RunningWorks

  • Vanderbilt University

    Pushed to Extremes: Meredith Dolhare, BS’96, Uses the Power of Sports to Help the Homeless

    Several years after graduating in 1996, Meredith Dolhare found a new passion: running. Dolhare completed several marathons and 12 Ironman triathlons before setting her sights on far more arduous adventures. In 2013 she finished third in the Badwater Ultramarathon—a 135-mile race in 120-plus-degree heat that features a grueling climb from California’s Death Valley (279 feet below sea level) to the trailhead of Mount Whitney (8,360 feet). Read More

    May 12, 2016