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.




2025 GOMU 6-DAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2025, VALLON PONT D'ARC, FRANCE

 REGISTRATION HERE! 


2025 GOMU 48-HR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

MAY 30 - JUNE 1, 2025

PABIANICE, POLAND

REGISTRATION HERE!


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


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)

 


Records Committee: Bob Hearn (chair) and Trishul Cherns


Käären Schilke-Cherns (USA) Executive Assistant

 


Advisory Panel:

Mihaela Ivanova Englaro (Bulgaria)

Jean-Louis Vidal (France)

Eleanor Robinson (Great Britain)

Richard Brown (Great Britain)

Edit Berces (Hungary)

Peter Szabo (Hungary)

Eric Frank Wright (South Africa)

Roy Pirrung (USA)




Start of the first certified 1000 mile race in the modern multi-day era

1985 Sri Chinmoy 1000 mile race

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