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GOMU Female Athlete of the Year
GOMU Male Athlete of the Year
Masters Category for ages 50 and over:
GOMU Female Masters Athlete of the Year
GOMU Male Masters Athlete of the Year
Methodology:
Performances are assessed based on the current world records for multi-day events, specifically the distances covered in 48-hour, 72-hour, 6-day, and 10-day competitions.
The process is straightforward and transparent, as it does not involve any voting; instead, it simply identifies the athlete with the highest percentage ranking for the year.
This evaluation method was developed by Radi Milev, a Bulgarian ultrarunner, scientist, and statistician, who is also an IAU world age group record holder.
GOMU Female Athlete of the Year 2025
Megan Eckert, USA
Megan Eckert achieved something remarkable in 2025 at the GOMU 6-Day World Championships in Vallon Pont d'Arc, France. She became the first woman in history to run over 600 miles (965.606 km) in 6 days. She improved the women's World Best Performance (WBP) by almost 42.875 miles (69 km) and her 2024 personal best of 526.301 miles (846.999 km) by over 76.429 miles (123 km), achieving a total of 603.156 miles (970.685 km.)
This achievement placed her among the top 10 on the All-time List, which includes both men and women, with only nine men ranked ahead of her.
In addition, Megan's 72-hour 323.321 miles (520.335 km) achievement is the world's best performance for women in 2025, with only one man covering more kilometers in that time.
Her 48-hour run of 227.018 miles (365.350 km) is equally impressive, particularly as it is part of her overall 6-day running total.
GOMU Male Athlete of the Year 2025
Matthieu Bonne, BEL
At the GOMU 48-Hour World Championships held in Pabianice, Poland, Matthieu Bonne ran a stellar 301.427 miles (485.099 km), beating Yiannis Kouros' world record 294.216 miles (473.495 km) from 1996 by 7.208 miles (11.6 km). With this accomplishment, Matthieu became the first man in history to run 300 miles (482.803 km) in 48-hrs.
He also had a historic second day with 131.878 miles (212.238 km), surpassing the greatest second-day mileage ever recorded in a 48-hour performance, which Australian Martin Fryer previously held.
GOMU Female Masters Athlete of 2025
Yolanda Holder, USA
In 2025, Yolanda walked, never running a step, of 625.969 miles (1007.400 km) in a 10-day event, shattering the world record in the W65 age group by 124.274 miles (200 km minus 490 meters). The previous record was 501.999 miles (807.890 km), set in 2011.
Yolanda's 6-day achievement in 2025 is the 2nd best performance ranking for 6-day women in the 65 age group, second only to Silke Gielen's achievement in 2023 by 17.27 miles (27.804 km)
We will recall that Yolanda is the only person in the world to complete the longest certified race in the world, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-mile (4988.966 km) race, solely by walking. She accomplished this feat in 2017 at the age of 59, placing 1st in the women's race and 5th overall.
GOMU Male Masters Athlete of the Year 2025
Tetsuo Kiso, JPN
Two months before his 57th birthday, Tetsuo Kiso ran 255.604 miles (411.356 km) in 48 hours in Taipei City (TPE), placing him 5th on the 2025 World Ranking list for the 48-hour discipline.
In the M55 age group, there has been only one better achievement to date: 264.160 miles (425.125 km), set by the legendary French ultramarathoner Gilbert Mainix over 30 years ago in 1993. Tetsuo's achievement is the best recorded on the road, whereas Gilbert Mainix's result was achieved on the track in Surgères, France.
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