Crossing the finish line of my ultramarathon, tears immediately began to fall. For the past seven hours, I’d battled torrential rain and wind, grappled with 6,000ft terrains and pushed through ...

On Valentine’s Day, exactly one month before my 50th birthday, I ran my first ultramarathon — an official UTMB 50 race, although it was actually 53 kilometers (33 miles). But what’s a couple of miles ...