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Ultra-Trail Australia 2023 – A Look Back

April 19, 2023April 18, 2023 abichal27David Austin, festival of trail running, multiday, multiday festival, second largest trail running event, trail running, Ultra-Trail Australia 2023, ultramarathon, ultrarunner, ultrarunning, UTA, UTA100, UTMB® Mont-Blanc, UTMB® World Series0 comment

ULTRA-TRAIL AUSTRALIA FOUNDING RUNNER REMINISCES 15 YEARS OF HISTORY From 11-14 May 2023, Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB will celebrate its 15th anniversary, growing from humble beginnings to becoming the second largest trail running event in the world. Ultra-Trail Australia (UTA) began in 2008 as a single distance ultramarathon. 157 athletes took on 100 kilometres of spectacular trails through the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains. Fast forward 15 years, UTA has become a mainstay of the global ultrarunning calendar. It now attracts around 7,000 athletes each year to the now multiday festival…

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Hayden Hawks Targets Win At Tarawera Ultramarathon By Utmb

February 2, 2023February 3, 2023 abichal27Courtney Dauwalter, Dylan Bowman, Hayden Hawks, Jim Walmsley, Sage Canaday, Tarawera Ultramarathon, Tom Evans, trail running, TUM, Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko, ultrarunner, ultrarunning0 comment

ULTRA RUNNER HAYDEN HAWKS TARGETING WIN AT TARAWERA ULTRAMARATHON Professional ultrarunner Hayden Hawks will line up for the 102km race at the 2023 Tarawera Ultramarathon by UTMB as the hot favourite to take the title on Saturday 11 February. The American, who hails from Utah, is a prominent athlete in the world of trail running, with a score of major race wins including the first trail ultra he entered, the Speed Goat 50km, in 2016, the JFK Mile in a course record in 2020, Black Canyons Ultra 100km…

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BADWATER® Salton Sea 81 Mile Ultra 2021

November 2, 2021November 3, 2021 abichal27AdventureCORPS®, Badwater, BADWATER® Salton Sea, Salton Sea, ultramarathon, ultrarunner, ultrarunners, ultrarunning0 comment

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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The danger – and beauty – of ultrarunning podcast

June 8, 2021 abichal27Adharanand Finn, Baiyin City, Gansu, Rachel Humphreys, ultramarathon, ultrarunning, Will Ford, Yellow River Stone Forest0 comment

The Guardian Today in Focus podcast The danger – and beauty – of ultrarunning A discussion that follows in the wake of the tragedy in Yellow River Stone Forest, near Baiyin City in Gansu province, China where 21 ultrarunners died when a storm hit the 100km race in a remote and exposed section of the course with high winds and freezing rain. The podcast looks at how the situation has unfolded with the Chinese government suspending a range of extreme sports including trail running, desert trekking, wingsuit flying and ultramarathon…