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.[1] He won the IAU 24 Hour World Championship held in Katowice, Poland in 2012 with the distance of 277.543 kilometres.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "USASOC Soldier breaks U.S. 24-hour running record". September 26, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ Morton and Dimitriadu take IAU World 24 Hour titles. IAAF (2012-09-11). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  3. ↑ Bio Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Run Morton Run. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
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