Shingo Ouene of Japan, won the IAU 24 Hour Run Championship, completing 273.708 kilometers, approximately 169 miles, in 24 hours.
About seven kilometers back, Team USA’s Scott Jurek, who finished second by completing 266.677 km or just over 165 miles in 24 hours.
While Jurek didn’t win, he did meet his goal of beating the Amercan record of 162 miles in 24 hours, set by Mark Godale of Ohio in 1999. Jurek passed Godale’s mark with 30 minutes left to run.
With three hours left to go his support team posted on Twitter, “Good news is the sun is up. Bad news is you can now see all the vomit along the course. Nobody said this was gonna be easy!”
With an hour left to go they posted, “We're down to the wire & nobody wants it more than Scott! Thx to all of you staying up late to cheer him on!”
Ouene took the lead at the four-hour mark, and never lost it again for the next 20 hours. His set an Asian Continental record for a 24 hour run.
Anne Cecile Fontaine won the women’s division, completing 239.797 kilometers, approximately 148 miles, in 24 hours. She beat the French record, and just missed the world record of 243.657 km.
Monica Casiraghi of Italy was second with 231.390 km. And Julia Alter of Germany was third with 230.258 km.
In the men’s team division Japan was first, Italy was second and Team USA was third.
On the women’s side, France was first, Italy was second, Australia was third and Team USA finished fourth. They were second in the competition last year. Total km/mileage will be available later in the day.
Michael Henze was the second American with 248.615 km, or approximately 154 miles, and Serge Arbona was the third American with 242.176 or approximately 149 miles. Henze and Arbona placed 12th and 21st respectively overall.
On the USA women’s team, Anna Piskorka was the first American (10th overall) with 214.417 km or approximately 132 miles, Deb Horn was the second American (14th overall) with 207.825 km or approximately 128 miles, and Suzanna Bon was third (17th overall) with 203.287 km or approximately 125 miles.
Amy Palmiero-Winters, the first amputee ever to make the team, had the fourth strongest performance for an American with 199.544 km or approximately 124 miles. Jamie Donaldson, who was the top American in last year’s race, was the fifth American with 194.106 km or approximately 120 miles.
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