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Six weeks after her Valentine’s Day run, Renee did another 50-mile fundraising ultramarathon in her neighborhood, this time ...

The Leadville Trail 100 took place last Saturday in the legendary mining town of Leadville, Colorado. A vision by Ken Chlouber, a local miner, runner, and businessman, led to the creation of the Race ...

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 ...

In 1987, five runners gathered in Death Valley early in the morning with plans to run to Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous U.S. — in California. The daring group included Eleanor ...

In the sport of ultrarunning, athletes often defy human limits. But at a recent 100-kilometer race in Wales, one runner took it to another level. As seen in photos that quickly went viral, runner — ...

Jul. 12—At 10 a.m. Saturday, 157 runners hit the starting line for the Last Man Standing Back Cove Backyard Ultra. When is the race over? We don't know. How long is it? We don't know that, either. The ...

It’s hard to say what the average weekend warrior can take from a study of ultra-athletes who ran thousands of miles in a European foot race — aside from inspiration and a sense of awe. But for those ...

Long-distance running challenges on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) have been abandoned in today’s searing heat (Saturday, July 12). Competitors are being helped off Wales’ highest mountain after temperatures hit ...

An ultra runner has been killed during a race in Romania after a violent storm broke out, causing the event to be cancelled as other participants required evacuation from the course. The unidentified ...