Once described by Runner’s World as “the best ultra runner you’ve never heard of” China’s Yao Miao was a bit of a sensation on the ultra scene at the end of the last decade. Then she vanished.
In 2018 she set a new women’s course record winning the Hong Kong 100k, then placed second at the Lavaredo Ultra Trail and won the UTMB CCC (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc Courmayeur – Champex – Chamonix). Not bad for a 23-year-old who’d never raced outside of her home country before.
