Ultrarunner Megan Eckert Shatters US Men's and Women's Records with 636 Miles in Six Days
Eckert also beat women's world record she set last year
TL;DR
- Megan Eckert broke the six-day women's world record and the American men's record by running 636.482 miles.
- She achieved this in Balatonfüred, Hungary, during the Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners Six-Day World Championship.
- This is the second time Eckert has broken the women's world record; she first set it last year with 603.155 miles.
- The American men's record of 606.243 miles, set by Joe Fejes in 2015, was also surpassed.
- Eckert finished as the overall winner of the event, ahead of Simen Holvik.
- The race consisted of 1,140 loops around a 0.5581-mile track.
- She became the first woman to pass the 1,000km mark in this event.
- Her results are pending ratification by the International Association of Ultrarunning.