It was then time that Wheatcroft picked up a book given to him by an old university teacher: Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes, a famed ultramarathon runner.
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He ran in the ultramarathon six times before the accident.
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She's completed an ultramarathon and hundreds of other events since.
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I also felt compelled to support a friend and fellow ultramarathon runner.
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He is a formidable ultramarathon runner and the creator of this race.
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Martin gathered the runners in the campground the evening before the ultramarathon.
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These athletes competed in an ultramarathon in Minnesota during last week's misery.
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Amy Palmiero-Winters's latest ultramarathon venture was the treacherous Marathon des Sables.
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While it may sound strange, drinking soda is fairly common in ultramarathon running.
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The ultramarathon extends deep into Canyon de Chelly, the sacred heart of Navajo.
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You have to be very fit, particularly if you ski or run this ultramarathon.
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A well-organized ultramarathon will, of course, support the unique demands of such distances.
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To get ready for Everest, she competed in several 50 kilometer-plus ultramarathon races.
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It was the first 200-mile-plus single-loop ultramarathon in the United States.
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The die-hard fans binge-watched the hit series while running an ultramarathon across Italy.
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Gear-wise, runners need the right shoes, clothes, running vests and fuel for an ultramarathon.
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Ass-essing risk and reward As with any ultramarathon trail run, injuries are always possible.
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A former Eagle Scout and avid ultramarathon runner, he was married and had two young sons.
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According to BuzzFeed, Nisbet recently ran an ultramarathon, where she clocked 69 miles in 21 hours.
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Isner and Mahut's ultramarathon required 11 hours 5 minutes to complete and extended over three days.
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The surprise winner of last year's Leadville 100 ultramarathon credits the performance-enhancing power of parenthood.
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The pairing started on Day 2 of the intense, multistage ultramarathon across China's longest-spanning desert.
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From marathon to ultramarathon Frazier qualified for the Boston Marathon six months after changing his diet.
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NSAID use is especially widespread among athletes in strenuous endurance sports like marathon and ultramarathon running.
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Going from the couch to an ultramarathon in five months is probably a recipe for not finishing.
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She has also completed a 156-mile ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert and is a new mom.
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In September, she, her husband and three of their children finished an 80-mile ultramarathon in Kazakhstan.
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He told her that he recently had run his first ultramarathon — 50 kilometers, or just over 31 miles.
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That first year it took two days to sign up 150 runners for the first Canyon de Chelly ultramarathon.
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He was not involved in the new study but has led separate research on acute kidney injuries following ultramarathon running.
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Could I bring Sherman back from this calamity so that he and I, side by side, could run an ultramarathon?
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I'd done my first ultramarathon the previous fall, a 50K trail race, and wanted to do it again, but better.
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In 2018, Murphy accused Maude Gorman, a runner who'd finished second at an ultramarathon in Maine, of cutting the course.
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"Everything is starting to hurt now but it's not that far anymore," Paris said during the ultramarathon, according to race officials.
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It's clear that the ultramarathon fueling strategy Lubetsky and Weiss used should not be part of any long-term diet regimen.
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Then she saw a video clip of ultramarathon runner Mirna Valerio, a runner with a body type similar to her own.
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Her accidental marathon, combined with the extremes of her grief, leads her to toy with the idea of running an ultramarathon.
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The Badwater ultramarathon is a 135-mile, two-day road race through Death Valley, one of the hottest places in the world.
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She now works as a preschool teacher, and she is also an ultramarathon runner and a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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A new study that tracked ultramarathon running times worldwide over two decades found that women tend to outrun men, after 195 miles.
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T. has an ultramarathon in a few months and has jumped into training mode right in the middle of winter in Boston.
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By the time I ran my first 38-mile ultramarathon, eight months later, I was significantly less depressed and moderately less anxious.
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Helping another runner on an ultramarathon can actually be a medical necessity, as it could be 10 miles to the next aid station.
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Caryn Lubetsky is normally repulsed by hotel bathtubs, but when she finished the grueling Badwater 135 ultramarathon, she gladly dove in to hers.
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The Badwater 135 ultramarathon is a 135-mile run through Death Valley, where the highest temperatures ever recorded on Earth have been logged.
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I served on Kostelnick's crew at the 2000 Badwater ultramarathon, where I ran 40 miles with him across the searing Death Valley desert.
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From there, he began taking on ultramarathon races, which were critical in training him for the punishing toll of the trans-Atlantic voyage.
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A week later, Lance Armstrong, who has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs in cycling, competed in two California trail races, including one ultramarathon.
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After a few more marathons, he looked for another challenge and talked to a former high school classmate who ran a 100-mile ultramarathon.
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Ms. Pagarigan ran her first ultramarathon in February, a grueling race covering 50 kilometers, or about 31 miles, and she is training for several more.
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Small actions really add up By focusing on getting out and going for a run each day, I ran several marathons and eventually an ultramarathon.
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JOHANNESBURG – A South African man who was impaled on a crowbar in a 2015 mining accident has qualified to run in the Comrades ultramarathon on Sunday.
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Rob Krar is a two-time winner of the Western States Endurance Run, a hundred-miler that's considered the most prestigious ultramarathon in the United States.
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If, at more than a year long, the race to elect the president of the United States is an ultramarathon, Australia's campaign season is a sprint.
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Technically, an ultramarathon is anything longer than 26.219 miles, but they tend to range from a 50K (31 miles) to races that take multiple days to complete.
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If it means watching more videos, YouTube aims to make ultramarathon-running radicals of us all because, presumably, radicalization makes for reliable and profitable consumers of content.
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When The Times asked me to cover Courtney Dauwalter's attempt at the Tahoe 200 ultramarathon back in September, I felt confident I could do a decent job.
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Weiss, a registered dietician, said she abandons her usual healthy diet of vegetables and whole grains during an ultramarathon like Badwater, and eats candy and fast food instead.
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"He sort of happens to be the right man at the right time to go for the transcontinental record," said Chris Kostman, director of the Badwater 215 ultramarathon.
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Ms. Alberto has established herself as one of the city's rising female trail runners after a string of podium finishes, including winning a 240-mile ultramarathon in January.
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Last year the annual number of ultramarathon finishers surged to nearly 773,277, more than eight times the 210,219 finishers in 2001, according to Mark Gilligan, founder of Ultrasignup.
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Mention to people you're training for a 50- or 60-mile ultramarathon and the list of questions they'll ask will be nearly as long as the race itself.
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And McCaw, a man with the angular build and cobalt blue-eyed intensity of an ultramarathon runner, has achieved much success in his three decades in college sports.
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The whole point of reporting an ultramarathon in the desert was to be among the runners, hearing their stories, understanding their motivations, witnessing this extreme testing of human limits.
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Dr. Martin Hoffman, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at University of California, Davis, who is an ultramarathon competitor and researcher, said such short-term damage was well known.
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Ultramarathon runner Dion Leonard came to the world's attention after he decided to adopt a stray dog, Gobi, whom he met during a 7-day marathon in the Chinese Gobi Desert.
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On Wednesday, Dean Karnazes, an American ultramarathon runner, will begin a 2000-day, 503-mile run along the Silk Road, part of an ancient trade route through Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
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It was a marathon, an Isner specialty, but nothing to truly compare with the ultramarathon Isner won in the first round against Tsonga's compatriot and former training partner Nicolas Mahut in 2010.
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"It's become a bucket list for people," said Greg Donovan, founder of the Big Red Bash and its sister event, the Big Red Run, a 155-mile ultramarathon through the Simpson Desert.
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Side note: As a runner, I was excited to use "Marathon leader?" as the clue for ULTRA, but I wasn't sure if the Ultramarathon reference was too obscure for the general public.
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From his accomplishment grew an annual contest known as the Badwater Ultramarathon that invites runners to push the limits of human endurance over a course of 135 miles and 14,600 vertical feet.
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He started to cross the final 77.54 miles early Christmas morning in "one continuous 'Antarctica Ultramarathon' push to the finish line," which he completed in just over 32 hours, he wrote on Instagram.
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In March 2018, Nick Griffiths, a former royal marine, lost several of his toes to frostbite during the gruelling Yukon Arctic Ultramarathon, and he generously agreed to donate them to the Dawson Hotel.
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When Running Ruminations blogger Erin Mink Garvey was looking for a hydration vest while training for her first 50K ultramarathon in 2014, she was intrigued by the woman-specific fit of this style.
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READ MORE: Craft beer fans face squeeze with hops in short supply The researchers studied 128 runners participating in a six-stage 155-mile ultramarathon in 2014, with sections in Jordan and Madagascar.
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They still compete, too: this week, Mohamad became the first Moroccan to compete in the legendary Badwater Ultramarathon in California, a notoriously difficult 135-mile race through Death Valley that is currently underway.
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But on Monday, Jamie Maddison was scheduled to begin a 100-mile, 24-hour ultramarathon — what Mr. Maddison, a 29-year-old British explorer, said would be the first such effort on foot there.
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Kostelnick is one of a quickly growing number of extreme American distance runners shattering a cascade of ultramarathon records that can sound less like races than log entries from an excursion by Lewis and Clark.
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The MacLehose has been named one of the best hikes in the world by National Geographic, and every October, hundreds of ultramarathon runners converge here and compete to finish the entire course in 48 hours.
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"I am not going to lie, I am really drained," Goucher said after the panel, the night before she was set to run a 50-kilometer ultramarathon through the steep, foggy, hills of Marin County.
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Here are three who offer advice on training and let other women know there is a community out there to support and accept them, whether they're running an ultramarathon or just running around the block.
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The ultramarathon, held in the Sahara Desert in southern Morocco each year, is 140 miles and six days long — over five times longer than the length of a regular marathon and subject to extreme hot weather conditions.
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Ford, a 28-year-old public relations professional who lives in New York City, had just begun training for her first 100-mile ultramarathon, and found that the time spent on her feet was monotonous and uncomfortable.
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The 3,000 mile ultramarathon cycle race takes competitors through 12 states and ends in Annapolis, Md. The 25th annual Pasadena Chalk Festival begins on Saturday, uniting hundreds of street painters who will spend the weekend creating beautiful murals.
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A British ultramarathon runner became the first woman to win a grueling 268-mile nonstop race along England's mountaintops Wednesday night, crushing the course record by 12 hours despite stopping along the course to pump breast milk for her baby.
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Next Sunday, however, he is planning to finish a three-day, 90-mile ultramarathon across part of Long Island to raise money for the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation and to increase awareness about the toll the disease takes on loved ones.
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In 2015, participants in the North Face Endurance Challenge, an ultramarathon with $10,000 in prize money, were upset that an Italian athlete who had previously tested positive for a banned drug, was allowed to compete because the event didn't have a doping policy.
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When the US mining industry started to dry up in the 1930s and '40s, some enterprising Coloradans came up with the idea of attracting spectators to their towns by hosting an ultramarathon of human-donkey pairs -- The World Championship Pack Burro Race.
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But Dr. Lipman, who is the director of the Wilderness Medicine program at Stanford and the medical director for several ultramarathons around the world, had heard from ultramarathon runners that wrapping parts of their feet in paper tape helped them to stave off blisters.
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Holland, whose writing has appeared in WIRED, doesn't seem like the type to scare easily; her magazine work often involves jaunts to remote, tough places like the Canadian Arctic (she lives in the Yukon) following people who have extreme passions (rock climbing, ultramarathon racing).
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So for the new study, which was published this week in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, he turned to a group for whom blisters are almost inevitable: ultra-ultramarathoners and, specifically, the participants in an annual, grueling multistage ultramarathon run across parts of Jordan, Madagascar and the Gobi and Atacama deserts.
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I used my sudden abundance of free time to do stuff I usually wouldn't have time for while training for an ultramarathon, like pick paint colors for my living and dining room, visit with further flung friends and family, go to two Phillies games in one weekend, and try online dating again.
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"It can take extra effort and energy to do so -- I can only imagine how difficult it is for the 44 or so winter-over crew who spend many months isolated together in an isolation ultramarathon at the South Pole Station -- but it makes the journey a shared, more enjoyable and productive experience," he said.
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Joan Steidinger, a sports psychologist based in the Bay Area and a former ultramarathon runner, told me to develop a mindfulness plan by identifying the extremely difficult moments in labor — the 45-minute cab ride to the hospital under the onslaught of contractions topped my list — and to design a predetermined meditation for each.
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O'Brady's transcontinental feat, which took him an actual total of 932 miles with some zigzags along the course, was remarkable enough; but to complete the final 216 miles in one shot — essentially tacking an ultramarathon onto the 240rd day of an already unprecedented journey — set an even higher bar for anyone who tries to surpass it.
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A burn victim who was told he'd never walk normally is climbing Mount Everest with his wife after crossing Antarctica aloneAn American explorer just became the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, finishing with an 'ultramarathon': Photos show his spectacular 932-mile journeyThe 33-year-old who crossed Antarctica alone once got horrific burns at a Thai beach party — and he says it's the reason he sets world records todayWe tried the 1,250-calorie survival bar that powered Colin O'Brady's record-shattering 932-mile solo journey across Antarctica
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Read more:A burn victim who was told he'd never walk normally is climbing Mount Everest with his wife after crossing Antarctica aloneAn American explorer just became the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, finishing with an 'ultramarathon': Photos show his spectacular 932-mile journeyThe 33-year-old who crossed Antarctica alone once got horrific burns at a Thai beach party — and he says it's the reason he sets world records todayWe tried the 1,250-calorie survival bar that powered Colin O'Brady's record-shattering 932-mile solo journey across Antarctica
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Mníšek pod Brdy hosts an annual cross-country Ultramarathon of 50 km length, which is part of the European Ultramarathon Cup.
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Katalin Nagy (May 5, 1979 in Eger, Hungary) is an ultramarathon runner and member of the USA National 24hr Ultramarathon Team.
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The European Ultramarathon Cup, was an annual cup event covering some of the biggest Ultramarathon races in Europe from 1992 until 2019.
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Each June since 1959, Biel has hosted a 100 km Ultramarathon race, which is among the biggest races of its kind worldwide and forms a part of the European Ultramarathon Cup.
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Since 2010, an international multiday trail running ultramarathon, called the Lycian Way Ultramarathon, is held on the historical trail. The event runs eastwards on a route of around from Ölüdeniz to Antalya in six days.
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Since 2010, an international multiday trail running ultramarathon, called Lycian Way Ultramarathon, is held on the historical Lycian Way. The event runs eastward on a route of around from Ölüdeniz to Antalya in six days.
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The Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon, a multiday track running ultramarathon of desert concept, is held since 2012 annually in July. The race tours in six days through several places across Cappadocia reaching out to Lake Tuz.
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Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon, shortly RFC, () is an international multiday ultramarathon event of desert concept that takes place mostly across the historic Cappadocia region in central Turkey. The event is run in the provinces Nevşehir and Aksaray in six days. The Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon was established in 2012 taking place on July 7–15. It is considered a race of high-degree difficulty.
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A multiday track running ultramarathon of desert concept, called Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon, is held since 2012 annually in July. The race tours in six days through several historic places across Cappadocia reaching out to Lake Tuz.
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The RacingThePlanet Ultramarathon in 2021 is planned for Georgia, The Great Caucasus.
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There are different races and they are namely the ultramarathon (84.39 km), the marathon (42.195 km), the Women (10 km) and the Team/Corporate Challenge (10 km x 4 runners). The races all fall on the same night with different start times. In 2011, 84 km ultramarathon was replaced with 100 km ultramarathon. Runners are required to pay a fee to participate in the race.
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The Albmarathon, a 50-kilometer (30 mile) ultramarathon runs regularly through the municipality.
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The Virginia Happy Trails Running Club holds the annual Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Mile Run ultramarathon in the spring. Other events that use the trail are the Old Dominion 100 Run ultramarathon, and the Old Dominion 100 Ride equestrian event.
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Polyakova participated at Istanbul Marathon in 2007 and 2008, without success. From the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon on including, she won all the women's category titles of ultramarathon events held in Turkey. At the long ultramarathon of 2012 Atacama Crossing in Chile, which is the first of the 4 Deserts endurance footrace series, she placed fourth. In 2013, Polyakova won the Two Castles and an Abbey Trail Ultra in Cyprus.
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Charlie Engle Charlie Engle (born September 20, 1962), is an ultramarathon runner and author.
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János Bogár (born July 26, 1964 in Miskolc, Hungary) is a Hungarian ultramarathon runner.
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Fordyce won the London to Brighton ultramarathon 3 years running from 1981 to 1983.
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Kevin Lin (林義傑, November 19, 1976) is a Taiwanese ultramarathon runner from Taipei.
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The camp has been used as a base for the Grindstone 100 Miler ultramarathon since 2008.
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Walsworth, Jack. "SCPA teacher finishes 1st in 135-mile ultramarathon." The Cincinnati Enquirer. July 24, 2014.
