Career
She is the race director for the Tucson Marathon. In 2003, she set the women"s record for the USATF 24-hour track run, which she still holds. In 2005, she completed a 300-mile run without sleep.
She completed the run in slightly less than eighty hours.
Reed is the current female American record holder in six-day marathons after completing 490 miles in the Twelfth-Annual Self-Transcendence Six-Day Race in New New York She completed the multiday race on Saturday, May 2, 2009.
Reed is the author of the book The Extra Mile: One Woman"s Personal Journey to Ultra-Running Greatness Rodale, Incorporated.