Assam Cop Runs 150 km in 24 Hrs En Route Guinness Records

Guwahati, Feb 1 : Assam Police constable Abhijeet Baruah today entered the Guinness Book of World Records by running barefoot more than 150km in 24 hours in Jorhat.

The 22-year old constable achieved the feat this afternoon at 3:43pm and ran 156 km and 200 m till 4:00pm.

The run was flagged off on Monday at 3:56pm by the Indian observer for the Guinness Book of World Records BK Chandrasekhar Tiwari at the approach to the Tarajan bypass on the western outskirts of Jorhat town.

The run concluded at the same spot from where it began and after Baruah completed it, he ran upto a nearby temple and offered his prayers before being whisked away to the hospital.

The route included running to and from along the Tarajan Bypass on the eastern outskirts 19 times, the distance from one flank to another being 10 km.

The route was marked every 100 metres in accordance with the guidelines of the global records body.
Tiwari, who also represents the Indian Book of Records, said, “The record will be first of its kind in the world, as the Guinness Book of World Records does not have any record of any individual running such a distance barefoot for twenty four hours.”

He said the entire documentation and video and still photo recordings of the event would have to be sent to the London-based headquarters of the organisation, which, after detailed analysis and study, will decide whether Baruah had actually made the cut or not.

Members of The Great Run Club, a body formed with Jorhat MLA Rana Goswami as president to promote the event, senior district administration officials and staff and police officials were also present on the occasion.

Policemen were deployed not only to control the crowd and regulate traffic, but also to egg on their colleague.

A vehicle accompanying the runner played music to encourage Baruah and keep him in good spirits.
“By the blessings of the almighty, my parents, friends, well-wishers like the club members and my department, I have been able to complete the run and make my country and state proud,” Baruah said.

Over 100 officials from government departments, sportsmen, lawyers, medical staff with an ambulance and another hundreds of volunteers were involved in recording the event and to assist Baruah in providing him with water, food or clothes during the run.

On 28 May last year, Baruah, who is also a black belt in karate and kickboxing, had attempted to enter the Limca Book of Records by covering 150km in 26 hours 31 minutes, which is still under consideration.