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In 2005 the Ultramarathon Festival was supported by the Apollon Athletic Club, and thereafter for the next 3 events by the Athens Alpine Club. In 2009, Dr Baxevanis founded the Association of Greek Dayrunners to act as the main and official organizing club for the Ultramarathon Festivals.
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The Trans Europe Foot Race is a multiday long-distance ultramarathon that consists of running across Europe.
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The Arrowhead 135 is a yearly ultramarathon event which takes place in International Falls, Minnesota, United States.
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Lai participated in the composition of five songs in the album, which also included two of her own self-written songs. Lai was also cast as an ultramarathon coach in Jay Chou's first movie as an executive producer, 10,000 Miles, starring opposite Sean Huang and Darren Wang. To prepare for the role of an ultramarathon coach, Lai underwent training for three months under ultramarathon runner and executive producer, Kevin Lin. The movie was released in December 2016 to poor critical reception.
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In 2016, Marais participated in the Two Oceans 56km Ultramarathon. In 2017, she summited Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Ferenc Győri (born September 15, 1964 in Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary) is a Hungarian ultramarathon runner, geographer, and university lecturer.
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His best year, so far, was 2015 when he won the Swiss Alpine Marathon, and the Kiev Marathon, and he was in the podium of the Strasimeno, the Oman desert marathon, the 50 km di Romagna, the Pistoia-Abetone Ultramarathon and the 7 valleys run ultramarathon (Poland). In 2016 he confirmed his leadership as ultramarathon and mountain runner with the victory (and race record) at the Strasimeno and the Wings for Life World Run Austria, the second position at the Swiss Alpine Marathon and at the Oman desert marathon, and the third position at the Zermatt Marathon and at the Kiev Marathon. In 2017 he must temporary stop his activity because the operation to the Achille's tendon which gave him a lot of troubles. In 2018 he restarted to run and he suddenly was second at the Strasimeno ultramarathon and he won the Al Marmoon ultramarathon.
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An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of .
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The Athens International Ultramarathon Festival is a Multiday race which takes place at the former Ellinikon International Airport in Greece.
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Gerald Tabios (born September 12, 1969) is a Filipino long-distance runner and Ultramarathon runner. Among his most notable races in the United States is the Badwater Ultramarathon. This is an annual race that stretches 135 miles through Death Valley, California in July. This punishing race ends after a steep climb of Mt. Whitney.
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The Lycian Way Ultramarathon was established in 2010 taking place on October 11–17. Changing ground conditions such as sandy and rocky trails, dirt roads, slippery terrain in conifer forests and steep slopes make the ultramarathon extremely difficult. Map of the Lycian Way. The route starts at Ölüdeniz in Fethiye district of Muğla Province.
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Goggins attempted to enter the Badwater Ultramarathon as a fundraiser, but was told by organizers that he needed to enter another ultramarathon first; as the Badwater is an invitational event. In 2005, Goggins entered the San Diego One Day, a 24-hour ultramarathon held at Hospitality Point in San Diego. He was able to run 101 miles in 19 hours and 6 minutes—despite never having attempted to run a marathon previously. Soon after, David completed his first marathon (Las Vegas), in a time that qualified him for entrance into the Boston Marathon.
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Many ultramarathon organizers are members of the International Trail Running Association (ITRA), an organization which promotes values, diversity, health and safety during races, as well as working to further the development of trail running and helps to coordinate between the national and international bodies with an interest in the sport. ITRA also evaluates of the difficulty of specific ultramarathon routes according to a number of criteria, such as the distance, the cumulative elevation gain, and the number of loops and stages. ITRA maintains a calendar of ultramarathon events.
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Essie Garrett (1947- 1 April 2014) was an American ultramarathon runner and instructor at Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver, Colorado.
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Trail signs on the Lycian Way. Lycian Way Ultramarathon (, shortly LYUM) is an international multiday trail running ultramarathon event that takes place across the ancient Lycian region in southwestern Turkey. The event is run around of the long historical Lycian Way eastwards from Fethiye to Antalya in six days. The elevation of the route varies between sea level and .
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Morabity's family farm watermelons. His younger brother, Mohamed is also an ultramarathon runner and has placed several times in Marathon de Sables.
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Reykjavík Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-10-19. The Laugavegur Ultramarathon, a 55 km running competition, has been held each year since 1997.
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Kavinoky is married and has one daughter. He is an endurance athlete, having completed seven Ironman Triathlons, several marathons, and one ultramarathon.
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Badwater is also known for being the start of the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, billed as the toughest foot race on the planet.
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Fonn lives in Skövde in Sweden. She took up running as a hobby in 1995 and ran her first ultramarathon in 2004.
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Andrew Hedgman is a New Zealand born ultramarathon runner who resides in Brisbane, Australia. He is also a licensed Skydiver and Scuba diver.
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In September 2011, a fire burned five people, two severely, who had been competing in the Kimberley Ultramarathon, an endurance cross country footrace.
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Ann Trason (born August 30, 1960) is an American ultramarathon runner from Auburn, California. She has broken twenty world records during her career.
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Michael Hartley (born 14 July 1952)Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung: Michael Hartley. is a British former ultramarathon runner. He won the Fellsman in 1984, 1987, 1989 and 1990Fellsman: Results. and was also the first finisher in some of the LDWA’s hundred mile events, including the White Peak Hundred in 1988 which he completed in 17:58.Strider, 51 (Aug 1988), 41.
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During the race weekend, there is also a half marathon favored by competitive runners that often has a deep international field. The shortest race is long, marketed as a "quarter marathon". On the preceding day, children's runs are held over different distances. From 2004 to 2007, an ultramarathon of length was offered, which was part of the European Ultramarathon Cup.
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Valmir Nunes (born January 16, 1964) is a Brazilian runner. A former world record holder, he currently holds South American and Brazilian Ultramarathon records.
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He also represented his country at the global level at the 100k distance in the 1993 and 1995 World Championships.Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung: Michael Hartley.
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Suprabha Beckjord (born 1956) is an ultramarathon runner from Washington, D.C. She is an owner of a gift shop and a disciple of Sri Chinmoy.
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At 71, Jennifer was an entrant for Racing the Planet Nepal, a 250 km Ultramarathon starting on 20 November 2011. She withdrew after stage two.
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Eleanor Robinson (formerly Adams, née Puckrin 20 November 1947) is a British former ultramarathon runner and two-time winner of the IAU 100km World Championships. She was the first woman to run over 150 miles in a 24-hour endurance race. She was the winner of the first Badwater Ultramarathon in 1987. She was twice bronze medallist at the IAU 100 km European Championships (1992, 1993).
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Since 2012, a multiday track running ultramarathon of desert concept, called Runfire Cappadocia Ultramarathon, is held annually in July. The race tours in six days through several places across Cappadocia reaching out to Lake Tuz. Between September 9 and September 13, 2016, for the first time, the Turkish Presidential Bike Tour took place in Cappadocia where more than 300 cyclists from around the globe participated.
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The Connemara International Marathon, known as the Connemarathon, is a marathon in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Comprising a road half marathon, a full marathon and a 39.3 mile ultramarathon, it usually takes place in April each year. The ultramarathon was added to the event schedule in 2004 and is 63.58 km long with total ascent of 146.49 m and has a maximum elevation of 99.64 m.
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Wolf continues to run, and took part in a marathon in 2005 (Las Vegas), and a ultramarathon in 2018 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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Depending on the degree of terrain difficulty, up to 30 hours or more is generally allowed for runners to complete typical ultras, for example the Badwater Ultramarathon.
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The İznik Ultramarathon is a trail endurance running event that takes place around Lake İznik in April since 2012 as the country's longest single-stage athletics competition.
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The Nunavut Midnight Sun Marathon was an annual ultramarathon race that was held in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Previously it was held in the town of Nanisivik.
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Stephen Muzhingi (born 17 October 1980) is a Zimbabwean ultramarathon runner who won the Comrades Marathon on three consecutive occasions, he also won the Two Oceans Marathon.
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Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) is a Turkish female academic in marketing as well as amateur mountain climber and ultramarathon runner. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California.
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Mike Fokoroni during the Comrades ultramarathon Mike Fokoroni (also written Mike Fokorani; born 5 July 1976) is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner. His personal best time for the marathon is 2:13:17 hours, achieved in August 2008, placing 11th at the Beijing Olympics. In June 2013 he finished 8th to receive a gold medal in the Comrades ultramarathon of 87 km. Fokoroni won the 2016 Two Oceans Marathon.
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Nance is sponsored by Brooks Running, Clif Bar, Delta Air Lines, and Wentworth. In 2017 Nance began publishing instructional articles on ultramarathon training and recovery for Brooks Running.
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Elliott Knob is a popular day hike of for Boy Scouts who attend Camp Shenandoah. The route for the Grindstone 100 Miler ultramarathon includes the summit of Elliot Knob.
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Torill Fonn (born 1 November 1967) is a Swedish ultramarathon runner from Skövde. Fonn holds the current women's Nordic record for the 48-hour run. (, Skövde SWE, Aug 2015).
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In April 2013, a Feilding man, Perry Newburn, set a new New Zealand record by running without sleep at Feilding's Manfield Park. Ultramarathon running in New Zealand has a national body: the New Zealand Ultrarunners Association. Oceania New Caledonia Trail Festival has several annual Ultramarathon including the Ultra Trail New Caledonia 136 km / 6 000m D+ and the Endurance Shop Trail race 70 km / 3 000m D+ on Pentecost long Week end.
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Pete Kostelnick (born September 12, 1987) is an American Ultramarathon runner most well known for his world record for fastest coast-to-coast crossing of the United States by foot, in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes. In addition he is a two time Badwater Ultramarathon champion and the 5th fastest North American, all-time, at the 24-hour run, covering 163.5 miles (an average pace of 8:48 per mile).
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Bruce Noel Stevenson Fordyce (born 3 December 1955 in Hong Kong) is a South African marathon and ultramarathon athlete. He is best known for having won the South African Comrades Marathon a record nine times, of which eight wins were consecutive. He also won the London to Brighton Ultramarathon three years in a row. He is the former world record holder over 50 miles and the former world record holder over 100 km.
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The Ultra marathon is also a part of the European Ultramarathon Cup. Along with the 100 km Ultra marathon there are a night marathon and a half marathon taking place.
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Robin Amelia Arzón is an American ultramarathon runner and author of the book Shut Up and Run. She is also the VP of Fitness Programming and an Instructor at Peloton.
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He previously held the record for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, an ultramarathon held in the Alps, having completed the first edition of this race in 20h05m in 2003.
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Traci Falbo holds the world record for the 48-hour indoor ultramarathon. On August 6th, 2014, she completed the 2-day event in Anchorage, Alaska, with a distance of 389.61 km.
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Marathons: scores. First Ultramarathon: Sri Chinmoy International 24-Hour race in Ottawa, 1981. Set North American record of 150 miles, 395 yards in 1982. Ultras: scores Average yearly mileage: 10,000 kilometres.
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Camille Herron (born December 25, 1981) is an American ultramarathon runner. She is the first and only athlete to win all three of the IAU's 50K, 100K, and 24 Hour World Championships. She won the 2017 Comrades Marathon and holds several world best times at ultramarathon distances, along with the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in a Superhero costume. She is known for running with her hair down, drinking beer, and eating tacos in ultras.
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The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race. The direction of the race alternates each year between the "up" run (87 km) starting from Durban and the "down" run (now 90.184 km) starting from Pietermaritzburg. 2021 will be the 95th running of the event, and also the centenary year.
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Produced by Fuego y Agua Events LLC, Ultramaratón Fuego y Agua is an extremely challenging set of foot races on Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. The race is composed of four different event options, the 25k, 50k ultramarathon 100k ultramarathon and the Application only 70k obstacle course. The 100k course is a single loop encompassing most of the island and involves the ascent and descent of both volcanoes. The 25k and 50k courses cover part of the 100k course.
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In 2020, Goggins ran the Moab 240 ultramarathon, placing 2nd in the 241 mile event with a time of 63 hours and 21 minutes, approximately 95 minutes behind race winner Michele Graglia.
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Since 1973 the GutsMuths Run, an organised ultramarathon, has taken place on the . With more than 14,000 participating runners and walkers it is one of the largest events of its type in Europe.
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Dima and Lama Hattab (born December 31, 1980) are twin sisters from Jordan best known for being the first female ultramarathon runners in the Middle East to take part in the famous endurance race Marathon des Sables. The Hattab twins also promote the sport of running in the Middle East, especially among women. In cooperation with the World Humanitarian Marathon and Ultramarathon Foundation (WMHF), they organize the Jabal Isrhin marathon, a famous annual race that takes place in Jordan’s Wadi Rum.
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The Barry 40 is a 40-mile ultramarathon which takes place annually in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, claiming to be the longest running annual ultramarathon in the UK. The 30th annual Barry 40 Mile race was held at Jenner Park Stadium, Barry on Sunday 26 March 2016, when 13 people started and nine successfully completed the course.Rebecca Lord (30 March 2016) "Steve Way breaks World M40 record at Barry 40 Mile Track Race", Barry and District News. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness is a 2012 autobiography by the ultramarathon champion Scott JurekUltraRunnerPodcast June 1, 2012 Scott Jurek - Eat & Run Interview Retrieved August 19, 2015 and Steve Friedman. It was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on June 5, 2012.No Meat Athlete June 5, 2012 Interview with Scott Jurek, Ultramarathon Legend and Author of Eat & Run Retrieved August 19, 2015 The book was an instant New York Times best seller, debuting at #7 in hardback non-fictionNew York Times June 15, 2012 Inside the List - The New York Times Retrieved August 19, 2015 and remained in the bestseller lists into the next month.New York Times July 15, 2012 Best Sellers - The New York Times Retrieved August 19, 2015 It has been translated into twenty different languages.
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He has placed second in the Badwater Ultramarathon twice (2004, 2005), to Dean Karnazes (2004: 27:30:20; finished second by 8 minutes) and Scott Jurek (2005: 26:33:00; finished second by 1:57). His 2005 time is the ninth best time ever in the history of the race. The Badwater Ultramarathon is a 135-mile (217 km) ultramarathon through Death Valley in mid-July, starting at Badwater Basin, the second-lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, 282 feet below sea level, and finishing 8300 feet up Mount Whitney. With a cumulative vertical ascent of 13,000 ft (4000 m) and a cumulative descent of 4,700 ft (1400 m), and temperatures reaching 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius), it is considered by some people to be the most difficult footrace in the world.
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Foot racing was a form of competitive running and walking of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Usually it involved feats of endurance which would now be classified as ultramarathon. It evolved into pedestrianism.
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Beyond his WS100 exploits, Twietmeyer has won the Eagle Run in Canada, and completed the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc through France, Italy, and Switzerland. He has completed over 200 marathon and ultramarathon races.
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Márta Vass (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈma:rtə ˈvɑːʃ], born July 6, 1962 in Marcali and raised in Nemesdéd, Hungary) is a Hungarian ultramarathon runner, former IAU100km European champion and multiple IAU 100 km World Championship medallist.
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The start timing for the marathon differ according to each category. The ultramarathon starts at 6:00AM, while the full marathon starts at 7:00AM and finally the half marathon starts at 8:00AM.
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Mónica Fernández, better known as Toti Fernández (born in Guatemala City on March 18, 1968) is a triathlete and ultramarathon runner, lecturer, author, entrepreneur and mother. She won the 2000 and 2001 Ultraman events.
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In 1967, when he was 45, Paffenbarger took up competitive running, and finished more than 150 marathon and ultramarathon events. He ran the Boston Marathon 22 times and the Western States Endurance Run five times.
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The route of the Tour du Mont Blanc is used for an annual ultramarathon event called the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. The winning time is usually around 20 hours to complete the entire circuit.
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Dipali Cunningham (born August 27, 1958) from Melbourne, Australia now she lives in New York City, USA is an ultramarathon woman runner. Dipali is a Disciple from the spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy over 30 years.
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10,000 Miles is a 2016 Taiwanese sports drama film directed by Simon Hung and starring Sean Huang, Megan Lai and Darren Wang. The film is executive produced by Jay Chou and ultramarathon runner Kevin Lin.
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Miguel Caballero Ortega (born Madrid, 8 July 1982Miguel Caballero Ortega, Corredor de Montaña.) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and ultramarathon runner.Caballero Ortega, Miguel, DUV. He is member of the mountain club () of the Guardia Civil.
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Serge Girard is a French ultramarathon runner born in 1953. He fulfilled the challenge of running across the 5 continents without a single day off. He is not related to French hurdler Patricia Girard-Léno.
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The Marlborough Downs Challenge is an ultramarathon across the Marlborough Downs. The race is nearly all on footpaths. It starts and finishes in Marlborough and the course goes as far as Devizes. The distance is .
