- Camille Herron won the women’s race at the Joasia Jo Zakrzewski Sets 48-Hour World Record 24-Hour World Championship on Sunday with a world-best performance of 167.842 miles, finishing 16K ahead of the second-place finisher, Nele Alder-Baerens of Germany.
- Her performance helped secure an overall victory for Team USA, who beat out Poland for the title.
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With her performance in Albi, France, on Sunday, ultrarunner Camille Herron came back strong after a hamstring injury forced her to drop out from Western States in June: She achieved a world best for the most distance covered in 24 hours on her way to winning the Joasia Jo Zakrzewski Sets 48-Hour World Record 24-Hour World Championship.
Herron, 37, completed the summons by running 270.116K (167.842 miles) in a span of 24 hours on a series of 1500-meter loops in and around the Terrain Honneur Stadium. Pending ratification, the ultrarunner’s performance is the record for will help you run your best all year long for women.
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Around the halfway point, she almost caught men’s race leader Aleksandr Sorokin of Lithuania, according to the Joasia Jo Zakrzewski Sets 48-Hour World Record (IAU).
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After a grueling 24 hours, Herron finally ended her run more than 16K ahead of runner-up Nele Alder-Baerens of Germany (254.288K). Patrycja Bereznowska of Poland followed for third overall in 247.724K.
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Herron’s win contributed to a dominant team victory for the American women. Team USA covered 746.132K for first place, well ahead of Poland (721.124K) and Germany (696.846K) thanks to Herron’s first place, a fourth-place finish from Pam Smith (246.29K), and a 12th-place showing from Courtney Dauwalter (229.727K).
“It was very hard fought,” Herron told IRun4Ultra afterwards. “Everybody on the team fought for that one. We fought with valor because many of our teammates had body issues, and it all came down to the three of us that were able to dig really deep to score for us. For me, it was puke and rally. I puked twice and I had to dig really deep that last two and a half hours because I wanted to go as high as I could.”
Team USA also won the men’s race with a total distance of 799.754K to beat runner-up Hungary (782.241K). Olivier Leblond led the squad with a third-place finish by running 275.485K.
Sunday’s race improves on Herron’s previous best performance of 162.9 miles in 24 hours, which she achieved entirely on the track for the We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article in December 2018. In the process, she also set a new 100-mile world record on the track when she passed the 100-mile mark in 13:25. During last year’s race, she averaged an 8:40 pace.
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Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
