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For the first time in 35 years, the Western States 100, America’s most prestigious 100 mile trail run, has been scuttled, another casualty of the epic wildfires which are devastating the state of California.  The race was to begin on…

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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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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 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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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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I was perusing USATF events page, checking out all of the October races that were 27+ miles, when an interesting race name caught my eye: 

The 26th Le Grizz Ultramarathon. Startled by such a name, I wondered if the…

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Capitalizing on the fantastic Gold Medal performance at the 2007 World Mountain Trophy Race in Ovronnaz, Switzerland earlier this month, ATRA in concert with the Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team is launching a new section on their website,

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Anne Lundblad posted a new course record by more than 8 minutes in her victory at the USA 50 Mile Championships on the Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK course in Boalsburg, Pa.

Just half an hour earlier, Anne’s husband Mark Lundblad held off strong competition to take the men’s title. Second…

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TrailFit.com is now featuring seasonal race calendars courtesy of USATF.  They are divided into regional maps and by type of event: Trail, Off-Road and Mountain races. 

The map below will take you to a list…

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The hardest of hard-core athletes took off on Friday on a gruelling race up and around Mont Blanc in the North Face Ultra-Trail championship. The fifth edition of the race will wind around 163 kilometers of Alpine trail in three countries, with nearly 9,000 meters of altitude change. More than…

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