On top of all that, Cat has only really been banging away, seriously, on the trails for a handful of years.īefore moving to Boulder, Colorado to pursue the trails in 2015, Cat was a burnt-out 800 and 1,500-meter track athlete who thought she’s never run again turned outdoor enthusiast who hiked the estimated 2,190 miles of the Appalachian Traill turned outdoor guide turned kindergarten teacher turned trail and ultramarathoner turned champion of the 2017 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run against the odds, in crappy weather, in a very talented field women, her first time out. Cat Bradley shocked 99.9 percent of the trail-running world by winning the Western States 100. knee-deep snow and mud at points highs of 95-degrees, overnight lows of 75-degrees) is that she only had a 2.5 percent chance of getting into the race in the first place due to the race’s lottery system. 4 Lessons from the Winter Olympics for Trail Runners. What makes her win even more impressive, well aside from the weather and course conditions (i.e.
With nearly ten years under her feet as an ultra-trail runner. Episode 113-Interview with Cat Bradley Most Pleasant Exhaustion. Everything you need to know about the legendary ultrarunning marathon Western States 100. Cat Bradley was relatively unknown when she upset a deep field, including three past champions-who were all having great seasons-and several high-placing finishers from the year before, when she won the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in 2017. Cat Bradley is a professional ultra runner who is here to change the industry she grew up in.
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