Tara Dower is an American ultramarathoner, born in 1993 and raised in North Carolina, who graduated from East Carolina University in 2016. In 2024 she set the overall fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail, heading southbound, finishing in 40 days 18 hours 6 minutes, about 13 hours ahead of Karel Sabbe record, and she was the first woman since 2015 to hold the overall record. She also holds speed records on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, the Colorado Trail, the Benton MacKaye Trail and the Long Trail, won the Umstead 100 overall in 2024 and the Devil Dog 100 in 2022, completed the Hardrock Hundred in 2024, and in 2025 broke the Javelina Jundred course record. Her Appalachian Trail run raised money for Girls on the Run.
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