Thursday "xoves" and Romanian "joi". This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh "dydd Iau". The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (♃) is sometimes used to represent Thursday. Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: "Torsdag" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, "Hósdagur"/"Tórsdagur" in Faroese, "Donnerstag" in German or "Donderdag" in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing "Torstai" and "Duorastat". In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was "perundan", Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor. There
IAU 24 Hour World Championship American host in 2007. The championships record are 277.543 kilometres for men, set by Michael Morton of the United States in 2012, and 252.205 kilometres for women, set by Japan's Mami Kudo in 2013. A total of 302 athletes from 40 countries competed at the 2015 edition of the competition. IAU 24 Hour World Championship The IAU 24 Hour World Championship is an annual international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). Preceded in 2001 by the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships, as a track running event, this competition became the IAU World 24 Hours