Run 100 miles in under 11 hours? Aleksandr Sorokin breaks 100 mile and 12 hour world records again – iRunFar
Lithuanian runner Alexandre sorokin broke the 11 hour barrier to run 100 miles and set multiple ultramarathon world records, as of 2022 Spartanion race in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sorokin already holds several world records in 24 hours, 100 miles and 12 hours. Late on the night of Thursday, January 6, 2022, in Israel, Sorokin did it again, setting a new (to be confirmed) world record of 100 miles (160.934 kilometers) in 10 hours, 51 minutes and 39 seconds, as well as a new 12-hour world by traveling 110.24 miles (177.41 kilometers) during this time.
Sorokin held an incredible average pace of about 6:32 minutes per mile (about 4:04 minutes per mile) for 12 hours.
This effort breaks its own previous world records of 11:14:56 for 100 miles and 105.825 miles (170.309 kilometers) for 12 hours, improving those respective records by approximately 22 minutes and approximately 4.4 miles (approximately 7 kilometers).
Aleksandr Sorokin at the 2022 Spartanion race in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the verge of breaking his own 100 mile and 12 hour world records. All photos: Tomer Feder
Beginning on a Thursday for Sabbath-keepers to organize the event, the Spartanion was created as a qualifying event for the famous Spartathlon, a 153 mile (246 kilometer) ultramarathon in Greece. The event’s flat and fast course is a 1,460-meter course with just three meters of elevation gain per lap around Tel Aviv’s Gane Yeshu’a Park.
Sorokin has proven once again that he is one of the best ultrarunners in the world, looking fluid and rhythmic throughout the event. It appears he was wearing the Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% Flyknit, a carbon-clad road running shoe.
Aerial view of the Spartanion 2022 course in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sorokin has experienced a record-breaking tear in the past year. In April 2021, he set new world records for 100 miles and 12 hours in 2021 Centurion 100 mile race track In England. Check out iRunFar’s interview with him after this effort.
Most recently, he broke the world record for 24 hours at UltraPark Weekend 24 Hours event in Poland on August 28-29, 2021, covering 192.2 miles (309.4 kilometers). You can also check out our interview with Sorokin after this 24 hour world record.
Runners make their way through the Spartanion 2022 course. Aleksandr Sorokin is at right in green shorts.