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170 kilometres and 12,000 metres of altitude difference is the most I’ve done so far. I completed it in the Swiss Alps in under 30 hours.”
Marián Priadka, ultra runner
And we’ll just add that with this feat, he broke the record set by ultra runner Stone Tsang from Hong Kong in 2017, who completed the route in 30 hours and 14 minutes. Marián Priadka thus became the winner of the challenging Ultra Monte Rosa 2023 race in Switzerland.
Marián is a real champion, and we made an interesting interview with him. Among other things, he shared how he took up ultra trail running, what the difference between ultra trail and marathon running is, why training in Jasná is ideal before racing in Austria, and how to get started with this extreme sport.