Over the past decade, we’ve written about many of trail running and ultrarunning’s top runners. Often, that’s taken the form of general profiles and interviews, which we include directly below. Sometimes these interviews followed a particular performance, and we note where such is the case. Of course, we’ve conducted literally thousands of video interviews through the years and we hope to incorporate some of the more informative interviews on this page in the future.
We’re also proud to have interviewed dozens of folks who’ve made their mark on the sport while not necessarily doing so from the front of the pack. Jump below for our ever growing collection of WeRunFar profiles that highlight community leaders from around the sport. We’ve also profiled a number of race directors, team managers, photographers, and filmmakers outside the scope of our WeRunFar column.
Finally, our sport’s lost some great people during iRunFar’s existence. We highlight a few of them below.
[This resource that tries to organize a decade’s worth of work. If you have constructive suggestions on additions from our archives, how to better organize the materials, or how best to include more of iRunFar’s resources on this page, please feel free to contact us! ]
General Profiles and Interviews of Top Runners
- Jodee Adams-Moore (Apr 13)
- Hillary Allen (Sept 16)
- Andy Anderson (Aug 12) – Grant Teton FKT
- Heather “Anish” Anderson (Sept 13) – Pacific Crest Trail Self-Supported FKT
- Heather “Anish” Anderson (Oct 15) – Appalachian Trail Self-Supported FKT
- Beverley Anderson-Abbs (Mar 13)
- Meghan Arbogast (Oct 12)
- Danelle Ballengee (Mar 13)
- Sarah Bard (Aug 16)
- Rory Bosio (Apr 13)
- Magdalena Boulet (May 17)
- Dylan Bowman (Dec 13)
- Jonas Buud (Mar 15)
- Seb Chaigneau (June 13)
- Adam Campbell (Sept 13)
- Sage Canaday (Apr 13)
- Caroline Chaverot (Oct 19)
- Cameron Clayton (May 13)
- Courtney Dauwalter (Jan 19)
- Courtney Dauwalter (March 17) – 24-Hour American Record
- Nick and Jade de la Rosa (Nov 19)
- Chris DeNucci (Aug 17)
- François D’haene (Oct 17) – John Muir Trail Supported FKT
- Marco De Gasperi (Jan 14)
- Kasie Enman (Oct 15)
- Traci Falbo (Aug 14) – 48-Hour Indoor World Record
- Matt Flaherty (June 14)
- Shalane Flanagan (July 12)
- Mike Foote (Nov 12)
- Emelie Forsberg (Sept 19)
- Emelie Forsberg (Dec 15)
- Anna Frost (Feb 13)
- Anna Frost (July 17)
- Clare Gallagher (Jan 18)
- Rickey Gates (Aug 13)
- Kara Goucher (July 12)
- Joe Gray (Apr 14)
- Ellie Greenwood (Jan 15)
- Dominic Grossman (Dec 12)
- Dominic Grossman (May 14)
- Andrew Hamilton (Oct 15) – Colorado 14ers and Nolan’s 14 FKTs
- Paul Hamilton (Feb 14)
- Emily Harrison (June 13)
- Erik Haugsnes (Oct 13)
- Lizzy Hawker (Jan 12)
- Scott Hawker (Dec 19)
- Hayden Hawks (Mar 19)
- Camille Herron (Nov 17) – 100-Mile World Record
- Meghan Hicks (Sept 16) – Nolan’s 14 FKT
- Dave James (June 13)
- Dave Johnston (Mar 14) – Iditarod Trail Invitational 350 Mile
- Catrin Jones (Nov 13)
- Dakota Jones (Nov 16)
- Scott Jurek (Aug 15) – Appalachian Trail FKT
- Nicole Kalogeropoulos (Feb 15) – 100-Mile Trail US Fastest Time
- Iker Karrera (Aug 17) – Nolan’s 14 FKT
- Kaytlyn Gerbin (June 19)
- Megan Kimmel (Sept 15)
- Max King (Aug 19)
- Max King (Aug 15)
- Pete Kostelnick (Nov 16) – Trans-America FKT
- Mimmi Kotka (Feb 19)
- Stevie Kremer (Dec 13)
- Anton Krupicka (Dec 14)
- David Laney (Jan 14)
- Tina Lewis (Sept 13)
- Kaci Lickteig (June 14)
- Thorbjørn Ludvigsen (Apr 14)
- Joe McConaughy (Sept 14) – Pacific Crest Trail Supported FKT
- Sally McRae (Feb 14)
- Jo Meek (Dec 16)
- Karl Meltzer (Nov 16) – Appalachian Trail Supported FKT
- Karl Meltzer (Mar 18)
- Tony Migliozzi (Dec 15)
- Zach Miller (Nov 13) – JFK 50 Mile Win
- Zach Miller (May 14)
- Zach Miller (May 16)
- Krissy Moehl (Apr 18)
- Katalin Nagy (Mar 14) – U.S. 200km national record
- Luke Nelson (Oct 13)
- Alex Nichols (July 19)
- Alex Nichols (Nov 13)
- Ida Nilsson (Feb 18)
- Timothy Olson (July 13)
- Zach Ornelas (Mar 15) – USATF 50k Road Champion
- Núria Picas (Dec 14)
- Darcy Piceu (May 19)
- Philipp Reiter (July 13)
- Jennifer Pharr-Davis (Aug 11) – Appalachian Trail Supported FKT
- Gary Robbins (Aug 14)
- Emma Roca (June 14)
- Matias Saari (Oct 14)
- Cassie Scallon (Aug 13)
- Katie Schide (Nov 19)
- Ian Sharman (Dec 12)
- Ian Sharman (June 14)
- Gina Slaby (Dec 16) – 100-mile world record
- Pam Smith (Mar 17)
- Ueli Steck (Jan 2012)
- Andy Symonds (Oct 16)
- Seth Swanson (Nov 15)
- Ann Trason (Feb 14)
- Zeke Tiernan (Mar 13)
- Tim Tollefson (Sept 15)
- Ian Torrence (May 18)
- Chris Vargo (Mar 14)
- Alex Varner (July 14)
- Andy Wacker (Nov 15)
- Jim Walmsley (June 16)
- Michael Wardian (Jan 15)
- Jonathan Wyatt (Feb 14)
Behind the Scenes
Through the years, we’ve profiled various folks who work behind the scenes: race directors, team managers, photographers, and filmmakers. Here, we list a number of them that were published outside of RunFar’s WeRunFar column, which is included further below.
