Collective Wisdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC44MROvEQ4&t=15s Grayce Langheine is the local leader of the York, PA Trails Sisters. She holds the FKT of the 66 mile Conestoga Trail and is the race director of the Wildcat 10k. Grayce has won 50 milers and 100ks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZWQnd78NFk Jared Burdick grew up running. He led his Upstate NY high school team to multiple titles including a second place finish in the state at the 3200. Jared ran for RIT ending his career with a sub-4 1500 and sub 32 10K. He's run 2:20​ in the marathon, 67 in the half and grabbed his golden ticket to Western States (placed 19th) at the 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcMQJRW8kyY&t=317s In 2017, Rich Heffron ran five races. He won four of them. The one he didn’t, was Twisted Branch 100k, arguably the hardest 100k on the east coast. In that race, he lost to Jim Sweeny, the course record holder. In 2018, Rich was attacked by a bird and went to the hospital with injuries interrupting his racing season. He also had a baby and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXR81VkvBIE&t=144s Lindsey Weaver finished the 189-mile C&O Canal Towpath run from Cumberland, Md. to Washington, D.C. in 53 hours, a new female FKT. A week before, she ran a 50 mile virtual run. She has completed 5 ultras in 2020 alone. A librarian, Weaver began running only 5 years ago but already has 34 ultra finishes to her name. What’s next for her? What inspires her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU1A6Lp0Abo&t=99s Emily Collins needs little introduction. She has first place finishes at Burning River, Ethan Allen 24HR, Keys Ultra, Dawn Till Dust Ultra and has podiumed at most of her other races. She took 9th at the US National 24HR Championships and 5th at the Caumsett 50k National Championship. She is an environmental lawyer founding Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, is on the Board of Directors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDgfmPR4BI David Hedges won the 2020 Breakneck Point trail marathon in a blazing fast 4:35, a solid 45 minutes ahead of second place. He’s currently doing his graduate work at Cornell University, but grew up in Chicago and did his undergrad at Colorado College.  When David was 17, David finished 3rd at Twisted Branch in 2015. He was going into his senior year at high school and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQ6Egg6Hk4 Kate Mingle just took second in the gnarly Catstail Marathon a few weeks ago after an up and down 2019 and then pandemic ridden 2020. Speaking of the pandemic, Kate is an engineer working towards the COVID VACCINE! That’s right, not only is she crushing miles and mountains, she’s on the ground working to fight this virus the smart way…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_Tc1-Rmok Silas Carey is ahead of the times. He and his wife moved to New Zealand three years ago, burnt out on city life. They wanted to move abroad somewhere so he could practice PT and she could teach yoga. Well, they aren't dealing with the pandemic like we are now, and just had a baby. Lucky, lucky family. Growing up in New Delhi and running XC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGIiQh2iPk Aliza Lapierre was challenged to see how far she could run on maple syrup. After 30 miles, she had a new nutrition sponsor and a whole new love for the sweet sap flowing from the trees in her beloved homestate Vermont. In addition to being supported by Untapped, she also is sponsored by Salomon and Sunto, two of the biggest brands in ultrarunning. Now, anything