OUR FRIENDS

Marks running career really began one day in 2013 when he took a walk around his office parking lot during his lunch break. That walk turned into a jog and then into daily lunchtime runs. Before long, he entered his first ultramarathon, the Speedgoat 50k, and was immediately hooked. Since then he has consistently gotten faster and won many races. He is particularly fond of 100 milers.

Max has prided himself on being able to run anything. Anything from 3k steeple to obstacle courses to 100-mile ultras. There is fun in just being on two legs and going fast or climbing mountains. Based in Bend, Oregon, Max has raced and won over a huge range of distances and terrain including winning both the World Mountain Running Championship in 2011 and the 100km World Championship in 2014. Recently he has taken on several projects to give back to the running community. He is a co-director of the Max King Trail Running Camps for youth and adults, the co-director of the Bend Marathon, and an advocate for youth running and public lands.

Cody Reed has been running for almost his whole life. He has competed at the highest levels while in college, and transitioned to ultra trail running a few years after school. He's had success from the 50k to the 100 mile distances, but prefers the 100k race. Some of his notable finishes include wins at the 2016 USATF 50k trail championships, 2017 Way Too Cool 50k, two second place finishes at the Tarawera 100k, and a win at the 2019 Ultra Trail Cape Town 100k. Cody shares his knowledge of the sport and training with the athletes he coaches, and is sponsored by Under Armour, Spring Energy, Coros Watches, Drymax socks, and the world famous Squirrels Nut Butter anti-chafe.

Corrine is a professinal Ultra Endurance Athlete, a coach, and a writer currently living in San Fransisco, California. Corrine has been top 10 at Western States twice, top 5 at TDS, and have the women's fastest known time on the 171+ mile Tahoe Rim Trail!

2018 was another incredible year for Tove. She was ranked number one in the world in three different sports: orienteering, ski orienteering and for the first time ever in Sky Running. She won the overall World Cup in orienteering and skiorientering. She won two Gold Medals in the orienteering Word Championships, and she also won a Gold Medal at the Sky Running World Championships.

Ultra-Trail Runner and nutritionist Mimmi Kotka has quickly climbed her way to the top, winning several international competitions throughout her career. In 2017, she won the Mont-Blanc 80 km marathon and the next year she won the Madeira Island Ultra-Trail and continues to gain victorys, placing 1^st in the MaXi-Race International.

Winning the Transvulcania ultramarathon has started to become a routine for Ida Nilsson, having secured her third gold medal in a row. In 2018, Ida won the international skyrunning competition “Zegama-Aizkorri”, strengthening her position as one of the top runners in the world.

What first began as a hobby has taken our friend Emelie all the way to the top of both mountains and podiums. Her top results and solid-as-a-rock-mentality has turned her into a role model within the growing sports of sky running and ski mountaineering.

We are the proud supplier to our friends in the Norwegian XC-team. With profiles like Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Emil Iversen, Hans-Christer Holund, Martin Jonsrud Sundby, Ragnhild Haga, Ingvild Flugstad østberg, Heidi Weng og Therese Johaug, they are the world’s most outstanding XC-team.