American ultramarathon runner Camille Herron improved her own world 100-miles record for women after winning the US Championship in Nevada. The 40-year-old athlete adjusted her previous record by almost a minute and a half after finishing in 12:41:11 hours. She was half an hour ahead of the first men finishing in the ultramarathon – Arlen Glick, who finished for 13:10:25 hours.
“What a difference a year makes. I came back healthy and hungry for success”, said the happy American ultramarathon runner Camille Herron after her victory.
In the process of setting the 100-mile world record, Herron also broke her previous 12-hour record of 149 kilometres, setting a new record of 152 km.
Camille Herron is the first and only athlete to win all three of the International Association of Ultrarunners’ 50K, 100K, and 24 Hour World Championships. She won the 2017 Comrades Marathon and holds several World Record times at ultramarathon distances, along with the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in a superhero costume. She is known for running with her hair down, drinking beer, and eating tacos during ultramarathons. In November 2017, she broke Ann Trason’s 100-mile Road World Record by over an hour in 12:42:40. She broke her 12-Hour and 100 Mile World Records in February 2022 at the Jackpot 100/US Championship, winning the race outright and beating all of the men. She is the first and only woman to run under 13 hours for 100 miles, exceed 150 km for 12-Hours, and to reach 270km for 24Hrs.
Camille Herron has overcome multiple challenges in her life, including injuries as a young runner and her family losing their home in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. In February 2019 she won the Tarawera 100 Miler in Rotorua, New Zealand in a new course record of 17:20:52 just two weeks after surviving a rollover car accident.
