Adam Kimble

About

Adam Kimble is an American ultrarunner, Fastest-Known-Time specialist, and coach based in Tahoe City, California, originally from the Chicago suburb of Minooka. A former Division I baseball player at Bradley University, he took up distance running in 2011, ran his first marathon (Chicago) in 2012, and within two years had progressed through his first 50-miler and 100-miler. In 2015 he won and set the course record at the 4 Deserts Gobi March 250K across China, and in 2016 he ran 2,500 miles across the United States in 60 days before winning Discovery Channel's survivalist series The Wheel with a solo 60-day wilderness stint in South America. In July 2020 he set the supported Fastest Known Time on California and Nevada's 171-mile Tahoe Rim Trail, finishing in 37:12:15 to better Kilian Jornet's previous mark. More recently he has set course records at the Badwater Cape Fear 50K and Outlands Endurance Races 50K and won the American River 50 Mile.

Notable Wins

• — Tahoe Rim Trail supported FKT 2020 (171 mi
• — 37:12:15)
• — 4 Deserts Gobi March 250K winner & course record 2015
• — American River 50 Mile winner
• — Badwater Cape Fear 50K course record
• — Outlands Endurance Races 50K course record

Race History