Motatapu Ultra Race Preview

The Motatapu Ultra takes place this weekend with a stellar line up of ladies including Lucy Bartholomew, Anna Frost and Ruth Croft. Read more here.
The Motatapu Ultra takes place this weekend with a stellar line up of ladies including Lucy Bartholomew, Anna Frost and Ruth Croft. Read more here.
Focus this week moves over to the US once again for another of the big ones in our world, the Hardrock 100. There have been plenty of hand grenades thrown across the Atlantic in recent weeks between the US and Read More …
Here at Ultra168, we’re big fans of some of the gnarliest, toughest racing around and Hardrock 100 fits slap bang into that category. The race has a certain allure this year as returning champ from last year, Kilian Jornet is Read More …
Well, we put the teaser out on the Book of Faces yesterday and here is our list. Before we get into the ‘nitty gritty’ of the who’s who, a few things to clarify. First up, this list is a global Read More …
While the Western States 100 takes place this weekend over in the US as part of the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT), in Europe we see the Skyrunning World Championships taking place in the divine alpine resort of Chamonix, France. Read More …
Sitting in the athletes’ forum Q&A on Friday, the day before the Buffalo Stampede I was struck by two things. Firstly how wonderful it was that so many people were willing to put themselves through some serious ‘hurt’ and embrace Read More …
Many of you will know of our running mantra of the “Four F’s”, which focuses by and large on the physical, but what about the mental too? Just this week we’ve seen England cricketer, Jonathon Trott leave the team mid Read More …
We thought we’d give you a break yesterday, but we’re back again today with some daytime (or night time) reading: Ian Sharman tells all on his record-breaking Grand Slam of Ultra Running achievement I always get sweaty palms when I Read More …
It’s been a big weekend of running, accessories and plenty to get your running taste buds ignited! Seems as though the English/British are winning everything right now, rugby, cricket, athletics and now Leadville – Ian Sharman took out Leadville this Read More …
Welcome to our daily news wrap, here are some nice little trail running goodies to keep you interested during the day: The Leadville 100 is on soon, but first up was the mountain bike race – check out the shots Read More …