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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 …

This point-to-point course has it all: running through laid-back “Old Florida” beach towns, very upscale areas like Ponte Vedra Beach, “get down” eclectic Daytona Beach and quiet “Wilbur-by-the-Sea,” wide open …

Sometimes, the pain you’re feeling on the bottom of your foot is plantar fasciitis and sometimes it’s not. Here are some conditions that can masquerade as plantar fasciitis.

I can feel the concerned glances from strangers at the supermarket. My clients wince in empathy. Family members stare blankly, unbelieving that anyone would willingly subject themselves to this torture. …

The results have rolled in from Aravaipa’s Desert Solstice Track Invitational in Arizona, the Lookout Mountain 50-miler in Georgia and the Woodside Ramble 50k in California for our Ultra Weekend …

We’re getting close to the end of the year, but our North American UltraRunning Calendar still has some races where you can either line up at the start or simply …

As the running industry’s largest annual trade show, The Running Event (TRE) functions as a yearly check-in on the state of the running world. It’s also a barometer of trends …

Andrea Larson, an incredible trailblazer, recently set an FKT on the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota. As a resilient mother of three and executive director of Ironbull, Andrea shared …

Even as the temperatures drop, we’re finding fast times in our Ultra Weekend Recap. There was a new course record at the 21st Hellgate 100k in Virginia, and we’ve also …

My daughter is an avid fan of the mega pop star Taylor Swift. I’ve enjoyed watching her dive into each of Swift’s 13 albums, which is also how Swift orchestrated …

While many ultrarunners have closed the books on the 2023 racing season, the depth of UltraRunning Calendar indicates that the year is anything but over. Headliners include the 20th Hellgate …

32 days into his ultra, I sat beside my dad when he transitioned into his next chapter. My hand on his heart, I wished him an amazing journey. The mystery …

I returned to Wausau, Wisconsin, for a second dose of type two fun on the challenging Ironbull Ultra Trail course. However, I had no idea what I was in for …

December’s first Ultra Weekend Recap delivers results from the Ray Miller 50/50 in Southern California, the Sawmill 50k in Colorado and the 43rd Pine Mountain 40-miler in Georgia. 

UltraRunning Magazine would like to congratulate Harvey Lewis for being selected to receive UR’s sponsored entry ticket for the 2024 Western States Endurance Run.

After last weekend’s lightest racing lineup of the year, during the first weekend of December, our UltraRunning Calendar has over 40 races. Leading the way is a 50/50 in Southern …