Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Dave Heeley Friday morning the 21st November 6 am, Tony, one of my guide runners picked me up and we drove towards the Brecon Beacons. Our intention was to complete a training run of around 23 miles, up and over the Brecons, in preparation for next year’s Marathon Des Sables event. […]
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Simon Pryde We have 100k, 80k and 50k routes boasted the email from High Terrain events. The Kielder Ultra Trail is a new race and this correspondence arrived in my inbox at just the right time. I’d spent a few months recovering from an injury, but was now ready to tackle
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Monique Poulin Set in the beautiful Lakeland of Northern Alberta, the Iron Horse Ultra 100 is part of the Alberta Ultra Series. The race offers 100 miles of continuous trail. Whether you are racing solo or running as a team, this race offers a challenge to conquer the Iron Horse trail
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Ian Mulvey 2014 saw many new and experienced ultra runners toe the start line in the inaugural Kielder Ultra Trail, what is set to be ‘a must do’ event in the future for many runners. The routes The 50k Course was one loop encircling the whole of Kielder Water, incorporating the
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Dave Heeley The night before the Gower Ultra 50 we pulled up at Llanmadoc to spend the night in Tony’s camper van by the start. As we went to bed the rain started to hammer down on the roof and when we woke up…. it was still going. Our waking thought
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Charlie Sharpe The Magredi Mountain Trail is a 100-mile race in Northern Italy starting about 1 hour from Venice. I first heard of it when I was trawling through the Internet early in the year looking for 100 mile races to do, this one struck me as it has a lot
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Kerry Sutton The Atlantic Coast Challenge: three marathons in three days along the South West Coastal Path was always going to be a tough challenge. However, the beauty of the terrain, the fantastic weather and the well organised nature of the event meant that all I had to do was focus
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Charlie Sharpe Well I’d never been to the Isle of Man and any race with the words Mountain and Ultra in the title have got to be worth a look right?!! Getting settled in It’s a short flight away from Liverpool airport, literally before you finish going up the plane starts
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Last updated: 07-Jan-20 By Liz Heselwood The Eastern Counties Finance Monster Racing Run Fest sponsored by PWR+ took place on Sunday, 28th September. As Monster’s Ultra event was so popular in 2013, the Run Fest was created for this year. For the crazy Ultra runners, that 68km race returned. And those not quite so keen
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Helen Seymour Helen Seymour, who completed 40 miles of this very “hellish” event in August 2014, shares her most private thoughts during the Hell on the Humber. Love it or hate it… it’s what she experienced. It’s a great tragicomedy on how we push ourselves to hell and back and then
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