This special monthly series, which began in January 2024, highlights trail and ultra race directors who build up the community. To self-nominate, race directors can click the link below to fill out the form.
Learn how a solo trail run in 2005 sparked the Pinhoti 100 and Alabama's ultra racing scene. Todd and Jamie Henderson share their journey as race directors of the Pinhoti Trail Series.
Ally Gregory of CUSS Running brings fun, inclusivity, and a magician to Chicago's trails. Meet the non-binary race director behind the city's most joyful ultras.
Shalini Bhajjan stumbled into race directing, made every wrong turn, and built 12 trail ultras in St. Louis.
Her best advice? "Don't replicate someone else's blueprint. Be the person who brings the weird, the wonderful, and the unexpected."
