In Episode 1 of ON THE RISE: Allie Ostrander, "Mountains & Ghosts Conquered", we start at the beginning for one of the nation's top ranked high school cross country runners with Allie Ostrander growing up on the remote Kenai Peninsula of Alaska and discovering her gift of running at an early age. Always smaller than her peers, she never let that become a deterrent from striving to become great in everything she does. Especially running.
That gift to run has literally been elevated every summer since the age of 8 at the Mount Marathon race on July 4th, which in Alaska gathers only the most brave and daring runners willing to climb up a 3,022 foot mountain in Seward then race down its cliffs and treacherous descent to finish.
A race which all participants know the great chance of serious injury and possibly death (2012 race had a fatality), Ostrander has shown no fear despite her age and size in claiming the junior women's race title for 6 years running. This past year's win w...