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Katie Schide
UltrarunnerKnown for:
2024 UTMB champion and women's course record holder (22:09:31). 2025 Hardrock 100 counter-clockwise course record holder. American geologist-turned-pro-runner based in the French Alps. PhD in geology from ETH Zurich.
Sponsored by: On Running, Garmin, Neversecond
Katie Schide was born and raised in Gardiner, Maine. She grew up hiking and playing field hockey, and worked at mountain huts in the White Mountains. She attended Middlebury College as a geology major and began trail racing during a master's program at the University of Utah. She earned a PhD in geology from ETH Zurich in 2022, studying landslides and erosion caused by earthquakes. Since 2019, she has lived in the village of Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage in the French Alps. Schide won UTMB in 2022, then came back in 2024 to break the women's course record with a time of 22:09:31, beating the previous record by 21 minutes. She also won Western States 100, the Grand Raid de la Reunion, and the Hardrock 100. In 2025, she set the Hardrock 100 counter-clockwise course record at 25:50:23.
Katie Schide's Gear List(3)
Garmin
Product description
Original Garmin fenix released August 2012 as Garmin's first wrist-worn GPS outdoor watch combining GPS with ABC sensors. 51mm, 82g fiber-reinforced polymer case with 16 hours GPS and 50 hours UltraTrac. 1.2" monochrome LCD at 70x70 pixels. Required external ANT+ chest strap. Long discontinued, succeeded through fenix 8.
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Garmin ambassador
The North Face
Product description
The North Face's top-tier technical apparel collection for alpinists, climbers, and ski mountaineers. Uses Gore-Tex Pro, FUTURELIGHT, and 800-fill down. Organized into a numbered layer system: L1 base, L2/L3 midlayers, L4 insulation, L5 hardshell. Spans jackets, pants, bibs, and accessories across ski mountaineering and alpine categories.
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High Trail Short-Sleeve worn at UTMB
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