Pam Reed

Pamela J. Reed (born February 27, 1961, Palmer, Michigan, United States) is an American ultrarunner who resides in Tucson, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming.^[1]

Pam Reed

Running career

In 2002, Reed was the first woman to become the overall winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon. Her win also set a women’s course record at the time. She subsequently repeated as overall winner of the race in 2003.^[2]

In 2003, she set a 24-hour American record at the time by running 138.96 miles in San Diego, California.^[3]

In 2009, she set a 6-day American road record of 788.579 km,^[4] but the performance was not ratified.^[5]

In 2021, she completed her 100th 100-miler.^[6][7]

In 2023, she finished Western States Endurance Run, Badwater Ultramarathon, and Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in under a month.^[8]

Honors

In 2003, United States of America Track and Field named Reed as the Women’s Masters Ultrarunner of the year.^[9]

In 2017, Reed was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame.^[10]

In 2019, she was inducted into the Arizona Runner’s Hall of Fame.^[11]

In 2022, she was inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame.^[12]

Writing

Reed is the author of the book The Extra Mile: One Woman's Personal Journey to Ultra-Running Greatness, published by Rodale, Inc. in 2006 (ISBN 1-59486-415-2).