Tom Green (runner)

Tom Green (born 1950/1)[1] is an ultra-runner and the first man to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning.

[3] Green is known as "grandfather of ultrarunning", and the "original ultrarunner"[4] He has run over 280 ultramarathons.

[1] In 2014, Tom Green ran 100 miles (160 km) in the Western States Endurance Run and finished in under 30 hours.

Upon reaching the Shock Treatment Center in Baltimore, Maryland, he was put into a medically induced coma for two weeks.

[4] In September 2017, Green finished the Yeti 100 Endurance Run[8] with a time of 29:46:43.