Last updated: 06-Aug-20 By Sarah Cooke If you had race plans this year, chances are they had to change. Most countries have seen a period without any races being held – some longer than others. Travelling to race outside your home country has been even more problematic. Different countries are now coming out of lockdown […]
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Last updated: 18-Jul-20 By Sarah Cooke Who are Ultra X? The Ultra X team are known for their international multistage races: Ultra X 125 Azores Ultra X Jordan Ultra X Mexico Ultra X Sri Lanka and the new Tribe Relay Across Scotland Co-founder Sam Heward describes the aim of Ultra X as ‘to launch the
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Last updated: 05-Aug-20 By Kate Allen Tom was kind enough to take time out of his busy training schedule to talk to Kate about all things running, including the London Marathon and the possibility of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Given his relatively recent success as an ultra runner, he is surprisingly experienced across a
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Last updated: 18-Jul-20 By Sarah Cooke Disclaimer: I cannot tutor your kids, speed up government grants, make your partner do the washing up or even find a shop stocking that elusive toilet roll. What I will try to do is suggest ways in which you can channel the stuff that normally gets vented on the
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Last updated: 20-Feb-20 By Mike Seaman, CEO at The National Running Show One of the many things that struck me at The National Running Show in January was the diversity of the people in attendance and it got me to thinking about just how inclusive the world of ultra-running actually is. This year’s show saw the
Last updated: 10-May-19 By Luke Jarmey & Dan Stinton Radio sport presenter and Chris Evans co-host, Vassos Alexander is a self-confessed running addict with some very impressive ultras on his resume. We reviewed his book “Running up that Hill” recently that not only covers the highs and lows of his own races, but also recalls
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By Kate Allen First up, here is the result of an ultra that quite simply fills me with horror. The Tunnel. 200 miles. Inside a tunnel. Which is only 1 mile long. Mark Cockbain is well known for his sadistic pursuit of inventing races that challenge the mind as well as the body and he’s really come
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By Sarah Cooke Here at RunUltra, we love running and we love races. Ultra-runners are a diverse breed – our distances range from a bit more than a marathon to hundreds or even thousands of miles. Some of us pick one or two races a year and dedicate our training to them. Others seem to
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By Luke Jarmey We’re pleased to announce our top reviews for March. So congratulations to Neil Johnson who will receive a pack of 33Shake Chia Energy Gels. Hardmoors 55 Our top review for March comes from Neil with his grin inducing account of the Hardmoors 55. Written in an easy to read format, it paints a
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By Seth Grotzke I made a mistake with my last article and I fear that you may have been negatively affected by it. Perhaps you read how to bribe the new runner in your life and decided to go out and splurge on some new kit for your significant other. The result was that it
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