Colorado Trio Breaks World Endurathon Record
by Allie Comeau on June 9, 2008 
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Could you walk for 103 hours straight without stopping to sleep? Three people from Colorado just did.
Ultrawalkers Ulrich Kamm, 60, of Littleton, Debbie Richmeier, 47, of Wheat Ridge, and Glen Turner, 48, of Louisville, broke the world Endurathon record by walking for 103 straight hours last week.
Competing with ten other ultrawalkers, in one of many Endurathons happening around the world, the trio started walking Friday, May 30th, at 5 p.m. They didn’t stop to sleep and took only short breaks to use the bathroom. Tuesday at midnight, they were the only ones left standing.
The previous Endurathon ultrawalking record was 102 hours.
The Daily Camera in Boulder reports…
“We finished at 103 hours,” Kamm said Wednesday. “We did what we had planned to do.”
According to Endurathon rules, a walker must go an extra mile after the second-to-last person stops to win the top prize of $1,000. Boulder’s last three walkers stopped together and will split the reward.
“That’s how we wanted to do it,” Kamm said.
The three, who circled a four-mile loop along the Boulder Creek Path (the same route also used by the tubing commuters last week), stopped at the same time and split the prize money of $1,000. They now plan to take their walk on the road and compete in the Las Vegas Endurathon World Championship in December. The purse in Vegas is $10,000 and takes walkers up and down the strip to keep them stimulated.
Here are their official stats for the Boulder Extra-Mile Endurathon:
103 hours
226 miles
56.5 four-mile laps down the Boulder Creek Path and through downtown
56 10-minute breaks to use the bathroom, change clothes and grab food
11 pairs of shoes used by the three winning walkers
To learn more about Endurathons, visit the Extra Mile Endurathon website. To start your own ultrawalking program, all you need is a good pair of walking or running shoes.
