Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Ian Corless The Coastal Challenge is pleased to announce that Anna Comet (Spain), two times winner of the Everest Trail Race will participate in the 2017 edition of the race. A multi-day race over six days starting in the southern coastal town of Quepos, Costa Rica and finishing at the stunning […]
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Alice Morrison Richard Dunley and Alex Cawthorne were both elite rowers, member of Team GB with their sights firmly set on the London Olympics. They didn’t quite make the final selection and decided it was time to “start real life and keep the bosses and girlfriends happy“. Looking for a new
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Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison Harvey Sweetland Lewis (USA) winner of Badwater and Marco Olmo (Italy) twice winner of UTMB have come together with three other top international athletes, Jason Schlarb (USA), Carlos Sa (Portugal) and Ricardo Mejia Hernandez (Mexico), to run the team competition at Marathon des Sables 2016. They have been brought
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Last updated: 25-Oct-18 By Luke Jarmey We’re pleased to announce our top race review for December, so congratulations to Alistair Flowers (@alistairflowers) who will receive a box of Clif Bars. Costal Trail Series – Dorset In his Dorset Coastal Trail Series review, Alistair Flowers describes how the strong wind and sustained uphills, made for a
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Last updated: 02-Mar-16 Dane was the winner of RunUltra’s Best Blogger Award 2016 as voted by the public. A very worthy winner as Dane very much walks the walk as well as talking the talk. He has done this guest blog for us which looks at the art of blogging and the art of keeping
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 By Elsa Trujillo With January long gone and spring getting closer, we’re all now struggling with commitment to those 2016 resolutions so easily set in the early hours of the New Year. For many of us it’s still dark, cold or threatening rain but we still have to get out there and
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey Luke Jarmey from RunUltra is always on the look out for new stories to share with the community. He came across Owain Thomas’s story of the #YOLO7dayUltra and wanted to find out more. Thanks for taking the time to do this Q&A with us, Owain. We stumbled across your
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Last updated: 01-Mar-16 By Elsa Trujillo There’s a new digital platform channel for Snapchat Discovery page coming and it’s called Brother. They’re looking for a young ultra marathon competitor who would like to be filmed for the channel. Brother is a male-oriented channel that will deliver pieces on current events, news and lifestyle. The producers
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Last updated: 01-Sep-16 By Alice Morrison The body of Todd Ragsdale was found this weekend in the hills above his home in Oregon. Todd had set off for a run on Thursday, wearing just light clothing. When he didn’t return, a huge search operation was organised with local runners joining the emergency services. Sadly, his
Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison Ultra runner, Susie Chan has broken the 12-hour treadmill world record. She ran a total distance of 68.54 miles (110.3km) in 12 hours in the Human Performance laboratory at Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road campus in London. Susie beat the previous unofficial 12-hour women’s record of 66.79 miles (107.49km) set
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