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Runners to Challenge 135 Miles from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney

July 16, 2012 by

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ADVENTURECORPS PRESENTS THE BADWATER ULTRAMARATHON Oak Park, CA – AdventureCORPS, Inc., an event production firm specializing in ultra-endurance and extreme sports events, will host the 35th Anniversary Badwater Ultramarathon on July 16-18, 2012. Recognized globally as “the world’s toughest foot race,” this legendary event pits approximately 95 of the world’s toughest athletes—runners, triathletes, adventure racers, and […]

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June 28, 2012 by

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Are you a friend of Planet Ultramarathon? If not, it is time you joined us on Facebook at the official PUM page. http://www.facebook.com/planetultramarathon Or hit the button on this post to join us. Jeremy

There’s running, and then there’s ultra running…

April 6, 2012 by

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If the odd marathon just isn’t enough for you anymore, then what else is there? In this video Shirley Thompson, organiser of the annual UVU Jungle Marathon, a 240km staged race in the bowels of the Amazon Jungle, explains how she discovered the thrill of ultra running. And she proffers her personal insights into the […]

Amazing performances at World 24hr

May 15, 2010 by

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Some amazing performances at this year’s IAU 24hr. Go here to review: http://www.iau.org.tw/mediacenter.php Also a big congratulations to the Australian team for a job well done.

Coburg and Australian Centurion 24hr Results

April 27, 2010 by

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Hi all The annual Australian Centurions 24 Hour walk was successfully held last weekend and I am pleased to enclose the race results spreadsheet and a race report. This race, held in conjunction with the Coburg Harriers, is a combined run and walk so the race report and results discusses both aspects of the race. […]

Coburg 24hr 2010 – Latest entry list

December 20, 2009 by

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Hi all Entries are building nicely for our 2010 Coburg 24 Hour carnival. I enclose the current list of competitors – we look set for another big couple of races. Kind regards and happy training over the Christmas/New Year period. Tim — Tim Erickson Coburg 24H Organizing Committee terick@melbpc.org.au 2010 entries – competitor info

World 24hr and 100km current records – Dec 09

December 5, 2009 by

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Thanks to Franco Anichini Ultra-Marathon National Records and Best Known Performances by Franco Anichini REVISED VERSION added, corrections: please write to me! aggiunte, correzioni: per favore, scrivetemi additions, corrections: SVP écrivez-moi anichini@email.it special thanks to: Andy Milroy thanks to: Edit Berces (Hun), Antonin Hejda (Sui), Bernard Malgouyres (Fra), Mercedes Acuna (Arg), Thierry Lefeuvre (Fra), John […]

Thomas Maguire wins Monaco 24hr

November 28, 2009 by

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In a great performance for Irish ultrarunning, Thomas Maguire won the Monaco 24hr with a distance of 248.39km. Good to see the depth of Irish ultrarunning increasing the last few years. http://www.ultrarunningireland.com/live/news/797.html Ireland’s Thomas Maguire set an incredible new Irish record of 248.392km (154.344 miles) to win the IAU-labelled Monaco 24-Hour race on 22nd November. […]

Entries now open for 2010 Coburg 24 hour race

October 2, 2009 by

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coburg2010_eform Hello everyone We are pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2010 Coburg 24 Hour Carnival. As usual, we have two dates Sunday 7 March 2010, 8AM, Coburg 6 Hour Championships 17-18 April 2010, 10AM, Coburg 24 Hour Events The Coburg 24 Hour events include – The Victorian 24 Hour Track […]

USA 24hr Trial on this weekend

October 2, 2009 by

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Submitted by Tony Mangan. After last years ‘ disaster ‘ in the Ultracentric 24 and 48 hour races, USA ultra running have switched their selection trial for the World 24 hour Championships to Cleveland this weekend. http://www.northcoast24.org “As one of the people who is helping to plan this event, I can say that the course […]

Donaldson beats American record

October 1, 2009 by

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http://altitudeultrarunner.blogspot.com/ Donaldson named Athlete of the Week 09-30-2009 INDIANAPOLIS – Jamie Donaldson (Littleton, Colo.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting an American record in the women’s 200,000 meters over the weekend at the 28th Annual Ottawa International 24 Hour Self-Transcendence Race and Masters’ 24 Hour Championship in Canada. […]

Results from Commonwealth 24hr

September 19, 2009 by

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Thanks to http://williamsichel.wordpress.com/ Here are the Team finishing positions: The places are calculated based on the fastest/furthest 3 runners from the team at 24hrs – so  nations with ❤ runners could not place in the Team medals regardless of individual performance (e.g. Wales) Women’s 24 hr Team places 1 – England 2 – Australia (A […]

Commonwealth Ultra Championships

September 17, 2009 by

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New Commonwealth Championship event for Ultradistance and Mountain Running held in Keswick Mountain running returning to its spiritual home in Cumbria. The world’s first organised fell race took place in Grasmere, Cumbria, in 1850.  And almost 160 years later between Thursday, September 17th and Sunday, September 20th, 2009, the first Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance […]

Results from Brisbane 24hr – Held this weekend

June 28, 2009 by

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Jo Blake has won the SCMT Team Brisbane 24 hr track race held on 27-28 June, with Meredith Quinlan 2nd with a stunning debut performance of 201k. Final results are Jonathan Blake 224.229km Meredith Quinlan (F) 201.463 Ron Schwebel 201.247 Peter Bennett (walker) 186.553 Mal Gamble 183.145 Justin Scholz 182.400 Michael Lovric 178.352 Stuart Cole […]

Results for Bornholm 24 and 48 – 2009

May 27, 2009 by

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http://6-24-48-timer.dk/web62448/Pdf/Finalresults2009.pdf Stop Press: From Peter Bogevig To your announcement there will be held a 6 days race next year and the race will be moved to the following dates: 2010 144H: 13th of june 48H: 17th of june 24H: 18th of june 6H: 19th of june The 144H only if 25 or more participants Good […]

Reporting from the 2009 IAU World 24hr

May 15, 2009 by

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Submitted by Tony Mangan. More to follow Interview with Team USA Team USA has steadily progressed as a team through the standings in the 24hr IAU World Challenges. At the 7th edition, USA had its best placing in the event finishing second in the women’s division. I had the opportunity to interview the team members […]

Eoin Keith breaks Irish 24hr Record

May 11, 2009 by

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Thanks to Tony Mangan for the story. Eoin Keith not only finished a magnificent 5th but smashed the Irish road record at the World 24-Hour Championships, held over a 1.14km circuit in Bergamo, Italy. Keith covered a total of 237.206km (147.393 miles) for the 24 hours, adding over five miles to the record set by […]

Results of 2009 Cornbelt 24hr

May 9, 2009 by

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http://www.cornbelt.org/r/24hr09.pdf Phil

Photos from the Coburg 24hr 2009

May 3, 2009 by

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Supplied by Pat Fisher

IAU World 24hr Challenge this weekend

May 1, 2009 by

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http://www.iau.org.tw/ The 7th IAU 24 Hour World Challenge & European Championship will take place on 2-3 May 2009 in Bergamo, Italy. 3-time consecutive men’s champion Ryoichi Sekiya (Japan) is absent from the race and so there will be a new men’s winner.  Returning women’s champion from 2007 IAU World Challenge, Anne-Marie Vernet (France) is back […]

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