Episode 440: 603 Miles in 6-Days | Megan Eckert

Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter

Zach Bitter

Sports, Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Hybridathlete, Ultra, Endurance, Ultramarathon, Running, Run

4.7 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Megan Eckert is a World Record holding ultramarathon athlete for Mount to Coast, teacher, and coach. She recently broke the women's 6-Day World Record, by completing 603 miles. She holds the women's Backyard Ultra record with 87 laps for 362 miles, qualified for Team USA's 24-Hour World Championship Team, and much more.

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1:23.2	I did want to talk to you a bit before we kind of dive into the big news, the new news,
1:29.4	the world record news, is, you know, you're not just out there running all the time.
1:35.3	You are actually, if I'm not mistaken, a middle school special education teacher and coach?
1:39.6	That's correct.
1:40.4	Yes.
1:41.0	I coach high school and then I teach at the middle school level. Awesome. Yeah,
1:46.2	that caught my eye. I was a teacher a long time ago at this point, but I did seventh grade
1:51.7	special ed for two years. And then I did high school. I was dual certified. So when I moved into
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