- Patrick Bauer (Apr 12) – Marathon des Sables race director
- Martin Gaffuri (June 14) – Profiled as running entrepreneur
- Jordi Saragossa (Feb 15) – Photographer
- The African Attachment (Feb 13) – Filmmakers responsible for many years of Salomon Running TV
- Glenn Tachiyama (Jan 15) – Photographer
- Matt Trappe (Mar 14) – Photographer
- Joel Wolpert (Mar 13) – Filmmaker
WeRunFar
- Mimi Anderson (Jan 18)
- Linda Barton-Robbins (Mar 15)
- Liz Bauer (Jan 13)
- Bob Becker (Apr 17)
- Rich Benyo (& Jan Seeley) (Mar 16)
- Alexis Berg (May 18)
- Sunny Blende (June 16)
- Tia Bodington (Oct 15)
- Scott Brockmeier (Jan 13)
- Steve Brown (Nov 12)
- Jared Campbell (Sept 19)
- Dick Canterbury (Feb 14)
- Gary Carlton (& Vicky Foster) (July 19)
- Noé Castañón (July 19)
- Ken Chlouber (& Merilee Maupin) (Aug 16)
- Jeri Chua (Sept 17)
- Steve and Wynn Cliff (May 17)
- Jamil Coury (Feb 19)
- Davy Crockett (Oct 12)
- Depa (June 17)
- James Elson (Nov 16)
- Ed Ettinghausen (Mar 18)
- Shannon Farar-Griefer (Sept 14)
- Chrissy Ferguson (Mar 17)
- Megan Finnesy (Apr 19)
- Adam Fitzgerald (Dec 2009)
- Diana & Tim Fitzpatrick (Aug 17)
- Vicky Foster (& Gary Carlton ) (July 19)
- Tom Green (Dec 17)
- Bob Hayes (Nov 15)
- Ann Heaslett (& Tim Yanacheck) (Oct 16)
- Tim Hewitt (May 16)
- Nancy Hobbs (Feb 16)
- Ben Holmes (Sept 16)
- Koichi Iwasa (July 18)
- Stan Jensen (Sept 15)
- Beth Jones (Aug 18)
- Ulli Kamm (July 16)
- Olga King (May 13)
- Gary Knipling (June 14)
- Ginny LaForme (June 18)
- Houston Laws (Nov 14)
- Paul Lind (Feb 17)
- Derrick Lytle (June 19)
- Merilee Maupin (& Ken Chlouber) (Aug 16)
- * Scott McCoubrey (Aug 11)
- Shawn McTaggart (May 14)
- Scotty Mills (Oct 14)
- Monica Morant (Oct 19)
- Janet Ng (Jan 17)
- Jenny Nichols (Apr 16)
- Fabrice Payet (Oct 17)
- Deb and Steve Pero (Feb 15)
- Ali Pottinger (& Kerry Suter) (May 19)
- Joyce and Joe Pursaitis (Mar 19)
- Terry Rhodes (Aug 15)
- The Ricks Family (Nov 19)
- Megan and David Roche (Dec 18)
- Jan Seeley (& Rich Benyo) (Mar 16)
- Angela Shartel (Dec 16)
- Maria Shields (Aug 12)
- Billy Simpson (July 15)
- Jim Skaggs (Jan 19)
- Lisa Smith-Batchen (Aug 14)
- Sophie Speidel (June 15)
- Nicky Spinks (Apr 18)
- Mike Spinnler (Nov 17)
- Kerry Suter (& Ali Pottinger) (May 19)
- Hiroko Suzuki (Dec 19)
- Gunhild Swanson (Dec 14)
- Dink Taylor (Apr 15)
- Team Born to Run (Feb 13)
- John Trent (Feb 18)
- Blake Wood (July 17)
- Tim Yanacheck (& Ann Heaslett) (Oct 16)
In Remembrance
- John DeWalt (Aug 13 by Andy Jones-Wilkins)
- Bill Dooper (Apr 18 by Bryon Powell)
- John Morelock (Feb 2019 by Andy Jones-Wilkins)
- Todd Ragsdale (Feb 16 by Andy Jones-Wilkins)
- Todd Ragsdale (Mar 16 by Ian Torrence)
- Mark Richtman (June 19 by Andy Jones-Wilkins)
- Don Ritchie (Sept 18 by Adrian Tarit Stott)
- Greg Soderland (Apr 16)
- Dave Terry (Sept 09)
Updated December 27, 2019