Kitsap County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census,its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard;its largest city is Bremerton. The county,formed out of King County and Jefferson County on January 16,1857,is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe. Originally named Slaughter County,it was soon renamed.
Joan Benoit Samuelson is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion,winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
An ultramarathon,also called ultra distance or ultra running,is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometres. Various distances,surfaces,and formats are raced competitively,from the shortest common ultramarathon of 31 miles (50 km) and up to 3100 miles. World Championships are held by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) for 50 km,100 km,24 hours,and ultra trail running. The Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners (GOMU) holds World Championships for 48 hours and 6 days. World Records are ratified and recognized by World Athletics,the IAU,and by GOMU.
Scott Gordon Jurek is an American ultramarathoner,author,and public speaker. Throughout his running career,Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world,winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007),the Badwater Ultramarathon,the Spartathlon,and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005). In 2010,at the 24-Hour World Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde,France,Jurek won a silver medal behind Shingo Inoue and set a new US record for distance run in 24 hours with 165.7 miles. In 2015,Jurek set the Fastest Known Time running record for the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail.
The Bainbridge Island Review is a weekly newspaper distributed in Bainbridge Island,Washington. The Review is primarily focused on Bainbridge Island and its surrounding communities.
Galen Rupp is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing,2012 in London,2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters in London and the bronze medal in the men's marathon in Rio de Janeiro. Rupp competed for the University of Oregon and trained under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. He won the 2017 Chicago Marathon,becoming the first American to do so since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Rupp won the marathon at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta with a time of 2:09:20,and qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,where he finished eighth.
The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon,as compiled by World Athletics and other authoritative sources of road racing statistics.
Hal Koerner is an American distance runner specializing in ultramarathon running. He is the owner of a specialty running store,Rogue Valley Runners,located in the mountainous Southern Oregon town of Ashland. He is one of the subjects of JB Benna's feature-length documentary "Unbreakable:The Western States 100".
Anton Krupicka is an American ultra-runner. He has won the Leadville 100 twice,the Miwok 100K,the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler,the Collegiate Peaks 50 Miler,the White River 50 Miler twice,the High Mountain 50k and the Estes Park Marathon.
Yuki Kawauchi is a Japanese marathon runner. He came to prominence after running the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in 2:08:37,finishing as the first Japanese citizen and third overall. He was known as the "citizen runner" given that he used to work full-time for the government of Saitama Prefecture and trained in his time off with his own expenses without any sponsorship. Kawauchi won the 2018 Boston Marathon. In 2020,he left his job in local government and became a full-time professional runner.
Toe Jam Hill,425 feet tall,is the high point on Bainbridge Island,Washington and one of the highest points in Kitsap County,Washington.
Ted Gonder is an American entrepreneur and the co-founding CEO of Moneythink,a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the financial capability of young adults through technology-enhanced peer mentorship. Until July 2015,he was also a member of the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
Max King is an American ultra-marathoner. He was the winner at the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships and the 2011 World Mountain Running Championships. King earned the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC Cross Country Championships / Pan American Cross Country Cup.
Sage Clifton Read Canaday is an American long-distance runner and ultramarathoner.
Oz Pearlman is an American mentalist,magician,and athlete who lives and works in the United States. He performs as a mentalist under the name "Oz the Mentalist",and has successfully appeared on America's Got Talent,winning third-place in Season 10 (2015).
Jim Walmsley is an American long-distance runner. An ultra-trail specialist,his wins include the JFK 50 Mile in 2014,2015 and 2016,the Lake Sonoma 50 in 2016 and 2018,the Tarawera Ultramarathon in 2017,and the Western States 100 in 2018,2019,and 2021. He holds several course records,including the Western States 100,set in 2018 and further improved by 21 minutes in 2019. In 2023,he became the first American man to win the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.
A Fastest Known Time (FKT) is the speed record for a running,hiking or cycling route. Unlike most endurance sports competitions such as marathon world records,FKTs are self-organized and done alone or in small groups. FKTs are most popular on long trails suitable for thru-hiking or ultramarathon trail running such as the Appalachian Trail,the Pennine Way,and the John Muir Trail.
Buzz Burrell is an American ultrarunner,outdoor athlete,and businessman. Burrell began trail running and ultramarathons during the infancy of the sport in America during the late 1960s and early '70s at events such as the Pikes Peak Marathon.
Blackbird Bakery is a bakery on Bainbridge Island,in the U.S. state of Washington. Established in 1999,the business is owned by Jeff Shepard and Heidi Umphenour. The menu includes various pastries and desserts,as well as coffee and other drinks. Blackbird has garnered a positive reception.
