On December 7th, 2007, Adam Popp lost his right leg from an IED exploding underneath him while deployed in Afghanistan. In 2015, he found running. Within five months after relearning to run on a prosthetic, Adam ran a half-marathon, in seven months, a marathon, and in nineteen months, a 100-miler.
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Jen Hammond
Jen Hammond
Jen lives by the mantra, “Write. Run. Beer. Repeat.” Surrounded by elite ultrarunners in her home town of Bend, OR, she’s found a comfortable spot in the back of the pack. When Jen isn’t on the trails crushing 11:30/min. miles, she’s at her desk, in her head, creating feature narratives for the indie film screen. To date, she’s optioned two of her projects, one titled, “Ultra” and is currently working on a wilderness revenge thriller. You can connect with Jen on Twitter, @jenhering.
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As with many ultrarunner origin stories, Brandon Miller’s running career started as a cross country speed demon in his home town of Barrie, Ontario. After high school, as he began a demanding college course load in Mechanical Engineering at Queens University in Ontario, priorities shifted and running took a far second to his studies.