Milestones:
Selected Achievements* by Ultrarunners
12/15/24: Ed Ettinghausen completes 50 ultras of 100 miles or longer in one year!
4/ 6/24: Karl Schnaitter finishes his 100th ultra at the American River 50!
2/18/24: Bobby Keogh finishes his 100th 100-miler at the Grandmaster Ultras.
1/ 6/24: Rob Apple finishes his 800th ultra at the Avalon 50.
12/29/23: Will Sprouse finishes his 100th 100-miler at Across the Years.
12/10/23: Susan Donnelly finishes her 145th 100-miler at the Daytona 100.
8/13/23: Van Phan finishes her 100th 100-miler at the Hamster Endurance Run.
5/13/23: Karl Meltzer finishes his 75th 100-miler at the Hellbender 100.
4/ 2/23: Mike Smith finishes his 200th 100-miler at the Umstead 100.
11/20/22: Rob Apple finishes his 777th ultra at the Fall Creek 100.
11/ 6/22: Ray Sanchez finishes his 100th 100-miler at the Rio del Lago 100.
3/29/22: Michael Li finishes his 40th lap of Mt. Tamalpais (320 miles, 102880' climb) in 13 days (#FKTam300)!
12/21/21: Mike Smith finishes his 178th 100-miler at the Ancient Oaks 100 (his 20th 100 of 2021).
11/27/21: Trishul Cherns finishes his 300th ultra at the Maple Leaf 50K!
11/14/21: Susan Donnelly finishes her 130th 100-miler at the Tunnel Hill 100.
10/16/21: Van "Pigtails" Phan finishes her 400th ultra at the Defiance 50K!
9/12/21: Susan Donnelly finishes her 127th 100-miler at the Superior 100.
8/15/21: Nick Bassett finishes the Lean Horse 100 at the age of 76 in 25:58.
6/ 6/21: Keith Straw finishes his 100th 100-miler at the Old Dominion 100.
2/ 6/21: Pam Reed finishes her 100th 100-miler by winning the Grandmaster 100.
10/31/20: Denis Trafecanty finishes the Javelina Jundred 100 in 29:31:52 (at age 78!).
9/ /20: Don Jans finishes 100 miles at ARFTA in 68:35:54 (at age 88!).
7/12/20: William Keane finishes his 352nd ultra at the Cremator Ultra!
12/31/19: Walter Handloser completes 50 ultras of 100 miles or longer in one year!
11/30/19: Hoskuldur Kristvinsson finishes the Black River Run 100 in 28:38:30 (at age 70!).
11/30/19: Jose San Gabriel finishes his 50th ultra at the Quad Dipsea!
11/10/19: Jakob Herrmann finishes his 100th ultra at the Chino Hills 50k!
11/ 3/19: Kuni Yamagata finishes his 35th 100-miler (& 121st ultra) at the Rio del Lago 100 at age 66.
11/ 3/19: Walter Handloser finishes his 42nd 100-miler of the year at the Pinhoti 100.
9/22/19: Chihping Fu finishes his 43rd 100 at the inaugural WAM 100 (with 3 seconds to spare!).
8/29/19: Trishul Cherns finishes his 270th ultra at Six Days in the Dome.
8/26/19: Jess Mullen finishes her 50th 100-miler at Cascade Crest.
3/26/19: Eric Johnson finishes his 2nd 1000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational (in 29:18:25 (days, not hours!)).
3/30/19: Sandra Brown finishes her 200th 100-miler.
2/10/19: Ian Maddieson finishes the Grandmaster Ultras 100 at the age of 76.
1/ 2/19: Don Winkley at the age of 80 runs 325+ miles in six days at Across the Years.
12/29/18: Davy Crockett finishes his 100th 100-miler at Across the Years.
11/24/18: Ted Knudsen finishes his 100th ultra at the Quad Dipsea!
8/14/18: After 36 years (and 67 events), John Medinger retires as an RD!
6/24/18: Nick Bassett finishes the Western States 100 at the age of 73.
5/ 5/18: Rob Apple finishes his 749th ultra at the Strolling Jim.
4/ 8/18: Gordy Ainsleigh finishes the Umstead 100 at the age of 70!
12/ 9/17: Dan Pieroni finishes the Daytona 100 at the age of 77!
11/ 5/17: Craig Slagel finishes his 100th ultra at the Rio del Lago 100!
9/10/17: Ed Ettinghaus finishes his 145th 100-miler at The Headlands 100.
9/10/17: Joe Palubeski finishes his 50th ultra at The Headlands 100.
9/ 9/17: Susan Donnelly and John Taylor finish their 100th 100-miler at the Superior 100.
8/26/17: Ruperto Romero wins the Kodiak 100-miler (in 20:37:00) at the age of 53.
6/25/17: Gary Wang finishes his 200th ultra at the Western States 100m!
6/25/17: Richard Snipes finishes his 50th ultra at the Western States 100m!
5/13/17: Bill Hambrick finishes his 100th ultra at the Gold Rush 50k!
11/19/16: Ian Torrence finishes his 200th ultra at the JFK 50.
