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: 05-Mar-18 By Elsa Trujillo As many of you know, the last weekend in August 2015 is set for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) event that includes five different single-stage time-limited events around Chamonix. The star event is the UTMB itself, held over two days and covering 170 kilometres around Mont Blanc
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Last updated: 20-Aug-18 By Steve Adams Once again over 300 ultra-runners filled the High Street in Wendover to begin the season opening GB Country to Capital 45. Ahead of them lay the beautiful but challenging course and some rather changeable weather; snow storms in the first half and glorious winter sunshine in the second. With
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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 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 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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