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Later the same year, in her ultramarathon debut, she placed second in the 90 kilometer Ultravasan in Sweden. In early 2016 she became ski mountaineering Swedish champion at Keb Classic (with Jenny Råghall) and won the Transvulcania mountain ultramarathon in the Canary Islands. Nilsson, who during her track & field career seldom ran as far as , now competed in a number of longer races. In 2016 and again in 2017 she became Swedish road running champion in the masters athletics class for women 35 years.
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The Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon was an annual ultramarathon foot race held between 1983 and 1991. It was sponsored by the Westfield Group, with the start being at Westfield Parramatta shopping centre and the finish at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre (formerly known as "Doncaster Shoppingtown"). The , five-day event was regarded as one of the toughest in the world. It was particularly notable for having been won in 1983 by Cliff Young, an almost unknown 61-year-old potato farmer from Beech Forest, Victoria.
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Fred. Olsen Tenerife Bluetrail, better known simply as Tenerife Bluetrail (formerly CajaMar Tenerife Bluetrail), is an ultramarathon by mountain that offers five modalities of different characteristics for people with or without disabilities. It is celebrated every year in the month of June in the island of Tenerife (Spain). This ultramarathon began its first edition in 2011 and has since been organized by the Cabildo de Tenerife. It is the highest race in Spain and second in Europe as a section crosses the Teide National Park (3,555 meters).
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The River Shimanto Ultramarathon, also referred to as Shimantogawa Ultra Marathon (四万十川ウルトラマラソン), is a 100 km and 60 km ultramarathon foot road race event held annually in October in Kochi, Japan since 1995. It is an official 100 km and 60 km event endorsed by JAAF. Its 1998 event was held as IAU 100 km World Championship. Time limit for the 100 km race is 14 hours, and that for the 60 km race is 9 hours and 30 minutes.
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Since 2006, one of the four stages of Archery World Cup events are held at the Antalya Centennial Archery Field. It also hosted European Weightlifting Championship in 2012, European Beach Volleyball Championship in 2003, European Triathlon Championship in 2013 and World Kickboxing Championships in 2013. Since 2010, an international multiday trail running ultramarathon, called Lycian Way Ultramarathon, is held on the historical Lycian Way. The event runs eastward on a route of around from Ölüdeniz in Fethiye district of Muğla Province to Antalya in six days.
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The Cliff Young Australian 6 Day Race is an ultramarathon race that takes place in Colac, Victoria. One of a small handful of Six Day races around the world, the Cliff Young has had many fine performances culminating in November 2005 with Yiannis Kouros, arguably the best multiday runner in the world, setting a new world 6 Day record. It started in 1983 and was renamed in 2004 after Cliff Young, a Colac farmer and winner of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Westfield's Ultramarathon in May 1983.
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In June 2009, Castro participated in the Midnight Boogie 50 mile ultramarathon. In 2014, he visited the South Pole with other wounded veterans and soldiers from the United States and Britain after intense hiking, skiing training.
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Davies, C., Thompson, M. Aerobic performance of female marathon and male ultramarathon athletes. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 41:233-245, 1979.Hagan, R., Strathman, L., Gettman, L. Oxygen uptake and energy expenditure during horizontal treadmill running.
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In September 2013, Bernier trained for and ran an ultramarathon across his riding to raise funds for a local food bank. In 2014, Bernier participated in the Rodeo de Cochons after being challenged by a local mayor.
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She has also twice won Hungary's top ultramarathon race, the five-day Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon. She won the IAU 24 Hour World Championship in 2001.Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07). IAU 24 Hour Championships.
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The Te Houtaewa Challenge has a 62 km race on ninety mile beach, Northland. The runners have to contend with rising tides and soft beach sand and the March race dates often means the race is run in the cyclone season. In 2014 the ultramarathon was postponed because of Cyclone Lucy. The Tarawera Ultramarathon is currently one of the most competitive ultras in New Zealand and part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour. In December 2013 in Auckland, Kim Allan ran 500 km in 86 hours, 11 minutes, and 9 seconds, breaking the women's record.
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Memorial stone near Eisenach Race number 1983 The Rennsteiglauf (full name GutsMuths-Rennsteiglauf) is a trail running event on the Rennsteig path in the Thuringian Forest. The longest course is an ultramarathon currently 72.7 km from Eisenach to Schmiedefeld and part of the European Ultramarathon Cup. Other competitions are a marathon (42.195 km) from Neuhaus am Rennweg to Schmiedefeld, a half marathon from Oberhof to Schmiedefeld, short cross country races for people with intellectual disabilities and several hiking courses from 10 to 50 km. Since 1973, the race has taken place annually in May.
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The competition signalled commitment to the sport in Qatar, with Doha hosting its first ultramarathon in the months preceding the 2014 championship.Aspire Logistics to host IAU 50km final. Gulf Times (2014-03-06). Retrieved on 2016-07-08.
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The route of the 130k İznik Ultramarathon, established in 2012, passes through villages in Orhangazi district around Lake İznik. An 80k part of it, the Orhangazi Ultra, ends in Örnekköy in Orhangazi district on the route's westernmost point.
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The Way Too Cool 50K Endurance Run is an annual ultramarathon run in the Sierra Nevada, that starts and ends in the town of Cool. The race takes place in early March, and was first held in 1990.
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In September 2011, she met Alper Dalkılıç, a Turkish ultra runner during the 2011 Lycian Way Ultramarathon in southern Turkey. One month after she returned home, she decided to move to Turkey. Since then, she has lived in Istanbul.
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Bongmusa Mthembu (born 27 June 1983) is a South Africa ultramarathon runner. He was born in Bulwer, a village near Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. After matriculation he left Bulwer for Pietermaritzburg. He was hired as a bricklayer.
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Gerda Steyn (born 3 March 1990) is a South African marathon and ultramarathon athlete. She set the Comrades Marathon up-run record in 2019 with a mark of 5:58:53, becoming the first woman under 6 hours for that race.
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In 2001, Schuurs finished 5th and best Dutch runner in the 50 kilometer Dead Sea Ultramarathon.Dead Sea Ultramarathon 2001 - UltraNed He also became third in the Himalaya Run and finished earlier than renowned marathon runner Gerard Nijboer in the Jungfrau Marathon.
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Openings here in the forest surrounded by evergreens resemble such openings near treeline in higher mountain ranges. The park also serves as the finish line for The Assault on Mount Mitchell and the midpoint for the Mount Mitchell Challenge ultramarathon.
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A 10 km trail around Elk and Beaver Lakes is popular with the local running community; it serves as the course for a yearly ultramarathon series. The Victoria City Rowing Club boathouse is located on the southeast corner of Elk Lake.
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She then went on to complete Comrades Marathon 2019 Finisher the 2019 up run Comrades Marathon (86.83K) in 10:44:56 to secure her second Bronze medal and the back-to-back medal. She is the first and only woman from Pune to have finished her back-to-back runs in the Bronze category. She ran her longest distance so far, 100K in Pune Ultramarathon 100K Finisher Pune Ultramarathon in November 2017. She was the only woman to run in that event and was placed fifth amongst all men and women with a timing of 13:54.
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Shapiro-Ikenberry was the first USA Marathon Championships winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon in San Mateo, California, with a time of 2:55:17. In 1977, she won the US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.
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Rhys Jenkins is a Welsh male ultramarathon runner. He currently holds the world record for the fastest attempt to complete the Wales Coast Path starting from Chester to Chepstow. He is also a goodwill ambassador for the mental toughness fitness brand Rokman.
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In his fifties to mid-sixties, he averaged a marathon or ultramarathon a month, run mostly on trails. Running and active living extended into his transportation research as well, including involvement in several National Academy projects and research on "Running to Work".
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Nance's ultramarathon highlights include 250 km crossings of China's Gobi Desert and Chile's Atacama Desert where he was the top American finisher. He is best known for completing 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents while battling stomach flu in February 2019.
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1:50000 Landranger Sheet 62. North Kintyre & Tarbert. As of 2018, it was estimated that between one and two thousand people completed the entire route each year. The Kintyre Way ultramarathon has been held annually along parts of the route since 2007.
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In the middle of the valley, a creek runs, carrying water from a spring in nearby Faralya village to the sea. A road from Ölüdeniz to Uzunyurt, which is part of the Lycian Way Ultramarathon route, runs atop the rocks around the valley.
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Mohamad won the Volcano Marathon in 2013, on an elevation of 4500m. In 2015 he and his brother created their own ultramarathon in Morocco, the Trans Atlas Marathon. Mohamad Ahansal lives in the German city of Ingolstadt and runs for MTV Ingolstadt.
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There are also 18 furnished cabins available for rental. There is one swimming area in the park. Starting in 2011, Chain O'Lakes State Park has served as the site of The HUFF 50K Trail Run and Relay, the twelfth largest ultramarathon in North America.
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Roger Quemener (France, 17 June 1941) is a former French racewalker, who was a legend of the Ultramarathon race Paris-Colmar winning seven times. He was thus the record of the number of wins, until Polish racewalker Grzegorz Adam Urbanowski brought it to ten wins.
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Card The 12+24 Hour Race Basel is an Ultramarathon race in Basel, Switzerland. The run takes place annually in May, organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. It is held on the Sports Facilities St. Jakob on a 1,1 kilometer route (0,68 miles).
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IAAF (2012-09-11). Retrieved on 2015-03-21. He has set also course records for the Long Haul 100-miler, Umstead 100-miler, The Keys 100-miler and won the Badwater Ultramarathon and Western States among many others. He was born in Trenton, Michigan.
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The 24-Hour National Championship was included in a weekend-long "celebration of ultrarunning," including 6-hour, 12-hour, and 48-hour events. Check the AUA website (www.americanultra.org) for further updates. This multi-day event comprises ultramarathon, 24-hour race and a 48-hour race.
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Shermer's best known bicycling is in the very long distance ultramarathon road racing discipline. Shermer is a founding member of the Ultra Cycling Hall of Fame. During the course of his cycling career, Shermer worked with cycling technologists in developing better products for the sport.
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Two other races use the same course route: the Double Dipsea, held in late June, and the Quad Dipsea, an ultramarathon, which takes place in late November. Despite the use of the Dipsea name, these two races are not officially affiliated with the Dipsea Race.
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The Dartmoor Discovery is an ultramarathon run around Dartmoor in early June (recently the first Saturday in June). The race is entirely on roads. It starts and finishes in Princetown, famous as the home of Dartmoor Prison. The current distance is 52.115 km (32 miles 674 yards).
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The backyard ultra is a form of ultramarathon race where competitors must consecutively run the distance of 6706 meters (4.167 miles) in less than one hour. When each lap is completed, the remaining time within the hour is typically used to recover for the next hour's race.
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The Spine Race is a winter ultramarathon held over a distance of around from Edale, England, to Kirk Yetholm, Scotland, along the Pennine Way. Participants are allowed seven days to complete the course.Sidetracked: The 2017 Montane Spine Race. The race has been held annually since 2012.
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Coast to Kosciuszko (C2K) is a ultramarathon race run each December in New South Wales, Australia. The race commences at Twofold Bay (at sea level) and concludes at Charlotte Pass ( above sea level) after reaching the summit of Mount Kosciuszko (Australia's highest point at above sea level).
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The Mountainman is a single stage mountain ultramarathon in Switzerland. The distance is approximately 80 km, with a total elevation gain of 5.000 m. It is widely regarded as the most difficult foot race in Switzerland and belongs to the most difficult races in Europe.Homepage www.fitforlife.
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Aurélia Truel (born 4 April 1975) is a French ultramarathon runner, who specialises in trail running. She came second at the 2013 IAU Trail World Championships in Llanrwst, Wales, and was part of teams that won the 2011, 2013 and 2016 Trail World Championship team events.
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The Lean Horse Ultramarathon is run in August every year in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was first run in 2005. It features a 100-mile race, a 50-mile race, and a 50-kilometer race. Most of the course is on the George S. Mickelson Trail.
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In keeping with her marathon hobby, on August 1, 2020, Judge Karofsky was sworn into office following the thirty-fifth mile of an "ultramarathon," by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet in a ceremony also attended by former governor Jim Doyle. She then ran another sixty-five miles.
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Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (born 25 January 1964) is a British ultramarathon runner. She was the 1996 winner of the IAU 100 km European Championships and won the IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993 and 1998.IAU 100 Kilometres European Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.
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By 2009, Palmiero-Winters had decided to switch from marathons to the more demanding ultramarathons, which are races longer than the marathon distance of 26.2 miles. She would run ten ultramarathons between 2009 and 2010, finishing first in the female division at the Heartland 100 Mile in October 2009 and finishing first overall at the Arizona Road Racers Run to the Future twenty-four-hour race on December 31, 2009 by running 130.4 miles during the allotted time. It was the first time an amputee had won an ultramarathon. After this performance, Palmiero-Winters was named to the US ultrarunning team for the IAU 24-Hour Ultramarathon World Championships in Brive, France.
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Nance began running as a senior in high school and completed his first marathon in college, qualifying for the 2011 and 2012 Boston Marathon. Nance ran his first ultramarathon, a 50 km on the UK's Jurassic Coast, in December 2011 and finished 10th place. He has since completed numerous international ultramarathons, including in Chile, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the UK. Nance finished a 250 km ultramarathon across the Gobi Desert in June 2014. Nance's Gobi crossing was profiled by Adventure World Magazine where he credited the encouragement of fellow runners and the medical team's professionalism for enabling him to finish the 250 km footrace despite injuring his knee halfway.
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Scott Gordon Jurek (born October 26, 1973) is an American ultramarathoner, author, and public speaker. Throughout his running career, Jurek was one of the most dominant ultramarathon runners in the world, winning the Hardrock Hundred (2007), the Badwater Ultramarathon (2005, 2006), the Spartathlon (2006, 2007, 2008), and the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run (1999–2005). In 2010, at the 24-Hour World Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Jurek won a silver medal behind Shingo Inoue and set a new US record for distance run in 24 hours with 165.7 miles (an average pace of 8 minutes and 42 seconds per mile). Jurek has followed a vegetarian diet since 1997, and a vegan diet since 1999.
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Donald Alexander Ferguson Ritchie (6 July 1944 – 16 June 2018) was a Scottish ultramarathon runner. He was born in 1944 at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, which was then being used as a wartime maternity hospital. His parents were Alec Ritchie and Rachel (née Ferguson).Don Ritchie, The Stubborn Scotsman (Nottingham, 2016), 9.
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The Nibelungensteig-Marathon is a so-called ultramarathon, i.e. its distance of 53 kilometers is longer than the usual distance for marathons. The marathon has been taking place once a year, mostly in the fall, since 2008. The runners have to overcome approximately 1,400 meters elevation gain.„Nibelungensteig“-Marathon am 1.
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In the mid-1970s while in his mid-forties, Erskine, as a member of the Millrose Athletic Association, became a champion ultramarathoner participating in such races as the Boston and New York Marathons, the New York Road Runner Club's Metropolitan 50 Miler, as well as the London to Brighton Ultramarathon.
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The Barkley Marathons is an unusual ultramarathon event that has been held annually in the park since 1984. Competitors are challenged to run a course in under 60 hours. The course is unmarked and traverses very rugged and brushy terrain.Lisa Jhung, The Impervious Barkley Marathons, Runner's World, April 6, 2010.
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Oswaldo Lopez is a long-distance runner, specializing in Ultramarathons. He is most well known for winning the Badwater Ultramarathon in 2011. He has also won the Iron Horse 100 Miler, the Yellowstone-Teton 100 Miler, the Tahoe Midnight Express Ultra 72 Miler, and other races. Lopez lives in Madera, California.
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The history of the London to Brighton Race Ultramarathon World,David Blaikie 1998 In 1994 Hunter- Rowe won the prestigious Two Oceans Marathon, a 56 km race held in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2002 she won the Dartmoor Discovery - a 52 km road race which starts and finishes in Princetown.
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Also featured on the accounts are dogs Golbeck fosters along with her adopted dogs. Golbeck also manages various other social media accounts, such as jen runs with dogs, which highlights her experiences as an ultramarathon runner. Podcasts produced by Golbeck include The Golden Ratio Podcast, Murders in Paradise, and Runs With Dogs.
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The club has spent time in the Spanish top flight, but have in recent decades primarily played in the second division of Spanish football. Also worth mentioning is the ultramarathon CajaMar Tenerife Bluetrail, the highest race in Spain and second in Europe, with the participation of several countries and great international repercussions.
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Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (born August 27, 1970) is a Finnish ultramarathon runner who began running as a hobby at age 25. He currently works as a courier. Aalto is a member of The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. In 2006, Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, recognized him as an "International Ambassador of Sport".
