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From professional track star to strong finishes at trail running’s most competitive races, it’s her passion and faith that propels her onward

We’re asking thirty-one elite runners and visionaries thirty-one rapid fire questions. What makes them tick? What are their habits, their routines, their preferences? This new online column takes you there.

Adam Peterman’s name was known by few in the trail community until a couple weeks ago, when he destroyed the field at the JFK 50 Miler and nearly broke a course record many assumed was indestructible.

In late June or early July, Adam Merry will attempt to claim the FKT on Colorado’s Mount Yale 360 trail. As he looks forward to this attempt, Merry is grateful for a coaching philosophy that centers both mental and physical training, and the opportunity to race and train in HOKA ONE ONE Zinal shoes.

A year after Hillary Allen rehabilitated from a devastating fall, she had to recover from another major injury and the darkness that came with it.