Articles by Erika Hoagland

Paulo Medina

Age: 38 Where do you live currently?Auburn, CA Where did you grow up?Lima, Peru Occupation?Race director & running store owner Family (kids, spouse, pets)?Three ki...

Nicole Bitter

Age? 40 Where do you live currently? Austin, TX Where did you grow up? Suburbs of Chicago Occupation? ERISA attorney, senior director of compliance at WTW Family (kids, spouse, pets)? Husband, Zach, and two border...

Brendan Donohoe

Age? 48 Where do you live currently? Lopez Island, Washington Where did you grow up? Northern New Jersey Occupation? For most of my life I’ve been a...

Dylan Bowman

Steven Mortinson Age: 36 Where do you live currently? Relocating to Marin County, CA Where did you grow up? Boulder, CO Occupation: Pro athlete and founder of Freetrail Family (kids, spouse,...

Bob Becker

Caroline Cunningham Age: 77 Where do you live currently? Fort Lauderdale, FL Where did you grow up? Worcester, MA, until 13, then Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC Occupation: Race Director...

Gina Lucrezi

Age: 39 Where do you live currently? Buena Vista, CO Where did you grow up? Bangor, PA Occupation? Trail Sisters founder Family (kids, spouse, pets)? Husband, Justin Keller, and two fur kids, Airedales Ezra and Spr...

Melanie Boone

Age: 51 Where do you live currently? Huntington Beach, California Where did you grow up? Huntington Beach, California Occupation: Self-employed hairstylist, and now a new race director Family (kids, spouse, pets)?...

Ray Sanchez

Ray Sanchez was one of many Arrowhead participants who designed and built homemade sleds to carry required gear. Scott Rokis Age: 55 Where do you live currently? Folsom, CA Where did you grow up? I was...

Craig Thornley

Age: 58 Where do you live currently? Auburn, CA, right near the finish of Western States Where did you grow up? My dad was in the Air Force, so my early years were all over the place. I was born in Texas, then spe...

Dakota Jones

Age: 31 Where do you live currently? Bozeman, MT Where did you grow up? Moab, UT and Durango, CO Occupation: Engineering student, I guess. I’m also the executive director of Footprints Running Camps, and I train and...

Veronica Leeds

Age: 33 Where do you live currently? We live in the White Mountains of New Hampshire during the summer and rural New York during the school year. Where did you grow up? New York with formative time in Colorado Oc...

Lori Leonard

Age: 60 Where do you live currently? Dannebrog, Nebraska  Where did you grow up? Mostly around Nebraska  Occupation? Press break operator at a combine factory  Family (kids, spouse, pets)? Two daughters, Kaci and J...

Jakob Hermann

Age: 50 Where do you live currently? Yorba Linda, California Where did you grow up? Brig, Switzerland Occupation: Web developer (self-employed) and race director Family (kids, spouse, pets)? Wife, Linda, of 22 ye...

Carly Koerner

Age: 40 Where do you live currently? Ashland, Oregon Where did you grow up? Bellingham, Washington Occupation: Freelance graphic designer (Editor’s note: Carly is the newest addition to th...

Eric Senseman

Pranalens/Ali Rogers Age: 32 Where do you live currently? Flagstaff, Arizona Where did you grow up? St. Louis, Missouri Occupation: manager and co...

I Am an Ultrarunner Marisa Lizak

Age: 41 Where do you live currently? Marina del Rey, CA Where did you grow up?North Smithfield, RI Occupation: Commercial real estate investment & finance Family (kids, spouse, pets)?Nope # of ultras run: 18 H...

I Am an Ultrarunner Scott Mills

Age: 69 Where do you live currently? Oceanside, CA Where did you grow up? Portland, OR, and northern New Jersey Occupation: Retired US Air Force Colonel Family (kids, spouse, pets)? My soulmate of 42 years, Jean M...

I Am an Ultrarunner Van Phan

Age: 49 (50 in March) Where do you live currently? Lakewood, WA Where did you grow up? Bellevue, WA Occupation: Physician Assistant (my Asian mom still asks me when I will become a doctor) Family (kids, spouse, p...

I Am An Ultrarunner Amanda Basham

Age: 31 Where do you live currently? Boulder, CO, but I split time between Minneapolis, MN, as well due to my partner’s work schedule Where did you grow up? Sweet Home, OR Occupation: I’ve been a full-time profess...