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We warmly welcome Spring onto our UltraRunning Calendar with a smattering of races from a mostly singletrack 50k in Maryland, to a rails-to-trails four distance ultra in Kansas, a nearly …

UltraRunning Magazine, the “Voice of the Sport” for over 40 years, is proud to announce our first foray into race production and management with the historic Tamalpa Headlands 50k on …

The latest Speedland shoe was created in partnership with elite ultrarunner Dylan Bowman and is named after Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, CA, where Bowman first rose to fame and …

Avalanches, white-out weather conditions and blocked roads were all par for the course at this year’s 6633 Artic Ultra Classic. The race is a self-sufficient, non-stop 380-mile foot race that …

The summer of 1990 played quite a big role in my personal development as a runner. It was then that I realized my body could handle running longer distances consistently, …

Leading the way in our Ultra Weekend Recap this final weekend of winter is a Pacific Northwest 50k favorite in Bellingham, a notoriously challenging orienteering style race in Tennessee, a …

A Long Way from Nowhere is a new film featuring runners taking part in the 150-mile Desert RATS stage race. The course traverses the Kokopelli Trail, which stretches from Fruita, …

Training independently—doing things your way, free of charge—is appealing. You can train more intuitively, like Courtney Dauwalter (who isn’t coached), less beholden to a coach’s workouts that might not fit …

Even with storms continuing to hammer the West Coast this week, we’ve nearly made it to the first day of spring. This weekend includes the last official races of winter …

Results from the USATF National 50k Road Championship in New York, a 50/50 in Arizona, a 50k at Griffith Park in the heart of Los Angeles and a whole lot …

Winter is hanging on strong across the west, but races around the country are moving forward as spring inches closer. What’s Up in Ultra highlights for the weekend of March …

Using a training plan is a good investment in yourself and your goals, no matter how large or small. So, where should you start?

During the first weekend of March, our Ultra Weekend Recap is highlighted by Way Too Cool in California, the USATF 100-Mile National Championship race at the Jackpot Ultra Running Festival …

The Eliot Runner is designed as a versatile, high-volume trainer for dedicated road runners, and one that would perform well and provide a comfortable ride over a range of speeds. …

Despite some bitter cold temperatures around the country, What’s Up in Ultra warmly welcomes March to our UltraRunning Calendar with the West Coast’s largest 50k, the USATF National Road 100-mile …

Kati Laan joins the show during a previously recorded live broadcast from the San Francisco Running Company (SFRC) in San Anselmo, California, where she competes on the SFRC Running Team. Laan recently …

More than 75% of females experience menopausal symptoms, and the symptoms typically last 4–8 years. That’s a lot of wet sheets, disrupted sleep and years of not feeling like a …

Our Ultra Weekend Recap for Sunday, February 26, features results from just about all the corners of the continent: California, Kansas, North Carolina and more.

While there is no single correct formula for mountain race preparation for athletes who have little or no access to outdoor hills and mountains in the winter, there are options …

We take a bit of a breather on our UltraRunning Calendar in terms of big races, but you’ll still find more than two dozen ultramarathons to choose from across the …

UltraRunning Magazine editor Amy Clark joins the show to breakdown this year’s exciting February UltraRunners of the Year (UROY) issue, on newsstands now.

Four major course records fell at arguably the most competitive 50k and 100k races in North America, plus results from Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and more.

Winter has become my favorite season for running, largely attributable to the dark, pre-sunrise skies. I live in a small, mountain town on the East Coast and am beyond fortunate …

The second Western States Golden Ticket on our North American UltraRunning Calendar hits Arizona on Saturday, February 18. Other highlights include a Team USA-qualifying event in Auburn, California, a notoriously …

It’s just past midnight on a night in June, but Nathan Echols is awake in a sweat. I’ve got to get back, he tells himself, sitting on the edge of …

New Zealand’s Golden Ticket race saw former UR Podcast guest Ryan Montgomery punch his entry into Western States, coming up in June, with a third-place finish at Tarawera 102k, while …

While there’s a Golden Ticket race going on in New Zealand, our North American UltraRunning Calendar winds up the second week of February in preparation for another Golden Ticket race …

As trail runners, we often forget that the land we traverse is rooted in history with trails used and maintained by generations of Indigenous cultures. Those untouched areas still exist …

New to the Scarpa lineup this winter, the Ribelle Run Kalibra G is presented as an “all-weather, all-terrain juggernaut of a trail runner.” Scarpa has essentially taken the bones of …

February’s first Ultra Weekend Recap is headlined by a slew of American Record (AR) attempts in California’s capital with one success, a 100-miler and 100k in Texas as well as …