| Birth Name: | Jacquelyn Camille Herron | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Norman, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||
| Height: | 5feet | |||||||||||||
| Sport: | Track and Field | |||||||||||||
| Event: | Marathon and Ultramarathon | |||||||||||||
| Coach: | Conor Holt | |||||||||||||
| Website: | http://www.camilleherron.com/ | |||||||||||||
| Pb: | Marathon: 2:37:14 50 km: 3:20:58 50 miles: 5:38:41 100 km: 7:08:35 12 hrs: 151.111km (93.896miles) 100 miles: 12:41:11 24 hrs: 270.116km (167.842miles) 48 hrs: 435.336km (270.505miles) 6 day: 901.768km (560.333miles) | |||||||||||||
| Show-Medals: | }}} Jacquelyn Camille Herron is an American ultramarathon runner and scientist. She has 12 world records in ultramarathon distances. Early life and educationHerron was born in Norman, Oklahoma. She attended Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City, where she was a three-time All-State recipient in cross country, a three-time State Champion in track and field, and valedictorian.[1] After receiving academic and athletic scholarships, Herron attended the University of Tulsa, where she was a Top 10 Senior and earned a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science in 2005. She began doing scientific research in college to understand why she had stress fractures as a young runner.[2] Herron obtained a masters degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Oregon State University in 2007. Her research focused on identifying the optimal anabolic stimulus for musculoskeletal health, emphasizing the importance of frequent light mechanical stress interspersed with infrequent high-intensity stress.[3] [4] Personal lifeHerron was born with central auditory processing disorder and hearing loss and had a near-drowning incident at the age of three.[5] [6] [7] [8] In 1999, when she was 17, Herron and her family lost their home and possessions during the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. She stated that she found the event to be a turning point, and began running longer distances on Sundays as a way to celebrate life. In 2024, Herron was diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.[9] Herron's unusual running gait and arm swing are attributed to an extra bone in her foot and twists in her arm and femur.[10] CareerHerron returned to competitive running as a road racer under the guidance of her husband, Conor Holt, a former elite runner and college coach. She attributes her success in ultrarunning to her scientific knowledge and training approach, which prioritizes short, frequent runs to accumulate high volume consistently.[11] Herron has worked as a research assistant in bone imaging and osteoimmunology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, co-authoring several scientific papers.[12] Herron was partnered with Lululemon Athletica, with whom she collaborated on product development and initiatives such as the launch of a women's trail shoe and the lululemon FURTHER program, which included a 6-day ultramarathon for women in March 2024.[13] [14] [15] On September 26, 2024 Lululemon ended its association with Herron in the wake of a controversy[16] in which she and/or her husband were found to be removing positive information about other athletes from Wikipedia while adding positive information about herself.[17] [18] [19] Herron and her husband manage an online coaching business.[20] Notable achievements
World recordsCamille Herron holds the International Association of Ultrarunners World Record/World Best performances at the following events:
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