Name: Ian Torrence

Event: Ultramarathons (50K, 50 Miles, 100K and 100 Miles)

Hometown: Boulder City, NV;  grew up in Gaithersburg, MD

Sponsor(s): Montrail, Patagonia, Clif Bar, Petzl, Smartwool, First Endurance, Zeal

Date of birth: 9/22/72

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 155 lbs

Years running: 20

Running specialty: Trail ultras (50K, 50 Mile, 100 Mile)

Career Accomplishments: - I am a columnist for Ultrarunning Magazine and I have written for Marathon and Beyond, Trailrunning and Running Times; - I directed the Moab, Utah Red Hot 50-Kilometer Trail Run in February (2004) and we had 44 finishers; - To date I have finished 121 ultras, 11 marathons, and have 46 ultra victories; - In 1999, I finished 16 ultras and 1 marathons in one year and won 12, including: Red Rock Fat Ass 50K (Las Vegas, NV), San Gabriel Mountains 50K (Los Angeles, CA), San Juan Trail 50K (Cleveland National Forest, CA), Zane Grey Highline 50M (Payson, AZ - course record), Catalina Island 100K (Avalon, CA - course record), Massanutten Mountain 100M (Front Royal, VA - course record), White River 50M (Greenwater, WA - course record), and Bulldog 50K (Malibu, CA -course record).

Running achievement I am most proud of: Completed 2002 Grand Slam of Ultrarunning (Four major 100-mile races in one summer: Vermont 100, Western States 100, Leadville Trail 100, and Wasatch Front 100) in 78 hours 22 minutes, setting a record for fastest Grand Slam to date (the record has since been broken by Joe Kulak and Scott Jurek).

Why I run: I love being on the trails...the challenge of a mountain trail, the scenery and doing and seeing in one day what it would take the average backpacker three or four days to see and do.

Future Goals: : Finish, in one piece, the 2005 Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run (Silverton, CO), run the Long Trail (VT) with my good friends Hal Koerner and Karl Meltzer.

Additional comments/thoughts: I hope to keep running long into my twilight years and contribute to the sport in many other ways other than participation (writing, race directing, promotion, etc....).

04/05