Some participants will have a crew to help them, but others just set up a camp with all the gear and supplies they need near the starting area to access each loop.
24-hour runs have also been held in relay formats, with runners completing a mile each in succession for 24 hours.
[1] The world records for the event on all surfaces are 270.363 km (167.996 miles) for women, set by Miho Nakata of Japan in 2023,[2][3] and 319.614 km (198.598 miles) for men, set by Aleksandr Sorokin of Lithuania in 2022.
The first IAU Individual Track Championships were held in San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona, Italy on 22–23 September 2001.
[7] The German website DUV lists 160 24-hour races that were scheduled for 2012, a figure that has doubled over the last 10 years.