Katie Schide - Trail Runner Profile

Katie Schide is an American ultrarunner based in Europe who holds the UTMB women's course record of 22:09:31, set when she won the 2024 race after also winning that year's Western States 100. She won UTMB in 2022, broke the Hardrock 100 course record in 2025 and took the Long Trail 82km world title

Katie Schide quick facts

Nationality: United States
UTMB Index: 863 (as of 6 October 2026, UTMB profile)
ITRA score: 840 (as of 29 August 2026, ITRA profile)
Key results: UTMB: Winner 2022 and 2024, course record 22:09:31; Western States: Winner 2024; World title: Long Trail 82km, 2025

UTMB Index and ITRA scores change after every race. The dates are when each number was read from the official profile.

Country: United States · Team: On · Specialities: 100 miles, 50–100km

Right now: UTMB course-record holder, but missed the 2026 Hardrock and UTMB with a foot injury.

Key facts

UTMB: Winner 2022 and 2024, course record 22:09:31
Western States: Winner 2024
World title: Long Trail 82km, 2025

The 2024 double

Schide won Western States in June 2024 in the second-fastest women's time in the race's history, an hour quicker than her own 2023 run. Nine weeks later she won UTMB in 22:09:31, taking 21 minutes off Courtney Dauwalter's 2021 course record and becoming only the fourth person, and third woman, to win both races in the same year.

Records in every format

In 2025 she broke the Hardrock 100 course record, then won the Long Trail 82km world championship title at Canfranc-Pirineos in 9:57:59, leading from the start. That combination of a 100-mile course record, a high-altitude 100-miler record and a championship win over 82km inside a single career is unusually broad.

Where she is right now

A long-running foot injury, plantar fasciitis and nerve pain, kept her out of the 2026 Hardrock 100 in July and then the 2026 UTMB itself, the race she holds the course record for. She has described her 2026 goal shifting from getting race-fit to simply being able to jog without pain.

How Katie runs

Schide combines the even pacing of a 100-mile specialist with the technical fluency of someone who learned to race in the Alps. She learned the mountains in New Hampshire's notoriously rocky White Mountains, did a geology PhD at ETH Zurich and has lived in the French Alps since 2019, and she is exceptionally comfortable on rocky, steep and technical descents, which is where many athletes from runnable American courses lose time on European ones.

She is comfortable racing from the front. Her 2025 world title over 82km at Canfranc is a good example: she led from the start and was never caught.

She is also a methodical racer who builds deliberately from season to season. Her Western States results improved by an hour between 2023 and 2024, and her UTMB record came after a first win in 2022, a sign of an athlete who learns from each race.

Where Katie is strongest

Alpine 100-milers with sustained technical terrain, above all UTMB, where she holds the women's course record of 22:09:31, and Hardrock, where she broke the course record in 2025. Her technical skill and even pacing both pay off most on these long, demanding mountain courses.

She is also unusually strong on fast American courses and at championship distances: she won Western States in 2024 and the 82km world title in 2025. Few athletes have set the standard on both runnable and technical 100-milers.

The edge. Course-record pace over both the fast American 100-milers and the technical European ones.

What you can learn from Katie

1. Even effort beats heroics

Schide's best races are built on consistency rather than surges. In your own races, aim for an effort you could sustain for the whole distance from the start, and resist the urge to chase people on climbs. A steady effort keeps your fuelling working and your legs intact for the second half.

2. Get comfortable on technical terrain

Her ease on rocky Alpine descents is a big part of her advantage on European courses. Seek out technical trails in training and run them regularly, starting slowly and building confidence. Time on rough ground is the only real way to get faster on it.

3. Plan recovery between big goals

She won Western States and UTMB nine weeks apart in 2024. If you have two big races in a season, plan the gap carefully: proper recovery after the first, then a short rebuild with race-specific sessions, rather than trying to keep training hard throughout.

4. Listen to injury signals early

A long-running foot problem kept her out of the 2026 season. Persistent pain in the feet, tendons or bones deserves early attention and rest, not training through. Losing a few weeks early is far better than losing a season.

Selected results

Year	Race	Result
2024	UTMB	1st (22:09:31 course record, 21 minutes inside the previous mark)
2024	Western States 100	1st (second-fastest women's time at the time)
2025	Hardrock 100	1st (course record)
2025	World Championships Long Trail 82km	1st (9:57:59, Canfranc-Pirineos)
2022	UTMB	1st

A selection, not a complete race history.

Official profiles

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Frequently asked questions

Who holds the UTMB women's course record?

Katie Schide, with 22:09:31 from her 2024 win, 21 minutes faster than Courtney Dauwalter's 2021 record.

Has Katie Schide won Western States and UTMB in the same year?

Yes, in 2024. She was only the fourth person and third woman to complete that double in a single year.

What did Katie Schide win in 2025?

The Hardrock 100 with a course record, and the Long Trail 82km world title at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc-Pirineos, in 9:57:59.

Did Katie Schide race the 2026 UTMB?

No. A long-running foot injury, plantar fasciitis and nerve pain that had already kept her out of the 2026 Hardrock 100, ruled her out of the race she holds the course record for.

Runners with a similar profile

Ruth Croft (New Zealand): The first woman to win the OCC, the CCC and UTMB: the complete Chamonix set.
Blandine L'Hirondel (France): A practising OB-GYN who became only the second athlete to win the OCC, the CCC and UTMB, after two Trail World Championship titles.
Jim Walmsley (United States): The first American man to win UTMB, and the athlete who redefined how fast a 100-miler can be run from the front.
Anton Krupicka (United States): Won Leadville twice as a virtual unknown, then spent two decades as the sport's most recognizable minimalist.

Sources and verification

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Canonical page: https://trailia.run/best-trail-runners/katie-schide

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