Ann Trason

Ann Trason, born August 30, 1960, is an American ultramarathon runner from Auburn, California, who set twenty world records at distances from forty to one hundred miles during her career. Her ultra career began when she won the 1985 American River 50 Miler at age 24 and set a course record, and her 50-mile world record of 5:40:18, set in 1991, was unbeaten until 2015. She first finished the Western States 100 in 1989 as the first female finisher and went on to win it 14 times, the last in 2003, holding the women's course record of 17:37:51 from 1994 until 2012. In 1996 and 1997 she won the Western States just twelve days after winning the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. She appears in Christopher McDougall's book Born to Run and was inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame in 2020.