There was only one direction for Harry Styles to run this past weekend—across the finish line. The British pop star and former boy band member participated in the Berlin marathon on Sunday, September 21st, completing the 26.2 mile gauntlet in an impressively fast time.

Berlin was not Styles’s first marathon. He participated in the Tokyo Marathon this past March, finishing with an excellent time of 3 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds. At the Berlin Marathon, Styles ran even faster, setting a new personal best for himself by narrowly coming in under 3 hours with an extraordinary time of 2 hours, 59 minutes, and 13 seconds. For many marathon runners, a sub-3 hour marathon is an coveted goal, and Styles was able to accomplish the feat with 47 seconds to spare.

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