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Jacquelyn Camille Herron is an American ultramarathon runner and scientist born on December 25, 1981 in Norman, Oklahoma. Early life and education Herron faced early life challenges, including a near-drowning incident at the age of three and was born with Central Auditory Processing Disorder and hearing loss. She has attributed her athletic ability and mental toughness to her upbringing, citing her grandfather, a decorated war veteran, and father as influential figures.Herron's unique running gait and arm swing are attributed to physical anomalies, including an extra bone in her foot and twists in her arm and femur.Herron attended Westmoore High School, where she was a three-time All-Stater in cross country, a three-time State Champion in track and field, and valedictorian. In 1999, at age 17, Herron and her family lost their home and possessions during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This event served as a turning point for Herron, who began running longer distances on Sundays as a way to celebrate life.After receiving academic and athletic scholarships, Herron attended the University of Tulsa, where she was a Top 10 Senior and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sports Science in 2005. She began doing scientific research in college to understand why she had stress fractures as a young runner.Herron obtained a Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Oregon State University in 2007. Her research focused on identifying the optimal anabolic stimulus for musculoskeletal health, emphasizing the importance of frequent light mechanical stress interspersed with infrequent high-intensity stress. Career Herron returned to competitive running as a road racer under the guidance of her husband, Conor Holt, a former elite runner and college coach. She attributes her success in ultrarunning to her scientific knowledge and training approach, which prioritizes short, frequent runs to accumulate high volume consistently.Herron has contributed to scientific research as a Research Assistant in bone imaging/osteoimmunology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She has co-authored numerous scientific manuscripts in this field.Herron is partnered with Lululemon Athletica, with whom she collaborates on product development and initiatives such as the launch of a women's trail shoe and the lululemon FURTHER program, which includes a 6-day ultramarathon for women.Herron and her husband manage an online coaching business. Notable achievements Herron is a 3-time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and a 21-time marathon winner. She competed on the 2011 US Pan American Team in the marathon, finishing 9th. Herron set the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in a superhero costume, completing it in 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 51 seconds, dressed as Spiderwoman. In 2017, she became the third American to win the Comrades Marathon. Herron is the only athlete to win all of the IAU Ultra Road World Championships (50 km, 100 km, and 24hrs). Since 2015, she has set numerous Ultramarathon World and American Records between 50 miles and 48 hours. In 2023, she improved the women’s 48Hr World Record by 14.8 miles to 270.505 miles (435.336 km), the third best performance in the world behind only two men. She is the first woman to hold an outright American record. In February 2019, she won the Tarawera 100 Miler in Rotorua, New Zealand in a new course record of 17:20:52 two weeks after surviving a rollover car accident. In April 2022, she became the youngest woman to reach 100,000 lifetime running miles. In 2023, Herron became the first woman to break 24 hours at the 153-mile Spartathlon setting a course record of 22h 35min 31s. She is the first athlete to win both the Comrades Marathon and Spartathlon. Herron has achieved success in trail running as well, with wins at various races including the JFK 50 Mile, Bandera 100 km, Black Canyon 100 km, Tunnel Hill 100 (course record)., Tarawera 100 km and 100 miles (course records at both), and the Javelina Jundred (course record)Honors She is a four-time IAU International Ultra Runner of the Year. She is also a six-time honoree of the USATF Ruth Anderson Ultrarunner of the Year award, eight-time USATF Athlete of the Week honoree, the 2017 Ultrarunning Magazine Female Ultrarunner of the Year, and four-time Ultra Performance of the Year. In 2022 and 2023, she was voted USATF Master's Runner of the Year and the 2022 RRCA Master's Runner of the Year. Advocacy Herron has spoken out about equality, anti-doping, perimenopause and increasing women's sports science studies. World records According to the International Association of Ultrarunners, USA Track & Field, Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners, and UltraRunning Magazine she has set World Record/World Best performances at the following distances, times, and surfaces: References External links Official website Camille Herron at World Athletics Camille Herron at ITRA . Discover the M G Herron popular books. Find the top 100 most popular M G Herron books.

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  • The Alien Element synopsis, comments

    The Alien Element

    M.G. Herron

    Drawn by an ancient mysteryThe question of how a tribe of ancient Mayans ended up living on a distant planet continues to haunt archaeologist Eliana Fisk, but Amon won't let her an...

  • The Door Below the Comic Store synopsis, comments

    The Door Below the Comic Store

    M.G. Herron

    How would you react if you found hidden doors in your city that led to other worlds of mystery and magic?While trying to escape the incessant bickering between his mom and his jerk...

  • Starfighter Down synopsis, comments

    Starfighter Down

    M.G. Herron

    A rogue Overmind is on the loose. A million souls hang in the balance. The Solaran Defense Forces make the difficult decision to evacuate the colony of Robichar in order to avoid...

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    Raptor

    M.G. Herron

    Shipped off to Polar Prep Fleet Academy, Casey grieves the death of her mother while struggling to find a place among her peers. She hates it. Why did her father have to send her ...

  • The Auriga Project synopsis, comments

    The Auriga Project

    M.G. Herron

    Hurled into the great unknown Ripped from Earth and transported to a strange new world, archaeologist Eliana Fisk is taken captive by the leaders of a native tribe. What ...

  • Make Like The Roaches And Survive synopsis, comments

    Make Like The Roaches And Survive

    M.G. Herron

    People used to say that after the apocalypse, only the roaches would survive.Well, there were roaches all right. But that was just the beginning of my problems.While the world was ...

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    The Ares Initiative

    M.G. Herron

    Endangered by an alien adversaryArchaeologist Eliana Fisk helped expose a false god and end his reign of terror.Now, he's coming for the people of Earth.And he's hungry for revenge...

  • Spare Parts synopsis, comments

    Spare Parts

    M.G. Herron

    The Kryl invaded in the dead of night.The Nevers family had to flee. Yuzosix, once their home, must be left behind.Along the way, young Elya Nevers develops a strange habit... he b...