DonnaJean Wilde held a plank for five hours and seven seconds during the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah. The 61-year-old Canadian made the attempt on Tuesday, October 6. The organizers’ official recap specifies both the time and an important condition: the mark is pending review and approval by Guinness World Records.
The mark surpasses her previous recognized record of four hours, thirty minutes and eleven seconds, set in March 2024. The difference between the two times is 29 minutes and 56 seconds. That calculation describes how much longer she sustained the effort, but the comparison does not replace the process required to ratify the new attempt.
Five hours without turning the time into a routine
During a plank, a person holds a steady position with their body supported on its points of contact. In a record attempt, technique and rules matter just as much as the stopwatch: remaining on the stage is not enough if the posture no longer meets the requirements of the event.
Press reports about the event describe supervision during the effort and support from the crowd. The Senior Games ceremony provided a setting different from an ordinary gym workout, with an athlete prepared for an extreme endurance test.
Attempted record and ratified record are not the same
The organizer can report the recorded time and share images of the event. Guinness conducts its own review before adding or updating a mark. That is why this coverage uses the announced result while making its pending status clear, rather than presenting ratification as a process that has already been completed.
The 2024 record provides context for Wilde’s track record and the scale of her new effort. It also helps readers interpret headlines that simply say five hours with care: the extra seven seconds are part of the time published by the games, even though they do not change the overall scale of the feat.
Age provides context, not a prescription
The Huntsman World Senior Games bring together athletes over 50. Wilde’s attempt shows extraordinary individual preparation within that context. It does not establish how long a person her age should be able to hold a plank, nor does it turn a competitive event into a healthy goal for everyone.
For anyone inspired by the news, it makes sense to distinguish personal training from a showcase record. The appropriate duration of an exercise depends on each person’s condition and technique, not on the record circulating on social media. Pain, a history of injury, or questions about a routine call for an individual assessment.
The documented news is specific: five hours and seven seconds, on October 6, with validation pending. If Guinness confirms the mark, that will be a new fact that can be added to this same coverage. The accompanying image shows an archival plank and does not depict Wilde during the attempt.
