48-year-old runs 3500 kms in 45 days
Forty-eight-year-old marathon-runner Karl Meltzer has become the fastest person ever to complete the US' Appalachian Trail, running the 3,524-kilometre distance in 45 days, 22 hours and 38 minutes. Meltzer, who ran a total of 678 hours, had failed to break the record twice before. The previous record-holder was Scott Jurek, who completed the trail in 46 days and eight hours.