Clare Gallagher

Gallagher grew up in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, where she and her family often spent weekends in the mountains. She attended Princeton University where she studied ocean health and was influenced by ethicist Peter Singer. At one point{{when|date=November 2020}} Gallagher planned to go to medical school. She graduated from Princeton in 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://www.irunfar.com/2018/01/the-activist-clare-gallagher-and-the-environment.html |title=The Activist: Clare Gallagher And The Environment |last=Senseman |first=Eric |date=January 18, 2018 |website=iRunFar.com |access-date=March 24, 2020 |quote=Clare Gallagher cares deeply about a lot of environmental issues. The 26 year old is concerned... |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324155802/https://www.irunfar.com/2018/01/the-activist-clare-gallagher-and-the-environment.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.visitmammoth.com/crib/blogs/champion-ultra-runner-clare-gallagher-running-reefs-and-frosting |title=Champion Ultra Runner Clare Gallagher on Running, Reefs and Frosting |website=VisitMammoth.com |last=Prelle |first=Monica |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324155812/https://www.visitmammoth.com/crib/blogs/champion-ultra-runner-clare-gallagher-running-reefs-and-frosting |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |quote=Clare Gallagher quietly made her ultra running debut while living abroad in Thailand. It did not take long for the 25-year-old Colorado native...}}

Gallagher ran at Princeton but lost interest in running.{{when|date=November 2020}}  She spent a couple{{quantify|date=November 2020}} of years in Thailand after college on a teaching fellowship. While in Thailand she won an 80-kilometer race in October 2014 having never run more than 10k previously. After her fellowship ended Gallagher moved to Boulder, Colorado and became active in the local trail running community.{{Cite web |url=https://trailrunnermag.com/people/profiles/clare-gallagher-leadville-champ-runs-hard-work-smiles-candy.html |title=Clare Gallagher, Leadville Champ, Runs on Hard Work, Smiles and Candy |website=Trail Runner Magazine |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |quote=In her first 100-miler, at just 24 years old, Clare Gallagher ran the second-fastest women’s time ever at the Leadville Trail 100... |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324155812/https://trailrunnermag.com/people/profiles/clare-gallagher-leadville-champ-runs-hard-work-smiles-candy.html |url-status=live }}

Gallagher is an advocate for issues such as climate change and the environment. She is an ambassador for Winter Wildlands Alliance and is involved with Protect Our Winters (POW). She won Western States in 2019 shortly after going on a two-week mountaineering expedition in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to advocate for the ANWR.{{Cite web |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/01/boulders-clare-gallagher-wins-prestigious-western-states-100-run-after-spending-2-weeks-in-the-arctic/ |title=Boulder’s Clare Gallagher wins prestigious Western States 100 run after spending 2 weeks in the Arctic |work=The Denver Post |last=Meyer |first=John |date=July 1, 2019 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |quote=Gallagher, 27 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128031606/https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/01/boulders-clare-gallagher-wins-prestigious-western-states-100-run-after-spending-2-weeks-in-the-arctic/ |url-status=live }} 

Gallagher won the Best of the Rockies—Advocate award from Elevation Outdoors Magazine in 2020 for her work as a Patagonia ambassador and POW athlete. The magazine noted that "she is a constant voice for climate action, social justice, and public lands."{{Cite web |url=https://www.elevationoutdoors.com/go-outside/best-of-the-rockies-2/ |title=Best of the Rockies |work=Elevation Outdoors Magazine |last=Brendza |first=Will |date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |quote=Clare Gallagher, Boulder, Colorado |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324155803/https://www.elevationoutdoors.com/go-outside/best-of-the-rockies-2/ |url-status=live }}

Since 2015 Gallagher is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.{{Cite web |url=https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/members/ |title=Members |website=givingwhatwecan.org |access-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512001719/https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/about-us/members/ |url-status=live }}

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