Corbett once said she believed that 50 percent of all ultrarunners are addicts. She is the most visible example, with pink hair, bright, colorful clothes and tattoos all over her body, but there are many others. She is also the most extreme and famous example of the turnaround that extreme sports see in an unusual percentage of its participants. Now she is one of the most successful ultrarunners of all time, a woman who completed more than 250 races and ran 100 miles more than 125 times. Make more journalism like this possible with a Colorado Sun membership, starting at just $5 a month. She wondered if she would stay off drugs. She returned to her hometown of Fremont, Calif., away from the club and her friends, and moved in with her mom.
One night in jail scared her enough to give up drugs. A judge, knowing this was her first offense, made her a deal: If she gave up drugs, he would give her a clean slate. “This sucks,” she thought to herself, but she saw no way to change it.īut it did change, after the cops broke down her door and arrested her.
She looked like an extra in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” She was a go-go dancer who sold drugs and danced all night in clubs. She looked in a mirror and saw purple dashes under her bulging, red eyes, a face painted white, black lipstick and a sad, tired expression that wondered when her next hit was coming. On an afternoon 25 years ago, Catra Corbett figured her life was over.
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