{"id":148215,"date":"2025-10-02T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=148215"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:02:12","slug":"keep-on-keeping-on-ultrarunner-ryan-keeping-on-his-iceland-ring-road-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/keep-on-keeping-on-ultrarunner-ryan-keeping-on-his-iceland-ring-road-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrarunner Ryan Keeping on his Iceland world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024,&nbsp;<strong>Ryan Keeping&nbsp;<\/strong>made headlines from coast to coast\u2013literally. Over the course of 99 days, the Halifax ultrarunner completed a cross-country trek that took him from St. John\u2019s, NL, all the way to Victoria, a journey of more than 7,300 kilometres, all while fundraising for the Heart &amp; Stroke Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the incredible feats of endurance running haven\u2019t stopped, and Keeping was soon back at it, with more outlandish tests of resolve, including a 250-km ultramarathon in under 44 hours and a 10\u2013day, 660-km journey that saw him run the entire length of Florida, completely unsupported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO4TkCkDbmj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO4TkCkDbmj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Ryan Keeping (@ryan.keeping)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, Keeping is back in the news\u2013and the record books\u2013with perhaps his most audacious challenge yet: becoming the fastest person to run the entire perimeter of Iceland, a journey of nearly 1,400 km along its iconic Ring Road. Battling everything the northern country had to throw at him, Keeping stopped the clock in Reykjavik at 14 days, 13 hours and 38 minutes, breaking the existing record by almost two days. On this episode of <em>The Shakeout Podcast<\/em> we catch up with the new world record holder to talk about the run itself, Keeping&#8217;s origin story in endurance running and how it all starts with inspiring others to \u201cflip the switch\u201d and take on the impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ryan&#8217;s journey on Instagram, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ryan.keeping?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=OG84cDhxcXUwcnE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Ryan.Keeping&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to&nbsp;<i>The Shakeout Podcast<\/i>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/the-shakeout-podcast\/id1224828899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5MJh8NivcixBvCDHtQJWDv?si=809223a6f8ca4f25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/520q6Kmd3-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp;or wherever you find your 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