While the weather Gods threatened runners on Friday and the early part of Saturday morning at Ultra-Trail Australia, it was the Aussie ladies who made sure the sun shone through for the rest of the day, with fine performances from Read More …
Yesterday we took a look at the ladies and today it’s the turn of the UTA100km men. Props again to David Longo for this painstaking research for the bulk of this preview, edited and added to again by the idiot-in-chief. The field Read More …
This year’s UTMB saw a high DNF rate among the elite field, particular the men. So what’s causing it? We offer some insights and thoughts as to why.
If you know ultra running, you know who Rob Krar is. That probably wasn’t the case a few years ago when, according to some, he appeared out of nowhere to blitz the ultra running world and is now a back Read More …
This weekend saw a plethora of big racing going on around the world, from the West Coast of the US, to France and Italy. Some of the biggest names in ultra-running took to the trails of our world to showdown Read More …
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 …
Given the increased interest in Western States 100 this year from Australia, with two of our leading male runners taking a shot at the top ten, it was with some sense of ‘hope’, rather than ‘sure fire’ that I sent off an email Read More …
In the first of our Western States 100 interviews, we revisit one of the leading Aussie runners of the last few years, Brendan Davies. We’ve spoken with Brendan a lot over the years, but this interview really reveals something different. Read More …
Well, we put the teaser out on the Book of Faces yesterday and here is our list. Before we get into the ‘nitty gritty’ of the who’s who, a few things to clarify. First up, this list is a global Read More …
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 …
