A day in the life of an elite Ultra Runner – Planes, Trails & Automobiles

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 …

The Price of Sacrifice – Are Mike Wolfe and Dakota Jones making the right choices ?

We all make sacrifices in life – and being an ultrarunner regardless of ability requires it in big doses. Whether it is spending time with loved ones and friends or late nights or favourite food and drink or even sleep Read More …

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 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 …

Nutrition Strategies – How the pros like Kilian Jornet do it at Western States

An excellent  post by our friends at iRunFar highlighted the differing nutritional strategies by some of the US and European elites during recent 100 milers. A number of the US runners move swiftly through the aid stations grabbing a few Read More …