Last week at the Cayuga Trails 50 Mile, Dani Filipek won the US 50 Mile National Championships and secured a spot on the 2018 Trail World Championships team. A new …
"2018 Ultrarunner of the year"
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Rarely in ultrarunning do you see the word “phenom” used to describe the sport’s best runners. But in 2016 the sport was taken over by the phenomenal record-smashing performances of …
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Past winners of UltraRunner of the Year. For common questions about the process please see below Year Female Male 2023 Courtney Dauwalter Jim Walmsley 2022 Courtney Dauwalter Adam Peterman 2021 …
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In my family, we have a joke that UltraRunning Magazine can save someone from burning to death. It started last summer in the depths of an ongoing drought. There was a …
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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 …
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Welcome to the heart of fall when our UltraRunning Calendar seems to pick up the pace. This week we have 60 events happening across the country. In San Francisco, there’s …
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Summer has landed and so has the most anticipated ultramarathon on the North American calendar, the 50th Western States Endurance Run. As with all the Golden Ticket races on the …
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June has arrived in style with nearly five dozen events spread all over the country on our UltraRunning Calendar. Highlights include a 50/50 in the Marin Headlands, America’s second oldest …
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Many ultrarunners have ended their seasons already, yet even as winter weather sweeps across the continent, many are still going long during this final month of 2022 according to our …
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Running saved Leadville and brought new fire to Chamonix. The new 140-mile Route 66 UltraRun could make a big difference here, too—in the restoration of one of the nation’s most …
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Summer is finally here and so is arguably the most anticipated ultramarathon in North America, the 49th Western States Endurance Run. As with all the Golden Ticket races on the …
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With the Western States Endurance Run just over eight weeks out, we have our final Golden Ticket race and six spots on the line at the 2022 Canyons Endurance Runs …
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When it comes to performance, ultrarunners depend on reliable running shoes that can sustain hundreds of miles while providing a comfortable ride. But where post-race recovery is concerned, or that …
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We stay in the desert for the headliner of this weekend’s festivities in Las Vegas, the Jackpot Ultrarunning Festival. With 6/12/24/48/72-hour races plus a 50-miler and the USATF 100-mile Road …
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Fifteen-year-old Sebastian Salsbury recently had the opportunity to speak on a panel at the US Trail Running Conference. His focus was on youth inclusiveness in the sport of trail running. …
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The highlight of the upcoming weekend has to be the notoriously swift Tunnel Hill 100 in Vienna, Illinois, on Saturday. The flat and fast course saw rising star Taggart VanEtten …
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Running through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, America’s most visited wilderness area, is not for the faint of heart. But the views and wildlife – countless fish species, moose, …
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Tears of joy and relief fell from Sam Farnsworth’s cheeks as he crossed the finish line of the Vermont 100 in the summer of 2018. “Being out in the woods …
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As Kelyn Curitomay crossed over the Mexican border into Tijuana, she was both excited and nervous. The year prior, she had to drop to the 25k course during the Ultramaraton …
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Melanie Arleth never dreamed she’d be a runner, let alone an ultrarunner. In March of 2018, she felt a shift in her mindset. “I decided to go for it. I …
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When you win a high school cross-country race on campus, and your English teacher is the head track and field coach, not only are you guaranteed a spot on the …
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Despite lower participant numbers, it was a race for the record books. The winner of the race, Hayden Hawks, set a new course record in 5:18:40, nearly four minutes faster …
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“It seemed like it became a self-fulfilling prophecy that I was always going to get second,” Tyler Green laments. “I shouldn’t put myself in this pecking order. To come to …
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As the co-founder of Squirrel’s Nut Butter, Chris Thornley is in the business of chafing – well, preventing it, that is. But it may come as a surprise that SNB …
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The independence and freedom that running had given me since seventh grade was stripped away. I knew that getting back on my feet and leaning into running—rather than away from …
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It’s not often that you find a dehydrated and perhaps, still hallucinating ultrarunner who just spent a full day running 100 miles rushing off to clean up in order to …
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Ultrarunner Jared Campbell started the Running Up for Air timed event at Grandeur Peak (Outside of Salt Lake City) to raise awareness and money to fight air pollution in his …
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When I started this race in 1995, I had no idea how long I would direct it. I think 25 years is enough. In 2021, Jamie and Brenton Swyers will …
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Illinois native and current Chicago resident Wes Judd possesses the power to turn Type 3 “never going to be fun ever” into Type 1 “always fun,” and it’s his experience …
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Originally from a small town of just over 1,000 people tucked away in the northwest corner of Wisconsin, Olivia Amber was a former All-American Nordic skier at Colby College and …