Hillary Allen

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Hillary Allen is an American professional ultrarunner and endurance athlete. She is sponsored by Brooks Running. [1]

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Career

Allen began trail running while she was studying for her PhD in science, but shortly after started competing—and winning—races. She quickly went on to become an accomplished high-altitude trail runner. [2]

In 2017, Allen was ranked one of the top runners in the world when she suffered a near-fatal accident while competing in the Hamperroken Skyrace in Tromso, Norway. [3] The athlete fell 150 feet off a ridge, breaking both arms, two vertebrae, several ribs, and bones in her feet. [4] Allen, nicknamed "Hillygoat," endured a year of physical and mental recovery before returning to the sport to compete in the Broken Arrow Vertical Kilometer race in mid-2018. [5] She has acknowledged that there were times when death seemed easier than recovering. [6]

Two years after her accident, Allen returned to compete in the Hamperroken Skyrace and conquered the course that almost killed her. [7] In 2019, she gave a TedX talk about her recovery titled "You Can Challenge the Impossible." [8] One of Allen's goals is to inspire more women to get into trail running. [9]

Book

She is the author of Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hillary Allen | The North Face Endurance Running Athlete". www.thenorthface.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Hillary Allen". Jeremy Jensen. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ↑ "Going back to run the race that almost killed you". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  4. ↑ "After Near-Fatal Fall, Hillary Allen Finds Strength in Silver Linings". Trail Runner Magazine. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  5. ↑ Russell, Rhiannon (2018-06-21). "Running Was Her Life. Then She Suffered A Terrible Injury". Outside Online. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  6. ↑ McElwee, Molly (2020-04-25). "Hillary Allen: 'Some days post 150ft fall, death seemed the easier option... but I had to fight on'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  7. ↑ Andrew Dawson (2019-08-16). "Two Years Later, Hillary Allen Conquers Race That Nearly Killed Her". Runner's World. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  8. ↑ Allen, Hillary, You can challenge the impossible , retrieved 2021-04-19
  9. ↑ Allen, Hillary (2020-03-31). "Ultrarunner Hillary Allen Wants to See More Women in Trail Running". Runner's World. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  10. ↑ "Out and Back by Hillary Allen: 9781944515959 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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