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Mike Wardian Wins Quarantine Backyard Ultra Marathon After Running 262.52 Miles in 63 Hours

Professional ultra marathoner Mike Wardian won the Quarantine Backyard Ultra, a last-man-standing virtual race where runners need to complete a 4.167-mile loop every hour, after running 63 laps for 262.52 miles in 63 hours.

The race started at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday and ended in the late hours of Monday night.

The race had more than 1,000 people participating from around the world and was conducted over Zoom. Runners had to obey social distancing guidelines and run each lap alone before uploading their results to the website and fitness app Strava. It was inspired by Big's Backyard Ultra in Tennessee.