Kristin "Krissy" Moehl (born October 27, 1977) is an American ultramarathon athlete who specializes in trail running. In 2005, Moehl became the youngest woman to complete the

Grand Slam of Ultrarunning The Grand Slam of Ultrarunning is a set of four of the five most prestigious and oldest 100-mile races contested in the United States, comprising the Old Dominion 100 Mile Endurance Run in Virginia, the Western States 100 in California, the Verm ...

, which included a gold medal at the

Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run The Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run (Vermont 100) is a 100-mile (162 km) long ultramarathon held annually in July at Silver Hill Meadow in West Windsor, Vermont. It is one of the five 100-mile races that comprise the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning ...

. Moehl set the women's record for the

Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is an ultramarathon in length, with of climb at an average elevation of over . The race is held on a loop course on 4WD roads, dirt trails, and cross country in Southern Colorado's San Juan Range, US. T ...

in 2007. She holds the women's record for the fastest known run of the 170-mile

Tahoe Rim Trail The Tahoe Rim Trail is a 170-mile (274 km) long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and ranges of Nevada and California in the United States.Hauserman, Tim ''The Tahoe Rim Trail'' The trail ...

, completing the course in 47 hours 27 minutes. Moehl has raced in more than 100 ultramarathons and has won several, including the

Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon, first held in 2003, that follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. Since UTMB Group's partnership with IRONMAN Group in 2021, UTMB World Series will formally launch ...

in 2003 and 2009, the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run in 2004, and the

Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji The is an annual ultramarathon sporting event in Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, started in 2012. The total distance is 165.4 km with 7,577m of cumulative altitude gain, and the time limit is 46 hours. It is a sister ...

in 2013. In 2015, Moehl published ''Running Your First Ultra'' a guide book on Ultramarathons. As of 2017, Moehl had been the race director for the Chuckanut 50k in Fairhaven, Washington for more than 15 years.

Personal life

Moehl was born and raised in

Bow, Washington Bow is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington. It is located near the towns of Bay View, Edison, Burlington, and Mount Vernon. Bow is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bow ov ...

. She ran track in high school and competed at the 800-meter distance at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

. She was married to distance runner Brandon Sybrowsky from 2003 to 2006. Moehl lives in

Bellingham, Washington Bellingham ( ) is the most populous city in, and county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies south of the U.S.–Canada border in between two major cities of the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia (loc ...

Selected competition record

References

External links

Official website
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