Courtney Dauwalter: No loneliness for the long-distance runner
Leadville (United States) (AFP) - Some time during a 200-mile race, maybe when she has been awake all night, ultra runner Courtney Dauwalter will probably start hallucinating. It could be a leopard in a hammock, a cowboy twirling a lasso, or hundreds of white kittens on the trail. "I'll make some friends out there," she laughs. Dauwalter sits at the apex of an elite group of ultra runners -- people who run 50, 100 or 200 miles (322 kilometers) in one go. Wearing over-sized shorts and a huge smile, she burst onto the scene around a decade ago, and was soon leaving competitors -- including men -...