It’s a busy week for ultra running in Australia with no less than three events taking place this forthcoming Saturday. Up in Queensland it’s the longstanding Glasshouse 100s, in NSW the Great North Walk 100s in its new September slot Read More …
Our international readers will have to excuse our rather self-indulgent post today as we wrap-up the goings on from the weekend just past that saw three massive race take place over the course of 48 hours and some amazing results Read More …
This weekend sees the running of the 5th Vibram Tarawera 100 ultra, and there is some serious talent knocking about in this race. So much so, that both myself and Marcus decided it was too good an opportunity to miss. Read More …
For all the road junkies out there, the Gold Coast 100km takes place this weekend – the best chance many of us get to record a fast 100km time on the road. It’s also a chance for those seeking to Read More …
It’s that time of year when our attention turns to some of the US ultras taking place. While the Aussie season ramps up properly in a few months time, the US while in the midst of summer is ramping up Read More …
Our Victorian cousins kick-off with one of the country’s largest ultra events on Friday, the Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker. This will see more than 700 teams walk from Wheelers Hill to Wesburn, through the beautiful Dandenong Ranges National Park. If you’re Read More …
Ultra runners frequently have the need to cross over into other sports, whether because of injury, cross training or coming from a triathlete or ironman background they find it hard to leave the bike in the garage permanently. Cycling often Read More …
This weekend sees the running of the much-anticipated Tarawera 100km (along with other distances), and RD Paul Charteris has drafted together an absolutely quality field of runners for this very well-regarded of races. Our man on the ground is Matt Read More …
Last year Ultra168 was born, and after a rapidly growing and highly successful six months we know that to take the website even further we need to expand our offerings and horizons. To help us with this, we have formed Read More …
OK, so we don’t want to say ‘we told you so’ but we did say Mick was going to take this one didn’t we? This man is destined for big things this year. However, awesome running at the pointy end Read More …
