The Ego has landed – The Transvulcania Hype Machine kicks into gear
Watch out everyone, there is a new kid on the block and he wants everyone to know who he is. Welcome to the ISF Transvulcania la Palma Sky Ultra. It took close to 40 hours to get to this small island off the West Saharan coast, and the last 48 hours has been filled with … Read more
Huge North Face Competition – Fancy Crewing for Jez Bragg at the North Face 100?
We have another amazing competition on our hands. We’ve teamed up with the North Face to offer you the chance to crew for one of the race favourites for next weekend, North Face athlete, Jez Bragg. Jez who hails from the UK is one of the sport’s global superstars and is firmly established as one … Read more
Australian Race of the Year? The North Face 100 Preview
It’s fair to say that our mouths are watering more than a watery mouth person on national saliva day at the prospects of who might win this race. Last year, Team Salomon smashed all in front of them with the huge win by Kilian, however ACT resident*, Julie Quinn stuck two fingers up at the … Read more
Money’s Talking
One of our goals here at Ultra168 is to provide information to runners so that if we can, try to help increase the overall standards of Australian ultra running – giving more people more access to advice and tips. However, we all know that money talks too and if you look at the sport today … Read more
Gear Review – Salomon Sense “First Impressions”
We are a creative bunch at Ultra168 in the way we try to find ways to bring news, views and reviews to you as quickly as possible. This is one of those occasions where we had to pull out all the stops to get our eager little hands on the most talked about shoe in … Read more
Martin Fryer’s Midnight Mountain Marathon Race Report
Talk about doing things on the spur of the moment, but after a chilly mid week run in the Blue Mountains I was drawn to knocking out another marathon plus training run this weekend when I stumbled upon what can only be described as a very slick version of a Fat Ass run. Martin “Flyer” … Read more
The Battle of the Sub10′s – Melbourne Trailwalker Interview with Chris Wight
It’s fair to say that the Trailwalker Series across Australia is really hotting up as the years tick over. Melbourne was no exception as the three big guns of Team Muttley, the Melbourne Midday Milers and Trails + did battle head to head up front. On the day Team Muttley took out the honours in … Read more
Shoe Review: Adidas Adizero Adios 2
Today we welcome another guest reviewer, Caine Warburton to the Ultra168 ranks as he very generously pulled together some words for us on the Adidas Adizero Adios 2 running shoe. Caine, who’s a regular on the Queensland running scene, has put in some quality performances of late on the trails, and features on the podium … Read more











