Race Preview: The Western States 100

This coming weekend, one of the best-known and most competitive 100 milers begins on Saturday US time, the Western States 100. There’s a lot of folklore and legend around this race, given the honour of being regarded as the birthplace Read More …

Daily News: The Sharmanator; Climbers; SkyRunning comes to Australia!

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 …

Daily News: Le Tors des Geants; Hoka; Clarke Vs. Sharman

Hope you all had a lovely weekend of running. I personally had a ball up at the Glasshouse Mountains 100s this weekend and it was great to catch up with so many people in what is a fantastic community event. Read More …

Daily News: British takeover; Frosty’s jewels; White Ambit; Dolomites beauty

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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 …

Ultra168 is off to Europe to mix with the greats at Transvulcania and Zegama

We recently received some exciting news at Ultra168 – we have been invited to join the worlds best runners when they come together in May to compete over two whole weeks of extreme mountain running as part of the Skyrunner® Read More …

Indiana Jones and the Ultrarunner of the Year Awards

Over night we were delighted to hear that two living legends of the sport Ellie Greenwood and Dave Mackey were voted by North America’s Ultrarunner Magazine Athlete of the year. It was one of the closest run in years with Read More …

Western States mania part deux: The rise of the Europeans

As a typically biased Englishman, it’s great to see just how much European competition there is at Western States this year. Bryon Powell, editor of irunfar.com has done some great interviews with the elite athletes racing over at Western States Read More …