9/24/16: Nick Bassett finishes his 50th 100-miler at The Bear 100.
9/18/16: Roy Pirrung finishes his 200th ultra at the North Coast 24hr.
9/ 1/16: Dan Baglione covers 183 miles (at age 85) at the Across the Years 6-day.
8/28/16: My "brother", Karl Jensen, finishes his 64th 100-miler at the Cascade Crest 100.
4/ 3/16: Mike Smith finishes his 100th 100-miler at the Umstead 100.
6/30/15: Rob Apple finishes his 700th ultra at the Lavaredo Ultra Trail.
9/15/15: Betsy Nye finishes her 100th ultra at the Tahoe 200!
9/26/15: Ed Ettinghausen finishes his 106th ultra of 100+ miles at the Kodiak 100
9/ 6/15: Ed Demoney finishes 100 miles at "A Race for the Ages"at the age of 81!
9/ 6/15: Kent Holder finishes 100 miles at "A Race for the Ages"at the age of 76!
4/ 4/15: Ted Knudsen finishes his 75th ultra at the American River 50
1/25/15: Susan Donnelly finishes her 200th ultra at the Mountain Mist 50km
12/20/14: Ed Ettinghausen finishes his 40th ultra of 100+ miles in one year (4,806 miles!)
9/ 7/14: Susan Donnelly finishes her 70th 100-miler at the Superior Sawtooth 100m
2/ 1/14: Barb Elia finishes her 366th ultra at the Jed Smith Ultras
8/25/13: Chad Hyson finishes his 20th 100-miler at the Cascade Crest 100m
8/18/13: Bill Finkbeiner finishes his 30th Leadville 100m (and 50th 100 miler!)
8/10/13: Moe "The Eagle" Beaulieu finishes his 125th ultra at the Squamish 50k
12/29/12: Liz Bauer finishes her 36th 100-miler of 2012 at the Houston 100m
12/29/12: Scott Brockmeier finishes his 27th 100-miler of 2012 at the Houston 100m
10/ 1/11: Rob Apple finishes his 600th ultra at the Stump Jump 50k
4/30/11: Famida Hanif-Weddle finishes her 100th ultra at the Quicksilver 50!
11/13/10: Yen Nguyen finishes her 50th 100-miler at the Mother Road 100m
9/12/09: Susan Donnelly finishes her 100th ultra at the Superior Sawtooth 100!
9/12/09: Nick Bassett finishes his 2nd Grand Slam, 20 years after his 1st Grand Slam!
7/10/09: Garry Curry finishes his 50th 100-miler at Hardrock
1/18/09: Fred Davis finishes his 50th 100-miler at the H.U.R.T. 100m
11/31/08: Dan "LGR" Brendan finishes his 15th 100-miler of 2008 at the Javelina 100m
9/29/07: Rob Apple finishes his 500th ultra at the Great Eastern 100k
7/15/07: Hans-Dieter Weisshaar finishes his 100th 100-miler at the Hardrock 100m
5/ 5/07: Lisa Conover finishes her 103rd ultra at the Wild West 50K!
4/ 1/07: Ed Demoney finishes the Umstead 100 at the age of 73!
3/31/07: Michael Kanning finishes the Ruth Anderson 100k (11:59:18) at the age of 15!
12/10/06: David Hughes finishes his thirteenth 100 miler in 2006 at the Ancient Oaks 100
11/25/06: Barb Elia finishes her 315th ultra at the Quad Dipsea
5/13/06: David Kim finishes his 200th ultra at the Quicksilver 50k
10/ 1/05: Ryne Melcher finishes his 100th ultra at the Run for the Toad 50k (at age 26+)
5/ 7/05: Robert Youngren finishes his 100th ultra at the Strolling Jim 40!
2/ 6/05: Rolly Portelance and Hans-Dieter Weisshaar finish their 68th 100-milers at the Rocky Racoon 100m
1/29/05: Rob Apple finishes his 400th ultra at the Mountain Mist 50k
9/19/04: Jamshid Khajavi finishes his fourth 100 miler in five weeks at the Angeles Crest 100
8/22/04: Bill Finkbeiner finishes his 43rd 100 miler at the Leadville 100m
4/17/04: David Hughes finishes his 100th ultra at the Bull Run Run 50m
11/ 6/04: Kent Holder finishes his 132nd ultra at the Autumn Leaves 50k
10/31/04: After 12 years and 17 attempts, Lucinda Fisher finishes her 1st 100 miler at the Javelina Jundred 100m!
10/31/04: Barb Elia finishes her 31st 100 miler at the Javelina Jundred 100m
7/18/04: Rob Apple finishes 100 ultras in 924 days at the Vermont 100m
5/30/04: Rolly Portelance finishes his 67th 100-miler at the Sulphur Springs 100m
2/28/04: Henri Girault finishes his 500th 100km at Houston
9/14/03: Tom Rosebrock finishes the Rio del Lago 100m in 29:54:33 at age 16!
9/14/03: Barb Elia finishes her 258th ultra at the Rio del Lago 100m
9/ 7/03: Grant Holdaway finishes the Wasatch Front 100m in 35:58:07 at age 72!
