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Joyce Hübner has set a world record: The 38-year-old from Berlin ran 367 marathons on 367 consecutive days. But that’s not enough.
Joyce Hübner has set a world record: The 38-year-old from Berlin ran 367 marathons on 367 consecutive days. But the running influencer is far from reaching her goal: Hübner wants to complete a total of 495 marathons in 495 days and complete this self-imposed challenge in the capital in the fall.
In the interview she talks about the milestone she reached, years of training, amazingly loose legs and summer exertions.
rbb|24: Joyce Hübner, you ran 367 marathons in 367 days and have officially been able to achieve this mark since Tuesday World record holder to name. This is an incredible achievement. What was going through your mind in the last few meters?
Joyce Huebner: Wow. I just thought to myself “wow, wow, wow” that after so many days I’ve actually made it this far. It’s crazy to have actually arrived at this point after so many events that we have already experienced, after so many storms, ups and downs.
rbb|24: Beginning of Decemberwhen you had just completed your 184th marathon, you said your legs felt like jelly every night. What is it like now, after 367 marathons? Is there an increase in Jell-O?
Huebner: My legs are doing pretty well. (Laughs) That might sound a bit strange. I’m good at training, I would say. I’ve tried this with distance for a few days now.
At the moment – goodness, goodness, goodness – I’m doing wonderfully; Physically and health-wise everything is fine. I have most of the elevation gain behind me and am currently on the flat terrain. Accordingly, things are now easier for me.
rbb|24: Tell us your secret: How do you train your body so that a daily marathon no longer seems to be a real challenge?
Huebner: It’s best to train for many, many years. I didn’t do it all at once, I built it up over many years and have now been in this running bubble for over eleven years. In 2023 I already walked around Germany – I didn’t know it at the time, but that was ultimately my practice project for what I’m doing now.
I don’t push myself to my absolute limit every day and just try to have fun while running and not take it too seriously over time. In the end it’s 42 kilometers – or maybe even a little more – and it almost doesn’t matter how long you run it.
rbb|24: You haven’t allowed yourself a day of rest in over a year – and on Wednesday you want to run the next marathon straight away at 9 a.m. Don’t you like to party?
Huebner: (Laughs) Yes, actually. But I have set myself this big goal of completing 495 marathons so that I can actually run through every city in Germany – at least setting foot in the city limits everywhere. I actually celebrate that every day. I just do it a little differently than you might be used to.
rbb|24: In total you want to run 495 marathons in 495 days and complete this self-imposed challenge on October 8th in Berlin – at the Olympic Stadium. What do you have the most respect for in the next four months?
Huebner: There is a lot of flat land in front of me: the North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, the Baltic Sea. It could get relatively hot and stuffy again in the state of Brandenburg – depending on how summer turns out this year. The temperatures will probably be a small obstacle and perhaps also the amount of asphalt I’ll be running on. Of course, with so many kilometers, this isn’t quite as optimal for the joints.
But I’ll manage it somehow. I’ll do everything calmly and relaxed, just like it’s been going until now, and then hopefully I won’t see any more problems.
Thank you for the conversation!
The interview led Anton Fahl.
Broadcast: rbb|24, June 3rd, 2026, 7:30 a.m
Audio: rbb|24, June 3, 2026, Joyce Hübner in conversation with Anton Fahl
