Ultrarunning World.co.uk

Dean Karnazes is hosting an event sponsored by North Face. Prize money is being awarded to the top male and female runners in a series of four regional 50 mile races leading to a championship at the end of November beginning of Dececmber in San Francisco where the prize will be 10k.

This is a significant attempt to raise the profile of ultrarunning and to attract the best runners the US has right now.

http://www.thenorthface.com/endurancechallenge/

Full results of the US 100k National championships

The 2007 US 100km championships in Madison, Wisconsin takes place on Saturday April 7th. With no event last year, some of the big ultrarunning names are up for the challenge including Scott Jurek, Greg Crowther, Roy Pirrung and Carolyn Smith, Ann Heaslett and Julie Udchachon among the ladies. Niki Kimball has had to pull out due to illness. American men must run a qualifying time of 7 hours, 20 minutes and for women - 8 hours, 40 minutes. Read the rest of this entry »