“I think at a certain point, your brain just shuts off and you’re on autopilot. I might as well have blacked out for the middle 20 hours.”
Two guys from Grand Rapids just did something absolutely wild: they played pickleball for 28 hours straight and broke a Guinness World Record in the process.
Brad Haverkamp and Caleb Dang, who met through the local pickleball community, decided to take on the singles marathon record in late November, and they absolutely crushed it. The previous record sat at roughly 24 hours.
They didn’t just beat it; they obliterated it by playing four additional hours and putting serious distance between themselves and the old mark.
The Mental Game Is Harder Than You’d Think
Here’s the thing about playing pickleball for 28 hours straight: your body might hold up, but your mind? That’s a different story entirely. Caleb described the experience with brutal honesty…