Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners
Dedicated to the history and record-keeping of the sport of multi-day ultramarathoning
who we are
The Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoning (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.
2024 GOMU 48-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY 31 - JUNE 2, 2024, BALATONFÜRED, HUNGARY
CHAMPIONSHIP OVER - RECAP SOON!
2024 GOMU 6-DAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
SEPT 5-11, 2024, BALATONFÜRED, HUNGARY
2025 GOMU 6-DAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2025, VALLON PONT D'ARC, FRANCE
2025 GOMU 48-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY 30 - JUNE 1, 2025
PABIANICE, POLAND
REGISTRATION TBA!
FIRST EVER 72-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
2025 GOMU 72-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
SEPTEMBER 25-28, BALATONFÜRED, HUNGARY
REGISTRATION TBA
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
TRISHUL CHERNS - PRESIDENT
Canada, USA
yiannis kouros - Vice president
Greece, Australia
viktoria brown - vice president
Canada, Hungary
Eoin Keith (Ireland)
Bob Hearn (USA)
Amy Mower (USA) Secretary
Abichal Sherrington (Wales)
Eric Frank Wright (South Africa)
Records Committee: Bob Hearn (chair) and Trishul Cherns
Käären Schilke-Cherns (USA) Executive Assistant
Advisory Panel:
Eleanor Robinson (Great Britain)
Richard Brown (Great Britain)
Edit Berces (Hungary)
Jean-Louis Vidal (France)
Mihaela Ivanova Englaro (Bulgaria)
Start of the first certified 1000 mile race in the modern multi-day era
1985 Sri Chinmoy 1000 mile race