In 2025, Huang Zhenglong (also referred to as Lengthy Shao) ran throughout China for twelve months, so it appeared solely pure that he would wish to kick off 2026 by finishing an astounding working accomplishment. Starting in early December (2025) and ending on March 15 in Foshan, China, Huang ran 100 kilometres each single day, for 100, 000 kilometres in whole, as reported by Guinness World Data (GWR). He began every morning at 7 a.m. and stored going till late afternoon or early night, holding a mean tempo of about six minutes per kilometre. It’s the equal of working roughly two and a half marathons a day, with out a break.
A 38-year-old man from #Guangxi has accomplished an excessive problem of #working 100km a day for 100 consecutive days, ending his last run on March 15 for a complete of 10,000km. He has earned a #Guinness World File for probably the most consecutive days working 100km (male). pic.twitter.com/WdM0hblrSR
— Shanghai Each day (@shanghaidaily) March 18, 2026
China’s Forrest Gump
Huang has been dubbed China’s Forrest Gump for his well-known ardour for working, and he has been working towards this sort of effort for years. He began working in 2012, closed his enterprise through the COVID-19 pandemic to dedicate all his time to working and is thought for the lengthy endurance challenges he tackles, together with final yr’s working streak throughout China.
For this try, he stayed on a looped route alongside the Desheng River, protecting the identical stretch repeatedly. He had a nutritionist and medical staff monitoring his situation to assist him keep wholesome all through and on high of his restoration between runs.
In the beginning, others doubted whether or not Huang would proceed day after day, however his objective progressively gained assist, and different runners started exhibiting as much as be a part of him on his day by day treks, even flying in to log some miles with him.
An inspiring end
Huang crossed the road in entrance of a big crowd and dropped to his knees after logging his last 100K journey, and a GWR adjudicator was there to substantiate the end result after reviewing the GPS knowledge from the total 100 days.
“I’m extraordinarily excited to have obtained the official certification from Guinness World Data,” Huang informed GWR. “Many individuals doubted me, saying it was completely unattainable to run 100 kilometres day by day for 100 consecutive days… However I’m glad that I pushed past my limits and altered that notion with my actions.”
He later added that the objective wasn’t for others to repeat the problem, however to take one thing from it in their very own method and discover a type of motion that works for them.
