34-year-old Miho Nakata of Japan set a new 24-hour running world record when she finished running 270.362 km (167.995 miles) at the 2023 IAU 24-Hour World Championships in Taipei Saturday morning (Dec. 2).
Nakata's distance was an improvement of just 246m (807 feet) over the previous world record, set by Camille Herron in 2019 at the same event, then held in Albi, France.
Herron quickly congratulated Nakata for her "valiant effort and strength" over X (Twitter).
Video from my friend Eszter of Miho gutting it out for the World Record after reaching the timing mat at 270km 🚀🌖! So much pain, heart, and strength to make it happen 👏👏! pic.twitter.com/39eVYwkyOu
— Camille Herron 🦸♀️ (@runcamille) December 2, 2023
Nakata, who took sixth place last year at the IAU 100k World Championships, averaged an astonishing 8:55 per mile (5:20 per km) over the 24 hour period.
