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Height
  
5 ft 9.5 in (1.765 m)

Event(s)
  
Marathon and Ultras

Weight
  
118 lb (54 kg)

Club
  
Marathonguide.com

Country
  
Name
  
Camille Herron

Sport
  
Track and Field


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Born
  
December 25, 1981 (age 42) (
1981-12-25
)
USA

Residence
  
Warr Acres, Oklahoma, United States

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Camille Herron (born December 25, 1981) is an American long-distance runner from Oklahoma City, OK. She is the 2017 Comrades Marathon Champion and the first American to win since 1997. She is a three-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, 20-time marathon winner, Guinness World Record holder for the fastest marathon in a Superhero costume, and currently aiming to become the first woman to win a marathon in all 50 US States. She won the 2015 USATF 100K National Championship at Mad City in 7:26:24, her debut at the distance. She also became the first 3-time winner of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. She won the 2015 IAU 100K World Championships with a personal best 7:08:35. In October 2015 she set a new "World Road Best" for 50 Miles at the Fall 50/US 50 Mile Road Championship running a time of 5:38:41 on the USATF Certified and Sanctioned course. In December 2015, she won the 1st IAU 50 km World Championships in Doha, Qatar in a time of 3:20:58.

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In 2016, Herron transitioned to trail running. In her trail debut in April, despite a severe hamstring injury she finished 4th at the Lake Sonoma 50 Miler. After recovering and making a comeback, in July she finished as the 1st female and 4th overall at the White River 50 Miler, running the 2nd fastest time ever (7:36:42). In September she set a 27+ minute Course Record at the Ultra Race of Champions 100K in 9:36:05. In 2017, she made her international trail debut at the second Ultra-Trail World Tour event, winning the Tarawera Ultramarathon in a new Course Record time of 8:56:00..

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In June 2017, she dominated the ladies race of the 87km Comrades Marathon, run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and won in a time of 6:27:35.

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Early life

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Camille Herron was born in Norman, Oklahoma to Dr. Jack and Susan Herron and graduated from Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City in 2000. She was a 3-time Track State Champion at Duncan High School and 3-time All-Stater in Cross Country. Her family lost their home in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. She went on to run for a year at the University of Tulsa, but injuries ultimately ended her collegiate career. She got back into competitive running as a road racer in her fifth year of college guided by her now husband and former elite distance runner, Conor Holt. As an undergrad, she began applying her science and research knowledge to help her stay healthy and run farther and faster.

Running career

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She debuted at the Eugene Marathon in 2007 with a time of 2:48:36. Within two and half years, she had reduced her personal best time to 2:38:23 at the 2009 Twin Cities Marathon. Herron competed for the 2011 US Pan American Team in Guadalajara, Mexico, finishing as the top American in 9th place. Two weeks later, she finished as the 3rd American at the 2011 New York City Marathon in 2:40:06. She proceeded to get her personal best down to 2:37:14 at the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.

Making her domestic ultra debut at the 2015 Mad City 100K/US Championship, she ran the fastest 100K on American soil, the third fastest performance ever by an American, and broke Ann Trason's 26-year-old 100K National Championship Record. On September 12, 2015, she won the IAU World Championship 100k in Winschoten, setting a personal record of 7:08:35, the fourth-fastest time ever recorded at that distance by a woman. Facing a strong headwind and rain, she bested the 50 Mile World Record held by Ann Trason (5:40:18), by winning the Fall 50/US 50 Mile Road Championship in a time of 5:38:41. She finished off 2015 by winning her second World title at the 1st IAU 50K World Championship in Doha, Qatar- running in the heat and wind, she ran 3:20:58 to capture the gold by over 7 minutes.. She was voted the USATF Ruth Anderson Ultra Road Runner of the Year in 2015 and 2016. She was also voted the 2015 IAU International Athlete of the Year.

In 2016, she transitioned to trail running. Overcoming a hamstring injury earlier in the year, she went on to win the White River 50 Miler. In her third trail ultra, she set a 27 min course record at the Ultra Race of Champions, which was the second best rated performance in the world in 2016. In 2017, she set the course record in her win at the 102k Tarawera Ultra in New Zealand, finishing in 8:56:00

She made history by winning South Africa's Comrades Marathon, only the third American to do so and the first American to win since 1997. In a memorable finish, she accidentally stopped at the wrong timing mat after being handed the penultimate rose and baton. Another male competitor finally came from behind, tapping and pointing that she wasn't finished yet. Herron went into an all-out sprint the final 200m to win the Comrades Marathon.

Inspired by Bill Rodgers and other prolific racers/marathoners of the past, Herron has built a career out of racing marathons frequently, competing in up to seven marathons in a 12-month period. For the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials, she qualified seven times. After winning her first marathon at the 2010 Dallas White Rock Marathon, (now called the Dallas Marathon) she began collecting marathon wins around the country. She is one of the fastest Marathon Maniacs and 50-State pursuers.

She is represented by Mark Mastalir of Millennium Sports Marketing. Her sponsors include Nike, Marathonguide.com and Nathan Sports.

Among her memberships and service, she currently serves as Secretary for the USATF Women's Long Distance Running Executive Committee and member #6488 of the Marathon Maniacs. She also served as a USOC Athlete Services Coordinator for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Personal life

After graduating from The University of Tulsa in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Science cum laude, she continued to pursue her Master of Science in Exercise and Sport Science at Oregon State University. Studying bone and exercise, she completed her master's thesis on enhancing bone recovery through whole body vibration training. She gained skills in the specialized technique of bone histomorphometry.

Following grad school, she worked in Bone Research at Purdue University and the University of Michigan and currently works as a Research Assistant in Osteoimmunology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

References

Camille Herron Wikipedia