It's not easy to reach ultramarathoner Diane Van Deren on the phone. You might get her husband, who will nonchalantly explain, "Sorry, she's out pulling a sled across ...
Diane Van Deren had never heard of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, the 930-mile trail that stretches from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey's Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks.