Karl Meltzer

Karl Meltzer
Personal information
Nickname(s) Speedgoat Karl
Website www.karlmeltzer.com
Sport
Country  United States
Event(s) Ultramarathon
Coached by Self

Karl Meltzer (born December 8, 1967, nicknamed "Speedgoat Karl") is an ultrarunner and ultrarunning coach based in Sandy, Utah. While many ultramarathoners tend to be vegetarian, vegan, and anti-alcohol or caffeine, Meltzer has been seen with bacon, red bull, and microbrews.[1] Meltzer is known for not only having more 100-mile wins at the ultramarathon event than any other ultramarathoner, but also for his notable speed record attempts at major U.S. trails including both the Appalachian Trail and the Pony Express Trail. Both speed records were supported and fully documented. Meltzer's trail runs have been featured in news outlets from Ultrarunning.com to NBC Sports.[2]

Meltzer has been a professional ultramarathoner since 1999, and a coach since 2007.

Meltzer is the current Race Director for the Speedgoat 50K at Snowbird Ski Resort, and that self-founded ultramarathon is said to be one of the toughest United States ultras.

Ultramarathon wins

As of 2/26/2015 Meltzer has won at the 100 mile distance 36 times, the all-time record.[6] As of 3/7/10 he had 53 ultra wins in 105 starts.

Race results

2009

2010

References

  1. "More cool Red Bull Human Express stats, and why it went so well! | Official Site of Karl Meltzer | World Class Endurance Runner | Coaching Services". Karlmeltzer.com. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  2. "Karl Meltzer on NBC this Sunday". H.U.R.T. Hawaii. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  3. "ultraRUNNING Online - Meltzer, Finkel Dominate at Hardrock 100". Silverton, Colorado: Ultrarunning.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  4. "ultraRUNNING Online - Meltzer Dominates at Bighorn 100". Dayton, Wyoming: Ultrarunning.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  5. "Massanutten Mt Trails 100 2014 Report, Results, and Information". vhtrc.org. Retrieved 2014-09-10. line feed character in |title= at position 26 (help)
  6. Bryon Powell (2013-03-25). "Karl Meltzer, 2013 Buffalo Run 100 Mile Champion, Interview". Irunfar.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  7. Archived March 4, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal". Runnersweb.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  9. Barry Fox (2008-08-05). "Marathoner to hit trail running". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  10. Larry Brown (2010-11-02). "Karl Meltzer Ran the Pony Express: 2064 Miles in 40 Days". Larry Brown Sports. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
  11. "ultraRUNNING Online - Meltzer Dominates at Massanutten 100". Ultrarunning.com. Retrieved 2013-11-28.

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