A look behind the records broken at '09 SS 50
By John Trent (5/20/2009)

Sean Crom was and is one of the true legends of Reno running. Standing at well over 6 feet tall with the build of the former football player that he was, Crom took the national ultramarathon scene by storm in the 1990s. He was a six-time champion of the American River 50-mile, finished in the top-three at the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run and was twice named the nation's top ultramarathoner when he received the Ted Corbitt Award. His time of 4:39 for the Silver State 50K (actually 34.5 miles) in 1992 remains one of the most legendary times in the 23-year history of Reno's oldest ultra. That makes Peter Fain's run during Saturday's Silver State 50/50 at Rancho San Rafael Park all the more remarkable. Fain, 37, covered the Silver State 50K in 4:25 to topple Crom's long-standing mark. Chikara Omine, 26, of San Francisco, ran 4:26 to push Fain to the new course record.