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The "Young Shuffle" has been adopted by some ultramarathon runners because it expends less energy. At least three winners of the Sydney- to-Melbourne race were known to use the "Young Shuffle" to win the race. In 2010, comedian Hannah Gadsby named her Sydney Comedy Festival show "The Cliff Young Shuffle" in tribute.
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He blogs occasionally about the urban food revolution at urbanfoodrevolution.com and on issues of sustainability and civic governance in Vancouver and elsewhere on his personal website. He is a former age-group record holder in the North Shore Knee-knackering Trail run, a 50-km ultramarathon from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove.
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Lisa Smith-Batchen is an ultramarathon runner and Ironman competitor. She was the first American to win Marathon des Sables.Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall. Alfred A. Knopfe, New York, 2009 Smith-Batchen has been featured in cover stories in The NY Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post and Winning Magazine.
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Kis-Király's European Championship Award (Moreuil, France, 1991) The highlights of his ultramarathon career include his European Cup victory achieved in Hirtenberg, Austria in 1985, his victory earned with a distance of 150,838 km, in the 12-hour event in Szeged, Hungary in 1987, and his European Championship title in the 12-hour event in Moreuil, France in 1991. Wins in additional ultramarathon events and stage races include feats such as the 61 km run from Zagreb to Cazma, Yugoslavia (1984) or Austria Cross (749 km in 7 days) and the Race Across the Sahara Desert in 13 stages in Algeria in 1986. Also in 1986, Kis-Király was the runner-up behind Yiannis Kouros in the gruelling Spartathlon race from Athens to Sparta.
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The RacingThePlanet Ultramarathon was introduced in 2008 as the 4 Deserts saw a desire for multi-day, multi-stage races in new countries. The concept was to supplement with 4 Deserts Race Series with one-off races in new locations each year. These locations did not have to be deserts, but it was preferred that they would retain some of the most desirable elements of the races in the original series including locations that were off the beaten track and where beautiful, cultural and physically challenging courses could be set. So far, the RacingThePlanet Ultramarathon has been held in Vietnam (2008), Namibia (2009), Australia (2010), Nepal (2011), Jordan (2012), Iceland (2013) and Madagascar (2014), Ecuador (2015), Sri Lanka (2016), Patagonia (2017) and New Zealand (2019).
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Tarawera Ultramarathon is an event which now includes a 102-kilometer and a 100-mile ultramarathon trail race with the inaugural even held in 2009. It is held annually in Rotorua New Zealand. Awards are given to top men and women finishers in each category. The course record in the 100-mile race is held by the Australian Vladimir Shatrov and was set in the 2020 edition in a time of 15h 53m 30s among a field of more than 1,450 entrants. Past 100-mile race winners include American Jim Walmsley who described the course as “extremely hot, but beautiful” upon finishing the 2017 edition which was held in February of that year; seasonal rivers, chirping cicadas, and green tree canopy decorated the course.
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Junko Kazukawa (数川 純子 Kazukawa Junko, born 1963) is a Japanese-born ultrarunner who currently lives in Denver, Colorado, U.S. A two-time breast- cancer survivor, Kazukawa competes in marathon, ultramarathon and cycling events. She was the first person to complete the Leadville series and the Ultrarunning Grand Slam in a single year.
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Tryavna Ultra () is one of the biggest ultramarathon races in Bulgaria. It is held every year in July in the region around Tryavna. The longest course is 141 km long with 5840 m of elevation gain. Two additional courses are available - 76 km with 2820 m of elevation gain and 23 km with 706 m.
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David Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, motivational speaker, and author. He is a retired United States Navy SEAL and former United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party member who served in the Iraq War. His self-help memoir, Can't Hurt Me, was released in 2018.
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Since 2012 Àlex is organizing the Rovaniemi 150 Arctic Winter Race www.rovaniemi150.com. Rovaniemi150 (150 km) is the first, and still the only one (2017) polar winter ultramarathon in Europe which combines three categories: fatbike, ski and run. Since 2014 he also organize the Lapland Extreme Challenge www.laplandextremechallenge.com, 1000 kilometers in Finnish Lapland in winter.
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Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born September 3, 1942) is a former long distance runner. Shapiro-Ikenberry won the 1967 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Las Vegas Marathon, and was the first USA Marathon Championships winner for women in 1974, at the AAU National Women's Marathon. She also won the 1977 US National 50-Mile Track Ultramarathon Championship.
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She also appears in a film about the Badwater Ultramarathon, entitled Running Under the Sun.Lisa Smith-Batchen Bio Retrieved November 26, 2009 Smith-Batchen lives in Driggs, Idaho. She has two children with her husband Jay Batchen."The Long Road Back" , by Christopher McDougall, Runner's World August 2004 They run Dreamchasers Outdoor Adventure Club together.
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The popular Wadi Bih ultramarathon takes place each year on the Musandam Peninsula in Oman on the first weekend of February. The 72-km solo event is an out and back course, starting at Dibba and climbing 36km into mountainous terrain before the turnaround, taking some five hours to complete. It was founded in 1993.
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Daniel Paul "Danny" Chew (born August 26, 1962) is an American former professional road racing and ultramarathon cyclist who twice won the Race Across America. He is also co-founder and promoter of the Dirty Dozen, an annual road bicycle race over Pittsburgh's thirteen steepest hills. Chew is a 2014 inductee into the UltraCycling Hall of Fame.
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He was also third in the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge that year when the event was incorporated into the Kaisermarathon in Söll.IAAF: Lauenstein and Pichrtova win Kaisermarathon Titles in Söll. He won the Hammer Trail in Denmark, his first ultramarathon, in 2012.Salomon Trail Tour: Hammertime: Ricky Lightfoot Relives his Danish 50 Miler at the Hammer Trail.
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By finishing in 27:43:10, she received the bronze buckle presented to runners who finish in under thirty hours. In 2011 Palmiero-Winters became the first female amputee to finish the Badwater Ultramarathon. She had a finish time of 41:26:42. In 2019 she became the first female amputee to finish the Marathon Des Sables.
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He finished the race in a time of 24:51:47. On September 15, 2018, Graglia started the ultramarathon across Chile's Atacama Desert. The translation company TransPerfect sponsored his run. Following the run, Graglia was officially certified as the new Guinness Book World Record holder for the fastest-ever crossing of Chile’s Atacama Desert on foot.
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The company has sponsored ultrarunning athletes, rock climbers, and related events in the United States since 1996, and now supports 88 athletes. It also hosts and sponsors ultrarunning and trail running events in the United States. The Montrail Ultra Cup is a series of six ultrarunning events, culminating at the Western States Endurance Run, a 100 mile ultramarathon.
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There are two running races along the trail. A race in May was started in 2007 by Bogie Dumitrescu. It is and goes the whole length of the trail beginning at the northern terminus. A longer out-and-back ultramarathon version starts at the southern terminus and runs all the way to the northern terminus and back.
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Olesya running in Pinetown during the 2014 Comrades Marathon Olesya Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; ) is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Two Oceans Marathon 3 times and the Comrades Marathon twice, and together with her identical twin Elena Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.
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Elena Nurgalieva running in the 2012 Comrades Marathon Elena Leonidovna Nurgalieva (born 9 January 1976 in Perm Krai; ) is a Russian ultramarathon runner. She won the Comrades Marathon 8 times and the Two Oceans Marathon 4 times, and with her identical twin Olesya Nurgalieva dominated the Comrades and Two Oceans Marathons, South Africa's main ultramarathons, from 2003 to 2014.
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The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distances, and tracks world records in ultra distance races approved by IAU. IAU operates under the patronage of the IAAF and follows IAAF rules.
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Sporting life in Rodgau is in the care of 55 sport clubs in the town. Among the regular yearly highlights in municipal sport are the 50-km-Ultramarathon Rodgau run by RLT Rodgau in January, a triathlon in August, the 24-Stunden-Lauf Rodgau (24-hour walk) in September and the Drachenfest (“Dragon Festival”), likewise in September.
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The South Downs Trail Marathon starts in the village of Slindon (near Arundel) and ends at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park (to the south of Petersfield.) Longer events that take in the South Downs Way include a 100-mile running 'ultramarathon' and mountain biking 75 mile night time race from Beachy Head to Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
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Mohamad Ahansal (born January 1, 1973) is a Moroccan ultramarathon runner best known for his 5 wins of the Marathon des Sables and has taken part in it 19 times. His first victory in this race came in 1995. His brother Lahcen has won the race 10 times. He first started running at the age of 17.
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Association of Road Running Statisticians. Retrieved on 2015-03-21. In 2002, just two weeks after winning the European 24-hour Championship, she set a world record over 24 hours on the track as well as a 100-mile world record en route. Based on those accomplishments, Ultramarathon World voted her the top female ultramarathoner of 2002.
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Marathons have been run in the island for over 100 years, there is an annual marathon together with a number of half marathons and shorter runs organised annually. There is an annual ultramarathon which follows the coast of the island for 36 miles. The Easter running festival is also popular with its cross-country course. Athletes also compete within and for Hampshire County.
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Multiday races are ultramarathon running events which are typically either segmented into daily events of a specified distance or time, or staged so that runners can run as far as they want, at their own discretion, over a set course or over a set number of days. Multiday races can range from continuous 48-hour track events to staged transcontinental treks.
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The 1986 24-hour Multiplex Marathon was held at the Multiplex fitness centre in Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago. It was the first time an ultra event had been held in the area. Robinson was one of 16 competitors, four of them women. The London to Brighton Race, from the 1960s to the 1980s was considered the premier race in the ultramarathon calendar.
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Distances in races vary widely, from 5 km, to over 100 miles (161 km). Many trail races are of ultramarathon (ultra) distance. Ultras are generally accepted as having a distance of greater than 26.2 miles (42.16 km) though 50 km races are the most common 'standard' ultra distance greater than a marathon. Races of similar distance often differ significantly in terms of terrain.
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Ian Sharman, born 30 August 1980, is a British ultramarathon runner, coach, and blogger for iRunFar living in Bend, OR. He currently holds the record for the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and is the winner of the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Leadville Trail 100. He holds 9 Guinness Book of World's records for running marathons in costumes in the fastest time.
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In 2013 and 2015 Muir won the Tarawera Ultramarathon and she has won the Kepler Challenge six times. In 2013 she also won the Otter African Trail Run in South Africa. In 2014 Muir suffered an injury while running the Ultra Du Mont Blanc in France and as a result she began running shorter races. In 2015 she won the Wellington Marathon.
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Pam Reed Pamela J. Reed (born February 27, 1961, Palmer, Michigan, United States) is an American ultrarunner who resides in Tucson, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming. She is the race director for the Tucson Marathon. In 2002, Reed was the first woman to become the overall winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon. She subsequently repeated as overall winner of the race in 2003.
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Elena Polyakova () (born March 22, 1981) is a Russian female ultramarathon runner, and formerly a female bodybuilder. Elena Polyakova was born on March 22, 1981 in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, a closed city in Russia. She performed sports in athletics and body building, and won a number of cups. A travel agent from profession, she seasonally was working in Antalya, Turkey since 2005.
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Gensler lives in Baltimore with his three daughters, Anna, Lee and Isabel. Gensler was married to filmmaker and honored photo collagist Francesca Danieli from 1986 until her death from breast cancer in 2006. Gensler is an avid runner who has finished nine marathons and one 50-mile ultramarathon. He also is an accomplished mountain climber, having summited Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Other notable athlete feats include setting the FKT on the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup (UT). His record was set on 16 September 2018 with a time of 15 hours 59 minutes. Loomis continues as a multi sport athlete living in Alaska where he coaches Nordic combined skiing. He devotes free time to perfecting homemade apple sauce and scouting for 100 kilometer ultramarathon races.
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It is the highest point on the Two Oceans Marathon ultramarathon route. Many hiking routes start at Constantia Nek. To the south, a path heads over Vlakkenberg towards Constantiaberg. To the north, the Jeep Track (also called the Bridle Path) ascends to the reservoirs on the "back table" of Table Mountain, while the contour path heads into Cecilia Park and northwards towards Kirstenbosch.
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Timed events are generally run on a track or a short road course, often one mile (1.6 km) or less. There are some self-supported ultramarathon stage races in which each competitor has to carry all their supplies including food to survive the length of the race, typically a week. An example of this is the Grand to Grand Ultra in the USA.
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Garneau began running at age eleven in her hometown of Vernon, British Columbia. She ran several marathons before running her first ultramarathon in 2004 by competing in the Canadian Death Race. In 2008, she was part of the Canadian team which won the Transalpine-Run in the Alps. In 2009, she placed third at the 50 mile San Francisco North Face Endurance Challenge.
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The Cradle Mountain Run is an 82 km long Australian ultramarathon that follows the Overland Track. It is Australia's oldest endurance race and has run annually from 1980. Entrance is highly controlled due to environmental concerns. The men's race record of 7:25 is held by Andy Kromar and the women's race record of 8:13 is held by Hanny Allston.
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Route of the path 'Camí de Cavalls' The Trail Menorca Camí de Cavalls (also referred to as TMCdC) is a single-staged ultramarathon race held in the island of Menorca, Spain. It goes around the whole island through the Camí de Cavalls, covering a total of . It is a qualifying race for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, allowing currently the acquisition of 4 qualification points.
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Nunes has also been successful in longer races. In 2001 he won the Spartathlon in Greece in a time of 23 hours, 18 minutes and 5 seconds. He is a former record holder at the Badwater Ultramarathon. In 2007 he was the first runner to finish the race in less than 24 hours, setting a course record of 22 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds.
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Tim Twietmeyer (born November 30, 1958) is an Auburn, California-based ultramarathon runner and an engineering manager at Hewlett Packard, in Roseville in the U.S. state of California. Twietmeyer is also an accomplished mountain biker, road cyclist, and retired almost-scratch golfer and swimmer. He is best known for his five victories and unprecedented 25 sub-24 hour finishes at the Western States Endurance Run.
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The 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series is an annual series of four 250-kilometer (155-mile) races across deserts around the globe."Hercules Wimbledon athletics round-up: Felix Allen finishes third in gruelling Sahara Race" London News Online. Retrieved 2017-05-30. The races were recognized as the world's leading endurance footrace series by TIME magazine in 2009 and 2010, as the "Ultimate test of human endurance".
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The Trans-Gaule is a trans-national ultramarathon the second longest multiday race in France after Le Tour de France Footrace (43days 2776km).It consists of eighteen stages in eighteen consecutive days with a total of 1,150 km, from Roscoff in the English Channel to the Mediterranean. This event is the equivalent to Germany's Deutschlandlauf, the Trans-Europe and the Trans- American Footrace race.
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Sandra May Barwick (born 1949) is a New Zealand ultramarathon runner who set a new six-day track world record in Campbelltown, Australia, 18-24 November 1990. Covering 549 miles 110 yards in six days, Barwick set a record that still stands today. In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Barwick was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.
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Various other sports played on Tenerife include cycling, rowing, tennis, squash, horse riding, judo, karate, and athletics. Club Atletismo Tenerife CajaCanarias is the island's most noted athletic club. Also worth mentioning is the ultramarathon CajaMar Tenerife Bluetrail, the highest race in Spain and second in Europe,Tenerife Bluetrail, la carrera más alta de España with the participation of several countries and great international repercussions.
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Namibia's harsh climate and arid conditions make the country a top spot for different extreme sport events like desert runs and ultra-triathlons. One such event, the 2009 250 km RacingThePlanet: Namibia ultramarathon through the Fish River Canyon, across the Namib Desert, and along the Skeleton Coast to Lüderitz had 213 runners from 38 countries start the 7-day, 6-stage race and 167 finish.
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Prior to the ultramarathon incident, Pitt was a healthy, fit athlete. As a result of her injuries in the fire, she was placed in a medically-induced coma for a month. All the fingers of her right hand, and two fingers on her left, had to be amputated. She endured six months in hospital, underwent over 200 operations and spent two years in recovery.
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In 1995, Karnazes founded Energy Well Natural Foods in San Francisco and he remains president of the company, now called Good Health Natural Foods.Wilson, Sara, On the Run: Pushing limits in business and life keeps the ultramarathon man going., Entrepreneur, March 2006 Karnazes is also a regular columnist for Men's Health. In 2011, Karnazes opened a Frozen-Yogurt shop in San Anselmo, California called U-Top It.
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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport.
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Ravil Iskhakovich Kashapov, мсмк (; born 15 November 1956) is a Russian ultramarathon and former marathon runner. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Summer Olympics. He is currently an assistant professor at Kama State Institute of Physical Culture, as well as vice-president of the Tatarstan Athletics Federation. He was named a Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class.
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In recognition of the first successful ascent of the highest peak in the world by the duo of Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953, this event was officially named the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon. The marathon includes three different categories for its participants, which include a 60km extreme ultramarathon race, a 42km full marathon race and a 21km Half Marathon race.
