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September 2026
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Spartathlon results, Lake District winners across four distances, British Trail Running Championships 2027 events are announced in the latest update.
Today's news ranges from Mammoth Trailfest’s para-athlete purse and world championship results to an overnight Sca Fell rescue, with 13 Valleys and UTMB qualification also in focus.
American runners claimed both individual titles in Spain, while course records fell in Vietnam and Colorado. Britain missed men’s team gold by 46 seconds.
Women rewrote records in Italy and Ontario, while the final three runners at a UK Backyard Ultra were all women and the Dragon’s Back Race returned under new ownership. The week also brought difficult news from South Africa and the Matterhorn.
Jiaju Zhao leads the 330km race in the Aosta Valley, while British withdrawals mount. Elsewhere, Phil Gore faces surgery after Project 168 and Tommy Price completes an emotional Bob Graham Round.
Antonio Codina and the Geordie Joggers returned to PTL for six days of glaciers, exposed scrambling, broken sleep and difficult team decisions across the Mont Blanc massif.
Tracy Entwistle and Louise Brookwell broke course records in outright victories; the Dragon’s Back returns under Ultra X; a mountain evacuation tested how races protect both runners and results and the GOMU 6 Day World Championship Continues
The six-day world championship is under way in Hungary, while Nick Fowler has reset the Pacific Crest Trail benchmark and major mountain and coastal races fill the weekend schedule.
