{"id":61839,"date":"2020-09-07T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-worlds-fastest-backward-runner-smashes-his-own-record\/"},"modified":"2020-09-07T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:28:00","slug":"the-worlds-fastest-backward-runner-smashes-his-own-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-worlds-fastest-backward-runner-smashes-his-own-record\/","title":{"rendered":"#The world\u2019s fastest backward runner smashes his own record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The world\u2019s fastest backward runner smashes his own record<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Last Friday morning, 34-year-old Aaron Yoder ran down a stretch of road near Marquette, Kansas to hit his latest goal: finishing 1 mile in less than five minutes and 54 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>He intentionally chose a road with no potholes and little car traffic because he couldn\u2019t see where he ran \u2014 that\u2019s because he would be running backward.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, Yoder, a track and field and cross-country coach at Bethany College, has held the Guinness World Record for running the fastest mile in reverse, in that 5-minute and 54-second pace. His goal on Friday: to beat that record, as part of the 2020 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, a New York Road Runners event that takes place in Manhattan each September, but is being held virtually this year.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, soaring down that Kansas road, he beat his record by 24 seconds, finishing his mile in 5 minutes and 30 seconds. The longtime forward-motion runner now races in reverse due to knee damage but wanted this effort to show that not only can you keep pursuing what you love, but you can also prove it to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this can inspire others to set goals and go for their dreams, I am proof of that,\u201d said Yoder. \u201cDespite injuries and setbacks, I am making a strong comeback, so can everyone else!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVQCkM6X-Aw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yoder was born with running in his blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely, as I say, runs in the family,\u201d said Yoder of his family\u2019s shared passion for running. The Kansas native\u2019s parents are both runners and Yoder and his three brothers, including his fraternal twin brother Daniel, all attended Fort Hays State University in Kansas on track scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up on a farm, the family had a 4-mile route surrounding their property, on which they\u2019d run \u2014 and Yoder got hooked on it around age 5. \u201cI knew that I just loved it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But years of running, including 100 miles per week in his college years, led to Osgood-Schlatter disease, tendonitis, a torn meniscus and arthritis. It reached a point where he not only had issues bending his knee, but also difficulty walking. After college, when Yoder was 24, a doctor told him that he should never run again \u2014 but if he did, to train like a sprinter, as that activity puts less stress on the joints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so frustrating because .\u2009.\u2009. I [didn\u2019t] see a future,\u201d said Yoder, whose running specialties focused on middle to long distances. \u201cBut I found this other avenue that I started pursuing, and it ended up being greater in the end anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All he had to do was turn around and start running in reverse.<\/p>\n<p>Yoder traces his backward running origins to his middle school years. A portion of a former dairy building on the farm gave way to a weight room, and Yoder worked to save the money to buy a treadmill for himself, but he soon found out it didn\u2019t go fast enough for running forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was probably thinking of different ways to make it harder .\u2009.\u2009. \u2018Oh, I can run backwards on it!\u2019\u2009\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>About a decade down the line, on a day when he had particular difficulties in walking, he decided to give a backward trek another whirl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just turned it around that day and went 4 miles,\u201d he said. \u201cOn that day, the dream died of running forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason it\u2019s easier to go in reverse, said Yoder based on research he\u2019s read, is that the impact puts more pressure on the ankles \u2014 and shortens strides. Not only does it alleviate knee pressure, but it also strengthens the hip flexors and improves posture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one challenge is you can\u2019t see behind you,\u201d he said, later adding, \u201cI\u2019ve fallen down quite a few times, I\u2019m not afraid of falling, either .\u2009.\u2009. I\u2019ve always just bounced back .\u2009.\u2009. The reality is you don\u2019t want to look back behind because that slows you down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yoder runs daily, and after running up to 1 mile forward, he\u2019ll do the rest in reverse. He totals between 10 to 12 backward miles weekly \u2014 either on a track, a treadmill or a country road.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he\u2019s run a marathon fully backward in six hours and, in non-official tallies for world records, has beaten his record 5:54 mile pace by up to 32 seconds. He knew his Friday record would be doable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven this week I did 5:39 on the treadmill .\u2009.\u2009. and I know I can go significantly under it,\u201d he said, adding that \u2014 to train for this event \u2014 he would wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning for a backward run.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a quirky skill, but Yoder said he simply aimed to perfect it in an effort of ongoing self-improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s simply showing people when you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re born to do, it\u2019s just like recess,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re passionate about what you do and you\u2019re guided by whatever you believe in, it\u2019s not a chore. 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