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Croft began competing in more trail races while living in Taiwan, and eventually became a sponsored athlete with Garmin.<ref name="irunfar">{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Eszter Horanyi, Bryon |title=Ruth Croft: An Evolving Relationship with Running |url=https://www.irunfar.com/ruth-croft-profile |website=iRunFar |language=en |date=18 April 2024}}</ref> She won the Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon 50k in Malaysia in 2013 and 2014. She finished first at the 100-km CCC event at UTMB in 2015, and followed that with a fourth-place finish at the highly competitive North Face 50 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. She moved away from Taiwan in 2017, splitting her time between [[Europe]] and [[New Zealand]]. |
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In 2017, Croft won the Translatlantau 50K in [[Hong Kong]], the 62km event at Tarawera in New Zealand, and the 73km event at Les Templiers in France. She returned to Tarawera in 2021, winning the 100km event in a course record time of 9:21:03. She won Tarawera again in 2024. She won the 55-km OCC in Chamonix in both 2018 and 2019. She competed in her first 100-mile race at Western States in 2021, having a hugely successful debut in finishing second behind English runner Beth Pascall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vert |first1=Team |title=Ruth Croft - Q+A, training, racing and more. |url=https://vert.run/ruth-croft-podcast/ |website=Vert: Trail & Ultra Marathon |date=4 January 2023}}</ref> She returned the next year to win Western States in a time of 17:21:30. |
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Croft won the 100-km Ultra Trail Cape Town in South Africa in November 2023. |
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Croft ran the length of the 125-mile [[Arctic Circle Trail]] in [[Greenland]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cochrane |first1=Andy |title=Running At The End Of The Earth With Western States 100 Winner Ruth Croft |url=https://www.trailrunnermag.com/destinations/international-destinations/running-greenland-with-ruth-croft/ |website=Trail Runner Magazine |date=15 September 2022}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:53, 19 April 2024
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| Born | January 15, 1989[1] |
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| Country |  New Zealand |
| Event(s) | Ultramarathon, trail running |
Ruth Charlotte Croft (born January 15, 1989) is a New Zealand ultramarathon and trail runner. Croft was the silver medalist at the 2019 Trail World Championship. Her victories at major international races include Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Tarawera Ultramarathon, Western States, and Ultra Trail Cape Town.
Early life
Croft was born in Greymouth, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. She grew up in the small town of Stillwater just to the south of Greymouth. She attended Rangi Ruru Girls School in Christchurch, where she ran track and cross country. As a junior, she was the U20 national champion and competed for New Zealand in the 2006 World Track and Field Championships. She also competed as a junior in both the 2005 and 2007 World Mountain Running Championships
After graduating high school, Croft briefly enrolled at Lincoln University in New Zealand, but returned home to the West Coast to work. She moved to the United States after receiving an athletic scholarship to run for the University of Portland in Oregon. After graduating from Portland, Croft moved to Taiwan to teach English. She lived in Taiwan for five and a half years, eventually moving to a job working in marketing for the technology company Garmin.
Professional
Croft began competing in more trail races while living in Taiwan, and eventually became a sponsored athlete with Garmin.[2] She won the Mt. Kinabalu International Climbathon 50k in Malaysia in 2013 and 2014. She finished first at the 100-km CCC event at UTMB in 2015, and followed that with a fourth-place finish at the highly competitive North Face 50 in San Francisco, California. She moved away from Taiwan in 2017, splitting her time between Europe and New Zealand.
In 2017, Croft won the Translatlantau 50K in Hong Kong, the 62km event at Tarawera in New Zealand, and the 73km event at Les Templiers in France. She returned to Tarawera in 2021, winning the 100km event in a course record time of 9:21:03. She won Tarawera again in 2024. She won the 55-km OCC in Chamonix in both 2018 and 2019. She competed in her first 100-mile race at Western States in 2021, having a hugely successful debut in finishing second behind English runner Beth Pascall.[3] She returned the next year to win Western States in a time of 17:21:30.
Croft won the 100-km Ultra Trail Cape Town in South Africa in November 2023.
Non-racing
Croft ran the length of the 125-mile Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland in 2023.[4]
References
- ^ "Ruth Croft - Women's Cross Country". University of Portland Athletics.
- ^ Powell, Eszter Horanyi, Bryon (18 April 2024). "Ruth Croft: An Evolving Relationship with Running". iRunFar.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Vert, Team (4 January 2023). "Ruth Croft - Q+A, training, racing and more". Vert: Trail & Ultra Marathon.
- ^ Cochrane, Andy (15 September 2022). "Running At The End Of The Earth With Western States 100 Winner Ruth Croft". Trail Runner Magazine.
External links
- Ruth Croft at ARRS
- Ruth Croft at ITRA
- Ruth Croft on Instagram