Dedication and resilience are core principles for long-distance runners and Aubrey resident Jackie Lovelady has been exemplifying that, racking up the miles by running and winning ultramarathons for over a decade.
Jackie was most recently the first female competitor to ever finish the Achilles Hill Last Person Standing in Sunset, Texas, where runners complete a 4.16-mile loop every hour until only one remains.
“It felt amazing,” she said. “Ultra runners and especially trail runners are special kind of people. We all cheer each other on. You'll see runners that put their earbuds in, and they all race together, but they don't experience it together. That's not trail running. You don't see earbuds as much and people chat and talk, and I've met my best friends in my life while running, and so just a community of people and everybody out there cheering us on as we were going. It was just so cool and a really neat experience, and I'm not ever going to forget it.”
