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Stour Valley Path 100 – 11 August 2018
Written by Tom Atkinson Pre-race I’ve been focused on this race since my last ultra in February (St Peter’s Way, 42 miles and the previous furthest I’ve ever run). Training went pretty...
Read moreSteve Birkinshaw supports Kilian Jornet …
Written by Steve Birkinshaw - http://stevebirkinshaw-wainwright2014.blogspot.com/ If it wasn’t exciting enough to have one record-breaking runner to blog about, try having two. That’s right, Wainwright round record-holder Steve Birkinshaw tells us about...
Read moreWEST HIGHLAND WAY RACE 2018
Written by Stacey Holloway - https://wayrunning.wordpress.com I have given a full blow-by-blow race report on John Kynaston’s final podcast; you can find ithere. I completed the 96mile race in 33hrs and 5mins. I...
Read moreVale of Glamorgan Ultra - letting the do…
Written by Mick Farrar - https://runningoffthemadness.blogspot.fr Race date: 7th April 2018Run Walk CrawlLocation: Wales Coastal Path starting at Penarth and finishing at Ogmore-by-seaWeather/Conditions: rain, waterlogged, overcast, muddy, local flooding, getting the picture?2018 had started damp...
Read moreThe Highland Fling 2018
Written by Christian Maleedy - https://runningchristian.wordpress.com I have been blessed enough to have run and raced in many hilly and scenic areas of the UK – the Lake District, the Peak District...
Read moreHIGHLAND FLING 2018 RACE REFLECTIONS
Written by Stacey Holloway I had not intended to enter the 2018 Fling, with the West Highland Way race in the same year. Back in 2016 it took me 6 weeks...
Read moreCould you run a 200+ miler?
Written by Neil Bryant I have run a few races that I class as really long. These being single stage races, over 200 miles such as the Tor des Geants or the Spine. The main difference...
Read moreKosmos 3-in-1 (Where A Marathon Is The S…
Written by Stuart Mann - http://runningmann.co.za [MARATHON #180 / UNIQUE MARATHON #97 / 10 MARCH 2018] The Kosmos Marathon in Secunda is an easy 90-minute drive from Johannesburg – this is below the “stayover for...
Read moreCosta Blanca Trails 65km, Finestrat
Written by Tom Wright - http://life.tomwright.me.uk For ten years I have ritually travelled the AP7 from Altet airport to Denia and marvelled in awe at the strato-volcanic semblance of Puig Campana - Costa...
Read moreHardmoors 55 2018 Race Report
Written by James Campbell - https://jamescampbell78.wordpress.com Since Hardmoors 30, I’ve changed my approach to training fairly radically in order to first recover from injury and then rehabilitate and strengthen myself while still...
Read moreMy Tor
Written by Neil Bryant I have been running ultras for over 12 years now, and up until around two years ago, got a real kick from races. My races had over...
Read moreTHE KALAHARI AUGRABIES EXTREME MARATHON …
Race Report by Dion Leonard, winner of KAEM 2017 Photography by Hermien Burger Webb A few thoughts from my last race... In 2012 I bought my wife Lucja a book titled ‘World’s Toughest...
Read moreArc of Attrition - Eliot Weatherill
Written by Eliot Weatherill Photography - Zoe Salt The first thing that I should get out of the way here is that I am not a hugely experienced ultra runner in the...
Read moreTHAMES RING 250 – JUNE 2017
Written by Bob Wild - https://ultra-average.com A quick warning before you start reading this:This is going to be unpleasantly long, fairly rambling and very boring. It is not the latest blockbuster read...
Read moreGreat Glen Ultra Report
Written by John Kynaston - https://johnkynaston.com After the Hardmoors 160 at the end of April I have entered 3 more ultra-races for 2016 and all of them will be new races to...
Read moreBeacons Ultra, Wales | Force 12 Events
Written by Stephen Cousins - http://filmmyrun.com There was a time when I was an ultra virgin, and it really wasn’t all that long ago. Back in April 2014 I had just completed...
Read moreDorset CTS Ultra
Written by Nick Grahame Dorset Ultra was the third Ultra race I've entered, having got bitten by the bug earlier in the year. The biggest draw for shoe-horning this in at...
Read moreBadwater 135 – The Race
Written by Michelle Jane - https://dreamweaverconsulting.com (This is from memory, and given the length of challenge and sleep deprivation, is as I remember it… the crew may likely have a slightly different...
Read more2017 Lon Las Ultra
Written by Paul Ali - https://ultraavon.com After a dream race at the Liverpool Leeds Canal race (link here) there was only one way race results could go and this is a brief report…
JFK50 MILE 2017
Written by Doug Fernandez Earlier this year, I’d finally won my age group (AG) in Boston. Even though I’d run it 4 times, even setting my PR there, the AG win…
Brecon Beacons 10 Peaks Race Report
Written by John Kynaston - https://johnkynaston.com Saturday 10th September 2016 Ever since I came across this race last year I’ve been looking forward to taking part and it didn’t disappoint! Katrina and I were…
Cotswold Way Century 2017 race report
Written by Marcin Krzysztofik - http://wolnybiegacz.pl/en Welcome to my blog after quite a while! Almost 2 months have passed since my last entry (http://wolnybiegacz.pl/en/kacr-2017-race-report/). In a nutshell, in August I was recovering from…
Lakes in a Day Race Report
Written by John Kynaston - https://johnkynaston.com Saturday 8th October 2016 The ‘Lakes in a Day’ ultra was my fifth and final ultra of 2016 and I was really looking forward to it. When I…
Leadville 2017: Shuffle and Whine (A Melodrama in Five Acts)
Written by Katrin Silva - http://runkat.com Cast of characters Our Fearless Heroine:Katrin, ultra runner in pursuit of another belt buckle at the end of the rainbow, otherwise known as the 100-mile Leadville trail…
Ultra Tour du Léman (UTL) 2017 race review: a journey to the end of the night
Written by Eric Grant - http://www.lhtrailrunning.com The Ultra Tour of Léman holds a special place in my heart. First of all, there’s the fact of going around a lake that I’ve called…
V3K Ultra Race Report
Written by Marcin Krzysztofik - http://wolnybiegacz.pl V3K (Vegan 3000 Ultra) is a mountain ultramarathon that I heard of for the first time about 2 years ago. Of course I got really keen to…
Taming the Beast: Javelina 100, 2017
Written by Katrin Silva - http://runkat.com I registered for the 2017 Javelina 100 in late September, after two difficult 100-mile finishes earlier in the summer. Bryce and Leadville had gone well until…
