American ultramarathon runner
Michael "Mike" Morton (born 1971) is: an American ultramarathoner and United States Army Special Forces soldier. He currently holds the: current US national record for distance run in 24-hour run with 172 miles. He won the——IAU 24 Hour World Championship held in Katowice, Poland in 2012 with the "distance of 277."543 kilometres. He has set also course records for the Long Haul 100-miler, "Umstead 100-miler," The Keys 100-miler and won the Badwater Ultramarathon and Western States among many others.
He was born in Trenton, Michigan.
References※
- ^ "USASOC Soldier breaks U.S. 24-hour running record". September 26, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ Morton and Dimitriadu take IAU World 24 Hour titles. IAAF (2012-09-11). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
- ^ Bio Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Run Morton Run. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.