Scotty Hawker News UTMBWS 

Ultra-Trail Australia 50Km

OCEANIA’S ELITE TRAIL RUNNERS CHASING UTA50 CROWN    A host of Oceania’s top trail ultrarunners will battle it out over 50km at the 2023 Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB this Saturday 14 May.   The men’s UTA50 race features a strong field with a blend of youth and experience, including Scotty Hawker (NZL), Charlie Hamilton (AUS), Ben Duffus (AUS), Piotr Babis (POL), and Blake Turner (AUS).  Hawker, a 2019 UTMB podium finisher, and the up-and-coming Hamilton, racing the 50km distance for only the second time in his career, look set to…

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Arden Young News UTMBWS 

Desert RATS Trail Running Festival by UTMB 2023 – Results

The UTMB World Series continued with the 20th  Desert RATS (Running Across the Sand) Trail Running Festival Series by UTMB®. This event offers both exhilarating trail running and breathtaking scenery in  Fruita,western Colorado. National and international runners met at the Hawkeye Trailhead taking on four courses of 50K, 42K, 25K and 10K. Runners traversed the famous Kokopelli Trail along the Colorado river or through the Western Rim at this trail running mecca. Desert Rats 50k On Saturday, the 50K and 42K (marathon) runners took to the Desert RATS Trail Running…

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Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB Ultramarathons UTMBWS 

Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB

THE CANYONS ENDURANCE RUNS BY UTMB COURSE UPDATE The Northern, Central and Southern Sierras and their surrounding Foothills have experienced a historic amount of snowfall this past Winter, and the snowpack is near all-time highs. We have been keeping a close eye on snowpack levels and access to our Canyons trails over the course of the winter. Our teams and land partners have not to date been able to access significant portions of The Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB course to perform required trail work that needs to be completed…

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Badwater Cape Fear News Ultramarathons 

Badwater Cape Fear Ultra 2023

The BADWATER® ultra running experience returns to the East Coast when the ninth BADWATER CAPE FEAR race takes place on Bald Head Island and Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, North Carolina on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Since 2014, the race has raised over $125,000 for Bald Head Island Conservancy. Bald Head Island, NC – With 50km and 51.4-mile race options, the annual Badwater® Cape Fear ultramarathon features a twelve-mile warm-up on the car-free, one-lane-wide roads and maritime forest trails of Bald Head Island, followed by either 19 or 38 miles of running…

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TransJeju trail race News Ultramarathons UTMBWS 

UTMB World Series 2023 Confirmed Events

UTMB World Series 2023 confirmed events leading up to and beyond UTMB Mont-Blanc, the pinnacle event of the trail running year. 2023 is set to be an historic edition as it celebrates not only its 20th anniversary, but also its first as host to the UTMB World Series Finals in the UTMB, CCC, and OCC races, taking ultrarunners on an extraordinary journey through the trails of the Mont Blanc region between France, Italy and Switzerland. To date there are 32 events across six continents currently confirmed for the 2023 UTMB…

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Canyon's Endurance Runs by UTMB News Ultramarathons UTMBWS 

Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB 2023

CHAMONIX, France/AUBURN, Calif. USA/TAMPA, Fla. USA (Dec. 8, 2022) The Canyons Endurance Runs™ by UTMB® has been selected as the first ever UTMB World Series Major to be hosted in the Americas. Taking place from the 28-29 April 2023 in Auburn, California, the event gives all finishers additional opportunities to qualify for the UTMB World Series Finals held at the world’s biggest trail running event, UTMB Mont-Blanc. Registration is already open, here. Three UTMB World Series Majors are held each year and these pinnacle events across the Americas, Europe and…

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News Ultramarathons 

New North American Additions To UTMB® World Series

Ultrarunners in the USA will be able to experience the UTMB® adventure and begin their journey to the renowned UTMB® Mont-Blanc on home soil, with the announcement of two new North American additions to UTMB® World Series in 2022. The organizers of the world’s leading trail running circuit have also announced more opportunities for European runners, with the confirmation of additional events in Croatia and Slovenia. In the US, Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB® in California will take ultrarunners back to the birthplace of mountain ultras along the historic Western…

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UTMB world series 2022 News Ultramarathons 

UTMB® World Series Confirms Seven New Events

UTMB® World Series confirms seven new events across the USA, Hong Kong, Andorra, Mexico, Italy and France for 2022, giving any ultrarunner around the world the chance to meet their extraordinary — 15 leading international events now confirmed for the inaugural UTMB® World Series with more exceptional events to be revealed in coming weeks — (Chamonix, France) 4th November, 2021 – UTMB® World Series today confirmed the newest seven world-class events in Hong Kong, Andorra, Mexico, Italy, France, and the USA that will join the inaugural circuit in 2022, including…

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Badwater Salton Sea 81 Mile Ultramarathon News Ultramarathons 

BADWATER® Salton Sea 81 Mile Ultra 2021

The BADWATER® ultrarunning experience returns to Imperial and San Diego Counties when the eighth BADWATER SALTON SEA race takes place on November 7-8, 2021. AdventureCORPS®, Inc. – organizers of the world-famous Badwater 135 Ultramarathon from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney in July – hosts the BADWATER® Salton Sea 81-Mile Ultramarathon annually and normally in mid-Spring. After an 18-month hiatus due to the pandemic, the eighth annual edition will take place this weekend on Sunday-Monday, November 7-8, 2021. (In 2022 it will return on May 1-2.) This remarkable event challenges teams…

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