Doug Mayer

Doug Mayer spent many years working as a producer for the Peabody Award–winning NPR show, Car Talk. On a trail run with one of his brothers many years ago, he fell in love with the Alps. He later founded Run the Alps to share his passion with others. A former contributing editor to Trail Runner, he has authored three books on trail running. His most recent book is The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of UTMB (Helvetiq, 2023). He is a regular contributor to Outside Online and other trail-running media outlets. Doug has been trail running around the world for more than 30 years. He has raced UTMB Mont Blanc twice and completed three successful tours of Italy's epic 330-kilometer mountain run, Tor des Géants. He lives in Chamonix, France, with his trail-running Labradoodle, Izzy. His favorite run is the one right outside his door: Aiguillette des Posettes, high above Le Tour.