Ultramarathon
Sep. 30 | Matt Biggin sent a note about a Fat Ass 50k in Fordham, Nr Colchester in Essex on November 27th 2011. This overview is from the event website which you can find at the link below along with all pertinent details.
“Spend a day running on the trails...
Sep. 12 | Photo courtesy: ULTRArace
The first running of the ULTRArace Peaks 40 miler, the penultimate round of the 9bar UK ULTRArace Championship took place 21st August 2011. The course is multi-terrain with steep hills, trail and urban footpaths.
Stephen Johnson...
Sep. 11 | At 0900hrs on 14th September, 14 ultrarunners will set off on their Irish Road Journey of a Lifetime from Malin Head to Mizen Head, the M2M Ultra. They will cover 345 miles in just 11 days, averaging a 50km ultramarathon (31 miles) per day.
The runners...
Sep. 10 | Last week saw the inaugural Glenmore 12 and 24 Hour Trail race take place in the Glenmore Forest, just outside Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands.
24 hour trail races are few and far between anywhere on the planet, as...
Sep. 6 | Lizzy Hawker Wins her 4th Mont Blanc Photographer: Chiara Dendena
The world’s running communities connected to witness drama unfold as Lizzy Hawker took 1st place and Kilian Jornet (ESP), Iker Karrera (ESP) and Sebastian Chaigneau (FRA) claimed podium...
Aug. 7 | Orkney-based ultra marathon runner, William Sichel (57), was the surprise winner of the Cologne 48 Hour World Cup track race in Germany. William ran 208 miles to win his first ever 48 hour race in a long, ultra distance running career.
A strong field...
Jun. 13 | Glorious weather prevailed for the 26 starters of the 2011 Hardmoors 110 mile race on the Cleveland Way. Despite the good weather, this is a long race and 12 people made it to the finish line.
Neil Ridsdale set the course record in 2010 taking 3 hours...
May. 23 | Photo by David Bauchop - roadrunpics.comPosted on Scottish Athletics website:
Scotland’s Craig Stewart and Wales’s Emily Gelder claimed the first UKA road running titles of 2011 in the Self Transcendence 100km race including, UKA and Scottish...
May. 18 | This years Hardmoors 110 has been opened to to unsupported runners. However a certain standard has been put in place to maintain the integrity and safetry of the event and the runners. Runners must have completed a minimum of one of the following:
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May. 18 | The North Face® Athlete Jez Bragg Claims 1st Place in The Fellsman
For immediate release. Staveley, UK, May 17th, 2011:
The North Face® athlete Jez Bragg took first place finish at The Fellsman which took place in the Yorkshire Dales on 14-15th May...