Yolanda Holder is a master of a mighty technique that most trail runners and ultra runners need for their longest races: powerwalking. Powerwalking is a fast-walking technique that is applied by ultra marathoners, marathon walkers, and other racers during organizes events. Holder's first race was the 1988 … [Read more...]
Female Runners Set FKT on the Grand Canyon’s Gnarliest Trail
A trio of endurance athletes were the first women to finish the R2R2R-alt, a rugged trek from one side of the canyon to the other--and back. … [Read more...]
WeRunFar: Jordan Marie Daniel
Jordan Marie Daniel is a fourth-generation indigenous runner and tenacious human-rights advocate. She’s perhaps most prominently known for firing-up global awareness for the missing and murdered indigenous women humanitarian crisis with a red handprint painted across her face, symbolizing violence, as she … [Read more...]
Snowboarder Kiana Clay: Paralympic History
Females with upper-limb disabilities aren't currently allowed to compete in snowboarding events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing. The Colorado athlete started a petition to change that. … [Read more...]
WeRunFar: Junko Kazukawa
Kazukawa was the first person to tackle both the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and Leadville Race Series in a single season, in 2015. Kazukawa had finished her first-ever century run only four years prior to this mega feat—the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 Mile, at age 48—a goal she used as closure after her second … [Read more...]
A Climb for Greater Accessibility
Athlete and disability advocate Quinn Brett wants to improve all-abilities access in outdoor spaces nationwide. Now, she's spearheading a new role with the U.S. Department of the Interior to help bridge the gap. … [Read more...]
WeRunFar Profile: Lisa Henson and John Medinger
Over the past 40 years, there is perhaps no other couple that has made the impact and influence on the American ultrarunning community as Lisa Henson and John Medinger. In the sport's earliest years, they each dove passionately in, found each other, and have uplifted in numerous others along the way. … [Read more...]
Full Potential
Professional ice climber, AMGA guide and trailblazer Dawn Glanc carves a place for women in the sport. … [Read more...]
My First Skimo Race
What I learned from my cardinal ski-dash during the Gothic Mountain Tour in Crested Butte, Colorado. … [Read more...]
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