ultrarunning
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. 8 | Chris Finil & Steve Pope started their 3000 mile Run Across America starting in San Francisco and ending in New York in November on August 17th 2011. These well known British ultrarunners are hoping to raise £10 000 for the charity ‘Help for...
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. 18 | The Dartmoor Discovery is a 32 mile loop starting and finishing in Princeton. Founded in 1997 this race attracts a range of talent as the tough course offers a great challenge in an area of natural beauty.
This year there were 57 finishers with local...
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. 21 | In the Summer of 2007, Mark Allison ran 874 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End in 37 days raising £34,108 for St Benedict’s Hospice which cared for his Mother during her final days battling lung cancer.
May 1st 2011 Mark began a 3100 mile...