Salynda Heinl

About

Salynda Heinl is an American ultrarunner, endurance coach, and mother of three from Conifer, Colorado, a mountain community west of Denver. She studied biology and environmental science at Western State Colorado University before turning her focus to trail and ultrarunning, where her greatest competitive results have come at the demanding 100-mile mountain distance. Her breakout result came in 2021 when she won the High Lonesome 100 Mile — a notoriously difficult course in the Colorado Rockies with 33,000 feet of total elevation change — in 25:06, setting the women's course record and finishing 7th overall. She has also won the Behind the Rocks 50M in Moab, Utah, and recorded a top-ten finish at the Run Rabbit Run 100. Alongside racing, Heinl built a coaching practice under the banner Personal Summits Endurance and Wellness Coaching, offering online training plans, strength programming, and race planning to endurance athletes across ability levels after earning her UESCA coaching certification. Known within the trail running community for balancing competitive racing at the elite level with raising three children in the Colorado mountains.

Notable Wins

• — High Lonesome 100 Mile 2021 (women's course record
• — 25:06)
• — Behind the Rocks 50M Moab

Race History