Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo At RunUltra we know you’re busy with your work, your training and your lives so not a lot of time is left to browse the web and keep up to date with all your followed blogs and online news pages. So from now on we’d like to help you […]
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey Roddy Riddle used to cycle internationally until fate intervened. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. But he refused to give up and has now carved himself a place in the ultrarunning community. Q. Tell us a bit yourself, who is Roddy Riddle? A. I am an ex-international cyclist
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey Congrats Mark on being our first ‘Featured Member’, you’ve written some fantastic reviews on the site which we really enjoyed reading and I’m sure have helped prospective racers in researching those races. Q. First off, tell us a bit about yourself, who is Mark Lynch? A. I’m honoured to
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey Thanks for doing another Q&A with us Andrew Murray; we’re all in awe of your Namib 550 Challenge. Truly inspirational! New readers, for some background information on Andrew, please check out our first interview we did with him back in January. Q. To start things off, could you give
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Last updated: 30-Aug-18 By Justin Bateman When you tell ‘normal’ people that you’re running 50 miles, 100 miles or even further, all they think is how incredibly fit you must be in comparison to them and that’s why you can do it. While physical fitness is definitely a factor, much more important is how you
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Last updated: 30-Aug-18 Ingrid Featherstone had run 36 marathons and one ultra when she stepped up to 75km. Here she tells us how she got there. It is about the physical, but that mental journey is equally important. By Ingrid Featherstone People often talk about feeling running an ultra when they feel ready. I didn’t
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 “I’m an endurance adventurer nomad who lives on a WW2 gunboat“. By Luke Jarmey That is how Sean Conway with the wild, ginger hair introduces himself. He is also the first man to cycle, run and swim the whole British Isles – the Ultimate British Triathlon. Runultra caught up with him to
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Last updated: 02-Mar-16 By Olivier Kronal I am Olivier Kronal, a runner with Type 1 Diabetes. I am 34 years old and live in Tienen in Belgium with my girlfriend, Kelly. I started running two years ago after watching Tom Waes, a Belgian TV star, running the Marathon des Sables. At that time, I had
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Last updated: 11-May-16 By Ian Corless Interest in trail and mountain running is at an all time high. It appears that as each day passes, more and more races are added to an ever-expanding calendar. Many runners are no longer interested in an easy challenge and they now actively seek out tough courses that not
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