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In 2020, Dower set her first speed record, completing the 1,175 mile (1,891 kilometer) Mountains-to-Sea Trail in North Carolina. [7] She did so before competing in any organized ultramarathon race. Dower began competing regularly in ultramarathon trail racing in 2021. Over the next few years she ran multiple 100-mile races such as Uwharrie ...
The Grand Slam of Ultrarunning is a set of four of the five most prestigious and oldest 100-mile races contested in the United States, comprising the Old Dominion 100 Mile Endurance Run in Virginia, the Western States 100 in California, the Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run in Vermont, the Leadville Trail 100 in Colorado, and the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run in Utah.
The most common distances are 50 kilometres (31.07 mi), 50 miles (80.47 km), 100 kilometres (62.14 mi), 100 miles (160.93 km), and continue up to the longest certified race distance of 3100 miles. [1] Timed events range from 6, 12, and 24 hours to 3, 6, and 10 days (known as Multiday races). Timed events are generally run on a track or a short ...
Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run United States: Barkley Marathons United States: Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run Canada: Canadian Death Race Nicaragua: Fuego y Agua 25k,50k,100K & Survival Run United States: Grand Canyon Ultra Marathon Réunion: Grand Raid de la Réunion United States: Grindstone 100 Miler United States: Hardrock Hundred Mile ...
Courtney Dauwalter (born February 13, 1985) is an American ultramarathon runner and former teacher. [1] Widely regarded as one of the world's best ultra trail runners, [2] Dauwalter became in 2023 the first person to win Western States 100, Hardrock 100 and the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the same year.
The Western States Endurance Run, known commonly as the Western States 100 or Western States, is a 100.2-mile (161 km) ultramarathon that takes place on California's Sierra Nevada Mountains trails each year on the last full weekend of June. Western States is one of the most competitive ultramarathons in the United States, and is administered by ...
Scott Gordon Jurek (born October 26, 1973) [1] is an American ultramarathoner, author, and public speaker.Throughout his running career, Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon (2005, 2006), the Spartathlon (2006, 2007, 2008), and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005).
The race, which has been around since 1983 in Leadville, Colo., is 100 miles on dirt roads and trails through the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The course climbs and descends 15,600 feet.