The contest involves people running off the end of the pier in winged contraptions in an attempt to stay airborne for the longest distance.

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"We have made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by a solar boat and the longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle, " said Domjan.

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It is thought the record Tommy Godwin set in 1939 for the longest distance cycled in a single year - 75, 065 miles - has never been broken.

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Some of the longest-distance migrants on Earth are various sandpipers, plovers and other shorebirds, many of which winter as far south as Patagonia and breed as far north as the high arctic.

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First run in 1897, when about 15 local runners drew a line in the dirt at Metcalf's Mill out in Ashland, it is the longest-running annual race at the distance and, most agree, the world's most prestigious.

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