Last updated: 04-Apr-19
After much deliberation, and it was a very difficult task, we have chosen the shortlist for the RunUltra Blogger Award for 2016.
Please vote now using this voting link. Please note that voting is now finished and our winners are announced here.
A big thank you to everyone who nominated a blogger. We received a total of 111 bloggers nominated from a total of 15 countries as follows:
Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK and USA.
Interestingly we had a 31% female and 69% male split for nominations and 32% female and 68% male in our final shortlist which is shown in alphabetical order below with a link to their website. Many congratulations to all those who made the list.
The quality, dedication and passion for ultra marathons and trail running shines through brightly in much of the writing from the bloggers that you nominated.
We had a strict scoring criteria in place as explained in our recent forum post and the bloggers were scored out of a total score of 80 on the following criteria:
- Consistency
- Quality of Imagery
- Quality of Copy
- Creativity
- Promotion
- Authority
- Usability
- Engagement
- Overall Impression
We’ve included social pages as a form of microblogging. We noticed that more people are switching from a traditional blog website to a social media based microblog. Please remember this is a ‘blogger’ award not a ‘blog’ award.
We have a total of 50 names on our shortlist and voting is now open until 23.59 on 17th January 2016. The final selection as to who wins the award is now in your hands.
We will announce the final winner and our blogger finalists on 19th January 2016.
Next Steps
Please vote now using this voting link. Please note that voting is now finished and our winners are announced here.
| Blogger | Blog |
| Alice Morrison | Alice Morrison |
| Alistair Flowers | 26.2 and beyond |
| Andrew Murray | Doc Andrew Murray |
| Andy Mouncey | Doing Big & Scary |
| Audrey McIntosh | Audrey McIntosh |
| Bryon Powell | I run far |
| Charley Radcliffe | Digital Steak |
| Christopher McDougall | Christopher McDougall |
| Coraline Chapatte | Kos Cora |
| Dane Rauschenberg | See Dane run |
| David Jury | David Jury |
| Dean Karnazes | Ultra marathon man |
| Elisabet Barnes | Elisabet Barnes |
| Emelie Fosberg | Emilie Fosberg |
| Ethan Newberry | The ginger runner |
| Gavan Hennigan | Nomadic amphibian |
| Giles Thurston | Ultrarun.in |
| Hollie Woodhouse | Hollie Woodhouse |
| Ian Corless | Ian Corless |
| Jill Homer | Jill outside |
| Jimmy Dean Freeman | Method to the madness |
| Jo Meek | Jo Meek, the running squirrel |
| Joe Grant | Alpine works |
| Justin Bateman | Justin Bateman |
| Kilian Jornet | Kilian Jornet |
| Lenka Istvanova | Runista |
| Linda Doke | Rockhoppin’ trail |
| Lucja Leonard | Running Duchie |
| Marcus Scotney | Marcus Scotney |
| Mary Pearson | A healthier moo |
| Moerieda Mackay | My million miles |
| Nuno Giao | Nuno Giao |
| Randall Wharton | Randall’s running blog |
| Robbie Britton | Robbie Britton |
| Rory Coleman | Rory Coleman |
| Russ King | Up & down runner |
| Sage Canaday | Sage Canaday |
| Sally McRae | Sally McRae |
| Scott Dunlap | A trail runner’s blog |
| Scott Forbes | Run till you are done |
| Scott Jurek | Scott Jurek |
| Sean Conway | Sean Conway |
| Seb Montaz | Seb Montaz |
| Sophie Radcliffe | Challenge Sophie |
| Stuart Mills | Ultra Stu |
| Stuart Walker | Challenge Stu |
| Susie Chan | Susie Chan |
| Timothy Olson | Timothy Allen Olson |
| Tobias Mews | Tobias Mews |
| Will Cooper | Will run longer |
Please find here a quick guide to our #RunUltraBlogger Award 2016 Contest explaining all our key dates, Terms & Conditions and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for finding our winning #RunUltraBlogger.
Follow the hashtag #RunUltraBlogger and our forum thread for updates and runner comments.
