Hal Koerner

Hal Koerner, born January 23, 1976, in Morgantown, West Virginia, is an American distance runner specializing in ultramarathon running. He has won the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run and the Western States Endurance Run in 2007 and 2009, and his other notable wins include the Javelina Jundred in 2011 and 2013, the Rocky Raccoon 100 in 2012, the Canadian Death Race in 2010 and the Angeles Crest 100 in 2006 and 2008. He owns the specialty running store Rogue Valley Runners in Ashland, Oregon, directs the Pine to Palm 100 Mile Endurance Run and the Siskiyou Out Back Trail Run Festival, and is one of the subjects of the documentary Unbreakable: The Western States 100. His book Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning was published in 2014, and he has held the fastest known times on the Colorado Trail and the John Muir Trail.