How much do we really need the vertical in our ultra running lives? While those who live in a Centennial Park bubble remain focused on speed and ‘jizzing’ over their 1km interval times, we as fat slow ultra runners love Read More …
During the C2K 240km ultramarathon, the role of pacers and crew became very evident as the field stretched out across the wide expanse of the Kosciuszcko National Park. Nutrition, clothing, reworked splits, encouragement and all round support was called upon Read More …
2012 comes to a close and we hope to spend time with family and friends over the holiday season we thought we would look back on what has been an epic year in the world of trail and ultra running. Read More …
Over the last couple of months those of us that know Blue Mountains athlete Mick Donges know that he has been living the dream based in the Alpine regions of Europe. He is one FaceBook runner’s status we look forward Read More …
This past couple of months has seen a frenzy of big ultras attracting big names to some exotic locations. With a brief breather before it all starts again with UTMB I thought it quite timely to share an account of Read More …
So this weekend sees the annual running of the Grand Daddy of Ultra’s – “The big dance” the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. “States” as it is called is on the bucket list for all ultra runners – the Read More …
It would appear a new running shoe is being launched almost every week. And the world of trail shoes is no exception. There is so much hype written about running shoes these days. The marketers go out of their way Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 …
