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My best selection of Ultra Running book…

Written by Kevin O'Rourke - http://ultrakev.blogspot.co.uk I read a lot of books. A huge amount of books. and when i'm not reading them i'm listening to them through audio books and...

Written by Dave Stuart - http://76thmile.blogspot.co.uk Or how to run a race and not get lapped by the sun Things that are essential to do in the 6 months before you race -...

Running in Crete in the land of the Natural Born Heroes

Written by Kevin O'Rourke - http://ultrakev.blogspot.co.uk Chris MacDougall has got a lot to answer for. He first wrote the amazing book Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and...

The importance of fat metabolism in ultr…

Written by Mark Woolley - http://markstevenwoolley.blogspot.com.es Never has a topic, not just in ultramarathon running but in the nutritional world in general been subjected to a generalised pseudoscientific analysis as that...

Written by Chase Parnell - https://chaseparnell.com “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” -Mark Twain Fear is in all of us. But it’s what we do with that fear that...

Written by Chris Ellyatt for the URC I’m sure that we have all seen a thousand articles on how important rest is to any athlete’s schedule. Indeed, it has often been...

Tom Addison’s Top-10 Tips For Faster Dow…

Written by Tom Addison - http://team.inov-8.com There’s no greater buzz in running than nailing a downhill. It’s you versus the terrain. To win that battle feels amazing! Being able to descend with...

A Guide to Buying a Running Waterproof

Written by Neil Bryant Questions frequently asked by runners are to do with purchasing a waterproof jacket. As seems to be the case with most equipment now, the choice is endless...

Written by Neil Bryant for the URC I’ll be honest, I had never heard of Skimo till three or four years ago when a certain Kilian Jornet exposed it to me...

Written by Clare Holdcroft - http://www.mountainsinmind.com Let me explain a little bit more about the meaning of my title above. By pole, I mean trekking pole, I’m not referring to a...

Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim Epic Adventure!

Written by Brie Hemingway - http://briehemingway.com It was less than three months ago but it seems like another lifetime. Did I really do THAT? It feels like a dream … a...

Expensive running shoes might not be worth the money

Written by Jens Jakob Andersen - http://runrepeat.com/ Ultra-runners might be the group of runners that spend the most money on running shoes due to the many miles we log, but are...

The Trans-Europe Footrace.

Written by Neil Bryant Trans-Europe here I come, ready or not! In just over two weeks time I will be toeing the start line of the biggest most exciting adventure of my...

Written by Owain Thomas - http://www.ultrarunningmatelot.co.uk It's been 4 days since I finished this epic journey and as I still recover it's best to jot down some words whilst it is...

Written by Neil Turnbull - https://thefarsideofbeyond.wordpress.com So Chapter 2 was born after my failed attempt in Chapter 1. I won’t go into the details on this post as I have already...

Top tips to make you a better mountain runner

Running in the mountains is hard. I’m certainly not going to say it’s harder than other running, but it needs to be treated differently. Many experienced runners get a sharp...

Written by Neil Bryant I have run a few races that I class as really long. These being single stage races, over 200 miles such as the Tor des Geants or the Spine. The main difference...

Written by James Campbell - https://jamescampbell78.wordpress.com The idea behind the Cleveland Hills Challenge formed in my mind in around October last year when I stumbled across the Wikipedia page for the...

What effects do Artificial Sweeteners have on your body?
Written by Jon Hutchinson - http://www.sportandexercisereview.com An article in ‘Dietetics Today’, a magazine produced by the British Dietetic Association, (the Association of British Dieticians) was titled ‘Low Calorie Sweeteners – friend…
The Ins and Outs – Brief Thoughts After #BareFootLeJog Part 2
Written by Aleks Kashefi - https://pursuingthevoid.wordpress.com Sunday 30th August (Day 34 of my run). After 38 miles I had an amusing conversation with my Uncle, who joined me to run some…
Is It Rude To Not Like Road?
Written by Ian Campbell - https://1ancampbell.wordpress.com As ultra runners we are truly obsessed with getting miles in as we focus on a target race. But of course we ultra runners need…

Recovering from injury: Q&A with Andy Mouncey
Written by Andy Mouncey for http://www.runultra.co.uk Andy Mouncey had thirty years of sport under his belt – thirteen of which were in ultra trail running. Then, disaster struck and he got…
Marathon Des Sables - The Final Countdown: 5 things to focus on
Written by Andy Mouncey for RunUltra It is just weeks now till the glorious 1300+ will be heading off to Morocco to get their feet nice and hot on the sand…
Running the Tour of Mt Blanc
Written by Stuart Smith - http://aim-adventureinmind.blogspot.fr A few years ago I was lucky enough to be able to buy a bike and get out with some good mates from Bolton CTC…

(Missing) The Spartathlon
Written by Stuart Shipley I am going to miss the Spartathlon this year and surprisingly not entirely to attempt to assuage the prior DNF’s. I will miss the endless poring over results…
Measures drive behaviours, standards drive results
Written by Mark Cameron - https://markcameronrunner.wordpress.com Rather than my usual race report I wanted to do something different with my blog, it still involves a race but from a different angle…
The 3 Elements Of Trail Running – Brief Thoughts After #BareFootLeJog Part 1
Written by Aleks Kashefi - https://pursuingthevoid.wordpress.com I finished at 10pm on the 2nd of September after a 53 mile day in 10 hours of running. This was the day after, having…

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