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VJ’s ACE is a studded trail shoe designed specifically for winter running. The snow and thick ice which recently blanketed the Pacific Northwest were just right for our team of …

Passion gives us purpose. It gives us a reason to do the things we do, and that includes running. But what happens when passion starts to fade? You’re not alone.

While some parts of the country are still under a layer of ice and snow, we have some blazing-fast times in our Ultra Weekend Recap. We saw familiar names on …

Courtney Dauwalter Courtney Dauwalter is UltraRunning Magazine’s Worldwide UltraRunner of the Year. Dauwalter smashed the course record at Western States in June, broke her own course record set last year …

Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz is the men’s second-ranked Worldwide UROY. Dunand-Pallaz executed a win at his first attempt at the Hardrock 100 in July and won the La Diagonale Des …

Winter temperatures are keeping many indoors right now, but our UltraRunning Calendar includes a races that’ll bring runners back to the start line.

Katharina Hartmuth Katharina Hartmuth is ranked third female in the 2023 Worldwide UROY voting. Hartmuth finished second at both UTMB and the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Austria. …

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Jim Walmsley Jim Walmsley is the Ultra Runner of the Year for 2023. Walmsley, who has won UROY six of the past seven years, was dominant throughout the year. He …

Katie Schide Katie Schide is runner-up in the women’s balloting for 2023. Her stellar year included placing second at Western States, where she finished ahead of Ellie Greenwood’s course record, …

Tyler Green Tyler Green comes in third in the 2023 UROY voting. Green’s stellar year included a second-place finish at Western States and seventh at UTMB. He was also third …

The trend of fast times in 2024 continues in our Ultra Weekend Recap where we saw course records fall at the Bandera races in Texas. Two Canadians from Chilliwack dominated …

Heather Jackson Heather Jackson, a professional triathlete turned ultrarunner, is ranked fourth amongst the women in 2023. Jackson won the Javelina Jundred and The Canyons by UTMB 50k during the …

Mathieu Blanchard Mathieu Blanchard comes in at number five for the men. Blanchard also executed a strong Western States/UTMB double, finishing in seventh place at Western States and fourth at …

Annie Hughes Annie Hughes is our sixth-ranked woman for 2023. She had a typically busy year, racing distances from 50 miles to 226 miles, and winning two races outright. Originally …

Harvey Lewis III Harvey Lewis III checks in at number seven in the 2023 UROY voting. He had a typically busy year, running nine ultras. He saved his best performance …

Headlining What’s Up in Ultra on our UltraRunning Calendar this weekend is the fabled HURT 100 in Hawaii, a much faster 100-miler in Florida and a long-standing 50k in the …

Katie Asmuth Katie Asmuth missed the second half of 2022 after surgery to repair a broken navicular bone in her foot. She didn’t start running again until January 2023, but …

Arlen Glick Arlen Glick is ninth in the 2023 UROY voting. Glick set a course record at the Umstead 100, and ran three other competitive 100-milers during the year. A …

Jennifer Lichter Jennifer Lichter and Sarah Ostazewski tied for 10th place among the women for 2023. Lichter won The Rut 50K, a technical mountain race in Montana, for the third …

Ryan Montgomery Ryan Montgomery is the 10th ranked North American ultrarunner for 2023. Montgomery ran four highly competitive races and placed well in all of them, topped by a win …

The first weekend of racing in 2024 delivered a slew of fast times and course records in 50k events across the country. Headlining our Ultra Weekend Recap are results from …

We’ve made it to the new year in our What’s Up in Ultra column with more races from our North American UltraRunning Calendar. This weekend we have big events in …

There are a lot of things to do in life. Mark Macy and his son Travis seem to have done them all—Leadville, Badwater 135, Eco-Challenge, Marathon des Sables and HURT …

I’ve noticed most runners identify as either a road or trail runner with their event choices falling into one of these two categories. Throughout your career, you’re likely to have …

It’s the last day of the year and we have some results from around North America for our Ultra Weekend Recap. Leading the way is the Tuscobia Winter Ultra 160-miler …

UltraRunning Magazine is proud to announce the launch of our 2024 Old School Ultras calendar. These events are a collection of legendary races that have stood the test of time …

After a pause for the holiday weekend on our UltraRunning Calendar, we’re back to close out 2023 with a bang. Our database boasts nearly two dozen events crisscrossing the country, …

The Run Rabbit Run 100 has established itself as one of the premier ultra events in the world. Runners from 46 states and 11 countries competed this year, with Hares …

Up until this point, my travel to India had been centered around yoga. I had never traveled east for an ultrarunning event and was intrigued at the possibility of seeing …