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Katie Schide would never tell you this, but she is one of the greatest ultrarunners of all time.
That fact is indisputable after her course-record win at the Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) on Friday.
The 32-year-old American flew over the cobbled streets of Chamonix, France, with an ear-to-ear grin on her face to cross the line in 22 hours, 9 minutes, and 31 seconds—shattering none other than Courtney Dauwalter’s 2021 course record by 21 minutes.
It’s the first of Dauwalter’s seemingly untouchable course records, which include the Western States 100, the Hardrock 100 (in both directions), and Grand Raid Reunion, to go down.
In case that isn’t enough: Schide became just the fourth person to win the Western States 100 and UTMB in the same summer, joining the exclusive club with Nikki Kimball (2007), Kilian Jornet (2007), and…