9/ 7/03: Lisa Smith-Batchen finishes the (Vermont) Grand Slam w/Badwater
8/23/03: Steve Loitz finishes his 50th ultra at the Headlands 50k
7/20/03: Richard Busa finishes the Vermont Trail 100m in 28:48:08 at age 73!
5/18/03: Famida Hanif-Weddle finishes her 50th ultra at the Ohlone 50k
4/26/03: Henri Girault finishes his 481st 100km at Belves, France
2/ 1/03: Rolly Portelance finishes his 63th 100-miler at the Rocky Racoon 100m
1/25/03: Max Welker finishes his 100th ultra at the Capitol Peak 50k
10/12/02: Helen Klein finishes her 132rd ultra at the Firetrails 50
9/20/02: Ian Torrence finishes his 100th ultra, one day shy of 30 years!
6/ 1/02: Henri Girault finishes his 467th 100km at Kettle Moraine
5/26/02: Rolly Portelance finishes his 59th 100-miler at the Sulphur Springs 100m
5/18/02: Rob Apple finishes his 300th ultra at the Bishop High Sierra 50k
3/16/02: Mike Price finishes his 100th ultra at the Cross Timbers 50
12/16/01: Monica Scholz finishes her 23rd 100-miler of 2001 at the San Diego 100m
10/31/01: Vinny Swendsen finishes his 10th 100-miler of 2001 at the Heartland 100m
10/20/01: Dave Drach finishes his 100th ultra at the Mountain Masochist 50m
6/23/01: Tim Twietmeyer finishes his 20th sub-24hr Western States 100m
12/10/00: Hans-Dieter Weisshaar finishes his 20th 100-miler of 2000 at the Ancient Oaks 100m
9/17/00: Ray Piva finishes the Rio del Lago 100m in 27:34:07 at age 74!
9/10/00: Joe Decker finishes the (Old Dominion) Grand Slam w/Badwater
5/28/00: Stan Nakashima finishes his 100th ultra at the Sri Chinmoy 24hr
3/ /00: David Horton finishes his 100th ultra at ?
2/26/00: Suzi Cope finishes her 100th ultra at the Catalina 100k
2/ 6/00: Rolly Portelance finishes his 50th 100-miler at the Rocky Racoon 100m
12/11/99: Jose Wilkie finishes his 14th 100-miler of 1999 at the Ancient Oaks 100m
12/11/99: Jim Musselman finishes his 12th 100-miler of 2000 at the Ancient Oaks 100m
12/11/99: John Medinger finishes his 100th ultra at the Hunter Thompson 50k (and wins it)
11/27/99: Stan Jensen finishes his 100th ultra at the Quad Dipsea 28.4m
11/20/99: John Kenul finishes his 309th ultra at the JFK 50m
10/ 2/99: Jeff Washburn finishes his 10th 100-miler of 1999 at the Arkansas Traveler 100m
8/__/99: Ed Williams finishes the Leadville Trail 100m in 29:21:49 at age 70!
6/27/99: Barb Elia finishes her 18th 100-miler at the Western States 100m
4/11/99: Suzi Cope finishes her 24th 100-miler at the Umstead 100m
4/ /99: Henri Girault finishes his 400th 100km at Belves, France
1/ 9/99: Kent Holder finishes his 100th ultra at the Avalon 50m
7/18/98: Carol LaPlant finishes her 100th ultra at the Vermont 100m
6/28/98: Ann Trason wins her ten WS100 in a row
5/ 9/98: Rob Apple finishes his 200th ultra at the Massanutten Mtn. 100m
2/ 8/98: Helen Klein finishes the Rocky Racoon 100m in 28:52:08 at age 75!
11/29/97: Tim Twietmeyer finishes his 100th ultra at the Quad Dipsea 28.4m
2/ 8/97: Dave Kim finishes his 100th ultra at the Las Trampas 50k
11/30/96: Dick Collins finishes his 237th ultra at the Quad Dipsea 28.4m
10/13/96: Rick Gillespie finishes his 12th 100-miler of 1996 at the Arkansas Traveler 100m
5/20/95: Barb Elia finishes her 100th ultra at the Silver State 50k
12/16/95: Helen Klein finishes her 100th ultra at the Sunmart 50m
6/__/94: Ray Piva finishes the Western States 100m in 23:29:19 at age 67!
1/23/93: Rob Apple finishes his 100th ultra at the Stone Mountain 50m
10/11/92: Gary Wright finishes his 10th 100-miler of 1992 at the Arkansas Traveler 100m
12/ 3/88: Henri Girault finishes his 37th 100km of 1988 at Igualada, Spain
10/31/82: Rob Apple finishes his 1st ultra at the Fort Wayne 50m
4/28/79: Henri Girault finishes his 1st 100km at Belves, France
* I don't have the ability (or time) to keep track of non-US achievements, plus there
are other people tracking those achievements.
Suggested by David Hughes on 11/30/99 (thanks!)
"http://www.Run100s.com/milestones.htm"
(updated: 12/22/24)
StanJ@Run100s.com