We wanted to take a moment to congratulate and recognize Ellie Greenwood for some of her recent running accomplishments.  Ellie lives in Banff, Alberta and has quietly been having an incredible year of running.

Ellie ran Orca’s Island 50k in February in a time of 4:36 but received a DQ for running the wrong direction.  Oh well, it happens.  She followed that up just a few weeks later at the Frozen Ass 50k and finished in 3:48, 1st woman, 4th overall.

In March Ellie ran Chuckanut 50k, a very challenging and competitive race, and finished 4:19, good for 2nd place female.  After this race, Ellie trained and then tapered for her first ever 100k, the Elk-Beaver 100k in May.  It’s safe to say Ellie crushed it.  She won, outright, and clocked an incredible time of 7:36:40.  That time is an unofficial female WORLD RECORD for 100km trail running.  The IAU is currently working to confirm this record, but her time beats out the best women’s 100km runs of 2009, most of which were on the road.  An incredible performance, to say the least.

Most recently, Ellie ran a half marathon in in Cranmore, Alberta in 1:36:13 and then went on to race the Calgary Marathon, where she smashed the female course record by 1o minutes, with a time of 2:52:21

WOW

What’s ahead for Ellie you ask?   She’s planning to run Scorched Sole 50 Miler in British Columbia in June, the Knee Knacker 50km in Vancouver in July and possibly the White River 50 in late July.

Recently the Calgary Herald wrote an article on Ellie, read it here.

We encourage you to tune in to Ellie’s blog, where writes wonderful and detailed race reports and training updates.