Camille Herron has always said that the longer she runs, the better she gets.
The American ultrarunner proved that by setting a new women’s world record on Saturday after logging 435.336K (or 270.505 miles) in 48 hours at Sri Chinmoy 48-Hour Festival in Canberra, Australia
While running through both dry and rainy conditions during the two-day event on the track, the 41-year-old runner from Warr Acres, Oklahoma, broke the existing women’s world record of 411.458 (255.668 miles) set by UK runner Joasia Zakrzewski last month at the Taipei Ultramarathon and also surpassed the all-time American record of 421.939K (262.181 miles) previously set by Olivier LeBlond in 2017.
In surpassing LeBlond’s mark, Herron became the first female athlete ever to hold an overall American record at any distance.
How far is 435K or 270.5 miles on a standard 400-meter track? That’s 1,088 laps. There were several points in which runners changed direction, and Herron took a few breaks to eat and take brief naps.
Herron’s effort makes her the third fastest human in the 48-hour category, behind only Greek legend Yiannis Kouros…
