She trains on feel, eats what she wants, and does it all with joy and a laudable degree of humility and perspective.
We tend to think of high-performance athletes as superhuman-a rare species with extraordinary strength and a preternatural ability to suffer.But if you ask today's guest what distinguishes the elite athlete and everyone else, she'll say nothing.For her, the secret to high-level performance isn't about cutting edge training plans, coaches, or carefully honed nutrition.For her, it's instead found in seeking out and celebrating the pain cave, that deep place of physical discomfort most go to great lengths to avoid.Meet Courtney Dauwalter, the world's best female ultrarunner-and when it comes to races 200 miles and longer-arguably the best period.A humble mater of grit and boundary-busting physical prowess, Courtney is universally loved and admired for her winning smile, mental fortitude and intuitive training style (she doesn't even have a coach).In addition to being named one of the 50 Fittest Athletes in the World by Sports Illustrated and a two-time Ultrarunner of the Year, among her countless accomplishments, Courtney:won the 2017 Moab 240 (including beating all the men) by an astonishing 10 hour margin won the 2020 Big Dog Backyard Ultra by clocking 283 miles (again beating all the men) won the women's division of 2018 The Western States 100 broke the Tahoe 200 female course record in 2018 by 18+ hours andwas the fastest female at the 2019 UTMB, considered the world's most prestigious ultraNot bad for an athlete who didn't even begin her professional running career until she was 32 years old.The thing about Courtney is that she lives in the moment.
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