Monica Scholz

About

Monica Scholz is a Canadian ultrarunner and divorce lawyer from Jerseyville, Ontario, who has built one of the most prolific 100-mile racing careers in the sport's history while maintaining a full-time legal practice. She ran her first 100-miler in 1999 at age 31 and has since finished more than 125 hundred-mile races, traveling on average every other weekend to compete across North America. In 2010 she set the record for most 100-mile finishes in a single calendar year with 25. She has completed the brutal HURT 100 in Hawaii eleven times and the Badwater 135 seven times, placing third overall there in a sub-30-hour finish, and also placed third overall at the 2005 HURT 100. Beyond running, she is an accomplished ultracyclist, finishing 2nd female at the Furnace Creek 508.

Notable Wins

• — Most 100-mile finishes in one calendar year — 25 (2010); HURT 100 finisher 11x (3rd overall
• — 2005); Badwater 135 finisher 7x (3rd overall
• — sub-30 hours)

Race History