Chilean father Rodrigo Hernán Lobo Puccio, 64, and his five sons, Rodrigo, Tomas, Santiago, Agustin and Raimundo, made history at the 2023 Tokyo Marathon.
The men claimed a new Guinness World Record when they became the largest family to ever complete all six Abbott World Marathon Majors together.
It was a journey over a decade in the making for the group known as the Wolfpack (the family’s name, Lobo, is Spanish for “wolf”), who were supported all the way by our title sponsor, Abbott.
“The Wolfpack family is a true inspiration for people around the world,” says Juan Carlos Sola, Abbott’s general manager of Nutrition in Chile. “They are living proof that it is possible to fulfill your dreams and be healthy while spending quality time with your family.
"For Abbott, it was a perfect match – supporting a family that represents the essence of who we are and what we do: helping people live their best possible life through the power of health.”
The idea of running as a collective first came to life at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2012. They did it again in Vienna a year later, and their first Major as a family unit was Berlin in 2014.
“It was at this point that we decided to take things a step further and see if we could make history as the largest family to complete the six Abbott World Marathon Majors,” says Tomas, 34.
“We reached out to the Guinness World Records (GWR) and received confirmation that there was no record for the largest family to complete the six Majors. This fueled our motivation, and we decided to set our sights on achieving it.”
The next four Majors were soon crossed off the list, but then the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the Tokyo race. Japan eventually opened its doors for the March 2023 race, and the Wolfpack, along with a 3,000-strong contingent of Six Star Hopefuls , successfully reached their journey’s climax in the final major Marathon.
Together they had accomplished something that no other family had done before, something they will carry with them forever.
“We trained for months, even years, to prepare our bodies and minds to complete these marathons, working hard and giving it our best,” says Rodrigo. “That is one of the reasons why our family is enormously proud to be sponsored by Abbott - a company that believes that at our healthiest, we can do amazing things. We have done an amazing thing, and it feels wonderful!”
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