Final Thursday, Serbian-Slovak ultra-runner Michal Šuľa started a week-long enterprise going nowhere. Six days later, the 50-year-old efficiently accomplished his try on the Guinness world report for best distance coated on a treadmill in a single week (pending verification), protecting 846.52 km in 151 hours (six days and 7 hours). Šuľa streamed his total run dwell on YouTube–and as of Wednesday afternoon, he’s nonetheless operating.
“The Guinness report is behind us… 151 h, 846.52 km,” Šuľa introduced on Fb, the place he posted common updates of his progress. In his dwell stream, viewers can watch associates maintain him firm within the room and on the second treadmill. A white board is continually refreshed hourly with the runner’s logged distance, and “sleep” is written when Šuľa steps off the treadmill for periodic breaks.
The earlier report of 843.94 km had been held by the U.Ok.’s Jamie McDonald since 2019. Šuľa’s run additionally surpasses the feminine seven-day treadmill world report of 846.16, held by New Zealand’s Emma Timmis since June 2024.
Šuľa took on the problem at a bodily remedy clinic, the Motion Institute, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The group shared the runner’s total journey on Instagram, YouTube and Fb. “Michal is aiming even additional–his purpose is an unbelievable 1,060 km!” the Motion Institute wrote on Fb. In keeping with Šuľa, the official, non-Guinness seven-day world report stands at 1,056 km.
In early 2024, Šuľa grew to become a two-time Slovakian champion; he gained the 24-hour nationwide championship in March in Nitra, Slovakia, logging 224 km, and climbed to the highest of the rostrum once more on the 100-km race in June in Šamorín, Slovakia. Šuľa clocked 7:34:22, successful by almost an hour and a half.
In keeping with recordholders.org, Šuľa additionally managed to interrupt the 6-hour treadmill world report on Dec. 14, lower than 4 weeks in the past; he ran 85.89 km over the half-dozen hours. His efficiency exceeded the earlier report of 53.05 km, run by Italy’s Luca Ricci in April 2024.