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An accomplished alpine skier, mountaineer, adventurer and all-around athlete for his entire life, France’s Nico Mermoud is intimately familiar with being at the forefront of innovation.
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We still have two official weekends of summer left on our UltraRunning Calendar and plenty of events to cover. For September 9-10, we’re highlighting two challenging point-to-point 100-milers, Canada’s largest ultrarunning festival and a collection of other fun events in unique places.
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In July 2023, torrential rainstorms caused catastrophic flooding throughout the state of Vermont, resulting in the cancellation of the Vermont 100. Scotty sat down with Vermont 100 race director, Amy Rusiecki, to find out how volunteers and runners came together and turned a heartbreaking natural disaster into a different kind of endurance event by helping the local community.
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Three events highlight our Ultra Weekend Recap for the weekend of September. We have Americans dominating the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) podium, results from the point-to-point Grand Traverse 40-miler in Colorado, the Ring 71-miler in Virginia and a handful more.
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Traveling to Québec is like flying to Europe in less than half the amount of time. A quick, 30-minute jaunt takes you to Mont-Sainte-Anne in the town of Beaupré, which is home to the Québec Mega Trail running festival, the largest trail running festival in Canada.
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The extended Labor Day weekend often signals the proverbial end of summer, but that doesn’t mean our North American UltraRunning Calendar slows down one bit. We have an age-handicapped ultra in Tennessee, a technical mountain race covering a unique distance in Virginia, a trifecta of gravel races in Iowa and much more.