In 2023, ultra runner became the first person to win the Western States, Hardrock 100 and in the same year. Now, you can follow every step she took in her in a brand new documentary from Salomon. The 15-minute film titled A Team Sport chronicles Dauwalter's historic feat through the mountains of California, Colorado and the Alps.
"It was a crazy summer for sure," says Dauwalter of her astonishing victory at three of the world's hardest hundred milers. The summer saw her setting a new course record at the Hardrock in her home state of Colorado a mere three weeks after pulling off the same achievement at Western States. "Almost immediately I felt zapped.
Every minute was like the slow tick of the clock," reveals the Colorado-based runner, who trains in the zone around Leadville where she lives. After finishing the race in 26:14:12, Dauwalter says she sat on the couch for a while, ate a lot of burgers and ice cream, then went back out on the trail "just a little shake out jog." When she returned from that jog, she signed up for the UTMB, and in August, she won.
She didn't set a course record at that race, but she already holds it from her 2021 effort around Mont Blanc. Many elite runners are bolstered by the support of trainers, private chefs and nutritionists, but Dauwalter is best-known for taking a more relatable approach entailing burritos, baggy and beer. "I don't have a coach, I don't have a training plan, it's entirely a team effort.
" She does, however, have her husband, .
