Linden averaged a mile roughly every five minutes and 47 seconds for more than 31 miles.

A man running a 50K race in Independence, Kansas, died after he was struck by lightning shortly before he finished the run. INDEPENDENCE, Kansas (CNN) - A man running a 50K race in Independence, Kansas, died after he was struck by lightning shortly before he finished the run. Thomas Stanley, 33, died Saturday afternoon while running in the FlatRock 50K trail race at Elk City Lake Park, a Facebook post from the organizers of the race said. The post said he was struck by lightning just as he was approaching the finish line of the 50K (31.06 miles) race. "He was unable to cross the finish line, unfortunately, but he is one of our finishers," Robinson told CNN affiliate KWCH.