In every German city
Extreme athlete wants to run for 495 days at a time
May 31, 2025 – 10:04 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Your project is sporty and daring. Nevertheless, Joyce Hübner wants to run marathons for over a year – she has now talked about the motives.
Joyce Hübner is an extreme athlete and regularly laces the running shoes. She has already walked 120 marathons along the German border. Now the Berliner has chosen a special challenge – which starts on Sunday. She wants to run for 495 days at a time and cross every German city. But why?
In conversation me RBB said Hübner: “It quickly became clear to me that I really wanted to do something like that again. Because I want to show that you should live your dreams.” She stated: “If you have an idea and enough will to watch a little bit over the pain, you can experience great things.”
Hübner also emphasized that she wanted to answer every message that she was sent to her and that she was “healthy” on paper to tackle the project. In an interview with the broadcaster, however, she also clarified: “I already plan to run these 495 days at a time. Only when a fever comes, I just take a break day. Or two. Then I didn’t fail. Then it just takes longer.”
Hübner is of the opinion that they need the 35 pairs of shoes for the marathons that will last over a year. She wants to start her route in Helmstedt and her destination should be Berlin. “The Olympic Platz! Nothing is yet. But it is still 16 months,” said the extreme runner. Interested parties can run parts of the route with her from the first June.