William Sichel løp i november 182km - siden dengang er det lagt inn et krav på rekorden med 186km - og nå har kanadieren David Duebelbeiss løpt 210,5km. En eventuell godkjenning av rekorden tar noe tid da Guinness World Records forlanger et betydelig omfang av bevismateriale som skal granskes.
 

 
Kilde: Toronto Star
 
Guinness treadmill record claimed in Toronto
Teacher David Duebelbeiss logs 130.82 miles (1 mile = 1,609km)

Toronto Star
The loneliness of the long-distance treadmiller. The boredom of the belt turning beneath him, the drone of the fans and the late-night infomercials on the TV above him. Nothing but carbs to drink. Sweat and aches and pains, even doubt.
 
David Deubelbeiss had to deal with all of that for nearly 24 hours of running in place, and still he found something quite extraordinary at the end: a finishing kick. Hey, it wasn't exactly the thrill of victory. He ended up in precisely the same place he started, the same place he always had been, matter of fact.
 
There was no multimillion dollar contract or shiny trophy as a reward.
 
But there was some deep satisfaction at what's being called a world treadmill record - it ain't over until the Guinness Book of Records folks sing, remember - and of course, the agony of the feet, the moment marked by cheers from his support crew and friends and by a pair of dogs that were blistered, barking and rated PG for pretty grim.
 
"I don't think I want to show my feet in public," said Deubelbeiss, finally sitting down on Sunday afternoon and wondering how in the world he was going to get up on those battered feet. "They're pretty swollen, aren't they?"
 
Gee, you think? Deubelbeiss's world record of 130.82 miles covered in 24 hours on the treadmill was only matched by the fact that he went to work as usual the next day, starting a new teaching job at Cummer Valley Middle School - even ran a couple laps of the school track.
 
Deubelbeiss, whose quest for a world record was profiled in these pages a week ago, didn't just break the record. He smashed it, passing the existing standard of 116.05 miles at 7:36 a.m. on Sunday - with more than four hours to spare. From there, though, he slowed to a walking pace and suffered for it, cramping up badly.
 
"With an hour and a half to go, he was hurting - REALLY hurting," noted Mike Turner, Deubelbeiss's Longboat Roadrunners teammate who served as chief record-keeper, brow-mopper and cheerleader. "He could barely lift his feet. He didn't think he could go another step, but he wanted to be running when the clock struck 12." Chris Young (24 Jan 2003 - Toronto Star)
 
All-time non-treadmill 24-hour Performances

Yiannis Kouros AUS 188m1031y
Wolfgang Schwerk GER 171m1106y
Anatoli Kruglikov RUS 171m857y
Gernard Gaudin FRA 170m1231y
David Dowdle GBR 170m974y
Hans Erdmann GER 170m580y

World road best
Yiannis Kouris AUS 188m1031y

Road best - ratified
Yiannis Kouros AUS 180m589y

North American best
Rae Clark USA 165m427y

m=miles, y=yards
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