Ultrarunner Megan Eckert shatters US men’s and women’s records with 636 miles in six days
Distance tops US men’s mark by more than 30 miles Eckert also beat women’s world record she set last year While some teachers spent the second week of September easing into their school routines, Megan Eckert was making more ultrarunning history. The New Mexico middle school math teacher shattered the six-day women’s world record and the American men’s record by running 636.482 miles, completing her feat on Wednesday morning in Balatonfüred, Hungary.
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