World Marathon Fitness Challenge

The Quest For Being World's Fittest

Maybe the touhgest "pentathlon" was done by in 1977 by Alan Jones (USA):
60 mile bike while the elevation was rising one mile, 30 miles cross-country run through a blizzard, 20 miles swimming down-river, 17 miles running (back to Portland, Oregon), cleaning & jerking 80 lb for 73 reps.
and on another occasion:
1000 sit-ups, running and walking 199 miles (in 91 hours), bench pressing 100 lb for 100 reps in about 10 minutes, jerking the own bodyweight once a minute for 24 hours, snatching 75 lb 1602 reps in 20 hours.
(source: "Strength & Speed" by Dale Harder)

Later, a set of thirteen fitness exercise became the standard for endurance competitions. The exercises and number of reps were modified from time to time, but now the challenge is for completing the following fitness programme in the fastest time:
 The record breaker can decide any order in which the parts are completed. However, each exercise must be completed before starting a new one. (For example, it would not be allowed to do 1000 push-ups, then running 12 miles and afterwards completing the remaining 250 push-ups).

THE RECORDS


Steve Sokol (USA), 6-7 August 1998, 23:43 hours:
10 miles running, 5 miles walking, 10 miles hiking, 5 miles kayaking, 110 miles cycling, 5 miles rowing, 1000 abdominal crunches, 1200 jumping jacks, 1000 leg lifts, 1000 push-ups, 10 miles "skiing" on a Nordic track, 4 km swimming, power lifting a combined total 45,425 kg [100,145 lb]
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Brian Hawkes (USA), 1-2 May 1999, 23:35 hours:
10 miles running, 5 miles walking, 10 miles hiking, 5 miles kayaking, 110 miles cycling, 5 miles rowing, 1000 abdominal crunches, 1200 jumping jacks, 1000 leg lifts, 1000 push-ups, 10 miles "skiing" on a Nordic track, 4 km swimming, power lifting a combined total 45,425 kg [100,145 lb]
Joe Decker, 1-2 December 2000, 24 hours:
100 miles cycling, 10 miles running, 10 miles rowing on a rowing machine, 10 miles hiking, 5 miles power walking, 6 miles kayaking, 2 miles swimming, 10 miles "skiing" on a Nordic track, 3000 abdominal crunches, 1100 jumping jacks, 1000 leg lifts, 1100 push ups, power lifting a combined total 126,344 kg [278540 lb] on various weight machines
After doing these exercises in 22 hours, Joe did 2000 more abdominal crunches and one more mile in the kayak

I didn't have anything else to do - Joe Decker in an interview with "Chicago Tribune"
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Rob Powell, 27-28 Oct 2001, 22:11:40 hours
and again in 26-27 Oct  2002, 19:17:38 hours
2 miles swimming, 12 miles running, 12 miles power hiking, 1250 push-ups, 1250 hanging leg lifts, 1250 jumping jacks, 20 miles on a Nordic track machine (22 miles in 2001), 20 miles rowing on a rowing machine, 110 miles cycling, 3250 abdominal crunches,  lifting a combined total of 300,000 lb
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Paddy Doyle, 27 February 2006, 17:12:33 hours
2 miles swimming, 10 1/4 miles running, 550 star jumps, 505 hanging leg lifts, 20 mile rowing on a rowing machine, 20 1/4 miles Cross Trainer,  100 3/4 miles cycling, 3010 sit up crunches, 300, 000 lb weightlifting (various upper body lifts only), 10 miles speed march.
Paddy has done three other fitness marathons with slightly different exercises before:
16-17 February 2005, 18:56:09 hours
2 miles swimming, 12 miles running, 12 miles power hiking, 1250 push-ups, 1250 hanging leg lifts, 1250 jumping jacks, 20 miles on a Nordic track machine, 20 miles rowing on a rowing machine, 110 miles cycling, 3250 abdominal crunches,  lifting a combined total of 300,000 lb
Paddy has done two other fitness marathons with slightly different exercises before:
14 April 2004, 19:15 hours
2 miles swimming, 12 miles running, 12 miles walking, 1250 push-ups, 1250 star jumps, rowing 20 kilometers on a rowing machine, lifting a combined total of 300,170 lb, cycling 110 miles, 3250 sit-up crunches, 3 kilometers on a elliptical walker, 1250 repetitions with 5 lb on a Hip flexor machine,
Paddy added one more challenge by running 1 mile while carrying a 44 lb backpack (overall time: 21:21:02 hours)
7 November 2004, 13:59:55 hours
1750 m swimming, 20 km running, 20 miles "gym" cycle, 2000 star jumps, 2000 sit-ups, lifting a combined total of 141150 kg, including 1400 repetitions hip flexor machine with 5 kg weight attached, 2326 meters speed walk carrying a 40 lb back pack, 10 km rowing machine, 3 km on a Nordic track machine, 500 alternate squat thrusts

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