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On October 6, 2026, counselor Allie Kolaski wrote in Trail Runner magazine about how her devotion to ultramarathon trail running gradually made her see that her marriage had reached its end. She recalled that when she first ran a 50-kilometer trail race in 2018, her husband did not appear at the finish line as agreed; after that she went on to complete multiple trail races and won lottery entries to events such as the Wasatch 100, with running taking up an ever larger space in her life, ultimately making her realize her marriage was over. Currently this event has only this one first-person account, with no additional reporting or response from other sources.
In a Trail Runner essay, counseling psychologist Allie Kolaski describes how training for ultramarathons like the Wasatch 100 led her to see that her marriage was over. At her first 50K in 2018, her husband failed to appear at the finish as promised; she went on to complete more trail races and was accepted into the Wasatch 100, and running took up ever more space.