Mount to Coast

144 hrs. 1024.319 km. First place overall. A new all-comers US national record. Multiple world records.

Take a bow @_megeckert, who over a history-making six days has permanently changed the shape of ultrarunning, exceeding her own lofty ambitions, and taking one giant step towards Transcending Distance.

Meg travelled to Hungary for the EMU-GOMU 6-Day World Championship with the ambition of breaking the all-comers American record, which stood at 606.243 mi (975.653 km). Given that she ran 603.155 mi (970.685 km) in France last May, that mark looked within reach. To be the first woman to go beyond 1000 km and add 54 km to her own existing world record? We knew she could do it. And now, she’s done it.

“It’s the longest and shortest thing,” she said after the race. “It’s unbelievable. How do you describe a 6-Day? There’s so much that goes on, so many ups and downs. But we had a good time! It’s going to take a long time to process…”

In a year where women have begun to win the world’s biggest ultrarunning events outright, we couldn’t be more proud to have Meg on the Mount to Coast team. She raced in Hungary in the same Mount to Coast R1 you can buy today.

Photos by @arcadidemiguel

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