Calgary runner sets Guinness World Records on treadmill
Ultramarathoner Dave Proctor completed 260.4 km in 24 hours
Can you imagine running from the Calgary Airport to the Edmonton Airport?
Well, Dave Proctor just jogged that exact distance — 260.4 kilometres — over 24 hours, on a treadmill. And he only took six bathroom breaks.
"Even to me at this point, that sounds a little bit unreal. But, I was there every step and it hurt pretty bad," the "exhausted" ultramarathoner told the Calgary Eyeopener on Monday.
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"It's kind of like getting over jetlag but a really, really bad jetlag."
Proctor ran from Friday at 4 p.m. to Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Calgary Marathon Expo in the Big Four Building, unofficially setting two Guinness World Records for running the most distance on a treadmill in 12 and 24 hours.
And he wasn't alone.
Altogether, Calgary runners set six world treadmill running records this weekend — raising more than $75,000 for MitoCanada, which supports families impacted by mitochondrial disease.
"Really it's a disease that has no cure," said Proctor. "We thought, 'let's go big.' You know the only way to really create a lot of attention is to create a circus."
The MitoCanada event produced the following records, which remain unofficial until confirmed by officials at Guinness World Records:
- Dave Proctor (Calgary): 12 hours – 139.2 kilometres
- Dave Proctor (Calgary): 24 hours – 260.4 kilometres
- Arielle Fitzgerald (Calgary): Fastest 50 kilometres – 3:51.25
- Arielle Fitzgerald (Calgary): Fastest 100 kilometres – 8:30.34
- Women's team of 12 (Calgary): 24 hours — 344.45 kilometres
- Men's team of 12 (Calgary): 24 hours – 394.76 kilometres
- Bernadette Benson (Australia): 12 hours – 128.62 kilometres
With files from the Calgary Eyeopener