When it comes to running, Camille Herron has always boldly looked ahead without limitations.
With boundless enthusiasm and fierce competitiveness, the 41-year-old ultrarunner from Warr Acres, Oklahoma, has developed an uncanny knack for pushing her body at fast paces for long periods of time and competing head-to-head with men. And she typically does it with a happy-go-lucky attitude and a vivacious laugh.
Herron has displayed on dozens of occasions that she possesses a special mix of physical, mental, and emotional tenacity—as well as plenty of zany, think-outside-the-box gumption—en route to winning some of the world’s most prestigious ultra-distance races and earning several long-distance world championships.
She’s also set numerous ultrarunning world records by running repetitively on short loop courses or public tracks—settings that most runners would consider to be harshly monotonous—and often winning those events outright, beating all male competitors in the process.
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