Longest Time Spans Between First and Last Ultramarathon Wins

Men

30y342d  02 Jul 1976 => 09 Jun 2007   Pekka Termonen (21 Nov 1949,FIN)
30y171d  16 May 1971 => 03 Nov 2001   Ken Young (09 Nov 1941,USA)
28y216d  12 Sep 1976 => 16 Apr 2005   Frank Bozanich (1944,USA)
25y227d  26 Feb 1978 => 11 Oct 2003   Dennis Rinde (15 Oct 1958,USA)
25y114d  28 Oct 1979 => 19 Feb 2005   Don Davis (USA)
24y236d  30 Sep 1983 => 24 May 2008   Yiannis Kouros (13 Feb 1956,GRE)
24y 33d  15 Nov 1975 => 18 Dec 1999   Nick Marshall (USA)
24y 19d  24 May 1930 => 12 Jun 1954   Wally Hayward (RSA)
22y280d  09 Feb 1980 => 16 Nov 2002   Ray Krolewicz (USA)
22y125d  31 Dec 1984 => 05 May 2007   Tom Possert (1962,USA)
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22y             1980 =>        2002   Colin Donelly (GBR)
21y178d  22 Oct 1976 => 18 Apr 1998   Vassili Triantos (USA)
21y 65d  13 May 1973 => 17 Jul 1994   Lion Caldwell (USA)
21y 15d  04 Oct 1981 => 19 Oct 2002   Bernd Heinrich (19 Apr 1940,USA)
19y243d  13 Mar 1976 => 11 Nov 1995   Don Choi (USA)
19y200d  27 Apr 1980 => 13 Nov 1999   Will Pittenger (USA)
19y200d  21 Nov 1981 => 09 Jun 2001   Richard Schick (USA)
18y152d  02 Apr 1978 => 01 Sep 1996   Jim Howard (USA)
17y282d  01 Nov 1974 => 09 Aug 1992   Don Ritchie (06 Jul 1944,SCO)
17y182d  04 Mar 1984 => 02 Sep 2001   Jerry Schuster (USA)
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17y158d  25 Jul 1981 => 29 Dec 1998   Al Howie (16 Sep 1945,CAN)
17y 70d  12 Dec 1982 => 20 Feb 2000   Mark Dorion (USA)
17y  0d  13 May 1989 => 13 May 2006   Brian Purcell (1956,USA)
17y  0d  26 Nov 1989 => 26 Nov 2006   Dave Wakeling (ENG)
16y359d  16 Jul 1989 => 15 Jul 2006   Ted Massa (05 Nov 1956,USA)
16y344d  29 Nov 1981 => 08 Nov 1998   Mike Duncan (USA)
16y309d  30 Oct 1982 => 04 Sep 1999   Joe Winch (USA)
16y295d  13 Nov 1982 => 04 Sep 1999   Frank DeLeo (USA)
16y246d  06 Jun 1981 => 07 Feb 1998   Rae Clark (07 Feb 1952,USA)
16y218d  29 Apr 1979 => 03 Dec 1995   Bill McDermott (USA)
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16y 56d  18 Feb 1979 => 15 Apr 1995   Robert Perez (USA)
16y             1987 =>        2003   Trevor Jacobs (AUS)

Women

28y343d  16 Apr 1979 => 22 Mar 2008   Wendy Dodds (ENG)
23y334d  30 Dec 1978 => 29 Nov 2002   Sue Ellen Trapp (03 Mar 1946,USA)
20y173d  05 Mar 1983 => 20 Sep 2003   Daniele Cherniak (24 Oct 1961,USA)
19y347d  04 Jun 1988 => 17 May 2008   Birgit Lennartz (22 Nov 1965,GER)
19y 10d  13 Nov 1982 => 23 Nov 2001   Mary Ann Miller (USA)
18y 75d  14 Apr 1985 => 28 Jun 2003   Ann Trason (30 Aug 1960,USA)
17y357d  20 Jul 1985 => 12 Jul 2003   Gunhild Swanson (1944,USA)
16y231d  26 Dec 1982 => 14 Aug 1999   Carol LaPlant (USA)
16y225d  17 Feb 1985 => 30 Sep 2001   Christine Gibbons (07 Oct 1961,USA)
16y 50d  25 Aug 1979 => 14 Oct 1995   Lorna Michael (USA)
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16y 42d  09 Oct 1983 => 20 Nov 1999   Jan Levet (USA)

Last Updated on 26 May 2008

Contributors: Nick Marshall, Tero Toyryla, Andy Milroy, Jari Tomppo, Ted Massa