John Kelly (runner)

John Kelly is an American endurance athlete, born in 1984 and raised in Morgan County, Tennessee, who specialises in ultrarunning. He took up the sport after running the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon. In 2017 he became the fifteenth finisher in the history of the Barkley Marathons, completing five loops in 59:30:53 on his third attempt, and he won the Road Runners Club of America National Ultra Championship at the Lookout Mountain 50 Miler. He set a course record at the Wild Oak Trail Run in 2018, won the Franklins 200 Mile in 2019, and holds fastest known times including the 268 mile Pennine Way in 2021.