In this photo taken by AP Images for GOLDTOE, Ultrarunner Pam Reed puts ice in a sock to wear around her neck for heat, while running outside the GOLDTOE Store in the Houston Premium Outlets on Thursday, May 19, 2011, in Cypress, Texas. (Aaron M. Sprecher/AP Images for GOLDTOE)

 Aaron M. Sprecher

Pam Reed, director of December’s Tucson Marathon, had a remarkable month of competition in September. She was the eighth overall American woman to finish the Ultra TrailΒ du Mont-Blanc near Chamonix, France β€” a 100-mile run that reached into Italy and Switzerland β€” requiring 38 hours and 40 minutes. She also ran the 100-mile Wasatch Front race, third of all women in 31 hours and 38 minutes. Next week Reed, 55, will compete in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. Amazing.Β 

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