Last updated: 18-Jan-18 By Alice Morrison One of our favourite ultra nutters, sorry ultra runners, Rob Pope is still at it and has just dipped his toes in the sea again. This self-styled Forrest Gump has just run back across the USA, via Cleveland, Chicago and Glacier National Park, through Portland, reaching the sea at […]
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By Alice Morrison Running challenges just keep getting bigger. In this latest one, Nick Butter, from the UK, is planning to run a marathon in every country in the world, including the Vatican, which is going to mean a lot of going round in circles as it is only around one mile in circumference. So,
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Last updated: 12-Mar-18 By Alice Morrison Nepalese trail runner, Mira Rai, has been named as National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year. She was the people’s choice and won the popular vote for her achievements. Mira has an extraordinary story. She grew up in rural Nepal and was the eldest of five children. She left school
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By Alice Morrison Michael Wardian has broken the world marathon challenge record after completing seven marathons in seven days across seven continents. He broke the three-hour mark in all seven of the marathons and came in at an average of 2:45 beating the previous record by a massive margin of 47 minutes – it was
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By Alice Morrison Caroline Mckay from Mull has become the first woman to complete the 95-mile (153km) West Highland Way non-stop during the winter. The route travels from Fort William to Milngavie in Glasgow and the committee of the West Highland Way race confirmed it was the first time they had recorded a woman completing
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Last updated: 24-Oct-18 By Alice Morrison Ben Smith ran his 401st marathon in his home city of Bristol (England, UK) on Wednesday 5th October to complete his incredible challenge of running 401 marathons in 401 days to raise money for Stonewall and Kidscape and to campaign against bullying. It was a massive homecoming and hundreds of runners
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Last updated: 01-Sep-16 By Alice Morrison Mohamad Ahansal (Morocco), who has won the toughest footrace on earth, the Marathon Des Sables, five times and come in second ten times, is taking on the infamous Badwater, July 18 -20th. His latest win was the Silk Road Ultra Marathon in Iran earlier this year. The race is
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Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison Ben Smith, who has taken on the challenge to run 401 marathons in 401 days, has announced that he is being forced to take a week off due to back problems. Ben is running his marathons in aid of anti-bullying charities. He suffered at the hands of bullies from
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Last updated: 19-Oct-18 We need you! Love running? Passionate about women’s participation in sports? Love sand and extreme heat? Yes? Really?! Well read on… Launching for the first time in 2017, the inaugural Marathon des Sables International Women’s Team running the 32nd edition of the race. The team will be comprised of four up and
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Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison The Salomon International Running Team are coming to Keswick in the Lake District (England, UK) on 7th April for a series of talks and a trail run which you can take part in. This is an awesome opportunity to run with the stars. Nineteen of the world’s best trail
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