Sarah grew up as an elite figure skater, and currently is an alpinist, mountain runner, ice and rock climber, cyclist, a skier, and a USATF certified running coach. She's been running competitively for 21 years and after dozens of ultras, dozens of injuries, and a bout of overtraining syndrome, she's studied exercise physiology, biomechanics, meditation, and training philosophies with the same obsessive zeal that she brings to running. She's run the R2R2R (and lived in the park for a while), biked across Utah, summited Rainier in calendar winter, and competed in everything from snow bike races to nordic marathons to ultra distance and sky races.

Sarah coached figure skating and hockey for 11 years, and has been teaching yoga since 2012. After living in Leadville for many years, she lived full-time on the road for a few years, staying in the Grand Canyon, the Tetons, and California for long periods of time, then settled in Ouray, where she can walk out the front door and get 5,000 feet of gain in less than five miles.