Two months earlier, in June, while leading the race at record pace, she’d had to bail out of California’s Western States 100 due to a hip injury.
The course climbs more than 32,000 vertical feet, mostly at high elevations, and attracts elite runners from around the globe.ĭauwalter wasn’t feeling 100 percent. In late August, American ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter arrived in Chamonix, France, to toe the line at the 106-mile Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), one of the world’s most prestigious trail-running races. I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but I want to put myself in it and try to compete. It was a short buildup to get ready for a 100-mile race. The night before: I haven’t spent a lot of time on mountain trails this past month. Here, Courtney Dauwalter lets us in on the inner workings of her brain at pivotal stages of a recent long-distance victory. She runs 200-mile races without flinching and has a dogged unwillingness to give up.
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