Dedicated to the history and record-keeping of the sport of multi-day ultramarathoning
The Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners (GOMU) tracks and maintains records for all Standard and Non-Standard multi-day distances/times for women and men. We organize the GOMU Multi-Day World Championships, where athletes can contest these records and be inspired to transcend their limits. We embrace the past to inspire our future.
FIRST EVER 72-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
2026 GOMU 72-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
SPRING 2026
BALATONFÜRED, HUNGARY
REGISTRATION TBA
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
TRISHUL CHERNS - PRESIDENT
Canada, USA
Canada, Hungary
Bob Hearn (USA)
Eoin Keith (Ireland)
Lin Gentling (USA)
Abichal Sherrington (Wales)
Käären Schilke-Cherns (USA)
Records Committee: Bob Hearn (chair) and Trishul Cherns
Advisory Panel:
Mihaela Ivanova Englaro (Bulgaria)
Eleanor Robinson (Great Britain)
Richard Brown (Great Britain)
Dan Kristensen (Denmark)
Jean-Louis Vidal (France)
Edit Berces (Hungary)
Peter Szabo (Hungary)
Roy Pirrung (USA)
Start of the first certified 1000 mile race in the modern multi-day era
1985 Sri Chinmoy 1000 mile race