Lucie Rathbun is an elite ultrarunner and desert rat based in the Western Slope of Colorado. She comes to running from a long background in climbing, where she ticked a number of 5.14 routes and V10 boulders before turning her attention to new goals on the trails. Drawn to long jaunts along ragged mesa rims and through dusty red canyons, Lucie loves the challenge and the privilege of finding flow, distilling life down to the basics in a way that only feels possible after hours on her feet. With a background in sports psychology, she’s especially fascinated by the mental side of endurance and the ways athletes use movement to seek presence in the age of chronic overstimulation. When she’s not running, Lucie works in outdoor media, and spends her free time writing, drawing, painting, and spoiling her dog. Lucie is stoked beyond measure to join the Speedland Elite Team because it presents an opportunity to combine her athletic and creative sides, and leave a mark on the running community that means more than any place on a podium (though that’s always nice too).