I confess I was a little nervous about running the first stage of the Tour du Month Blanc from Chamonix to Les Contamines-Montjoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. Despite reassurances from Run...
Jonathan and Henriette Albon triumphed in the Scafell Sky Race 2018 at the weekend. It was a tough event with 46 runners failing to complete the course. Norway-based Jonathan also broke the course record in...
On Saturday, I took part in my first running race in the Alps, the Gran Trail Courmayeur 30k. It was a race of many highs and quite a few lows. Was I ready for...
Rob Sinclair, from Scotland, and Sophie Grant, originally from New Zealand, triumphed in the Lakes Sky Ultra 2018 yesterday. Last year, Rob famously won and broke the records of the West Highland Way Race,...
Joanna Murphy, from Fife, ran into first position in the final mile of the Great Glen Ultra 2018. It was her first attempt at the 71-mile race and she finished in 12:14:20. Lynne Allen,...
Catalan runner Kilian Jornet yesterday broke the record for the Bob Graham round by more than an hour. Kilian completed the 74-mile route over 42 Lake District peaks in 12 hours 52 minutes. The...
Gayle Tait is an ultra runner from Lanark. She is 43 and has two children aged 10 and six. She is a part-time personal trainer and fitness instructor and started ultra running in 2013....
Turning 50 seemed quite shocking. Of course, I was knew it would happen and usually I am fairly philosophical about my age but on the day I didn’t feel too much like celebrating. Fifty...
This great photo by Jimmy of JHP Visuals, who was part of the media team for the Cape Wrath Ultra, appeared in The Times Scotland. If you want a copy of the pdf please...
More than 100 runners have completed a gruelling 248-mile race through some of Scotland’s most extreme terrain. The participants of the Cape Wrath Ultra ran for eight days and across the remote wilderness areas...
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