The longest marathon playing volleyball (indoors) lasted 85 hr and was achieved by members of SVU Volleybal (Netherlands) at the Sports Centre Uilenstede in Amstelveen, Netherlands on 27 to 30 December 2011. The sides played a total of 63 matches, consisting of 338 sets and 14,635 total points scored.
The longest marathon playing touch/mini/tag rugby football was 27 hr and organized by the Emerald Touch Association (Australia) in Emerald, Queensland, Australia, on 10-11 September 2010. Two teams played for the duration with team BMA defeating team Rio Tinto, 302-288. What is referred to in the claim as “Australian touch football” is identical to touch rugby, with rules available at www.austouch.com.au
The longest marathon playing the Santoor is 29 hours and 29 minutes and was achieved by Dhari Pancham’ Da at the Gajjar Hall, Gujarat, India from 26- 27 April 2011. Dahri played from 10.29am on the 26th April- 4.02pm on the 27th April 2011. The type of music played on the Santoor consisted of 33 Bandishs of 29 Classical Indian Raagas, and the event was organised by the Pancham Academy of Indian Music. The exact time she played for was 29 hours, 29 minutes and
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The longest marathon playing tennis, singles, was 60 hr 59 min and 58 sec by Sam Angel and Katie Martens ( (both USA) at the Peak Health and Wellness Center in Missoula, Montana, USA, from 25-27 March 2011. The duo completed 48, best-of-3-set matches with Sam winning 31 and Katie 17. In honor of the young adults’ efforts, the Missoula City Council and mayor named the week of 27 March 2011 “Sam Angel and Katie Martens Week.”
The longest time spent skiing non-stop is 202 hr 1 min by Nick Willey (Australia) at Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia on 2-10 September 2005. He skiied down the slopes 916 times travelling over 1150km in the process.
Dale F Muehlmeier (USA) called for 28 hours for the American Cancer Society at a Wal-Mart parking lot, Norfolk, Nebraska, USA from 26–27 May 2000.
The record for the longest snowboarding marathon is 180 hr 34 min and was set by Bernhard Mair (Austria) at Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria from 9 to 16 January 2004. He covered 820.8 km, 134,520 vertical metres and took 456 rides in the ski lift during this time.
The longest marathon slicing meat is 33 hr 2 min 12 sec and was achieved by Francisco Javier Aguza Nuñez (Spain) at Caseta Municipal in Zafra, Badajoz, Spain, from 4 to 6 April 2014. The meat that was sliced was ham and it was donated to the Children Cancer Foundation of Extremadura Icarus.
The longest marathon skipping rope is 33 hours 20 minutes and was achieved by Joey Motsay (USA) at Positive Stress Workout in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, on 4-5 December 2009. The attempt raised $38,000 for Smile Train, a charity providing free cleft surgeries to children around the world.
The longest radio DJ marathon lasted 198 hours and was achieved by Giel Beelen (Netherlands) on the GIEL! Breakfast Show on 3FM Radio, in Hilversum, Netherlands, from 12 May 2014 to 20 May 2014. Giel started his attempt on 12th May at 6am and finished it on 20th May at 12pm. During the attempt he was monitored closely by a medical staff comprising 2 medics, 2 physical therapists, 1 nutritionist and 2 sleep experts. He didn’t leave the studio except for toilet breaks and ‘power
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