Samantha Hagness is new to the ultra-running world but has quickly fallen in love with the sport. She began running in 2009 after finishing graduate school in speech-language pathology and realizing that without a stack of textbooks to read each night she desperately needed a new hobby. She took to the trails in 2013, competing in her first trail race in Flagstaff, AZ. Since then, she has continued to run more often, more quickly, and with a bigger smile on her face. She plans to complete a 50+ mile trail race and a rim-to-rim-to-rim run in 2015. When she is not running, Samantha loves creating new vegan and vegetarian concoctions in the kitchen, going on wild backpacking adventures, taking photos, and blogging.
Samantha Hagness – Guest Blogger
