This weekend sees the start of the 2024 Montane Summer Spine race The Montane Summer Spine is a non-stop, 268 mile race along the most iconic national trail in Britain; the Pennine Way. Beginning from Edale in Derbyshire, runners have a time limit of 156 hours to reach the finish line. The Montane Summer Spine crosses some of the finest upland landscapes in the country, from the Peak District, through the Yorkshire Dales, across the North Pennines and over World Heritage-listed Hadrian’s Wall, on to the remote Cheviot Hills and, finally, the finish line in that elusive village of Kirk Yetholm ..read more

Run Britannia 2024 is billed by organisers, RatRace, as “the holy grail” of UK adventures, tackling this epic journey from Land’s End to John o’Groats, a major physical and logistical undertaking. The entire distance is still seldom attempted on foot in one sitting – and rightly therefore constitutes an enormous lifetime achievement for any runner or walker. RatRace have put together a fully supported, truly stunning 1000 mile, 70, 000 ft elevation, 37-day adventure that spans the entire length of this great nation on a bespoke route designed to take in the most beautiful trails in the UK alon ..read more

THRILLING CLIMAX TO 2024 DARTMOOR DISCOVERY AS NEWCOMER JOSHUA BENFORD WINS IN NEAR-RECORD TIME Ladies’ winner Naomi Flanagan also come close to smashing record Cool conditions favour runners on notoriously tough course Newton Abbot, June 9, 2024 — Dartmoor Discovery (DD) onlookers in Princetown were thrilled on Saturday (June 8), as twenty-three-year-old newcomer to the race, Joshua Benford of Bideford AC, came within two minutes of breaking the legendary course record, set back in 2014. Joshua’s time of 3:31:19 marks him out as an outstanding prospect in the ultra distance running world. Th ..read more

Ultrarunner Sophie Power sets new Trans-Ireland record surpassing the previous record set by Mimi Anderson in 2012 of 3:15:36:00. Starting on Tuesday morning May 28th in the very north in Malin Head Sophie Power and her team set off to establish a new record for the distance finishing at Mizen Head in the south, approximately 350 miles away. With lots of updates on social media, Sophie, who rose to fame after breastfeeding her infant during the 2018 UTMB race, reached Mizen Head in 3:12:09:00.   Links Website: Sophiepower.com SheRACES Instagram: ultra_sophie The post Sophie Power Sets New ..read more

The 2024 Dartmoor Discovery (DD) ultramarathon which takes place Saturday 8th June 2024, promises to be one of the most thrilling in its history, as last year’s winner, Joe Beaton, returns to defend his trophy, facing a tough challenge from veteran two-time winner Adam Holland. Race Director Liz Barnett said: ‘What a race we have in prospect! I can’t wait to welcome Joe, Adam and all the other DD runners to Princetown, for what promises to be a fantastic event. The race always attracts a fascinating mixture of youth and experience and this year’s event is no different. I wish all the runners t ..read more

Almost all the teams have been announced for the Anglo Celtic Plate which forms part of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 100k/50k Ultra Races taking place in Perth on the 24th of March at North Inch Park. This is the premier 100k ultrarunning event on the UK ultradistance calendar. England Women’s team Sarah Webster (Northern IOM, David Leach) Melissah Gibson (Ealing Eagles) Julia Davis (Newquay Road Runners, Robbie Britton) Samantha Hudson dos Santos Figueira (née Amend) (Belgrave, Andrew Walling) England Men’s team Michael Young (West Cheshire) Alex Milne (Hercules Wimbledon) James Turner ..read more

History was made at the 2024 Spine Race with winner Jack Scott smashing the course record by more than 10 hours. The INOV8 athlete completed the 268-mile winter race, widely regarded as one of the toughest ultrarunning endurance events in the world, in an astonishing time of 72 hours 55 minutes. The 29-year-old ultrarunner crushed the previous record of 83 hours 12 minutes, famously set by Jasmin Paris in 2019. INOV8 team-mate Damian Hall, last year’s winner, came second in 82 hours 25 minutes, also going under the old record. Jack, who slept for less than an hour throughout the entire race, s ..read more

There aren’t many events which come with the description of being a cross between the Marathon des Sables and the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. But that’s what one of the runners called this incredible five day slog through the beautiful foothills of Nepal. The combination of rolling hills and gruelling climbs with a multiday format meant I could certainly see how they’d come up with that particular comparison. Before we even started running the experiences jumped at us – initially in the form of a gang of rather cheeky monkeys who we met during a visit to Kathmandu’s otherwise peaceful Monkey T ..read more

The GOMU 48 Hour World Championships 2023 started earlier today at 10:00 am at the Blackbridge Athletics track in Gloucester. The Gloucester 48 Hour first took place in 2021 and takes a huge step forward in hosting the World Championships in a modality that in the past wasn’t promoted to any degree. With the developement of ultrarunning over the last decade the multiday races are starting to see an influx of newcomers eager to explore longer ultras and multidays and with Camille Herron leading the way there is a bright future dawning for ultrarunning. Todays race at the 3 hour point sees Vikto ..read more

RECORDS TUMBLE DESPITE SEARING TEMPERATURES AT 2023 DARTMOOR DISCOVERY Twenty-year-old Joe Beaton becomes youngest-ever winner of the DD Kirsteen Welch smashes longstanding ladies’ course record Newton Abbot, June 5, 2021 — Records tumbled at the 2023 Dartmoor Discovery (DD) on Saturday (June 3), as twenty-year-old Joe Beaton became the event’s youngest-ever winner, storming round the famously tough course in a time of 3:44:50. Ladies’ winner, Exeter Harrier Kirsteen Welch, pulled off an extraordinary run, shrugging off the oppressive heat to post a new course record of 3:59:52. The previ ..read more