Tara Dower – 2024 Hardrock 100 – Animas Forks aid station

Tara Dower at the 2024 Hardrock 100. After a strong first half, she struggled with her stomach over the course high point on Handies Peak, but got her stomach back and rallied into fourth place with a late-race surge. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell

By on July 13, 2024 | Comments

Tara Dower - 2024 Hardrock 100 - Animas Forks aid station

Meghan Hicks

Meghan Hicks is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. She’s been running since she was 13 years old, and writing and editing about the sport for around 15 years. She served as iRunFar’s Managing Editor from 2013 through mid-2023, when she stepped into the role of Editor-in-Chief. Aside from iRunFar, Meghan has worked in communications and education in several of America’s national parks, was a contributing editor for Trail Runner magazine, and served as a columnist at Marathon & Beyond. She’s the co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running with Bryon Powell. She won the 2013 Marathon des Sables, finished on the podium of the Hardrock 100 Mile in 2021, and has previously set fastest known times on the Nolan’s 14 mountain running route in 2016 and 2020. Based part-time in Moab, Utah and Silverton, Colorado, Meghan also enjoys reading, biking, backpacking, and watching sunsets.