Jan Margarit is one of the youngest and fastest Skyrunners on the scene today. Two years ago, he started to run for the Salomon Spanish Team. Since then, he’s just getting faster and faster. After an insane descent, he won Read More …
After a successful first year in 2015, the ANZ Skyrunning calendar expands with the addition of three news races (Northburn 50/100, Bright 4 Peaks and Shotover Moonlight Marathon) and a new naming rights sponsor in Camelbak in 2016. In a Read More …
Welcome to another week and over the course of the next three days, we’re going to feature the adventures and travels of NSW-based ‘vert’ athlete, James Stewart. James might not be someone the ‘ultra crowd’ is overly familiar with, but Read More …
Last week, the Interwebz erupted (slightly – let’s have some context here), when Anna Frost very publicly announced that she was not racing in the IAU World Champs, stating that “The sport will officially become an international ‘athletic’ discipline at Read More …
The world of ultras has developed hugely in the last few years, not just globally, but more specifically here in Australia and New Zealand with the setting up not only of the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT) races, but also Read More …
A move back to Tasmania and a new coach has seen Hanny Allston take some big strides forward in the first few months of this year, and the scary thing is that she’s not even in third gear. I had the Read More …
As we draw 2014 to a close, we thought it would be remiss after our year in review to not add some thoughts as to what we think might happen in 2015 in the ultra running scene, both at home Read More …
So the guys and girls at Skyrunning ANZ have been ‘teasing’ us with some course profiles over the last few weeks, so in some respects it should come as no surprise that there’s a brand new Skyrunning series to announce Read More …
Over the last few weeks, we’ve witnessed some great performances from Australian guys and gals on the world stage. With the growth and popularity of the sport booming down under, more races, more entrants and smarter training, we’re seeing all Read More …
While the Western States 100 takes place this weekend over in the US as part of the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT), in Europe we see the Skyrunning World Championships taking place in the divine alpine resort of Chamonix, France. Read More …
