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Michael Wardian (Arlington, Va.), made his first appearance at the USA 100 km championships on Sunday, running 6:56:57 to win his second ultrarunning title of the year at the Mad City 100K in Madison, Wis. The championships were hosted for the second time by the Mad…

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Greg Crowther (Seattle, Wash.) will head to Madison, Wisconsin this Saturday to defend his title at the 2008 USA 100 km Championships. The championships will be hosted for the second time by the Mad City 100K.

The distance, 100…

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According to his new blog entry at Runner’s World, “Ultramarathon Man” Dean Karnazes has been selected to carry the Olympic torch while it passes through his hometown of San Francisco, CA.

Karnazes, an elite (and at times controversial) ultra endurance athlete,…

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Elinor Fish and Adam Chase, editors at two top U.S. running publications, Trail Runner and Running Times, are leading a unique retreat for trail runners including guided trail runs, training theory and writing about running seminars at Active at Altitude, a residential sports-training centre near Estes Park,…

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The University of Utah and Karl Meltzer will hosting the Utah Ultrarunning Camp on July 9-13, 2008. The camp is focused on the ultra runner looking to expand his knowledge and improve on performance,…

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Scott Jurek of Seattle and Nikki Kimball of Bozeman, Montana have been voted the 2007 UltraRunning Magazine North American runners of the year.

Jurek won Colorado’s Hardrock 100 Mile…

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The Obsidians outdoors club has announced a schedule of 22 hikes for visitors to this summer’s U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials and concurrent Oregon Bach Festival.  Outings include 12 coastal, forest and mountain hikes and 10…

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This year’s Sunmart 50 mile event served as the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) Trail World Challenge. Runners representing twelve IAU federations ran side-by-side with the Open field to vie for the overall championship. The men’s winner…

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The Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Council of long distance running has chosen the 2007 USATF Mountain Runners of the Year, Ultrarunners of the Year, and Contributor of the Year. The following…

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The North Face Endurance Challenge, a four-region, nationwide running event for outdoor athletes seeking to explore their personal limits, culminates in grand fashion on the Pacific shores north of San Francisco on December 1,…

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The USATF 100 km National Team will compete in the 200 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100 km World Cup Under the Patronage of the IAAF in Tuscania, Italy on November 8, 2008.

The annual 100…

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The 18th Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Runs, scheduled for Saturday, December 8 in Huntsville State Park, will host the 2007 IAU Trail World Challenge for the 50 Miler and the 50K events. In 2006, Sunmart was given a…

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Gravity Play Sports is excited to announce the first national television broadcast of the Adventure Xstream Race Series & Xstream Expedition Adventure Race on Saturday, November 10th at 3:30pm MST on Altitude Sports Network*. Altitude will televise the hour long broadcast of the Adventure Xstream Adventure Race…

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Trail Runner magazine, North America’s leading publication for off-road running, announced the winners of the fourth annual La Sportiva Trail Runner Trophy Series this week on www.trailrunnermag.com. After the series wrapped up on…

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At the blast of a cannon, 355 trail runners from 14 different countries and 30 U.S. states took off for the XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run on Saturday. With a backdrop of bright blue skies and palm trees swaying…

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