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World Marathon Challenge

Thursday February 6th, 2025
Novo, Antarctica - Miami, Florida
Distance: Marathon · 7 Marathons
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The World Marathon Challenge ® is a logistical and physical challenge to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

Competitors must run the standard 42.2 km marathon distance in Antarctica, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, South America and North America within 168 hours, or seven days. The clock starts when the first marathon begins in Antarctica.

  • The World Marathon Challenge is the only annual event that offers the opportunity to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.
  • The first marathon occurs within the Antarctic Circle on mainland Antarctica and the final marathon takes place in Miami, North America.
  • The global route is Novo (Antarctica), Cape Town (Africa), Perth (Australia), Dubai (Asia),Madrid (Europe),Santiago (South America) and Miami (North America)
  • After the initial marathon in Antarctica, competitors fly by charter plane to every marathon location around the globe.
  • Successful participants are recognized by the Intercontinental Marathon Club®, which provides the definitive list of people who have run 7 marathons on 7 continents within 7 days.
  • There is a competition element within the trip - the fastest combined marathon times, or average marathon time, for male and female categories are declared the outright winners of the overall challenge.
  • Participants run 295 km (183 miles) over the seven-day period and spend about 48 hours in the air.

    World Records after 2018 World Marathon Challenge

    Fastest Average Marathon Time (Men) - Michael Wardian (USA): 2:45:57 hrs

    Fastest Average Marathon Time (Women) - Becca Pizzi (USA): 3:55:11 hrs

    Fastest Duration (Men) - Richard Donovan (IRL): 4 Days 22 Hours 3 Minutes

    Fastest Duration (Women) - Becca Pizzi (USA): 6 Days 8 hours 12 Minutes

    Other Achievements:

    First Blind Athlete– Sinead Kane (2017 World Marathon Challenge)

    Oldest Person(67 years old)– Alain d 'Andria (2018 World Marathon Challenge)

    Fastest Married Couple– Catherine Sun & Eric Xin (2017 World Marathon Challenge)

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World Marathon Challenge, Race Date: 2020-02-12, Distance: 7 Marathons
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 25:07:56 Milosz Pasiecnik POL
2nd Male 26:18:05 Thiriet Olivier FRA
3rd Male 26:31:07 Richet Philippe FRA
4th Male 27:01:41 Wigman Luke ENG
Female 24:01:40 Madsen Kristina Schou DEN
2nd Female 24:53:10 Jones Jessica USA
3rd Female 28:49:55 McKeen Suzanne AUS
4th Female 31:55:38 Mgabhi Nontu ZAF
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