24-hour run

The 24- hour run is a form of ultra- marathons, in which the runners complete a long distance as possible within 24 hours. In general, the course consists of a (usually officially measured ) 1 to 3 km long round in which the runners again and again pass the starting point is usually at the one aid station. The barrel can also take place on a 400 - m- train or in a hall. Once the race is finished, the runner must stop until the distance they have traveled on the last lap fractured, is measured.

Shorter hours more runs that are considered ultra-marathon, are the 6 - and 12- hour run ( often integrated into the framework of a longer competition), but there are also longer runs over 72 hours or six days.

World Records

The 24 - hour world record for the men presented Yiannis Kouros on ( 303.506 km, 1997, Adelaide, rail), the women's Edit Berces ( 250.106 km, 2002, Verona, train). The Germans keep records Wolfgang Schwerk ( 276.209 km, 1987, Cologne) and Sigrid Lomsky ( 243.657 km, 1993, Basel, at the same time world record in the 24 -hour road race ).

World cup

The aligned annually since 2003 by the International Association of Ultra Runners ( IAU) 24 World Challenge was upgraded in consultation with the IAAF to an official World Championship (World Championship ) 2010.

Events in Germany

In Germany, the German Ultra Marathon Association will host annual German Championships. Furthermore, the DLV 2009 aligned in Delmenhorst first time a DLV 24 -Hour Challenge, launched in only 28 participants. At the same time German Championship of DUV contrast, 116 participants / inside at the start were.

The annual Saxon Mt Everest Treppenmarathon is also performed as a 24- hour run. The previous titleholder Kurt Hess from Switzerland in 2007 increased in this time 144 laps, which corresponded to a migration distance of about 120 kilometers. He had covered the same distance a height of over 12,700 meters in altitude ( in 57,168 steps).