Hi, my name is Meghan Hicks and I’m iRunFar.com’s Editor-in-Chief.
I have been a part of iRunFar since 2009, though, first as a volunteer, then as a contributor, and beginning in 2011, a part-time editor. From 2013 to 2023, I was iRunFar’s Managing Editor. In June of 2023, I became Editor-in-Chief, succeeding Bryon Powell.
Fastpacking in Canyonlands National Park’s Maze District in Utah, November 2014. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
While I was a runner through high school, college, and beyond, I discovered trail running in 2004. I competed in my first trail race in 2005 and my first ultramarathon in 2006. I additionally came to trail running with years of experience in traveling, hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering, so the adventure aspect of trail running speaks to me more than any other of its parts.
In addition to my work with iRunFar.com, I am the co-author with Bryon Powell of “Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running,” which was published as a trail running how-to in 2016.
I was previously the trail running columnist for the iconic “Marathon & Beyond” before it shuttered its publishing doors and a contributing editor for “Trail Runner” magazine.
“The New York Times,” NPR’s “Morning Edition,” “ESPN The Magazine,” “Competitor Magazine,” “Runner’s World,” “Trail Runner,” “UltraRunning,” a number of regional newspapers, and many other outlets have called on my experience with the sport for their stories.
It is my passion to tell the stories of our sport — who we are, why we run, and the ways running changes our lives and world.
Here you can access all that I’ve written on iRunFar.com. If you’d like examples of what and how I write, please see these samples from the last several years:
- The 2022 Snowman Race: To Hold Hope Lightly
- A feature narrative about the Girls Gotta Run program in Bekoji, Ethiopia, which supports girls’ running, education, and life skills
- On the Shoulders of Giants: Meghan Hicks’s Bob Graham Round Report
- It Is Not Just I; It Is You And Us And Here’s Why
- Carrying Joy: Meghan Hicks’s Nolan’s 14 Report
- Hardrocking: Sharing The Lode
- Surrealist Realism: The 2016 TransAtlas Marathon
At home in Moab, Utah, January 2017. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
I don’t keep count, but I have finished more than 70 trail races and ultramarathons. I have been a frequent podium finisher during my 18 years and counting with the sport. In 2013, I won the Marathon des Sables, a stage race in Morocco. In 2016, I completed the Nolan’s 14 route in Colorado and set the then women’s supported fastest known time on it. In 2017, I finished the Bob Graham Round in England, becoming one of just a couple Americans to yet undertake this iconic fell-running adventure. In 2020 I completed the Nolan’s 14 route for a second time and again set the then women’s supported fastest known time on it. In 2021, I finished third at the Hardrock 100.
For three years prior to working full time for iRunFar, I worked as a freelance writer and editor. And before that, I worked for a decade in interpretive education and communications at three national parks: Big Bend, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. My undergraduate degree is in geology and my masters is in resource interpretation, a form of education.
Thank you for your interest in me!
Last updated June 18, 2023
Climbing peak #13 on the Nolan’s 14 line in Colorado, September 2016. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Fastpacking with Anna Frost in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, August 2014. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
