Hillary Allen

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Hillary Allen is an American professional ultrarunner and endurance athlete. She was previously sponsored by The North Face [1] and is currently sponsored by Brooks Running. [2]

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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. [3]

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 Tromsø, Norway. [4] The athlete fell 150 feet off a ridge, breaking both arms, two vertebrae, several ribs, and bones in her feet. [5] 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. [6] She has acknowledged that there were times when death seemed easier than recovering. [7]

Two years after her accident, Allen returned to compete in the Hamperroken Skyrace and conquered the course that almost killed her. [8] In 2019, she gave a TedX talk about her recovery titled "You Can Challenge the Impossible." [9] One of Allen's goals is to inspire more women to get into trail running. [10]

Allen is a multi-sport athlete, adding Gravel racing to her portfolio starting in 2019 at Unbound Gravel and the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder. [11] [12]

Allen qualified for Team USA for the 2025 World Mountain Running Championships Uphill Race at the 2025 Broken Arrow Ascent. [13]

Book

She is the author of Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Hillary Allen | The North Face Endurance Running Athlete". www.thenorthface.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Brooks Trail Runners | Brooks Running". www.brooksrunning.com. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Hillary Allen". Jeremy Jensen. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. ↑ "Going back to run the race that almost killed you". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  5. ↑ "After Near-Fatal Fall, Hillary Allen Finds Strength in Silver Linings". Trail Runner Magazine. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  6. ↑ Russell, Rhiannon (2018-06-21). "Running Was Her Life. Then She Suffered A Terrible Injury". Outside Online. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Andrew Dawson (2019-08-16). "Two Years Later, Hillary Allen Conquers Race That Nearly Killed Her". Runner's World. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  9. ↑ Allen, Hillary, You can challenge the impossible , retrieved 2021-04-19
  10. ↑ Allen, Hillary (2020-03-31). "Ultrarunner Hillary Allen Wants to See More Women in Trail Running". Runner's World. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  11. ↑ "Hillary Allen's Race History at gravel-results.com". www.gravel-results.com. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  12. ↑ Dehnke, Andrea (2019-05-11). "Hillary Allen is Starting from Scratch". Women's Running. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  13. ↑ Mock, Justin (2025-06-20). "2025 Broken Arrow Ascent Results: Christian Allen and Anna Gibson Win Shortened Race". iRunFar. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  14. ↑ "Out and Back by Hillary Allen: 9781944515959 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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