Lessons Learned from the Ultrarunning DNF

Find meaning and purpose in your DNF. A DNF is not failure.

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
8 min readNov 24, 2019

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The Unexpected DNF

If you have had a DNF, you are in good company.

The best elite ultrarunners in the world are members of the DNF Club. Even ultrarunning world record holder Camille Herron, ultramarathon man Dean Karnazes, and…

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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

My debut memoir Come What May, I Want to Run: A Memoir of the Saving Grace of Ultrarunning in Overwhelming Times is published. Website: miriamdiazgilbert.com