UltraRunning Magazine

Cassie Scallon Cassie Scallon holds down the number 5 spot. Scallon, a nurse from Boulder, Colorado, set course records at three highly competitive 50-mile runs during the year, Lake Sonoma, …

Zach Bitter Zach Bitter of Marinette, Wisconsin checks in at number 6. Bitter, a middle school teacher, ran the fastest 50 mile time by an American in more than 30 …

Emily Harrison JFK 50 Mile winner Emily Harrison is number 7 in the women’s top 10. Harrison, a running coach from Flagstaff, Arizona, also won the Moab Red Hot 55K, …

Joe Fejes Multi-day specialist Joe Fejes checks in at number eight. Fejes, an attorney from Hoschton, Georgia, started the year with an astounding total of 329.64 miles in 72 hours …

Nikki Kimball Nikki Kimball of Bozeman, Montana checks in at number nine. Kimball, a physical therapist, is a three-time Ultra Runner of the Year (2003, 2004, 2007) and remains highly competitive, …

We start our countdown with the tenth ranked runners for 2013. Mike Morton Mike Morton, who won the Ultra Runner of the Year in 2012, is the number 10 runner …

As it stands now, there will be NO sporting events of any kind held within Death Valley National Park in 2014. That includes the five events we host there (CORPScamp …

Frank Bozanich (Ultrarunner Podcast with Frank) is one of the most naturally fleet-footed athletes in the history of ultrarunning.  He began as a wrestler and sprinter in high school, and later …

Congrats to Pam Smith of Salem, Oregon for posting a 14:11:26 time for 100 miles today at the Desert Solstice run. Fastest woman ever to run 100 miles on a …

Congratulations to Zach Bitter of Marinette, Wisconsin, who just posted a time of 11:47:21 for a new American 100-Mile Record at the Desert Solstice run in Arizona, breaking Jon Olsen’s …

Updated 12/8/2021, this is a reference of best times recorded for the following distances.

Fourteen quality races, three disciplines, the same winning formula. The inaugural 2014 US Skyrunning Series is the natural expansion of the international Skyrunning events that have captured the imagination of …

The 2014 Western States Lottery was held on Saturday December 7, 2013 at the Placer High School Auditorium. Around 250-300 people braved the snow and ice to attend. This year …

RICHMOND, CALIF. (November 5, 2013) – Montrail is proud to announce a two year partnership with the Western States ® 100-Mile Endurance Run, along with the complete 2014 Montrail Ultra …

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Ultra Running is devoted to covering the sport of long distance running, also known as ultramarathoning, or, as we prefer, ultra running. How far is “a long distance”? The standard definition …

National Records for 100km, complied by Franco Anichini as of December 1, 2009  

Below is a listing of the all-time top performances at 100-km for North American residents. Thanks to Franco Anichini for the compilation of most of this data. Updated April 23, …

by Tamara Hew-Butler DPM, PhD and Marty Hoffman MD Approximately 40 percent of our total body mass consists of skeletal muscle. Unaccustomed and especially eccentric (muscle lengthening while contracting) exercise …

story and photos by Ian Corless It always amazes me how a small town can be transformed into a bustling and thriving race headquarters in the space of 24 hours. …

by Mark Dorion Though we both lived in northern New England in the early to mid-1980s, I only got to meet and run with Dr. Bernd Heinrich on one occasion: …

An interview conducted with the legendary Ted Corbitt in 1988. by Trishul Cherns On July 10, 1988, I had the great privilege and joy of interviewing 68-year-old Ted Corbitt, whose …

Reviewed by Laura Clark “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a …

by Gary Towle, M.D. DVT (deep vein thrombosis) is a common but serious medical condition that affects approximately two million Americans each year. DVT occurs when a blood clot forms …

by Roy Stevenson, MS, Exercise Physiologist Muscle soreness and inflammation are some of the biggest nuisances for distance runners and unfortunately, many of the dubious treatments of these symptoms are …

by Sunny Blende, MS, Sports Nutritionist As ultrarunners we usually are meticulous, even obsessive, about our training regimes; logging in every workout and having a plan for fueling during our …

by Shawn McDonald Based on reader feedback, there seems to be substantial interest in how to mix walking into training and racing, as well as how to become a more …

By Lisa S. Bliss, MD Maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance during the Western States Run seems to come naturally to many runners. They just eat and drink and run and …

By Kevin Setnes It is generally assumed that most ultrarunners have some kind of pre-determined strategy when they run an ultra. The strategy can be as simple as going out …