Last updated: 30-Nov-18 By Sarah Cooke I was asked to write an article about running and mental health. I am a clinical psychologist and an ultra runner, so this should be right up my street. However, I found myself stopping and starting and changing my mind over the best angle to take. This topic is […]
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By Alice Morrison What a race! Every year, those of us who are not in the Himalayas look on enviously as the pictures of this magnificent event come through. Breath-taking in every way, the Everest Trail Race has 25 km of cumulative ascent over its six-day course, yes, you read that right, 25,000 metres of
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey If speed records on Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro don’t tickle your adventure running taste buds, we don’t know what will! Join us as we dive into an interview with, one of the greatest female mountain and ultra-runners currently gracing this planet’s vertically-inclined surface, Fernanda Maciel. Q. Thanks for your time
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Kathryn Bullock This is the second video in our exclusive series of interviews with ultra runner Joe Grant. For anyone who’s visited Colorado they’ll know it has some pretty high, snowy mountains. But can you imagine setting off on your own self powered ultra adventure on your bike with a bit
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Last updated: 11-Dec-17 By Alice Morrison I thought choosing the toughest single-stage ultras was hard, but it turns out that selecting the toughest stage races is even more difficult. Not as difficult as running them, obviously! The problem is trying to compare them: mountains v jungle, desert v glaciers. Some like it hot and steamy,
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By Kate Driskell In 2014 I ran the Thames Path, from the source to the barrier. By myself. Carrying my own stuff. In 2016 I ran the North Downs Way. This time dragging my husband with me. Carrying all our own stuff. The reason I got a running coach lurked at the back of my
Last updated: 18-Jan-18 By James Eacott The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc is the biggest mountain race of the year and attracts the best ultra runners in the world. This year was no exception with a line up to die for. It is saying something when Kilian Jornet comes second in a race… UTMB, though, is more
Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Kathryn Bullock For anyone who’s visited Colorado they’ll know it has some pretty high, snowy mountains. But can you imagine setting off on your own self powered ultra adventure on your bike with a bit of kit to run up every mountain above 14,000 feet? That’s exactly what Joe Grant decided
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