Brazilian Sets Treadmill World Record After 24-Hour Run

Brazilian multi-athlete Pepe Fiamoncini has set a new world record by running an astonishing 188 kilometers in 24 hours on a treadmill, the equivalent of more than four consecutive marathons.
The 35-year-old, who only began serious athletic training during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, completed the grueling feat at an open-air gym facing Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema Beach, celebrating with a victory countdown.
This marks his third pending Guinness World Record, following a previous 12-hour treadmill run and a record-setting 33-hour jog across Bolivia’s harsh Uyuni Salt Flats.
Fiamoncini, driven by curiosity about his own limits, chose the treadmill specifically because he found it mentally boring, aiming to conquer the psychological challenge as much as the physical one.
With no plans to stop, he now has his sights set on the world’s toughest ultramarathon, the 217-kilometer Badwater race through California’s Death Valley, proving his journey from pandemic novice to record-breaking endurance athlete is far from over.