Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo Who doesn’t love a room with a sea view? Certainly no ultra marathon would be categorised as a holiday but nothing beats doing the thing you love the most with the added bonus of a fantastic view. How about the smell of the sea and the sound of the […]
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Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo There’s probably nothing quite like running the trails deep into the forest of some natural park or conservation area, with no concrete in sight and just the sound of birds and ruffling leaves to cheer you on. According to Wikipedia, the main idea behind national parks is the conservation
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Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo In the distant past, in the absence of horses or homing pigeons, messengers carried the news of approaching armies, military victories and defeats or the death of kings. Legend has it that in 490 BC Pheidippides*, a courier for the Athenian army, ran more than 300 km in the
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Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo UK Spring races Spring is almost upon us and for the UK this means a variety of descriptions in weather channels and reports: glorious, dismal, explosive cyclogenesis, dry overnight or mild temperatures. And a fair amount of mud out in the countryside. Whatever your favourite weather for running or
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Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo Do you do a lot of ultra running in the summer time? Have you ever combined a beach holiday with an ultra marathon? With no time for bucket-and-spade activities or rolling up your trousers for a paddle, here’s a selection of RunUltra races where you get to run on
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Last updated: 16-Nov-16 By Elsa Trujillo At RunUltra we have a wide choice of different Winter Ultras according to your latitude or how far you are willing to travel to get warmer. These are some of the ultra running events you can find on our worldwide map: Run north of the Tropic of Cancer (23°N)
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Bernard Marchal The 2014 course of La Transtica took runners from the Manuel Antonio Beach, through Santa Maria de Dota, La Esperanza, El Humo, San Pablo, up to the beaches of Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast, 196 km and 8400m of positive altitude gain. On the solidarity side, the financial support
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By William Solley I first learned about La Transtica in 2012 when I found out I would be moving to Costa Rica for work. I had run my first 100-mile race earlier that year and was excited to see what races were available in Costa Rica. I found La Transtica website and
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