10.67
|
5:37
|
119.69
|
113.39
|
|
12
|
10.56
|
5:40
|
130.25
|
123.69
|
|
13
|
10.96
|
5:28
|
141.21
|
134.00
|
|
14
|
10.72
|
5:35
|
151.93
|
144.31
|
|
15
|
10.60
|
5:39
|
162.53
|
154.62
|
|
16
|
10.60
|
5:39
|
173.13
|
164.93
|
|
17
|
10.68
|
5:37
|
183.81
|
175.23
|
|
18
|
11.26
|
5:19
|
195.07
|
185.54
|
|
19
|
11.46
|
5:14
|
206.53
|
195.85
|
|
20
|
10.63
|
5:38
|
217.20
|
206.16
|
|
21
|
10.65
|
5:38
|
227.81
|
216.47
|
|
22
|
10.82
|
5:32
|
238.63
|
226.77
|
|
23
|
11.60
|
5:10
|
250.23
|
237.08
|
|
24
|
11.52
|
5:12
|
261.75
|
247.39
|
I might add that this attempt was done on one treadmill! A Woodway -- I am not a treadmill runner, but I have to say this was the sweetest, softest treadmill I have ever used. we averaged 5:30 min per mile over 24 hours -- and had more then a couple of sub 5 min miles during the 23rd hour, it didn’t feel as the Treadmill was even working anywhere close to its max -And it wasn’t with a top speed of 18mph.
Wow, that’s pretty sweet. I am going to guess that that treadmill is outside of my budget, but no matter how smooth a ride I still can not picture myself enjoying the process. Past a mile on a treadmill I tend to get bored out of my mind; for some reason, 20 miles outside in the cold can invigorate me while 4 miles inside on a treadmill leaves me listless and unconcerned with things.
I like reading about the attempt, though, so congratulations on a great effort! How long do you think that your record is going to stand?