Partnership
Courtney Dauwalter

Trail runners push their bodies to the ultimate level of physical and mental endurance. When others’ natural urge to stop kicks in, ultra trail runners are just getting started. They find their daringness at 10,000 meters elevation gain, on a narrow mountainside trail, 150km into a grueling course. Now, four of these elite trail runners are part of the TUDOR family.

MEET THE TUDOR TRAIL RUNNERS

Courtney Dauwalter is one of the most dominant ultrarunners in history, celebrated for her unmatched endurance and mental resilience. She rose to global prominence with victories at iconic races such as the Moab 240 Endurance Run, where she won outright and stunned the field, and the Western States Endurance Run, which she has won multiple times. Her defining achievement came in 2023, when she completed an unprecedented triple: victories at Western States Endurance Run, Hardrock 100, and Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in a single season. Known for racing in basketball shorts and relying on intuition rather than rigid plans, Dauwalter blends elite performance with an approachable personality. Her ability to endure extreme fatigue while maintaining a positive mindset has redefined what is possible in ultrarunning, making her a global icon of the sport.

It already seems impossible to run 100 kilometers, much less 171km with over 10,000 meters of elevation gain, and that’s to be taken literally. To anyone “normal”, it’s unthinkable. But for Courtney Dauwalter, Miao Yao, Rémi Bonnet, and Baptiste Chassagne, it’s what they were born to do. It’s where they find meaning and purpose. Their singular mindset is what allows them to find the strength and will to do what anyone else can’t. These four prominent trail runners are now part of the TUDOR family because their mindset is exactly what it means to be born to dare. They’re not just leading trail runners, they’re some of the world’s most elite athletes, period.