Relevant to the first book, but last year and this year have been awesome for women's achievement in ultrarunning:

- Last year Courtney Dauwalter won the three most iconic trail ultras in a single season, when most professional runners will only target one. I've seen a lot of people consider this to be the single most impressive trail running performance by any athlete. https://run.outsideonline.com/trail/trail-racing/film-about-...

- In the spring, Jasmin Paris (featured in Better, Faster, Farther) was the first woman to finish the Barkley which is considered one of the hardest running races out there. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/us/barkley-marathons-jasm...

- This happened after the article was published, but Tara Dower just set a new overall FKT for the Appalachian Trail and crushed the previous women's FKT by 5 or 6 days. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a62330229/tara-dower-appal...