Written by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) is hosting the Heckscher State Park USATF Road 50k Championship, in East Islip, on Long Island, New York. A 5-kilometer loop run 10 times will provide spectators and racers alike to see runners of all speeds multiple times without leaving their… Read more »
Written by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Jackpot Ultras are hosting the USATF Road 100 Mile Championship amid their weekend of races, in Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. A loop of just over 1 mile will provide spectators and racers alike to see some fabulous and inspiring performances and more race drama… Read more »
Announcement from the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC). Photos: WMTRC 2023 / Roastmedia and Organisationskomitee Chiang Mai. As of February 6, 58 nations have confirmed their participation in the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, to be staged in early June, much to the delight of Georg Dornauer, the person in charge of… Read more »
Announcement from the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) from December 9. We are deeply sorry to have to announce the cancellation of the 2023 IAU 50 km World Championships scheduled for 28th May 2023 in Port Elisabeth, South Africa. The LOC and Athletics South Africa decided that they were unable to continue with preparations for… Read more »
Guest trail runner profile and race report written by Joseph W. Gex, II. Photos: Thiago Diz. Lieutenant Colonel John Bezou (Ret.) recently returned from Atacama, Chile, where he completed the Atacama Crossing ultramarathon. This race marked the third ultramarathon (155-mile race over seven days) on the third different continent that Bezou has completed this calendar… Read more »
Trail runners around the world eagerly anticipate the annual race lottery for the chance to run the historic Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. Next year’s race will be held June 24 and 25, 2023 with the lottery slated for December 3. The Western States 100 is one of the premier trail ultramarathon competitions in… Read more »
Announcement from USA Track & Field’s Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Council. Based in Indianapolis, USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. The USA Track & Field Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Running Council of long distance running has named the… Read more »
Approved by the USATF MUT Executive Committee on November 22, 2022. Updated April 9, 2023. U.S. Team Selection for the 2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships – Innsbruck, Austria The second World Mountain & Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) is scheduled for June 6-10, 2023 in Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria. This biennial event is organized by the… Read more »
When it comes to ultramarathon trail races, your race day performance will be influenced not only by your fitness and training, but also by your nutrition and gear choices. As a general rule of thumb, the longer the race (or more adventurous the route), the more benefit you’ll have from creating race-specific nutrition and gear… Read more »
November 3 to 6, 2022 the inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championship was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand after being delayed one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A team of thirty seven U.S. athletes (the largest ever mountain/trail team ever assembled for a world championship) competed over the course of three days and… Read more »
Two days, two individual gold medals AND two team gold medals……and the U.S. team was just getting started. On the first day of the inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championship in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Allie McLaughlin won Friday’s Uphill Mountain Running race leading the U.S. women to a team gold medal. On Saturday, Adam… Read more »
Written by Ally Bevin for the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is is the WMRA General Secretary. We’re now just 2 days away from the inaugural World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand! The races will be streamed LIVE on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WMTRC2021Thailand A groundbreaking collaboration between WMRA,… Read more »
Announcement written by Egon Theiner for the 2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships local organizing committee. Photos by Florentin Haunold, Roast Media. October 28, 2022 UPDATE: The early General Information Sheet for this world championship has been published. You can find a copy at this link. Course profiles are HERE. [PDFs] On 13 September,… Read more »
Written by David Melly. Photos by Austin Louden. In the ultramarathon world, patience tends to pay off. The methodical often outlast the eager, and the second half of most races looks very different than the first. Individual results and team rankings can swing wildly by huge margins in the final miles… for better or for… Read more »
Story and photos by Brian Davenport. First held in 2002, the Waldo 100K is an American Trail Running Association race member. The days leading up to the Waldo 100k Trail Run just outside Oakridge, Oregon went like any other pre-race approach. The confidence was there, but slowly the nerves and doubt crept in. This was… Read more »
The Leadville Trail 100, one of America’s most iconic ultrarunning events, attracts thousands of runners, spectators, crews and volunteers each year at the end of August to the quaint mountain town of Leadville, CO—America’s highest incorporated city, situated in high plains of the Rocky Mountains at 10,152 feet. The 2022 Leadville Trail 100 Mile, held… Read more »
Guest trail runner profile and race report written by Joseph W. Gex, II. Photos by Carlos Garcia Prieto.. Mississippi native and ultramarathoner Lt. Col. John Bezou (Ret) recently completed the second leg of the 4Deserts Grand Slam Plus in the Republic of Georgia on June 25. But, it was not without some adversity created by… Read more »
Announcement from the 2022 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships, 3-6 November 2022 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 43 teams from all over the world signed up, 900 athletes expected (+ mass races) $4,000 for the winners of each race. Prize money paid 5-deep, equal for men/women and mountain/trail Two successful site visits held – each… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association member AdventureCORPS. AdventureCORPS will present its legendary BADWATER® 135 Ultramarathon, the 135-Mile World Championship July 11-13, 2022. Now in its 45th year, this world-renowned event pits up to 100 of the world’s toughest athletes against one another and the elements in a crucible like no other. From below sea… Read more »
The 49th running of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (WSER) took place this past weekend, and was an exciting competition among many of the world’s top trail runners. 380 participants toed the line to follow the historic 100-mile point-to-point course from Palisades Tahoe ski village in Olympic Valley, California to the finish on… Read more »
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