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Wild was born on 8 September 1984 in Thurso.Deutsche Ultramarathon-Vereinigung: Finlay Wild.Jonny Muir, "The Monarch of the Glen", The Mountains are Calling (Dingwall, 2018). He gained an affinity with the outdoors through his parents Roger Wild, a mountain guide, and Fiona (née Hinde), an accomplished hill runner who won the Three Peaks Race in 1981 and the Carnethy 5 in 1981 and 1982.
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Although he hated running at first, after spending summers running on trails with ski poles, he found a new passion for trail running. On a challenge from training partner Dusty Olson, Jurek ran the Minnesota Voyageur 50 Mile in 1994, placing second in his first attempt at an ultramarathon, without even having run a marathon in training. Olson later served as Jurek's pacer in many races.
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Jurek's 2001 teammates were Dave Terry, Ian Torrence, and Nate McDowell. In 2002, he ran with McDowell, Brandon Sybrowsky, and Karl Meltzer. Jurek was also on the winning team of the 2003 Hasegawa Cup Japan Mountain Endurance Run. In 2005, just a few weeks after winning Western States, Jurek set a new course record in the Badwater Ultramarathon, widely considered one of the world's most difficult races.
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A 12-hour run is a form of ultramarathon in which each competitor tries to run as far as possible in 12 hours. The event is typically held on loops, but sometimes is held on tracks.If the loop is less than 1 km, run direction changes every 2-4 (sometimes 6) hours. Some races are held on trails and others are held on sidewalks in city parks.
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From 1981 to 1982, he was part of Ferris' state championship squad. He graduated from the high school in 1982, and received a distance running scholarship to the University of Washington, where he studied business and went on to work in accounting for Ernst & Young. He also ran his first ultramarathon at age 20. While at college in Seattle, Carmichael started working in the warehouse of Starbucks.
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Ida Nilsson (born February 8, 1981) is a Swedish long-distance runner who also competes in ski mountaineering. In 2003 - 2006 she won a total of ten gold medals in Swedish championships in track & field and cross country running, plus two NCAA gold medals. After many years away from training Nilsson won the Swedish championship in ski mountaineering in 2016 and a couple of months later won the prestigious Transvulcania ultramarathon.
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Registration for the 2012 Patrouille des Glaciers She is also competing in ultramarathon events.La révélation d'Andorre: Maude Mathys , January 24, 2012. In 2015 Mathys was reprimanded for an ADRV for using clomiphene, a fertility drug which features on the WADA Prohibited List under section S4: Hormone and Metabolic Modulators. Mathys was let off with a warning as the drug was being taken in the hope of getting pregnant.
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Richard Stephen Benyo (born April 20, 1946 at Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American journalist and veteran distance runner. He is the editor of Marathon & Beyond Magazine, a magazine devoted to marathon and ultramarathon running. He is also the former executive editor of Runner's World Magazine, and Anderson World Books, Inc. Benyo is the author of 17 books and has written extensively about running, health and fitness.
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Mahmut Yavuz (born 1982) is a Turkish Navy officer, who serves, currently as a lieutenant, in the SAT Commando (Underwater Attack) unit of the Marines and Special Forces. He is best known for his successful career as an ultramarathon runner and his indistinct fast speech. Mahmut Yavuz was born in 1982. At the age of 14, he entered the Naval High School on the island Heybeliada in Istanbul.
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In 2009 he did not compete at Badwater, but instead served on the crew for the youngest ever Badwater finisher. He won the Lean Horse Ultramarathon 100 mile race in 2007 and 2009, setting the course record in 2007. In November 2007 Kónya placed first at the U.S. 24 Hour National Championship race, running . He was not declared the national champion however, because he was not a U.S. Citizen.
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Competitors Kate Sanderson, Turia Pitt, Michael Hull and Shaun van der Merwe were burnt when they encountered a large wildfire. They were gravely injured; Kate Sanderson's injuries lead to the partial amputation of her left foot. The Western Australian government held an inquiry into the planning and actions of RacingThePlanet. The "Inquiry into 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon Event" was handed down to the WA Legislative Assembly on 16 August 2012.
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The race attracts endured runners of all abilities across the globe challenging their physical limits with ultimate passion towards ultrarunning. There's an eligibility criteria for the participation in this extreme ultramarathon. The runner must be over 21 years of age and must have finished minimum of two ultramarathons: at least one of which must be over 100 km long. The participation is based on the official invitations released by the organizers.
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Australia has seen a steep growth in ultrarunning events and participants in recent years. Many new races have come into inception, covering a range of ultramarathon distances from 50 km right through to multi-day events. The cornerstone of Australian Ultra events being such races as Ultra-Trail Australia 100, The Great North Walk Ultras, Surf Coast Century, Bogong to Hotham, Alpine Challenge, and the Cradle Mountain Run.
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The Australian Ultra Runners Association (AURA) has a comprehensive list and links of events and their respective results. New Zealand New Zealand's first ultramarathon, called the Kepler Challenge, was held on a trail through Fiordland National Park. It has been running since 1988 and is one of the country's most popular races. New Zealand's Northburn 100 ultra mountain run is the first 100-mile (160 km) race through the Northburn Station.
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The Trail des Cagous is another 60 km Ultramarathon held in April. Papua New Guinea has the Kokoda Challenge Race, an annual 96 km endurance race held in late August that runs the length of the historic Kokoda Track. Papua New Guinea also has the Great Kokoda Race, a multi-stage 96 km (3-day) race held in early July where competitors run or walk the length of the Kokoda Track.
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Dixie (Dirk) Dansercoer (born 12 July 1962, Nieuwpoort, Belgium) is a Belgian explorer, endurance athlete and photographer. He has held records or won prizes for high altitude mountain biking, windsurfing, ultramarathon running and expedition film-making. As a student, he spent a year in Moscow, Idaho, United States with AFS Intercultural Programs in 1980. In 1997-98, he made a record-breaking crossing of Antarctica with Alain Hubert.
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"Dreamwork Through Teamwork" Mycroft made history on 29 May 2016, along with Anita Engelbrecht, by being the first wheelchair athletes to complete the Comrades Marathon, an 89 kilometre ultramarathon run between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. This was the first time in the 95-year history of the event that a wheelchair athlete had successfully lobbied the organizers to have the rules changed. Wheelchair athletes were previously barred from participating.Comrades Marathon.
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The McNaughton Park Trail Runs, over distances of 50, 100, 150 and , is an annual ultramarathon running event held in Pekin, Illinois each spring on a rugged, ten-mile (16 km) loop course. All four races are run concurrently. The 150 and ultra are the only ones of that distance held in Illinois. The loop course is primarily a single lane footpath, through natural countryside including forests and meadows.
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Polar Bear Marathon is an extreme marathon race held since 2012 at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The race is held in the last week of November along Hudson Bay shore in extremely cold weather. The organizer of the Polar Bear Marathon is Albert Martens, a native of Steinbach, Manitoba, which is situated some 1000 km south of Churchill. Martens is a seasoned marathon runner who himself has participated in around 60 marathon and ultramarathon races, including Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, California. Martens came to the idea of marathon race in particularly challenging cold weather after running a marathon race at -32 °C in 2011. The challenge of the selected race route is related not only to tough weather (during 2013 race the temperatures dropped to -20 °C, or -41° with wind chill, while the runners in 2012 were "disappointed" by milder temperatures between -10° and -20°), but also to the abundance of polar bears in its vicinity.
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The Yukon Arctic Ultra is a series of non-stop multiday races that take place concurrently beginning in Whitehorse, Yukon at the beginning of February each year. The marathon, 100/300/430 mile races follow the course of the Yukon Quest. The longer races have three disciplines: mountain bike, xc-skis or foot. The race is billed as the toughest ultramarathon in the world where the temperatures can drop to -50 degrees plus wind chill.
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The Hardmoors Race Series features ultramarathons, marathons and shorter races based on the Cleveland Way route. Included in the ultramarathon series are a 110-mile race circumnavigating the entire length of the Cleveland Way, and a 55-mile and 60-mile race which race between Helmsley and Guisborough, and Guisborough and Filey respectively in differing directions. There are also longer routes which link up to other trails including the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
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American Elsa von Blumen competed as a pedestrian in events where she would walk 100 miles. Along with sensational feats of distance, gambling was a central attraction for the large, mostly working-class crowds which came to pedestrian events.Kelly Collins. Old Time Walk and Run: Ultramarathon Running, Lehigh University, 11 December 1996For a time the a sport columns in the New York Times bundled prize races for horses, running and walking events: The Turf.
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Born in the Jordanian capital Amman, the Hattab twins started their running career when they were 18 years old. Their potential ability came into light after only one year, when they took part in the 1999 Dead Sea ultramarathon. In the half- marathon competition, Lama came in 3rd, while Dima finished 4th. In 2000, they participated in the same race again, with Lama winning the marathon and Dima taking the ultra marathon (50 km) title.
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In recent years, some sport events that gather hundreds of participants are successfully held on a yearly basis, such as the triathlon race Extreme Man Menorca or the single-staged ultramarathon race Trail Menorca Camí de Cavalls. In 2014 it was announced that the island would host the 18th editions of the Island Games in 2019, however Menorca later pulled out of hosting the event, citing a change of government as the main reason.
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Sport in Slovenia consists of a wide range of team and individual sports. The most popular team sports are football, basketball, ice hockey and handball. While the most popular individual sports are skiing, ski jumping, athletics, cycling, and tennis. Slovenia has competed at fourteen Olympic Games since its inaugural appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics and is also known for its extreme sport athletes, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel and extreme skier Davo Karničar.
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The Grand Canyon 24 hour Ultra Marathon is a 24-hour ultramarathon that takes the participants through one of the most striking environments on earth, the Grand Canyon. The race took place for the first time in October, 2010. The race takes participants out on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the much less visited area of the Canyon. The race is a race in 24 hours, similar to the Namibian ultra marathon.
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Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University. After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events. She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties. When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came.
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ChiRunning was developed in 1999 by Danny Dreyer, an American ultramarathon runner, t'ai chi practitioner, and founder of the North Carolina-based company Chi Running. Instruction of the method is disseminated in several ways, including instructor led courses, books, and videos. A Forbes contributor claims that in 2004, Dreyer's first edition of his book, ChiRunning, was released and sold 150,000 copies however, there was no proper citation within his article to back up that claim.
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After several of his friends died in Afghanistan in a helicopter crash in 2005 during Operation Red Wings, Goggins began long-distance running with the aim of raising money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The Foundation gives college scholarships and grants to the children of fallen special operations soldiers. Competing in endurance challenges, including the Badwater Ultramarathon three times, has enabled Goggins to raise more than $2 million for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
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Badwater-135 results since 2000 He has participated in the Las Vegas Marathon where he placed highly. He also has participated in the Furnace Creek-508 (2009), an ultra-distance invitational Cycling Race. Three months after completing his first Badwater Ultramarathon in 2006, he competed in the Ultraman World Championships Triathlon in Hawaii. He placed second in the three-day, 320-mile race, cycling 261 miles in two days on a rented bicycle.
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The Leadville Trail 100 Run (aka The Race Across The Sky or the LT100) is an ultramarathon held annually on rugged trails and dirt roads near Leadville, Colorado, through the heart of the Rocky Mountains. First run in 1983, the race course climbs and descends , with elevations ranging from 9,200–12,620 feet (2,800–3,850 m). In most years, fewer than half the starters complete the race within the 30-hour time limit.
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The Grand Raid de la Réunion, also called La diagonale des fous (The Madmen (also chess' piece bishops)'s Diagonal) is a mountain ultramarathon race. The race takes place annually in October on Réunion island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, situated between Madagascar and Mauritius. The 162 km route with 9643 m of elevation gain is reputed to be highly challenging, brutally difficult and one of the hardest footraces in the world.
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IAAF: Lawson and Jannson Take IAU European 24 Hour Titles in Albi. He holds the record for longest distance run during a 24-hour Ultramarathon in India, and the record for distance run on a treadmill in 7 days, having run 521 miles. In August 2020, Lawson completed the distance from Land's End to John o' Groats in 9 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes and 2 seconds, setting the fastest time with robust supporting evidence.
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In 2014, the UltraMarathon Cycling Association published a set of rules for a "highest annual mileage record", conceived as a continuation of Tommy Godwin's 1939–40 record. Three riders set out to break this record in 2015: Steven Abraham of the UK, Kurt Searvogel of the US and William Pruett, also of the USA. Kurt Searvogel went on to break the record. In 2016-2017 Amanda Coker set the world record by 86,573.2 miles.
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Service members and civilians stationed at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, start the 24-Hour Run for Charity, April 16, 2011. A 24-hour run is a form of ultramarathon, in which a competitor runs as far as they can in 24 hours. They are typically held on 1- to 2-mile loops or occasionally 400-meter tracks. Top runners will often run or more, depending on conditions, and the best can go beyond .
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Edit Bérces (born May 16, 1964 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) is an ultramarathon runner, world record holder, former world and European champion. Berces is Hungary's most successful ultra runner. During her career she set several world records, four of which still stand, and holds virtually all Hungarian records from 100 kilometers to 48 hours. Top accomplishments include her 2000 world and European 100 kilometer titles and her 24-hour European championship victory in 2002.
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Johan Steene (born 1973) is a Swedish ultramarathon runner, most notable for winning the 2018 Big Dog's Backyard Ultra, at which he completed 68 laps or 283.335 miles of the course in 67 hours 48 minutes and 36 seconds, thus setting a new record on the course and beating notable ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter. In 2017, Steene took a bronze medal in the IAU 24 Hour World Championship, after completing 266.515 km in 24 hours.
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Fordyce was the world record holder over 50 miles from 1983, when he covered the distance in 4hr 50min 51sec during the 53m 1082yds London to Brighton ultramarathon until the record was broken by Jim Walmsley on 5 May 2019. Fordyce holds the 50-mile record for the United States All Comers Race and he is the former world record holder over 100 km (set in 1989, the year he skipped the Comrades Marathon).
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The umbrella becomes symbol of this movement, and thus called the Umbrella Revolution or the Umbrella Movement. On 29 October, the full-month of the Umbrella Movement, some distance runners conceived the idea to support the Movement and to show solidarity with protesters by running a course which shown an umbrella shape on the map of Hong Kong. Another reason to choose running to show their support was: "running is synonymous with freedom", added Olya Korzh, an ultramarathon champion.
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Aid stations supplying food and beverages are commonly located every 5 to 10 kilometers along the course. Ultramarathon aid stations are often stocked with dessert foods that provide runners with quickly digestible sugars that can provide a needed boost as their glycogen levels begin to drop. Most trail races only have a single stage, where competitors are timed over the entire duration of their run, including stops at aid stations. However, trail running stage races also exist.
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Jim Drummond holds the highest number of male finishes with 15 and Fiona Rennie has the highest number of female finishes with 11. The race record holder is Rob Sinclair with a time of 13 h 41 m 8 s, set in June 2017. The female record holder is Lucy Colquhoun of Aviemore with a time of 17 h 16 m 20 s, set in 2007. The West Highland Way Race is part of the Scottish Ultramarathon Series.
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Lon Haldeman is an American ultramarathon cyclist. Nicknamed "Marathon Lon", He was the catalyst for ultra distance bicycle racing. His first achievement was in 1979 when he won the Wisconsin End to End Record covering 407 miles in 23 hours 7 minutes. In the 1982 Great American Bike Race, later renamed the Race Across America, he completely changed the parameters, cycling for 9 days and 20 hours with three other cycling pioneers John Howard, John Marino and Michael Shermer.
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The new presenting team comprised Vipond, Patrick Winterton (who serves as lead commentator) and Lauren McCallum. The show's main focus is on "adventure" sports, usually concentrating on one or two main events in each edition. Sports featured include climbing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing, various forms of bicycle racing, and cross-country running, especially ultramarathon and multi-discipline events. The show also includes features on people working in the adventure sports industry, such as medical crews and instructors.
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Nikki Kimball (born May 23, 1971) is an American distance runner specializing in the Ultramarathon. She ran her first 100-mile race at the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run in 2004, and was the female winner. She was the winning female at Western States again in 2006 and 2007, becoming only the third woman to win Western States three times. In 2014, she won the Marathon Des Sables multi-stage endurance race on her first attempt.
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By combining sections of the three paths and the ferry, a circular walk around southern Loch Lomond is possible. In April 2018 an ultramarathon was due to be held along the route of the Three Lochs Way, but was cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice due to the company organising the event going into administration. Around 60 of the 700 people entered in the event chose to complete the course despite the lack of any organised support.
