She’s the 2018 Western States Endurance Run champion and in 2017 she outright won the Moab 240 Endurance Run, beating the entire field by more than 10 hours.

It’s good to be fully immersed in that kind of atmosphere at an ultramarathon, because it’s so unique and pretty wild.” “I’ve been watching UTMB from home the past couple of years, so I knew it was a big deal and there’s a lot of spectators and there’s cameras all over the course-I knew all of that in theory, but had never experienced it,” Dauwalter said, during a phone interview on Tuesday with Women’s Running. She was 21st overall, with 144 women and 1,412 men finishing the race this year. It’s one of the toughest races out there-and Dauwalter, 34, is the fourth American woman to win it, in 24 hours and 34 minutes. If she had to boil it down, she’d probably just say: I keep it pretty simple.ĭauwalter’s latest victory came in August on one of the biggest stages of the sport: the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB), a 106-mile race that starts and ends in Chamonix, tracks through the Alps of Switzerland, France, and Italy, and features 32,940 feet of elevation gain. And the more success she has in ultrarunning, the more often she’s asked: How do you do it? Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Įverybody wants to know what Courtney Dauwalter’s secret is.

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