The longest certified endurance race is the Sri Chinmoy 1300-Miler, in which the participants have 51 days to cover the distance. (That makes an average of over 60 miles per day.)
The clock keeps running so it's technically "non-stop," but the participants obviously do periods of rest for a race that lasts almost two months.
Some runners such as Pam Reed and Dean Karnazes at one point claimed to be pursuing the longest non-stop run (without sleep) at distances of 300 and 350 miles. However, Yiannis Kouros supposedly covered 456 miles in 4 days in 1988 without sleeping at the start of ultimately covering 1000 miles.
Source(s): http://www.srichinmoyraces.org/3100/about3100/
http://www.3100.ws/
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