Possessed Magazine Running Blog

ZACH IS POSSESSED

MAY 2024

He’s 35 years old, he was born in Kenya (not that it matters), and he’s one of the greatest, most awe-inspiring athletes in the history of recorded sport. He is the elite American ultra-runner Zach Miller, and this is the Zach Miller issue of POSSESSED. Welcome.

Zach’s professional running career began in 2013 when he entered, won, and recorded the third fastest time for a decades-old 50-mile trail race in Washington County. By his own admission, he was astonished by the win, but when he crossed that ribbon, it became obvious to everyone in the ultra-running community that Zach was a natural and a force to be reckoned with. Since then, he’s turned pro (he’s currently signed with North Face) and has run some of the world’s most challenging races. He’s also won some of the world’s most challenging races, and if you’ve seen him in action, you know the dude is a powerhouse, and he does not have an off switch. When you see Zach in the line-up, just go home. It’s not worth it.
Zach lives in a converted bus, which allows him to move about and train wherever he wants or needs to. This is great, but it made the creation of this issue very interesting because we never knew whether he’d have Wi-Fi or phone reception. Personally, as editor of this running magazine (the running magazine that makes Runner’s World look like Walking News), I found this state of affairs a little worrisome—would we make the deadline? Would Zach send the stuff in time? At this time of writing, I’m still waiting on a couple of things from Zach to finish the issue, and for all I know, he’s cooking his special donuts at an aid station somewhere in Colorado (check out Zach’s delicious donut recipe in EAT IT!). If you’re reading this, though, I guess we did it! Thanks, Zach!

In this special Zach Miller issue of POSSESSED, we have the full Zach Miller Story according to Zach, then we have the full Zach Miller story according to Zach’s friend Brandon, then Zach shows us around his four-wheeled paradise and lets us flip through his photo album. Then there’s the aforementioned donut recipe, plus Zach’s Top 5 Career highlights, reader mail, Punxsutawney Phil, a long-distance running playlist by Zach, and a whole lot more.

We hope you enjoy this fifty-third, Zach Miller-themed issue of POSSESSED.

x Jason.