Ashley Paulson has been into fitness since she was a kid. Inspired by her Dad and Richard Simmons she ran her first marathon at age 18 and started teaching fitness classes shortly after. That love of fitness and running led to marathons, trail runs, triathlons, fitness classes, and a job as a virtual trainer for iFit.

Her sister put the Badwater 135 on her radar, and after running, and winning three 100 milers to qualify she won the race on her very first try. Before the joy of the finish line could fade some accused her of cheating. Those accusations were proven to be false, but just in case you were wondering, she would run the race again and set the new Women's course record, win the race overall, and run the second fastest time ever.

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