There’s a phrase I like to use when describing the difference between training and competing over the ultramarathon distance:
Getting to the start line is physical – getting to the finish line is mental and emotional.
As more and more people take up the challenge of running longer and running longer off road the waiting lists for the big races are expanding. Why should you bother to add your name to an already big list? Because a hefty proportion of those entered will get sick or injured i...
Posted by Andy Mouncey
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on 9 May at 11:00 PM
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The world’s highest Ultra Marathon sounded like a good idea when I was sitting at sea level, on my laptop, and in the comforts of my home. But at 5200m above sea level, in zero degree temperature, and with freezing winds sweeping off the surrounding peaks of the Himalayas, I wasn’t sure what I had got myself into!
The Everest 65km Ultra Marathon is an annual race starting at Gorakshep (5200m) and finishing at Lukla (2900m), but unlike most other ultra marathons, you first walk the course ove...
Posted by Luke Tyburski
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on 5 May at 11:00 PM
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This is a short story about the life and vision of Micah True, better known as Caballo Blanco, as rendered by New York artist Sam Carbaugh.
More on the artist: Like many people in the world, Sam was touched by Caballo Blanco's passion and devotion to the Tarahumara (or Raramuri) people of the Copper Canyons of Mexico. He invested his time and talent into creating a small biography that stays true to both who Micah was as person and as the creator of the legendary Copper Canyons Ultra Marat...
Posted by Flint F
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on 26 Mar at 12:00 AM
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The Raramuri
Known to the outside world as the Tarahumara, the Raramuri Indians of Mexico are an ancient tribe who left the violence and suffering of the mainland, at the time of the Spanish conquest, to make a new home at the bottom of Las Barrancas del Cobre, or Copper Canyons, an immense region in the Sierra Madre that borders two states, Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Sheltered in this unique, remote system of cliff walls and low valleys thousands of feet deep, they maintain a lifestyle today th...
Posted by Flint F
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on 11 Mar at 12:00 AM
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How many once in a lifetimes can you have? There are lots of challenges that claim to be one - but what is that really? A marathon? A skydive?
Really it’s about doing something awesome. Going beyond your comfort zone and pushing your body to the extreme. That’ll be different for each person, but when you really do have a once in a lifetime experience there’s nothing more exhilarating.
The Gurkhas are used to being challenged physically, but even they need to push themselves. Trail walking...
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Posted by Oxfam UK
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on 25 Feb at 12:00 AM
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