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Wróbel reaches 116 backyard yards
Jan Vandekerckhove lasted 115 hours and covered a reported 771 km at Legends Backyard Belgium in 2025, earning an October Big’s place.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: May 2, 2025
Athlete
Jan Vandekerckhove
Ultrarunner
Jan Vandekerckhove is a Belgian backyard ultrarunner. Canadian Running’s May 2025 report identifies him as the assist to Łukasz Wróbel at Legends Backyard Belgium, completing 115 hourly loops.
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2025 reported 115 hours / 771 km
Legends Backyard Belgium
At Legends Backyard Belgium in 2025, Łukasz Wróbel set a then-world record of 116 yards in 116 hours. Jan Vandekerckhove lasted 115 hours; both qualified for October’s Big’s championship.
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- 2025 Legends Backyard report
- Reported 115 hours /771kmDistinct from Wrobel’s 116 yards and the winner’s status.Source
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- Canadian Running / Keeley Milne May1,2025 original race report; exact publication time unstated; date-only precision retained here, UTC instant unknown · Checked Oct 28, 2026
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- Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-05-02
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- Public source linked by TUMrunningmagazine.ca · linked in 2025-05-02
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