By Alice Morrison It’s the fourth edition of the Lakes Sky Ultra (LSU) – a 56km skyrunning race with 4,500m of ascent in the Lake District National Park in the UK – and it provided plenty of adrenaline for the competitors and spectators. The racers set off at 7am, Saturday 14 July, in decent conditions, with a high of […]
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By Alice Morrison Married couple Henriette and Jonathan Albon took the women’s and men’s titles today at the Scafell Sky Race (SSR). SSR is a 42km skyrunning race with 3,000m of ascent on the challenging, often nightmarish, terrain of the Lake District National Park in the UK. The race goes over England’s highest peak, Scafell Pike (978m). SSR has been
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By Alice Morrison If we need any reminder to be cautious when running in very hot conditions, then the terrible news that a runner has died during the Whiteface Sky Race in Wilmington, USA, is a tragic warning. Temperatures were in the 90s ºF (32ºC) when Nick Marshak, 30, took on the challenge of the
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Last updated: 12-Mar-18 By Alice Morrison Danish woman, Kristina Schou Madsen, has broken the world record for the fastest women’s ascent of Kilimanjaro. She beat the old record of 7.08 set by Fernanda Marciel by over 16 minutes from Mweka Gate(1630) to the top of Kilimanjaro (5895) and did the 4265 meters of climb in
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey A master of multiple disciplines, British runner Jonathan Albon, is one of the biggest names in endurance racing. If a string of OCR Worlds weren’t enough, he’s now the recently crowned 2017 Skyrunning Overall World Series Winner. Read on to find out how the heck he does it all.
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Last updated: 25-Sep-17 By Alice Morrison The Salomon Glen Coe Skyline is a 55km combination of running and scrambling with £4000 as a first prize. This year it attracted Kilian Jornet as well as over 1500 other participants from 30+countries for the weekend of racing in Scotland. There were four races over the weekend: Salomon
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Last updated: 31-May-17 By Alice Morrison He’s done it! Kilian Jornet has summited Everest without fixed ropes or oxygen. In an absolutely astounding feat of endurance, Kilian Jornet reached the summit of Everest at midnight of 21st to 22nd May (local time +5:45 GMT) in a single climb. He did it without the help of
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By Alice Morrison Kilian Jornet is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ultra runner on the planet. This year his calendar looks as exciting as ever. He has announced that he will be running in the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™ 2017 and that he has ambitions to complete the Bob Graham round. He
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By Elsa Trujillo Skyrunning UK has confirmed the races and dates that will make up this year’s calendar and has introduced a series of changes to the points system. Races and dates 2017 Date KM Vertical gain Wales V3K June 24th 55 4000m England Lakes Sky Ultra 15th July
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Last updated: 25-Oct-18 By Luke Jarmey We feel that some of the most valuable content on RunUltra, comes from you the community, in the form of critical and informative race reviews. These provide runners like us with a goldmine of information, that makes the often difficult task of deciding which race to throw ourselves at,
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