Tom Green (runner)

Tom Green is an ultra-runner, born in 1950 or 1951, and the first man to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, a distinction he earned when there were only five 100 mile trail races in the United States. He joined the Howard County Striders, is in their hall of fame, and completed more than 175 ultramarathons as a member; across his career he has run over 280. He is known as the grandfather of ultrarunning and the original ultrarunner, and he is a carpenter by trade who attended Concord University. In 2014, aged 63, he ran the Western States Endurance Run in under 30 hours. A tree-trimming accident in April 2015 caused skull fractures and a two week induced coma, and in September 2017 he finished the Yeti 100 in 29:46:43.