Fastest 5,000-meter run with a 40-pound rucksack-world record set by Dustin McClure

  FORT BENNING, GA, USA -- Second Lt. Dustin McClure completed a 5,000-meter run with a 40-pound rucksack in 20.06 minutes-setting the new world record for the Fastest 5,000-meter run with a 40-pound rucksack .

Photo: McClure made his run at Fort Benning, Ga., on Oct. 12 and came in at 20:06, as certified by his commanding officer and others.   ( enlarge photo )  

  “I’m a big-time runner, and anything that has to do with physical endurance appeals to me,” said McClure, 28, who was an all-conference runner at Oklahoma State University before enlisting in the Army in September 2005.

   Breaking the record, he said, was “just a goal” and not meant to be a challenge to other soldiers, but he’s “sure somebody will try to break it just like I did.”

   “Anytime he goes to a race he intends to beat everyone there, and he usually does … he’s just very, very driven,” McClure’s wife, Rachael, said.

 The world record belonged to another soldier, Sgt. Jake Truex , who on Feb. 14, 2006, made the run in Hanau, Germany, clocking in at 22:20 and breaking the previous record of 25:15.

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