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The year of birth given in this book, 1920, and related age data, are erroneous per the preceding source (the athlete himself) and the cited obituaries.Distance running inspiration Ted Corbitt passes away at 88 was an American long- distance runner and an official of running organizations. Corbitt is often called "the father of long distance running." He was an ultramarathon pioneer, helping to revive interest in the sport in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
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RacingThePlanet (RTP) is an organizer of off-trail and rough-country endurance foot-races, including the 4 Deserts. The company also operates an outdoor products store and a dried foods company. The 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon was the subject of a parliamentary inquiry in Western Australia after a number of competitors suffered life-threatening burns when a bushfire overran a part of the route. 60 Minutes Australia documented the journey of one of the contestants burned by bushfire.
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Goggins said "motivational speaker" is just his job title. As an inspirational speaker, Goggins travels and speaks to sports teams. He has spoken to athletes from professional teams, including the Atlanta Hawks and the Seattle Seahawks, as well as collegiate athletes from the Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan university football programs. Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler, upon seeing Goggins perform at a 24-hour ultramarathon, called and hired Goggins to live with him in his house for a month.
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Recent bestsellers include 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Ultramarathon Man, The Dumbest Generation, The Wonder of Boys, Energy Medicine, The Power of Kindness, and Think & Grow Rich. In the field of success literature TarcherPerigee publishes authors such as Napoleon Hill, Michael Muhammad Knight, Wallace D. Wattles, Dale Carnegie, and James Allen. Among the imprint's authors in the field of mind, body, and spiritualism are Julia Cameron, David Lynch, Betty Edwards, Piero Ferrucci, Daniel Pinchbeck, and Jacob Needleman.
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Landmannalaugar on the Laugavegur Landscape as seen from the trail The Laugavegur is a trekking route in South-West Iceland from the hot springs area of Landmannalaugar () to the glacial valley of Þórsmörk (). It is noted for the wide variety of landscapes on its path. The route is typically completed over 2–4 days with potential stops at the mountain huts at Hrafntinnusker, Álftavatn, Hvanngil and Emstrur. An ultramarathon is held on the route each July.
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Yiannis Kouros (; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. He is sometimes called the "Running God" or "Pheidippides' Successor". He holds many men's outdoor road world records from 100 to 1,000 miles and many road and track records from 12 hours to 6 days. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippides in the movie The Story of the Marathon: A Hero's Journey, which chronicles the history of marathon running.
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The race was founded by India's youngest ultramarathon runner, and an engineer, Gaurav Madan. Set over a largely flat course around the Chambal River and River Yamuna, the race begins at three separate points around Taj Mahal, Agra and finishes in Bhangarh, Rajasthan. In addition to being one of the top ten international marathons to run as per Lonely Planet across the globe, this crew supported marathon is also India's longest in terms of the distance.
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Until 2014, the IAU maintained lists of world best performances on different surfaces (road, track and indoor). Starting in 2015, the distinction between the surfaces was removed and the records were combined into a single category. Some governing bodies continue to keep separate ultramarathon track and road records for their own jurisdictions. In August 2019, Zach Bitter ran 11:19:13 for 100 miles at the Pettit Center in Milwaukee and continued to reach 168.792 km in 12 hours.
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The 75th anniversary of the Comrades Marathon in 2000 was the largest ever staged, with a massive field of 23,961. An extra hour was allowed to allow runners some recovery time for bronze medal finishers to celebrate the milestone. In 2010, on its 85th anniversary, the race gained a place in the Guinness World Records as the ultramarathon with most runners. 14,343 athletes, the largest field since the turn of the millennium, finished in the allowed 12 hours.
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The ultramarathon event was added in 2009. In 2009 and 2010 the course was 50 km in length, following the marathon course until just past mile 25, then turning north to follow the Skarland Trail in a clockwise direction until connecting with the regular marathon course just past mile 2. From there the course returned to the start by following the marathon course in reverse direction. In 2011 the course was extended to approximately 40 miles in length.
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Ellie Greenwood (born 14 March 1979) is a British ultramarathon runner. She began her ultra career in 2008 and is a two-time 100km World Champion, winning the title in 2010 and 2014. She holds numerous course records, including those for the Western States 100, the Canadian Death Race, the JFK 50 Mile Run and the Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run. She is the first British woman to win the 90 km Comrades Marathon in South Africa.
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Nance was selected to attend the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. On January 19, 2017 The New York Times covered Nance's announcement of Dyad's plan to initiate a pro bono mentorship program for Syrian refugees. Nance rose to greater prominence in 2016 following his selection as the Seattle Seahawks "12 Ambassador." Nance became the face of Delta Air Lines' Pacific Northwest marketing campaign in which his ultramarathon running and lifelong Seahawks fandom was featured in TV commercials.
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The Badwater Ultramarathon describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race". It is a course starting at below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet (2548 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July, when the weather conditions are most extreme and temperatures can reach . Consequently, very few people—even among ultramarathoners—are capable of finishing this grueling race.
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The Miles for Millions walkathon was introduced to Canada in 1967. It was modelled after the Oxfam, United Kingdom, walkathon which was created to alleviate third world hunger and poverty. The Miles for Millions was intentionally designed to cover an extraordinary distance of - now known as an ultramarathon. During the 1960s and 1970s hundreds of thousands of Canadians participated in the annual walkathon to raise money to alleviate the poverty and hunger crises in South Asian and Africa.
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Three years later, in August 1990, the trail had reached a half-way mark and another celebration was held. That celebration included a hike for about a dozen brave hikers who completed it in 12 days.Superior Hiking Trail Association: Guide to the Superior Hiking Trail, Seventh Edition, Pages 10-11, Superior Hiking Trail Association, 2013. Since 1991, a ultramarathon known as the "Superior 100", along with several other races, has been hosted annually on the Superior Hiking Trail.
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Current World 48-hour indoor track record holder. In 2007 Tony Mangan received the IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners) recognition for "the new World Best Performance 48h indoor by Men" for his extraordinary race, 426.178 km ran during the Jami BRNO Spring Ultramarathon, 48h Indoor. This was also the first time in history that a runner has run 200 km for two consecutive days. On day one Tony ran 223 km while on day two he ran 203 km.
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Desert Runners is a 2013 documentary film directed by Jennifer Steinman that follows a group of non-professional runners that attempt to complete 4 Deserts, a series of ultramarathon races often considered the most difficult in the world. Their journeys take them through some of the world’s most beautiful places while pushing the limits of their minds and bodies. It provides a look into the mindset of endurance athletes, and the ways in which humans deal with both heartbreak and achievement.
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Robert Pope (born 1977) is a British veterinarian, athlete and charity fundraiser. He is an elite distance runner, with a number of successes at the marathon and ultramarathon distances. In 2016 he began a 422-day, 15,700-mile run comprising more than 4 complete crossings of the United States, and became the first person to trace the route run by Tom Hanks' fictional character in the film Forrest Gump. He raised approximately £38,000 for the charities Peace Direct and the World Wildlife Fund.
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Edward H. Ayres (born October 1941) is an American writer, editor, environmentalist and ultramarathon runner. He is the founding editor and publisher of Running Times magazine,"Running Times", January 1977 and he served as editorial director of the Worldwatch Institute and editor of Worldwatch, a bimonthly global-trends magazine. David M. Shribman states that Ayres has "inspired athletes worldwide and reshaped our ideas about endurance and sustainability". Ayres grew up in the New Jersey towns of Berkeley Heights and Westfield.
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Topographic map of Mount Kosciuszko including the approaches from Charlotte Pass and Thredbo. Kosciuszko National Park is also the location of the downhill ski slopes closest to Canberra and Sydney, containing the Thredbo, Charlotte Pass, and Perisher ski resorts. Mount Kosciuszko may have been ascended by Indigenous Australians long before the first recorded ascent by Europeans. Each year in December, an ultramarathon running race called the Coast to Kosciuszko ascends to the top of Mount Kosciuszko after starting at the coast away.
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She took her first major international ultramarathon title at Ultrabalaton, a 212 km run around Lake Balaton, Hungary in 2013. Her victory list also includes the South Carolina 24 Hour Race (2014), the Keys 100 Ultramarathons 100 mile event (2014), two wins at the Desert Solstice 24 Hour Track Run (2014, 2015) and a 246 km Athens to Sparta Spartathlon victory with a record time of 25:07:12 ahead of Alyson Venti and former course record holder Szilvia Lubics.
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Kristin "Krissy" Moehl (born October 27, 1977) is an American ultramarathon athlete who specializes in trail running. In 2005, Moehl became the youngest woman to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, which included a gold medal at the Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run. Moehl set the women's record for the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in 2007. She holds the women's record for the fastest known run of the 170-mile Tahoe Rim Trail, completing the course in 47 hours 27 minutes.
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After passing Old Ephraim's grave it descends to the Right Fork of Logan River, after which there is one more sizable climb. At the top of this climb, you can see the Mt. Naomi Wilderness and the terraced cliffs of Logan Canyon. The loop ends on the single-track Willow Creek Trail. The Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run, starting in the Logan area and ending in Fish Haven, Idaho, is a 100-mile ultramarathon through the Wasatch and Bear River Ranges.
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Zach Bitter is an American ultramarathon runner. He holds world records for the 100-mile run (track) and the 12-hour run (track). Bitter claimed both records with his performance during the Six Days in the Dome event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 24, 2019. His 100-mile time of 11 hours, 19 minutes and 13 seconds, bested Oleg Kharitonov’s 2002 world record by almost 11 minutes, and was more than 20 minutes faster than his own American mark of 11:40:55.
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An aid station at the 2007 Soochow 24-hour ultramarathon. At endurance races like marathons or bicycle racing events, aid stations are established along the race route to provide supplies (food, water, and repair equipment) to participants. During modern cycle races, aid station functions may be performed by a mobile SAG Wagon ("Supplies And Gear") or support vehicle that travels with participants at the rear of the peloton. Typically sports drinks and energy gels are provided as well as water.
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He has authored more than 500 medical publications and has given over 1100 invited presentations. Scherger has published 2 books, 40 Years in Family Medicine, a collection of his writings from 1974 to 2014, and Lean and Fit: A Doctor's Journey to Healthy Nutrition and Greater Wellness. He enjoys an active family life with his wife, Carol, and two sons, Adrian and Gabriel. He is an avid runner who has completed 40 marathons, five 50 mile and ten 50K ultramarathon trail runs.
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Mónica "Toti" Fernández at the finish line, Badwater Ultramarathon, 2008. After participating in several triathlon races, both sprint and Olympic, Toti participated in her first Ironman, becoming the first Guatemalan female to finish this race (Hawaii, 1997). Seeking further challenges and longer distances, Toti registered for an Ultraman competition, a three-day triathlon that circles the island of Kona, the largest island in Hawaii. After becoming a two-time Ultraman world champion in 2000 y 2001, Toti decided to train for ultra marathons.
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The JFK 50 Mile or the JFK 50 Mile Memorial is an ultramarathon that takes place annually in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The first race was held on 30 March 1963, one of numerous races that year. After the Kennedy assassination, many of these events were never held again.Mike Spinnler, "History of the JFK 50 Miler", jfk50mile.org, accessed 14 November 2013. The current course records are held by Jim Walmsley (5:21:29) for men and Ellie Greenwood (6:12:00) for women.
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De Sena first became interested in long-distance events after gaining weight while holding his desk job, and trying to reverse the process through running the stairs of his apartment building. He later moved to Vermont in order to continue a private stock trading business. He moved his family as well to Pittsfield, Vermont to operate a farm, a bed and breakfast, and a general store for hikers that he purchased. Here he became an ultramarathon runner and began to compete in other long-distance events.
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StumpJump 50k Race Logo The StumpJump 50k is an ultramarathon in the Southeastern United States that features a grueling course of extreme elevation changes and technical trail sections. The annual event takes place the first Saturday in October on the Signal Mountain, Tennessee, portion of the Cumberland Trail. In 2007 the race field was limited to 400 participants to limit the impact on this wilderness area. The race benefits the Cumberland Trail Conference, and in 2007, raised $4,000 for CTC's for trailbuilding and maintenance programs.
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Sather is also known for his ultra distance running accomplishments. In 2011 he completed a nonstop run across America in 100 consecutive days, averaging a marathon distance (26.2 miles) a day. On Aug 26, 2012 he broke the 13-year-old world record for the Badwater Solo Self- Contained Ultramarathon set in 1999 by Ultra running legend Marshall Ulrich. Sather was the third person to successfully complete this Death Valley self- contained crossing and setting a new fastest record with a time of 72 hours 55 minutes.
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Kieren D’Souza is an Indian ultramarathon runner and endurance athlete. In 2016, he became the first and, as of October 2016, the only Indian to qualify for and finish the Spartathlon, a 246 kilometre footrace from Athens to Sparta held annually in Greece. Kieren, then aged 23, completed the race in 33 hours, 2 minutes and 25 seconds, standing 85th among 370 participants. Till 2016, only 29 athletes under the age of 25 had completed the race that has been held annually since 1983.
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In 1983, the 61-year-old potato farmer won the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, a distance of . The race was run between what were then Australia's two largest Westfield shopping centres, Westfield Parramatta in Sydney and Westfield Doncaster in Melbourne. Young arrived to compete in overalls and work boots, without his dentures (later saying that they rattled when he ran). He ran at a slow and loping pace and trailed the pack by a large margin at the end of the first day.
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After those two events, having yet to be invited to the Badwater-135, Goggins entered into the Hurt-100; an ultra marathon in Hawaii which is widely regarded as one of the hardest ultra-marathons in the world. He was the ninth runner to cross the finish line, and only 23 runners finished the event. He was subsequently granted entry into the 2006 Badwater-135. During the 2006 Badwater-135, he finished 5th overall, an unheard of result from an ultramarathon novice at a world-class event.
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Ultra-distance cycling races are very long single stage events where the race clock continuously runs from start to finish. They usually last several days and the riders take breaks on their own schedules, with the winner being the first one to cross the finish line. Among the best-known ultramarathons is the Race Across America (RAAM), a coast-to- coast non-stop, single-stage race in which riders cover approximately in about a week. The race is sanctioned by the UltraMarathon Cycling Association (UMCA).
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Kouros came to prominence when he won the Spartathlon in 1984 in record time and the Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1985 in a record time of 5 days, 5 hours, 7 minutes and 6 seconds. He beat the previous record held by Cliff Young.Potter, David (18 April 1985) Melbourne's Greeks welcome their Marathon man, The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 February 2010. Kouros held Australian citizenship for part of his running career and was inducted into the Australian Ultra Runners Association’s Hall of Fame in 2019.
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The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) organises the World Championships for various ultramarathon distances, including , , 24 hours, and ultra trail running, which are also recognized by the IAAF. Many countries around the world have their own ultrarunning organizations, often the national athletics federation of that country, or are sanctioned by such national athletics organizations. World best performances for distances, times, and ages are tracked by the IAU. Racewalking events are usually 50 km, although 100 km and 100-mile (160 km) "Centurion" races are also organized.
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Course of the ultramarathon The race is run on the roads of KwaZulu-Natal province, marked by "The Big Five" set of hills. On the up run they appear in the following order: Cowies Hill, Fields Hill, Botha's Hill, Inchanga, and Polly Shortts. The highest point of the race, at above sea level, is situated near the Umlaas Road interchange. Approximately 40 official refreshment stations along the route are stocked with soft drinks, water sachets, energy drink sachets, fruit, biscuits, energy bars, cooked potatoes and other refreshments.
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The Miwok 100K Trail Race is a long ultramarathon that takes place annually in southern Marin County, California, typically on the first Saturday of May. The race starts and ends in the town of Stinson Beach. Almost all of the course is on fire roads and single-track trails, first to the south of Stinson Beach and then to the north. Runners climb a total of approximately . The race begins at 5:00 A.M. The overall time limit for the race is 15 hours, 30 minutes.
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Any competitor who completes both the Badwater Ultramarathon and the Furnace Creek 508 bicycle race (also held in Death Valley) during the same calendar year is awarded the Death Valley Cup. In 1996, Marshall Ulrich became the first ever to finish the Death Valley Cup. Charlie Engle currently holds the Death Valley Cup record, setting it in 2009. That year, he ran Badwater, 25:45:11 (4th place) and Furnace Creek, 33:19:25, (4th place) for a total time of 59:04:36.
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Burgunder ran a 3:43:20 in his ultramarathon debut to set the record for the fastest 50k time by a 20-year-old resident of Pennsylvania at the GNC 50k in Pittsburgh on March 25, 2000. Burgunder has summited eight of the highest peaks in the contiguous United States, Japan’s Mount Fuji and Mount Shirane, Colorado’s Longs Peak and Pike’s Peak, New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, and Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome. Burgunder at King's College, Cambridge, on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Cambridge, England.
