ultramarathoner. FKTer, thru hiker, youtuber

Tara runs long because it is hard. She likes finding out where her limits are and then pushing past them.

She covered the 2,197-mile Appalachian Trail in just over 40 days, setting the overall supported fastest known time. She won the Umstead 100 outright, broke the women’s course record at the Javelina Jundred, and finished on the podium at the 2026 Hardrock 100.

The approach is simple. Things get hard, and she keeps moving. That usually means a lot of hours on her feet, and not all of them are good ones. She’s fine with that. She’s also out there because she loves it: the mountains, the trails, and the friends she gets to share them with.

That is what it means to Suffer Well.