TV host

Oprah Winfrey

Talk show host (The Oprah Winfrey Show) and media executive

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5 records, newest first. Strength changes with age and weight class, so check the date and context before you compare.

1. 2026

   • Plank hold (weighted)1:00

     Effort unknownAge 72Weighted plank, training with trainer Peter

     “Now she says she can hold one "for over a minute, with weights"”

     Oprah Winfrey, 72, Proves That She Can Hold a Plank 'for Over a Minute, with Weights' (People via AOL)News report2026-02

     'Over a minute', so 60 s is a floor; the added weight is not stated. Her Instagram caption of Feb 16, 2026, as reported by People.

2. 2024

   • Plank hold10 s

     Max or PRAge 70, after 2021 knee replacementsFirst plank, training with trainer Peter

     “Oprah Winfrey shared a video of her first-ever plank from Aug. 10, 2024, explaining that she could only hold one for 10 seconds”

     Oprah Winfrey, 72, Proves That She Can Hold a Plank 'for Over a Minute, with Weights' (People via AOL)News report2024-08-10

     She states it in her own Instagram post (Feb 2026); People says she collapsed at the ten-second mark in the video.

3. 1994

   • Marathon4:29:15

     CompetitionFirst marathon, age 401994 Marine Corps Marathon

     “Wearing Bib #40, Winfrey finished the MCM with a now famous time of 4:29:15 placing 8,210 of 12,716 finishers.”

     History - Marine Corps MarathonOfficial result1994-10-23

     Race organizer's history page. Many outlets (e.g. Marathon Handbook, Women's Running) give 4:29:20 for the same race; kept as one record with the organizer's 4:29:15. The difference is likely gun vs net time or a transcription difference.

4. 1993

   • 5-mile run40:00

     Working setAge 39, the day she reached her 150 lb goal weight (from 222 lb in March 1993)Bodyweight 150 lb5-mile training loop

     “That same morning, for the first time ever, she completed her 5-mile training loop at an 8-minute-per-mile pace.”

     How Oprah Did It (Runner's World, March 1995, reposted on the Cathe forum)Trainer said1993-11-10low confidence

     Time is 5 miles at 8:00 per mile = 40:00 (computed from the stated pace). Account by trainer Bob Greene. Source is a forum repost of the Runner's World article; the original is not online. Bodyweight: the article says she reached her 150 lb goal weight that day. Confidence low (desk check): the page is a forum repost of the Runner's World article, and the 40:00 is computed from the stated 8:00 pace.

   • Half marathon2:16:00

     CompetitionFirst race, age 39, five months into a weight-loss running program with trainer Bob Greene1993 America's Finest City Half Marathon, San Diego

     “We could find only one half-marathon time for Oprah, who was clocked at 2:16 back in 1993”

     Allen West's Half-Marathon: Slower Than Sarah Palin, but Slightly Faster Than Oprah (Broward Palm Beach New Times)News report1993-08medium confidence

     Time given to the minute only (2:16). Runner's World (March 1995, 'How Oprah Did It', reposted on a cathe.com forum) gives the same 2:16 and the month: Greene entered her in August 1993. Wikipedia says she ran under the alias 'Bobbi Jo Jenkins'.