Western States 100 Preview & Brendan Davies Interview

In a little over a week, the World’s most famous 100 mile run takes place over on the West Coast of the US – The Western States 100. So why’s some little Aussie backwater website featuring a preview on this Read More …

Its time to race ! – Anton Krupicka on his comeback to competition

Since we launched Ultra168 about a year ago we put up a number of other sites and blogs as links we thought our readers would find most interesting – and without a shadow of doubt since day 1 and to Read More …

Hardrock 100 Preview – “The race that gets in your blood” from 4 guys that know !

Hardrock

I distinctly remember the moment that I witnessed the hold the Hardrock 100 race can have over people – we were sitting down to dinner at this years Transvulcania Ultra on the island of La Palma and Anton Krupicka was 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 …

Jacob Rydman – Track, Trails and the Tahoe Rim 100 Miler

“A glimpse of heaven, a taste of hell” – Tahoe Rim Trail 100 mile motto An Ultra168 interview with New Balance ultra runner, Jacob Rydman of Rocklin California ahead of his 100 mile debut this weekend at the Tahoe Rim Read More …