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Truett Hanes, the son of Cameron Hanes and the current pull-ups world record for the most in 24 hours, is seeking to chasing Olympic Trials qualification in the marathon as his next incredibly ambitious goal. He ran his first half marathon at just 8 years old and first full marathon at 13, so running is nothing new to him but this goal of Olympic Trials qualification is a lofty one.
In order to meet Olympic Trials Qualifying standards, Truett Hanes will need to run a 2:16:00 marathon (or better). That standard was set by USA Track & Field (USATF). Truett’s first attempt of 2026 came last weekend at the Austin Marathon where he ran all 26.2 miles in jeans.
Truett Hanes Chasing Olympic Trials Qualifying In Marathon
One aspect about being a public figure on social media is when you set extremely ambitious goals there is a lot of accountability, and a ton of haters come out of the woodwork to call you out if you fall short of those goals.
But Truett has been in this situation before. He previously announced he would set a pull-ups world record by doing the most pull-ups ever in 24 hours.
He has actually broken that world record twice. The first time was when he broke the record that was held by David Goggins at the time, doing 8,100 pull-ups in 24 hours. Then an Aussie broke his record with 8,940 in 24 hours.
Truett came back, announcing he was going to attempt the pull-ups world record again. Then on February 1, 2025, he completed 10,001 pull-ups in 24 hours, finishing in the wee hours of February 2nd, smashing that world record along the way.
Truett Hanes has also finished the Leadville 100-Mile ultramarathon and the Antelope Island Buffalo Run – 100 Miler. He is an accomplished ultramarathon runner alongside his latest challenge: Olympic Trials Qualifying.
‘Olympic Trials Or Die Trying’
The 28-year-old living in Utah has been documenting his marathon preparation on YouTube leading up to the Austin Marathon where he famously ran last year in jeans. In his last video uploaded before the Austin Marathon, Truett said the goal was ‘Olympic Trials or DIE trying.’
Truett ran the Austin Marathon again in jeans this year. He’s also the face of a jeans brand with his dad who is arguably the most renowned bow hunter in the country and an elite ultramarathon runner, podcaster, TV star, and author.
Truett Hanes (yes @CamHanes son) set the pull-up WR, then ran progressively faster marathons (in jeans), brought his time down to sub 2:30 & now is going for Olympic trial qualification. I wouldn’t bet against him. Or any Hanes for that matter. His mantra “it’s just pain”… pic.twitter.com/AI2YjSY6Ut
— Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. (@hubermanlab) January 1, 2026
That same jeans brand, The Perfect Jean, has been praised by Andrew Huberman and they were also on site to interview Truett Hanes after finishing the Austin Marathon.
How’d He Do?
At the 2025 Austin Marathon, Truett Hanes finished in 2:42:51 which was a top-20 finish. He beat that time this year, finishing in 2:36:56 which is an exact 6-minute/mile split.
Truett finished 1st out of 1,427 runners in the 25-29 age group. He ranked 4th place in Men (non-pro), and 4th overall out of 6,100 runners (non-professional). And he did all of that while wearing jeans, raising over $40,000 for The Miracle Foundation charity along the way:
Training in Utah (originally from Oregon), Truett benefits by working hard at altitude and pushing his VO2 Max. He recently underwent a VO2 Max test for his ‘Olympic Trials or DIE TRYING’ series on YouTube:
A 68.9 ml/kg/min VO2 Max score is amazing. I’m currently at 54.1 ml/kg/min and can’t fathom bumping up nearly 15 points from where I’m at now. He is also considerably younger than I am which factors in. We are both miles away from Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt who set a VO2 Max record recently.
There is no reason to beat around the bush. He is 21 minutes off the Olympic Trials Qualifying pace for marathon. But he is also capable of incredible feats so there is no reason to count him out.