https://www.annarun.com/journal daily 0.75 2025-06-14 https://www.annarun.com/journal/from-zegama-to-winning-the-us-national-mountain-championships-in-seven-days monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/d553976b-aa98-4f0b-9ff4-b8ed2c0d982f/IMG_4292.jpg journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days - Were these last few weeks even real? From racing my first mountain marathon at Zegama to winning the US national mountain running title a week later, this has got to be one of the craziest back-to-back adventures of my life. I’ve been home for a few days now, feeling downright exhausted and basically living in hibernation… But I am also energized in a way I’m not sure I’ve ever been before. There’s no high like surprising yourself with what you’re capable of. photo by Guillaume Soler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/1749842015309-FLDHGKGK6BF79TXTESRH/IMG_4082.JPG journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days - photo: Rising Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/1749842035669-NBMKFAVQ22NDPCO30WOH/IMG_4083.jpeg journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/8f970e3c-e807-4f40-b117-103bf1610307/IMG_4078.JPG journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/ab7f2ec7-71ea-481e-8479-a4a227c45be6/IMG_4346.JPG journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days - For the rest of the race, I floored the gas pedal. I felt infinitely more comfortable through the gladed section this go-around, and later found out that I ran it 45 seconds faster the second lap than the first. It wasn’t until I was out of the woods that I felt out of the woods — roughly 400m from the finish line. I seriously had this! Not only was I going to make my first Worlds team in any discipline, but I was about to win the damn thing!! This was the third national title to my name, but the first since high school. My first as a professional. My first in trail. Wins like these are the one’s you remember forever. photo by Michael Dillon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/1749843132999-G6VZYTMSRVQUWE2AK3R4/IMG_4347.JPG journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/1749846635099-44CE0OCKCHI6VWO5QRMO/IMG_4349.JPG journal - from zegama to winning the US national mountain championships in seven days https://www.annarun.com/journal/gorge-waterfalls-30k-w-amp-cr monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/7f43b354-d725-4630-86b6-b2ca644b0f6e/IMG_2826.jpg journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/4caf7881-f710-449b-b3cf-c488c5aa71d5/IMG_0015.jpg journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/c97f3b74-bceb-4bb6-a38f-6c8427840574/IMG_2817.jpg journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/c7b3dec6-9583-448f-8cba-dab8cc04f7b6/IMG_2812.JPG journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/632857c6-1659-4141-8a17-316b62943c39/IMG_2827.jpg journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Performance and course aside, one of the coolest parts of the race weekend was watching a few athletes I’ve been coaching come across the finish line of the 30k with huge smiles. I’ve been working with a small number of athletes for almost a year now, most of whom started as close friends before we started tackling their training together. I haven’t shared much about it with the internet up to this point… but this weekend feels like a turning point. After feeling how gratifying it can be for everyone involved, I think I am ready to start shouting from the rooftops that I am coaching!! (I’ll continue to share more, but I have openings and am excited to take on new athletes!! Especially mountain people with multi-sport tendencies looking for guidance blending activities.) Coaching has been such a highlight for me. Hearing friends say they feel the best they ever have, and watching them tackle things that intimidates them is what it’s all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/8c7ba8f9-e511-4689-8eaf-5845599ade5f/IMG_2811.JPG journal - gorge waterfalls 30k: w & cr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.annarun.com/journal/tam-day-by-day monthly 0.5 2024-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/0fa38d0a-6626-4a47-8dfb-5c060142f0dd/DSCF3608.jpg journal - Tam: day by day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/a490e57e-e973-4f9d-9b2b-d0c8069ef0ed/AnnaFKT11.jpg journal - Tam: day by day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/95cd7738-fb8d-4277-a209-4ad5e8af4aa1/AnnaFKT6.jpg journal - Tam: day by day - I knew myself: I wouldn’t feel complete existing in this place until I ran under 37:03 on the 3.23-mile route (the record set by Bailey Kowalczyk in 2021). My first hard push was on May 21st, in the middle of my build for the 1500m at the Olympic Trials. I was notably not in ideal uphill shape, and I would characterize this first “attempt” as more of a training workout than a full-send effort. Even still, when I ran 38:45, it became clear this thing was going to be harder to pull off than I originally anticipated. I may have been naïve and a little over-confident, but I couldn’t recall another segment I wanted that had taken me more than one hard push to secure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/1734220450189-ER2SNVA9WTQYEZFH3II5/DSCF3566.jpg journal - Tam: day by day - On December 3rd, I hammered. And as I touched the door of the fire lookout at the top of Tam, I caught a glimpse of “35:46” on the face of my watch – 1:17 faster than the record. Day by day, I had earned the crown. I could finally rest. https://www.annarun.com/journal/spectacular-and-uneventful monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/c911bb71-1cf9-4215-9e77-6f13ec6b0a40/IMG_7250.jpg journal - spectacular and uneventful - An electric, visceral experience. An opportunity to see practically every friend I’ve met at every international running event the last few years. A grind in my favorite way. With 7100’ of climbing and a fraction of the descending, it was easily the most grueling race profile I’ve tackled. Spectators were scattered all over the entirety of the 31 kilometers from Sierre to Zinal, some so enthusiastic that they had carried legitimate chainsaws to their trailside viewpoints and revved them nonstop as athletes paraded past. Running down the finishing chute I cried and smiled at the same time, completely overwhelmed by emotion. It wasn’t that my 6th place finish was a shock – I believed I could – but rather just the appreciation of what my body and mind had done for me in light of what I had been living through. I’ll just say that life outside of sport had not, and still has not, been the easiest. My strong result symbolized more to me than just my dedication to training. It represented my resiliency as a whole person. I was just so proud and exhausted it made me cry. 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I know I was crazy. And I may have only gotten crazier since. If all goes my way, this year I intend to race the Broken Arrow VK — 6 days before the first round of the 1500m at the Olympic Trials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/318fb8aa-2f70-494f-9ef0-f73e0c05cc4c/Screen+Shot+2024-06-05+at+3.56.16+PM.jpg journal - the VK + 1500 double - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f8cfed6487940a697cb3f5/26714c70-4190-4698-8f66-089e0572c6df/IMG_6022.jpg journal - the VK + 1500 double - “My hope was that regardless of the result I could be content knowing I’d done it in the way I wanted without compromising my simple enjoyment… I assumed this approach would impede, in some way, my ability to compete at the high level required. 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