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Marathoners, Here’s How to Train for Your First Ultra

So you’ve run a marathon. Or several. That’s a huge accomplishment. But if you’re reading this, at least some microscopic ...
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How to run your first ultra marathon

It may seem like a daunting feat, but running your first ultra is more within your grasp than you think. Let's take the first ...
Sports Illustrated

Superstar Meg Eckert Crushes Ultra Running Race with World-Record

The International edition of Big Dog's Backyard Ultra included 61 teams and featured a women's world-record performance by Meg Eckert. Megan Eckert - Ultra-Distance Running Champion / Frank ...
Yardbarker

American Ultra Runner Crushes Appalachian Trail Speed Record

Running the Appalachian Trail (“AT”) is one of the most challenging and grueling feats in the world of ultra-distance running. The Appalachian Trail stretches 2,190 miles from Mount Katahdin in Maine ...
CNN

Harvey Lewis set a backyard ultramarathon record by running 450 miles for four and a half days – while barely sleeping

There came a moment, somewhere on a roadside in rural Tennessee, when Harvey Lewis felt like he could keep running forever. At this point, he had already been on the move, practically non-stop, for ...

Shailene Woodley Running for Her Life in Psychological Thriller ‘Ultra’

The 'Divergent' and 'Big Little Lies' star will play an ultramarathon runner in the new film from 'Gold Star' director ...
Lawrence Journal-World

With help from an ‘awesome community’ of ultra-marathoners, these two Kansans are running nearly 250 miles across the state in 5 days

Sean Frost (left) and Jonathan Prosser on the Kansas River bridge in Lawrence on Friday, May 23. The two made a pit stop in Lawrence Friday afternoon as they are completing a five-day, 250-mile run ...