Getting Your Ultra ‘Pace’ Right
Learn how to avoid ‘blowing up’ in your next ultra.
Tag: ultramarathon
‘Life Is Not Measured By the Number of Breaths We Take, But By the Moments That Take Our Breath Away’
Just before the festive break, we welcome back Majell Backhausen. You’ve seen a bit of him on the pages of late and you’ll be seeing more of him, along with other writers as Ultra168 looks to expand in 2016. Read More …
More Than Running – The Great Ocean Walk 100 – Majell Backhausen
As many of you will know, we’ve featured the writing of the talented runner, Majell Backhausen a few times already – winner of a number of Aussie races, as well as a highly credible 26th place at UTMB this year. Recently Read More …
More Than Running: Promoting ‘Healthy and Strong’
Last week, the debate raged globally in our sport about the pressures runners face to perform at their so-called ‘optimum’. Even the notion of what ‘optimum’ can be debated too. Emelie Forberg took the mantle up in her blog, which Read More …
The Secret is in the Pudding
Today we welcome back Majell Backhausen with a slightly unusual piece. Some of you may remember his UTMB report that he wrote for us a few months ago. Well it went down a storm with many of you, so I wanted Read More …
Ultra168 Ultra Runners of the Year 2015 Awards
Is it really only 45 days to Christmas? Seriously, how did that happen? Well, I guess it means that it’s time for our ultra runner of the year awards. This year we’re doing things a little differently and instead of Read More …
Protected: Andy DuBois: Sodium – Do we need it?
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The Hydration Debate
Today, Andy DuBois give his views on hydration and running in an exclusive article. Andy’s taken the time to carve out some thoughts on staying hydrated. Our advice is to listen to everyone and follow no-one. The decision as to how to Read More …
The Gnarliest of Gnarly – Two of the toughest 100 milers
If you kept up to date with some of our musings last week, you’ll have read the article we posted about the shortage of 100 milers here in Australia and New Zealand. Some may say that we have enough to Read More …
Race Preview – Glasshouse 100s – Back to the Old Skool Part Deux
It’s rather appropriate to call this race, the ‘Daddy’ of ultras in Australia, and the reason why is because it was the birthplace of the first competitive 100-mile race in Australia. Now under new organisation in the form of The Read More …
