Born in Manila, Philippines, almost 35 years ago, Jeremiah Maestre moved to America when he was three. His journey, first in boxing and now in ultrarunning, is about inspiring people …
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Gaël Dutigny
Gaël Dutigny
Born in France and raised in Mexico, Gaël Dutigny has been an endurance sports journalist for over 20 years, traveling extensively in North America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. He lived in Venezia, Italy, for 4-years but also in India, Delhi, and Ahmedabad for 3-years, where he worked as an editor for an adventure magazine and then directed an ultra by the Pakistan border, making friends with paramilitary and 6-foot cobras. A 4-time UTMB, 9-time Marathon Des Sables, and 17-time Ironman triathlon finisher, he now lives in Southern California with his lazy English bulldog Key Lime Pie and fearless Chihuahua Vasquez Josephine Kiwi.
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Margot Fleming’s father, Thomas J. Fleming, won the New York Marathon in 1973 and 1975, and was runner-up in the Boston Marathon in 1973 and 1974. Margot runs longer distances, …
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Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz won Hardrock by 50 minutes over Beñat Marmissolle, another Frenchman, and more than 2 hours ahead of the first American, Courtney Dauwalter. He took the time to reflect …
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Marathon des Sables is a race where you can come out physically washed up but mentally stronger. As an eight-time finisher heading to my ninth start of this stage race …
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European males have dominated Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc since day one. Ex-Arizonian, HOKA athlete, and now French resident Jim Walmsley has been trying to change the game since his first …
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Marathon Des Sables (MDS) never shows mercy. I have taken that race for granted a few times and suffered the consequences. There’s always something new to learn. Some of the …
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Instead of gathering in Hong Kong, Vibram Hong Kong 100 runners from across the world were offered an alternative: run it anywhere, on their own course. The rules were straightforward: …
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At first, Escape from the Jungle, which will take place in the deep jungle of Belize during February 24–March 7, appeared to be an insanely dangerous event. The first week …
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The long stage is the most feared stage of the race. This year, for the 34th anniversary, it was sandy and hot. Not really a day at the beach.
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This is my seventh Marathon des Sables, and it took me three days to write this story. Three days of heat, sand, wind and miles of stony plateau. Three days …
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The Marathon Des Sables is long (6 stages, 7 days) and exhausting: 155 miles on average each year, with temperatures always in the 90s. The only thing race management gives …
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We met with Marie Sammons, the director of the Ultra-Trail® World Tour, to ask her about the present and future of her organization.
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This is the last text from the Sahara, my friends, after three days of cruel intensity. Magdalena Boulet won the race easy. She still looks amazing. Most of us survived …
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The sandstorm happened last night at midnight and was awful. But it also gave birth to the best day we’ve had so far. The Sahara… go figure.
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Gaël Couturier, five-time Marathon Des Sables finisher, reports while running the 2018 Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara desert in Morocco.