Madeira Island Ultra Trail (MIUT) Race Preview 2017

The next stop on the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT) is the Madeira Island Ultra Trail taking place (funnily enough) on the island of Madeira in Portugal on April 22. The race route is point to point across the island Read More …

How to Train for UTMB – a tale of Soup, Summits, Snow and Seb – Sebastien Chaigneau Interview with Ultra168

  This week, a bunch of athletes will be toeing the line in Chamonix, and right now, will be putting the finishing touches to the taper this week. One such person is North Face athlete and accomplished ultra runner and Read More …

Gear Review – North Face Ultra Guide Trail Shoe

In the past 12 months it would appear that outdoor company The North Face have made a concerted effort to claw back some ground on the runaway trail running freight train that is the all conquering Salomon. A focus on 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 …