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Jim Walmsley (born January 17, 1990) is an American long-distance runner. An ultra-trail specialist, he won the JFK 50 Mile in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Lake Sonoma 50 in 2016 and 2018 and the Tarawera Ultramarathon in 2017. He holds several course records and fastest known times, including the Western States 100, set in 2018 and further improved by 21 minutes in 2019. He was named UltraRunner of the Year for four years in a row - 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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Very long endurance running events can be divided into three broad categories: the traditional marathon, the ultramarathon, defined as any event longer than the marathon, and true multiday events, which begin with the 48-hour event and can stretch out almost indefinitely, often ranging from six days to or longer. Ultramarathons, of which multiday races are a subset, include events of any distance beyond the traditional marathon distance of . Common ultra events include and 100 kilometer races. Ultras are usually considered to include all events of 50 kilometers or longer.
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The Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run ("Vermont 100") is a 100-mile (162 km) long ultramarathon held annually in July at Silver Hill Meadow in West Windsor, Vermont. It is one of the five 100-mile races that comprise the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning. It is also the only known ultra race in the USA where entrants run alongside horses over a similar course, in a separate but simultaneous race. (Horses avoid some of the more treacherous single-track and technical trails.) The race has been held every year since 1989.
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There are also many markets in Bright and Harrietville, as well as the Alpine Valley's Gourmet Weekend and Drive in Movies at Pioneer Park. SP Ausnet - Tour of Bright - Road Cycling Race Autumn brings the Bright Autumn Festival featuring lush autumn leaf colour, the Alpine Classic Golf Tournament, held in Bright, Myrtleford and Wangaratta. The Bright Easter Market is on as well as the Alpine Film Festival. The Buffalo Stampede Ultramarathon starting and finishing in Howitt Park is held mid-April bringing runners from all over the world to compete.
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As a freshman at Sitka High School in 2003, Kreiss-Tomkins was a major online organizer for the Howard Dean presidential campaign. He is a long distance runner; he won the Alpine Adventure Race in 2009, and placed second in the Coyote Two Moon ultramarathon in 2010. As a cellist, he toured Southeast Alaska with the Indigo Piano Trio. He is also a mountaineer; in 2009 he climbed the highest volcano in the world, Argentina’s Ojos del Salado, to conclusively measure its height against a neighboring peak in Chile.
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Photo taken during 2005 race. The Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run is an ultramarathon that traverses the Wasatch and Bear River Ranges west of Bear Lake, from Logan, Utah to Fish Haven, Idaho. With of climb and an average elevation of , it is one of the more difficult ultramarathons. Even so, runners of all skill are attracted to it, largely because of its 36-hour time limit and laid-back attitude (all of the race directors and assistants have participated in the race, and some participate every year).
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In 2015, aged 22, he won the Salomon Bhatti Lakes 160 kilometre ultramarathon in Faridabad, with a time of 20 hours and 32 minutes, over nine hours ahead of the second place finisher. At the time, this was the fastest time recorded by an Indian over a 100 mile race. This qualified him for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc — Courmayeur Champex Chamonix (UTMB-CCC) — a 100 kilometre race at along the base of Mont Blanc in the Alps. He was the only Indian competitor at the race held in August.
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In 2016, he qualified for the Spartathlon after winning the Salomon Bhatti Lakes ultramarathon. Entry to Spartathlon is through a lottery. The only person on his support crew was his mother Christabel D’Souza. During the race, he “created a new 100-mile record of 18 hours 37 minutes, the first by an Indian, when he reached the 47th Check point at a distance of 159.5km.” At checkpoint 47, he was in 64th place, moving up to 60th place at checkpoint 60 (195.5 km from the start and 51 km from the finish).
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Ernő Kis-Király born March 26, 1958 in Komló, Hungary, (father: Kálmán Kis- Király miner; mother: Lenke Handó an employee of the Hungarian State Railways) is a Hungarian ultramarathon runner . Kis-Király is most well known for his three victories at the Vienna to Budapest Supermarathon five-day stage race, the most prestigious road race in Central Europe of the 1990s. At the same time, his sub 6:30 hour mark at the 100 km (De Nacht van Vlaanderen 1989) event and his 12-hour performance exceeding 150 km (1991) are just as remarkable.
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Although he began running ultramarathons in 2003, Kónya emerged from complete obscurity in the 2006 Badwater Ultramarathon, one of the world's most difficult races. After leading for much of the race at record pace, his endurance was strained by a lack of sleep and he eventually finished second to Scott Jurek. Although the temperature was above during the race, he claims that the heat did not bother him. He also finished second at Badwater in 2007 and 2008, though his performance was hindered by a hamstring injury in 2008.
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There are no longer any true ultra-distance bike races (i.e., that are longer than ) that are affiliated with cycling's main governing body, the UCI; most modern ultra-distance races are instead affiliated with the UltraMarathon Cycling Association (UMCA). By far the best-known of these races is the Race Across America (RAAM), a non-stop race across the United States that covers . In this format of racing, the cyclists race individually (drafting and group riding are not allowed) but each cyclist has at least one support vehicle and a team of support staff.
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There are two types of ultramarathon events: those that cover a specified distance or route; and those that last for a predetermined period of time (with the winner covering the most distance in that time). The most common distances are , , , and , although many races have other distances. The 100 kilometers is recognized as an official world record event by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body of track and field. Other distances/times include double marathons, 24-hour races, and multiday races of or even longer.
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The Ottawa Self-Transcendence 24 Hour Race is part of a triple Ultramarathon race (6h, 12h, and 24h) in the National Capital Region Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The run takes place currently in July, organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. For many years, this race was held on an outdoor track at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility, and then indoors at the Louis Riel dome, on a 400-metre track. Since 2017, the race has been and continues to be held outdoors at the Asticou Training Centrein Gatineau, Quebec (3 km from Ottawa).
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In 2009, Lawson entered his first ultramarathon, the London to Brighton run, and placed second. He ran the Brighton Marathon 4 times back-to- back in 2011 and 8 times back-to-back in 2012 to raise money for Albion in the Community's Oscar programme in India. In 2014, Lawson placed first in the Nilgiris Ultra, 100 km, India, the Bangalore Ultra 24 hour, 226 km which created a new Ultra distance record on Indian soil. He also placed first in the Gloucester 24 hour track race, UK, 242.88 km.
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Run on undulating road through KwaZulu-Natal, it is said to be the oldest and most competitive ultramarathon in the world. She came fourth in 2011 and managed second place in 2012, just 72 seconds behind the winner. Throughout 2013, Greenwood was plagued with injuries. She returned to running slowly, focussing on the 2014 Comrades Marathon to keep her motivated. In 2014, with 18 km to go, she was eight minutes behind the race leader but she managed to recover the deficit and win in a time of 6:18:15.
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While he was sometimes beaten in indoor multiday races, he held numerous records for long-distance endurance events. In 1869 he walked 1058 miles (1703 km) through snow-covered New England in 30 days. In 1871, he walked backwards for 200 miles around St. Louis, Missouri in 41 hours. Weston spent 8 years touring Europe, starting in 1876 in England where he challenged England's racewalking champion to a 24-hour, 115 mile ultramarathon. The Englishman quit 14 hours and 65.6 miles into the race, but Weston walked the full 24 hours and covered 109.5 miles.
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During his attempt he faced many hardships including snow storms, 35 mile per hour winds, and a major motor accident destroying his support vehicle (which provided Pete food and hydration). Several other ultramarathon runners have attempted to break the over 30 year old record, but have failed. A recent attempt by Robert Young was plagued by allegations of cheating, although Young didn't finish the distance anyway. To emphasize accountability, so there was no questions about the legitimacy of the record, Pete ran with a satellite transceiver which records his exact location at all times.
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The 2011 Sundown Marathon marked the first time that the races did not take place on the same night. The marathons took place on 28 May 2011, while the ultramarathon took place 25 June 2011. The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registered runners gaining direct entry into the 2021 edition of the race. As of 3 March 2009, more than 10,000 men and women had signed up for “Singapore’s Toughest Race”. This total breaks the event’s previous entry record of 6,088 participants.
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After Cliff Young (a potato farmer) won the ultramarathon in 1983, the City of Colac was inspired to stage a 1000-mile race in Cliff's honour - the 1983 Cliff Young Colac 1000 which started in Melbourne and ended in the Colac Memorial Square. In the following year, the City of Colac announced its decision to stage a six-day race. A 400-meter track was created in the Memorial square and named in his honour. Initially named the 1984 Colac Ultra Marathon, it later became known as the Australian Six Day Race - Colac.
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The Whitney Classic started in 1981 as a fundraiser for Summit Adventure, a non-profit wilderness ministry in Bass Lake, California, and still serves as a major fundraiser for the organization. There are multiple races and runs that travel the same course, including the Badwater Ultramarathon, held in July every year. The ride was originally conceived as a Badwater to the summit of Whitney bike-hike event, making it the lowest to highest. In later years, as the United States Forest Service required summit permits to climb Mt. Whitney, the official course was shortened to end at Whitney Portal.
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Ken Shirk (Kenneth Ivan Shirk, popularly known as Cowman and Cowman A MooHa) is an ultramarathon runner who in 1976 was the ninth person to complete the course of The Western States Trail Ride on foot. In 1977 the Western States Endurance Run was officially established on the same course. As of 2006 he also has raced officially and unofficially in every Ironman World Championship except the first one. The first official Western States Endurance Run was in 1977, but before then a few runners ran with the horses in the Tevis Cup, a 24-hour, 100-mile horse endurance ride.
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1987 was the first year that the official Badwater Ultramarathon was run, on a 146-mile course from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. The previous year, Tom Crawford and Mike Witwer had attempted to organise an official race but it was cancelled when the insurance policy was rescinded. So the two of them ran the course, completing it in 70 hours and 27 minutes. After reading about it in the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Crutchlow, a British adventurer and ultra runner, challenged Crawford and Witwer to a team race: Crutchlow and a partner, representing Britain, versus the American pair.
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The same year saw them taking part in the Desert Cup, an annual 168 km race. Among the female participants, both finished 9th, hand in hand. During the Desert cup, they met with Dr. Holger Finkernagel, a German doctor who heads the World Humanitarian Marathon and Ultramarathon foundation (WMHF), a non profit organization that organizes running races around the world, with the proceeds going to charitable causes. Dr. Finkernagel was keen on starting a race in Jordan’s Wade Rum, a desert valley in the south of Jordan, and he saw that the Hattab twins were capable of achieving this mission.
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This equates to an average distance of just under per day. In this case, "unsupported" means in the style of a thru-hiker, where supplies are obtained by hiking off the trail. In 2009. Williamson and Adam Bradley broke simultaneously two PCT speed records for both the unsupported effort and the supported (assisted by a support crew for supplies, food and shelter) speed record of ultramarathon runner David Horton. Horton’s previous record was 66 days, 7 hours, and 16 minutes, which Williamson and Bradley broke by about 21 hours. The new double record they set was 65 days, 9 hours, and 58 minutes.
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The Mountain Masochist Trail Run (MMTR50) is a ultramarathon that winds its way through the Blue Ridge Mountains. The course begins at the James River Visitor Center; runners cover a short out-and-back section on the Blue Ridge Parkway before completing a few short miles of road. The course then meanders northward over various dirt and gravel roads in the National Forest before runners have to negotiate the second half of the course. Leaving Long Mountain aid station, the second half includes dirt and old logging roads as well as several miles of single-track trail.
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Grindstone 100 miler is an annual 100 mile long ultramarathon that takes place on trails in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, usually the first weekend of October. The race starts at Camp Shenandoah, a local camp of the Boy Scouts of America. Beginning at Camp Shenandoah, this out-n-back course ascends and descends Little North Mountain before climbing over 2400 ft (740m) in 4 miles (6.4km) to the summit of Elliott Knob. The course then proceeds north following the ridgeline of the Great North Mountain range, crossing over to and following the Wild Oak Trail before continuing north to the summit of Reddish Knob.
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The Highline National Recreation Trail is a 54.7-mile trail that runs below the Mogollon Rim in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. The trail showcases beautiful vistas of rim canyons, brushy hills, distant mountains, unique rock formations, and wonderful stands of Ponderosa pine. The trail was established in 1870 and was used to travel between homesteads and to attend school in Pine, Arizona. Zane Grey (who had a cabin in the area) and Babe Haught used the Highline Trail while hunting, and the Zane Grey Highline Trail 50 Mile Run ultramarathon takes place on the trail.
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The Mount Mitchell Challenge is a 40-mile Ultramarathon run in February of each year from the town of Black Mountain, NC to the top of Mt Mitchell, the highest point in the Eastern US, and back down again. This race, intentionally run in Winter to ensure harsh conditions, is regarded as one of the most difficult trail-running races in North America. Started in 1998 by locals businesses Black Dome Mountain Sports and Black Mountain Savings, the course has seen every type of weather imaginable...rain, ice, snow, sun...and runners keep coming back...several for all of its editions.
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The Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run, also known as the Knee Knacker, was established in 1989 and is a 50 km ultramarathon trail run in that takes place in British Columbia, in the Greater Vancouver area on the second Saturday of July each year. Due to a municipality's environmental concerns, the field is limited to 200 runners. Because of the race's popularity, the entrants are selected by lottery. The route, comprising about 2,600 m of vertical climb and descent, generally follows the Baden-Powell Trail, and traverses the North Shore Mountains from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove.
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Alissa St Laurent (born 26 July 1984) is a Canadian ultramarathon runner. She began her ultra career in 2013 and has competed for the Canadian National team in 100km World Championships and the 2015 IAU Trail World Championships. She holds numerous course records, including those for the Sinister 7 100-mile and the Lost Soul 100-km ultramarathons. She received national attention after becoming the first female to win the 125-km Canadian Death Race outright in 2015 and her later comments in the media encouraging more women to take up competitive sports such as ultrarunning.
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At age 37, Pope became the Australian Marathon Champion at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships with a time of 2:29:59. He subsequently won the Liverpool Rock'n'Roll Marathon in both 2015 and 2016, the latter with a personal best time of 2:27:13. Pope holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a film character, set for running the 2018 London Marathon in a time of 2:36:28 (finishing 82 overall) while dressed as Forrest Gump. In 2019, Pope competed in the 6-day Marathon des Sables ultramarathon, covering 156 miles (250 km) across the Sahara Desert while carrying all food.
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Shawe has guest lectured on Entrepreneurship at New York University and Columbia University and is a member of the Association for a Better New York (ABNY). He had been a member of the board of directors of The Joyful Heart Foundation, a non-profit that worked in support of survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. His philanthropic efforts include supporting over 25 causes by donating time or financial support, and he was recently named to The V Foundation for Cancer Research’s Circle of Honor. In 2018, Shawe sponsored ultramarathon runner Michele Graglia to run the Atacama Desert, for which Graglia was accepted into the Guinness Book.
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Eleanor Robinson's ultramarathon career arguably began when she witnessed Ros Paul, a fellow Briton, set a record of for 24 hours on the first day of a 6-day race in 1982. This was the first year that British women had run a track ultra and on that first occasion, Lynn Fitzgerald had beaten Ros Paul, setting world bests at 50 miles, 100 km and for 24 hours. It wasn't until 1985, however, that Robinson took on the 24-hour race at an event in Nottingham, where she broke the record with a distance of . In the meantime, Robinson took part in the inaugural Spartathlon in 1983.
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The first 24-hour international championship was held at Milton Keynes in 1990, on an indoor loop of 890m around the shopping centre. Robinson reached 200 km in a new all-surface time of 19:00:31. She went on to win, covering a total of , the second best result after her own track record of , which she had set the previous year in Melbourne. The women's world record was broken in 2011 by Mami Kudo of Japan but Robinson's record remains the UK all-time best for the event. The 100 km National Ultramarathon Championships for Great Britain have been held every year since 1989.
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As of 2006, Kelly has finished over 50 marathons and has participated in endurance competitions – including events such as Ultramarathon, Ironman Triathlon or Tough-Guy-Race. He is the only person to have finished in each of the available eight Ironman competitions in the years 1998 and 1999. As more of these are conducted today, this is no longer possible. He took part at the Ultraman competition in Hawaii, 1998 (10 km swimming, 421 km cycling, 84 km running in three days) and finished seventh, he reached the goal within the time limit, but was subsequently disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, after kicking a prone volunteer in the head.
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City of Hull Athletic Club Refers to Samuel Pepys writing of Footman races in 17th century London. The first notable exponent of this long distance walking is generally considered to be Foster Powell (1734–93) who in 1773 walked from London to York and back, and in 1788 walked in 21 hours 35 minutes.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed 3 July 2016Arthur Mee (1941) The King's England: Yorkshire West Riding (Hodder & Stoughton, London) pp190–1 By the end of the 18th century, and especially with the growth of the popular press, feats of foot travel over great distances (similar to a modern Ultramarathon) gained attention, and were labelled "pedestrianism".
