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For months, I've been training to break the 40-49 Heavyweight World Record for 100K (6:39:15.9). A few days ago, I decided that today (Sunday 12.21) would be the day. Last night, I jumped on the Ultra-Distance World Records page to check the record one last time. I was shocked to learn that only one week earlier, Thorsten Jonischkeit of Germany had beaten me to the punch with an amazing 6:11:54.1 (the best time across all age groups). To say I was disheartened would be a gross understatement. Ultimately, I reasoned that, yes, I'd been aiming to break the World Record, but I was really focusing on getting under that goal time. So, this morning (and much of the afternoon) I pursued my goal and ended up with 6:36:40.4. I had achieved my goal by 2:35. For what it's worth, it's probably an American Record (they only track World Records for the 100K on the site at this point). That's assuming that the record had been 6:39:15.9 until 8 days ago, and the new world record holder is from Germany. Is there any list out there for American records or bests? Any thought of Concept 2 tracking American Records for the ultra distances like they do for the shorter ranking distances? Or any support for Concept 2 keeping rankings for the ultra distances? Thanks for any feedback you can share.

Congratulations on the great row that you did.

It is the same over hear in the Uk, in that they do not publish National Records for Ultra distance events but they do have some historical records, whether they are updated or not I do not know.

I can understand why they do not publish some of the records they had in the past ie small team, large team with its sub categories lwt hwt male, female or mixed for ultra events but, I think, as a motivational tool for individuals like myself it is an added benefit and when I do these rows for charity it catches the publics attention if you can say you are going for a national record.

I am sure you would have been motivated to a faster time knowing you were going for a recognised national record as some World Records are phenomenal and can only be admired in awe.