Out and Back

Hillary Allen is from Fort Collins, Colorado. She grew up in an outdoorsy and scientific family who encouraged her to pursue careers in both science and sport. She earned a master’s degree in neuroscience and physiology and structural biology from the University of Colorado. During her graduate studies, Hillary discovered trail running and ultra-running. Her passion for the outdoors quickly led to success on the trails, where she became a sponsored mountain runner for The North Face. Along with her professional running and racing career, Hillary also teaches chemistry, biology, anatomy, and physiology part-time at a small college outside of Boulder, Colorado. She also coaches other runners, utilizing her love of athletics and her physiology background.