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Paul Tierney (born 1982 in Blackrock, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson and fell runner. He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 2003 until 2004. In 2015 Tierney won the Lakeland 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon through trails in the Lake District National Park; he completed the race in 20 hours 42 minutes. He is now a running coach based in Cumbria specialising in natural running techniques. He has twice finished the 330 km Tor des Geants in the Aosta Valley in less than 100 hours (99:09 in 2017 and 94:39 in 2018).
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The Downs is also the location for the Three Forts Marathon, a 27-mile ultramarathon from Broadwater to the three Iron Age hill forts of Cissbury Ring, Chanctonbury Ring and Devil's Dyke. The Downs is also home to two of Worthing's three golf clubs, including Worthing Golf Club. Previously home to Bowls England, Worthing is, with Johannesburg, one of only two locations in the world to have hosted the men's World Bowls Championships twice. The five international standard bowling greens at Beach House Park, which is sometimes known as the spiritual home of bowls, was the venue for the National Championships each August until 2013.
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The Siskiyou Out Back is a set of 3 races: a 15 kilometer (9.3 mi) trail run and 50 kilometer (31 mi) and 50 mile (80.5k) ultramarathon trail runs, starting and ending at the Mount Ashland ski area parking lot. Finally, the Mt. Ashland 5K Trail Run, America's Friendliest 5K, begins in the ski area parking lot, with runners ascending to the summit and returning to the parking lot via a series of roads leading down from the summit. The peak is also the site of the transmitter and antenna for KTVL Channel 10 television, based in Medford, Oregon, approximately 15 miles (24 km) to the north.
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Jeremy Bragg (born 13 April 1981)The North Face: Jez Bragg, Ultra Runner. is a British ultramarathon runner. A notable performance early in Bragg’s running career was at the West Highland Way Race in 2006 which he won in a time of 15:44, then a course record.Sidetracked: Where The Mind Leads - An Interview with Jez Bragg. The next year, he was the United Kingdom 100k championUK Athletics: UK 100k Championships. and finished in eighteenth position at the IAU 100 km World Championships in Winschoten.Ultrarunning World: 100km World Championships 2007. In 2009, Bragg was victorious at both the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k, where he finished in a time of 6:58,ARRS: Anglo Celtic Plate.
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As with every ultramarathon, there are potentially lethal health risks involved in extreme physical events. In the history of the Comrades, there have been 7 deaths up to the 2007 event.Marathon deaths 'potentially preventable' by Chris Bateman (fulltext pdf) In a survey among a sample of 2005 participants, 25% reported cramps, 18% nausea, 8% vomiting, 13% dizziness, 3% diarrhoea, 23% pain, excluding the expected sore legs, and 14% reported fatigue of such a nature that they believed themselves to be incapable of continuing the race. Among silver medalists there was a higher incidence of cramps (42.9%), nausea (21.4%) and diarrhoea (7.1%), though a lower incidence of pain and fatigue than the average runner.
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The stretch between Breno and Capodiponte opens. Together with the citizens' committee of Badetto di Ceto, Caparini found the resources to achieve the crossing of the town gallery in the average Vallecamonica then inaugurated in October 2005. With an amendment, Caparini puts "the completion of the Valcamonica system accessibility, S.S 42 – del Tonale e della Mendola "in the national strategy works, providing an additional funding of 150 million euro, which will enable the financing and the conclusion. In June 2007 as a sign of protest against the Prodi Government and its delay, Caparini engages in an ultramarathon "Less Prodi more roads", lasting 6½ hours along 62 kilometers that separate Iseo from Capodiponte.
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The Ultracentric 24-Hour Run in Grapevine, Texas hosted the American Ultrarunning Association's 2006 National 24-Hour Run Championship on a certified, 2.4-mile road loop on November 18, 2006. This annual event offered a $12,000 prize purse in 2006, the largest in ultramarathon national championship history in the United States. The event served as the selection race for the National Team to the 2007 World 24-Hour, which was held in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada in July 2007. The entire $12,000 prize purse was reserved and earmarked only for Americans who qualify for and participate in the 2007 World 24-Hour as a member of the U.S. National Team in that race.
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Monument in Sparta with names of Spartathlon winners The finisher’s medal The reverse side of the medal Spartathlon is a ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta. The spartathlon is based on the run of Pheidippides, who ran from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians. Five Royal Air Force officers attempted the course in 1982 and the competition was started the next year. The winner of the first Spartathlon, Yiannis Kouros, still holds the record for fastest time at 20 hours and 25 minutes.
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Among these are the cross country-related sports of fell running (a tradition associated with Northern Europe) and trail running (mainly ultramarathon distances), the running/climbing combination of skyrunning (organised by the International Skyrunning Federation with races across North America, Europe and East Asia) and the mainly trail- and road- centred mountain running (governed by the World Mountain Running Association and based mainly in Europe). The second variety of vertical running is based on human structures, such as stairs and man-made slopes. The foremost type of this is tower running, which sees athletes compete indoors, running up steps within very tall structures such as the Eiffel Tower or Empire State Building.
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Following his discharge from the Army, became a Special Events Organiser. He has organised the Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon, the Anzac Day Marathon, the Round Australia Relay for the Australian Cancer Foundation, the Great Australian Caravan Safari, the Darwin-Cairns-Melbourne Relay for the Melbourne Olympic Committee, and the international George Street Mile footrace. He was a Consultant to Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and also a Facilitator for Adventure West Leadership and Survival Training activities. He was a Trek Leader for Adventure Kokoda and a developer of the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge. A keen fun-runner, Lynn was placed second in the Centenary ultramarathon in 1986, with a time of 8 hours 26 minutes.
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Furnace Creek 508 was an ultramarathon bicycle race that took place annually each October between 1989 and 2013 in Southern California. Its route started in Santa Clarita (25 miles north of Los Angeles), went northeast to Towne Pass and dropped into Death Valley, traversed Death Valley in the southern direction, crossed Mojave Desert and ended at Twentynine Palms. The race was named after the total length of its course (508 miles) and the location of its midpoint (near Furnace Creek). Rather than use names or numbers as in other races and other sports, the Furnace Creek 508 identified riders and teams with "totems" - animal names said to signify or have a special meaning for a rider or team.
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Evgenii Glyva born 10 November 1983, is a Ukrainian ultra-distance and mountain runner who lives in Sumy, Ukraine. Glyva is a trainer of young athletes and he started running long-distances in 2010 quickly achieving international success. His first important result at international level was reached in 2010 with the 4th position at the 100 km del Passatore, in 2011 he won the Notte delle Fiandre. After a couple of year of experience (2012-2013) with good positions in the most important international Ultramarathon and Mountain marathon, his career exploded in 2014 with the victory at the Strasimeno, and the podium at the Wings for Life World Run and the Oman desert marathon.
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As a local businessperson, he was a member of and diplomat for the Summit Chamber of Commerce, and was elected to their board for a three-year term in 2006. An athlete and outdoorsman, Gibbs has competed in marathon and ultramarathon running races (including the Leadville Trail 100) and helped coach the Battle Mountain High School cross-country ski team. He has also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Eagle River Clean Up, and the I-70 Clean Up Team, and sat on the boards of Club 20, the High Country Conservation Center, the Vail-Eagle Valley Rotary Club, and Vail Valley Hospital Home Health/Hospice. He has cited being a volunteer youth mentor with the Buddy Mentors program as his most meaningful volunteer experience.
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Publishers Weekly stated that "Ayres dismantles the perceptual obstructions that block our awareness of a crisis" but that he "comes up short in offering specific solutions" while Goodreads said that the book "presents a blueprint for a radical shift of policies and priorities to avoid a cataclysm". In 2010, he was co-author of Crossing the Energy Divide: Moving from Fossil-Fuel Dependence to a Clean Energy Future (Prentice Hall). Goodreads called his book The Longest Race (2012), an autobiography covering his attempt to run a 50-mile ultramarathon at age 60, an "urgent exploration of the connection between individual endurance and a sustainable society". Kirkus Reviews said that his " broad-ranging interests and accumulated wisdom will appeal to a wide readership, not just runners and environmentalists".
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The Six Foot Track Marathon is a 45 km annual foot race along the Six Foot Track, a historical trail between Katoomba and the Jenolan Caves and is described as "the toughest marathon in Australia". The ultramarathon was founded in 1984 to mark the centenary of the track, and raises funds for the Rural Fire Service & Six Foot Track Heritage Trust. The women's race record of 3:34:50 is held by Hanny Allston and the men's record of 3:14:14 is held by Stuart Gibson. It is held in March and runners must be prepared to tackle temperatures of over 30 degrees, river crossings and extreme changes in elevation in addition to the normal challenges of a marathon.
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During her time at Plymouth University, Leijerstam used the sports facilities of the University Officers Training Corps, a youth organisation of the British Army, and became an enthusiastic outdoor athlete. Over the years, she learned outdoor, water and winter sports, including long-distance running (single and double marathon, ultramarathon) mountaineering, hiking and trekking, skiing, cycling, multisport, canoeing, sailing and rally racing. Leijerstam has taken part in competitions all over the world. Her successes include Canoe Marathon Devizes to Westminster International (2014), multi-sport adventure race Patagonian Expedition Race (2013), Surf Ski Race Rhoose Ski Race (2012), Triathlon Ironman UK (2010), Rally Car Racing Land Rover G4 Challenge (2009), Multisport Race Three Peaks Yacht Race (2008) and Turas World Adventure Race (2008).
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Nahan entered politics at the 2008 Western Australian state election when he defeated incumbent Labor MP Tony McRae for the seat of Riverton in southern Perth. Nahan served as the Trustee of the Parliamentary Superannuation Board and was Chairman of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee in State Parliament from November 2008 to August 2012. As part of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee, Mike Nahan presided over the Kimberley Ultramarathon Inquiry, an Inquiry set up to understand why five individuals received extensive burns. It was later determined that the fire was caused by an out of control prescribed burn being conducted by FESA, El Questro, the WA Police and the James Gino Salerno family, a cult residing around Kununurra.
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" That's what lured me, so I picked it up." – diary entry of Robert (Runningman) Garside, January 1995, London and noticed that there was a record listed for walking the world, but not for running it. He decided to attempt to set a record as the first person to run around the world, an extreme ultramarathon feat. He credited as part of his motive, his mother's happiness at leaving his father to return to her native country, Slovakia, following their divorce, when he was a teenager, and also finding that the state of mind he reached when running as an adult brought back some of his "best times" from childhood, where he ran and played in the "huge forests" near his house.
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In an ATV adventure to Mt. Mayon, tourists drive an all-terrain vehicle over rough trails, including a dry riverbed, leading to the volcano's lower slopes where hardened lava rock from previous eruptions are deposited. The activity was featured in reality shows The Amazing Race Asia 4 in 2010 and The Amazing Race Philippines 1 in 2012. American actor Zac Efron visited Legazpi in October 2012 and drove an ATV around Mayon. Hiking and climbing Mt. Mayon is allowed during peaceful spells but was prohibited following a phreatic explosion with casualties in May 2013. As part of its efforts to promote sports and adventure tourism, the city hosts annual sporting events such as Mt. Mayon Triathlon, Mayon 360 Ultramarathon and XTERRA Triathlon.
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Present at the 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow, where he won the silver medal on 5 km, and thus becomes vice-champion of Europe on this distance, and finished 4th of the 25 km. In Gwangju, 19 July 2019 Axel retains its title of world champion on the 25 km at the 2019 World Swimming Championships. In Ohrid, the 24th of August 2019, Axel wins the 2019 UltraMarathon World Cup 25 km Open Water Race, and on the 28th of August 2019, the Marathon 10 km World Cup Silver Medal Open Water Race. Between October 23, 2019 and October 25, 2019, in Wuhan, China, Axel became the 2019 Military World Champion of 10 km, 5 km and relay mixed (5 km) in open water.
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The Self-Transcendence 3100 mile was founded by Sri Chinmoy out of his wish to create an opportunity for runners to discover the limits of their capacities and to try to go beyond them. Hence the name "Self-Transcendence", which is appended to all the footraces that the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team hosts. Since 1985 when the group first began holding races, the focus on the ultramarathon and multiday races has grown from the Ultra Trio, three races with staggered starts of 700, 1000 and 1300-mile duration that take place in September, and the spring races, which include the Self-Transcendence 6-Day race and the only annual race of its kind, the Self-Transcendence 10-Day race. In 1996 Sri Chinmoy created this event as a 2,700-mile (4,345 km) race.
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Hoka One One Tennine The company was founded by Nicolas Mermoud and Jean-Luc Diard, former Salomon employees, in 2009, when they sought to design a shoe that allowed them to run downhill faster, and created a model with an oversized outsole that had more cushion than other running shoes at the time. The shoes are named after the Maori language phrase loosely meaning "fly over the earth". The shoes were initially embraced by ultramarathon runners due to their enhanced cushion and inherent stability; however, they quickly gained popularity among other runners for offering maximum cushion and minimal weight. The brand's original, highest-cushion models are now accompanied in the HOKA lineup by lighter-weight shoes that retain much of the brand's signature cushion, and even lightweight training and racing shoes and track spikes.
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Greenwood began her ultramarathon career in 2008, one of her first races being the 30-mile Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run, a relatively short course known for its steep ascent and descent. That same year, Montrail, the footwear company, began sponsoring her. In her first attempt at the distance, Greenwood won the Elk-Beaver 100k on Vancouver Island in May 2010, setting a new course record of 7:36, and qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2010 IAU 100 km World Championships. There, after battling with the race leader, 2006 World Champion and compatriot Lizzy Hawker, she took gold in a time of 7:29:05, helping Great Britain to first place in the team event and also in the jointly held IAU 100 km European Championships.
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Greg Nance (born September 29, 1988) is an American entrepreneur, mountaineer, and ultramarathon runner. Nance is the co-founder and Board Chairman of Moneythink, the founder and CEO of Dyad Mentorship, an Advisory Board Member at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), a Board of Directors Member of the Harry S Truman Scholars Association, and a Board of Directors Member of the Gates Cambridge Alumni Association. As CEO of Dyad Mentorship, Nance has helped students earn over $27 million in university scholarships. Nance has received numerous awards for his public service and business leadership including recognition from the Jefferson Awards for Public Service as a "Globe Changer" in 2011 and from The Diplomatic Courier as one of the "Top 99 Foreign Policy Leaders Under 33" in 2013.
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Dami is the daughter of publisher Piero Dami (who founded Dami Editore in 1972). At the age of thirteen she started out in the publishing world as a proofreader for the family business and at nineteen she wrote her first short stories. As an adventure lover, she got her aircraft pilot and parachutist licenses aged 20, and at 23 she traveled around the world on her own and completed a famous survival course at the Outward Bound School in Maine, in the United States. Some of Dami's other adventures include taking part in a rally in the Sahara desert and crossing Africa from north to south in an off- road vehicle; she raced the 100-km Sahara ultramarathon and ran three New York marathons (in 2002, 2003, and 2017).
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Taru Mateti (born 13 May 1964) is a runner from Pune, India, who specializes in long distance running up to the Ultramarathon distance. She won the Hyderabad marathon, 2014 in a senior veteran segment . Hyderabad marathon winners and completed the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2015, at 3rd place in the age group 50–55 years segment and in the second place in 2016 Mumbai marathon 2016 winners, and then second place in Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 in the age group 55–59 years Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 winners besides podium finishes in Vadodara International Marathon 2019 and 50K ultramarathons at Western Ghats Ultra and Mahabaleshwar Endurathon 2019 Mahabaleshwar Endurathon 2019 results. She completed Comrades Marathon 2018 Finisher the 2018 down run Comrades Marathon (90.2K) in 10:53:02 to become one of the five women from Pune then to have attempted this run.
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St Laurent began her ultramarathon career in 2013, one of her first races being the 50-mile Blackfoot Ultra. That same year she ran the Lost Soul 100 km in the undulating foothills outside of Lethbridge, Alberta, finishing as the top female. In her first attempt at the 125-km Canadian Death Race in August 2013, a race with over of elevation change, St Laurent won with a time of 16:03:37. In 2014 St Laurent again raced Lost Soul, winning top female and setting the course record with a time of 11:00:55. The race was extremely close, with the top male finisher finishing in a course record time of 11:00:14, just 41 seconds ahead of St Laurent. In 2014 St Laurent took on her first 100-mile race with the Western States 100 in California and came 13th with a time of 22:17:43. Also in 2014 St Laurent completed the Trans Gaspe 260-km seven-day stage race in Quebec. In 2015 St Laurent won the mountainous 100-Mile Sinister 7 race and set the female course record of 18:37:19 as well as breaking the previous male course record. The 100-mile race takes place in the mountains of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta and has over of elevation gain.
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