Archive for August 19th, 2009

When you consider how difficult a full marathon is for the average runner in the UK can you imagine how difficult an ultramarathon would be? While strictly speaking an ultramarathon is anything above 42.195 km, i.e. the length of the standard marathon, the ultra marathons of today can be thousands of miles in length. There... »

It may only have been seven months since Debbie Cansoni gave birth to her son but this did not stop the Alexandria-based runner from competing in the gruelling “Devil in the Highlands” ultramarathon. The 43 mile event attracted some of the best names from the UK and overseas and despite obviously having other duties... »

The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the official body set up to sanction racing events longer than the official 42.2 km covered by the traditional marathon. The IAU website is basically a one-stop shop for information on ultra running events such as ultramarathons and various competitions which are going on around the world. It... »