Last updated: 08-Mar-19 By Alice Morrison As anyone who follows trail running now knows, Damian Hall‘s quest to be among the top 10 finishers at UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc) ended in a triumphant fifth-place finish over Labour Day weekend. A new film documenting his fourth attempt racing UTMB is out now, and was just […]
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Last updated: 15-Nov-18 By Luke Jarmey Skyrunner Extreme Series World Champion, Bob Graham Round record… the list goes on. Jasmin Paris is a world class ultra runner with an impressive array of accolades to her name. We have a chat about all this racing triumph, but also a more recent endeavour, motherhood and how that’s
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By Luke Jarmey We’re pleased to announce our top reviews for August. So congratulations to Deirdre O’Riordan who will receive a pack of 33Shake Chia Energy Gels. Marathon du Mont Blanc – France ‘Right, time to flip the ‘on’ switch in my brain that won’t click ‘off’ (hopefully) until I cross the finish line, this
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Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Alice Morrison Freshly minted from his triumph at the CCC (101-kilometre Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix), Hoka One One athlete Tom Evans, took some time out to talk to us at RunUltra about his preparation for, and execution of the race. He has also got some advice for any of you out there
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Last updated: 05-Sep-18 By Alice Morrison UTMB continues to deliver on the drama and excitement with the results from Friday’s 101-kilometre Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix (CCC). Britain’s Tom Evans of Hoka One One ran a fantastically strategic race to come in first with a time of 10:44:32. As Steve Diederich, RunUltra Founder, put it, “Amazing how
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Last updated: 03-Sep-18 By Alice Morrison France and Italy triumphed at this year’s UTMB taking the men and women’s titles with great runs of 20:44:16 by Xavier Thevenard and 26:03:48 from Francesca Canepa respectively. After the race, Francesca said, “This is one of the most beautiful days of my life. This is like the Olympics
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By Alice Morrison The OCC: Orsières – Champex – Chamonix is the “sprint” of the UTMB series. 56 km with a tasty ascent of +3,500 m. You basically start in Orsières, Switzlerand, and run a vertical gain race all the way up to Chamonix. On Thursday morning, 1500 runners stood at the start line ready
By Alice Morrison What a race! Dylan Bowman summed it up, tweeting after the finish, “Wow, I’m so happy to have been part of the closest race for the podium in UTMB history! These guys got my absolute best and I’m honored to have done battle with them.” And a battle it was. TDS: Sur
Last updated: 06-Nov-18 By Seth Grotzke “There are two American runners in town! You have to come meet them.” Living in northern Spain means that I don’t meet a lot of fellow Americans, and when a couple do show up, my Spanish friends let me know. I had heard that Jim Walmsley had been in
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Last updated: 24-Aug-18 By Alice Morrison It doesn’t feel possible that a year has already passed since we sat glued to UTMB TV to watch the magnificent François D’Haene cross the line in Chamonix first at last year’s Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. A fantastic race from him, it was his third win at UTMB. He was
