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Steep Life Media, LLC, headed by veteran ultrarunner Jamil Coury, has acquired UltraRunning Magazine, based in Bend, Oregon. The new ownership will be effective immediately beginning with the September 2024 issue.

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 …

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 …

We’ve made it to the New Year and our first Western States Golden Ticket contest in Texas headlines our What’s Up in Ultra on our UltraRunning Calendar. There’s also big …

The weekend before Christmas on our UltraRunning Calendar might boast a little less volume than most weeks of the year, but there are still some fun races on the horizon. …

UltraRunning Magazine would like to congratulate Rebecca Joyner for being selected to receive UR’s sponsored entry ticket for the 2023 Western States Endurance Run Rebecca’s Entry In 2020, I got …

Results from Saturday’s 39th Quad Dipsea lead our North American Ultra Weekend Recap after a rather light holiday race calendar leading into a busy final month of 2022. 

Continuing on the heels of our summary of what last year’s women UltraRunners of the Year have been up to in 2022, below we check in with the 2021 list …

Welcome to the Ultra Weekend Recap where fast times prevailed at Tunnel Hill despite blustery conditions, we saw the third-fastest 2022 finish in a 50-miler, Mt. Tamalpais had a swift …

With just a handful of key ultras left in 2022—Tunnel Hill 50/100m, the 60th Annual JFK 50, the 39th Annual Quad Dipsea and Desert Solstice 24-Hour and 100-Mile Track Invitational, …

November’s inaugural Ultra Weekend Recap saw a new course record at Rio Del Lago, a throwdown in the final miles at the Austin Rattler and more from our Wednesday’s What’s …

Welcome to November on our North American UltraRunning Calendar. In a month when you might think ultrarunners start looking toward more traditional winter activities, this is actually a deep weekend—to …

We had a big weekend down in the desert for our final Ultra Weekend Recap of October at the first North American 2023 Western States Golden Ticket Race, a second …

This is the weekend on our UltraRunning Calendar that many have been waiting for: the 20th annual Javelina Jundred trail and ultrarunning extravaganza in Fountain Hills, Arizona, on Saturday, October …

Results are trickling in for this Sunday’s Ultra Weekend Recap, but we did our best to track down as many events from our midweek What’s Up In Ultra. If you …

We’re just a week and half away from the first 2023 Western States Golden Ticket race on our North American UltraRunning Calendar, but before we get ahead of ourselves, we’ve …

This week’s Ultra Weekend Recap follows up on Wednesday’s What’s Up In Ultra and is headlined by the 2022 World Backyard Team Championships at Big’s Backyard Ultra which is still …

Last week’s UltraRunning Calendar was one for the record books and the fall momentum continues. Leading the way is the 2022 World Backyard Team Championships, a first-class 50-miler in Pennsylvania …

We have another incredible weekend of racing to cover in this week’s Ultra Weekend Recap coming on the heels of our What’s Up In Ultra. We know we missed a …

The pace always seems to pick up during fall months on our UltraRunning Calendar, and this week is no different—we have 60 events happening across the country. In San Francisco, …

Ultra Weekend Recap number two is here, where we aim to showcase results from a handful of ultrarunning events all over North America. Think of it as a sister column …

The final quarter of the year is here, and it’s definitely starting to feel like fall. Per popular reader request, What’s Up In Ultra is coming to you a day …

Welcome to our very first Ultra Weekend Recap where we dish out results from ultrarunning events around North America. As with our What’s Up In Ultra column, please help us …

This week’s What’s Up In Ultra is our 50th consecutive column that highlights events on our  UltraRunning Calendar each week. We’re always looking to improve and would love to hear …

It’s finally starting to feel like fall in many places around the country and on our UltraRunning Calendar, with a welcome relief from late summer heat and some much-needed precipitation …

We’re closing in on the official end of summer on our UltraRunning Calendar but still have some heavy hitters to wet your ultrarunning appetite. Whether you prefer a high-altitude 100-miler …

Memorial Day arrives on our UltraRunning Calendar as the unofficial first weekend of summer, even though the big kick-off is still three weeks away. Whether you’re celebrating your kids’ break …

Aleksandr Sorokin is destroying ultra records. Already the first human to go sub-11 hours for 100 miles and the holder of the 12-hour and 24-hour world records, the 40-year-old Lithuanian …

We’ve hit a bit of a mini-milestone this first week of May with the 30th consecutive “What’s Up in Ultra.” It coincides nicely with our UltraRunning Calendar which includes 42 …

Just when you expected a lull in the UltraRunning Calendar after a drama-filled weekend, the ultra race lineup continues to deliver from coast to coast. Although not officially beginning until …