Antarctic Team Reach South Pole
Three world-class adventurers, including ultra-runner Ray Zahab, legendary arctic explorer Richard Weber, and elite adventurer Kevin Vallely have treked 680 miles (1094 kilometers), self-supported, to the South Pole in u[...]
British Runner To Cross Sahara In 40 Days
Kevin Carr, a British runner, is planning a North-South run across the Sahara Desert – running a marathon a day for 40 days. Kevin is planning this to be a solo, unsupported crossing in October 2009. Will be raisin[...]
Catra Corbett on the PCT
Catra is making an attempt on the PCT record which is 78 days for men and 91 for women. In with a shot at both, Catra started the journey with a Frenchman Julien, on May 24th, who Catra affectionately calls “SBR[...]
Charlie Engle and Marshall Ulrich To Run America In 2008
Posted on the Ultralist: Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:24:50 -0500 From: Jose Vargas Subject: Their goal is to run 3,200 across America fast enough to break the world record. http://marshallulrich.blogspot.com/ On March 22, [...]
Charlotte Vasarhelyi – New Bruce Trail Record 2010
Vasarhelyi sets new Bruce Trail record of 13 days, 10 hours 51 min. Charlotte Vasarhelyi is one of Canada’s most accomplished, active endurance athletes. Earlier in the year, Charlotte participated as a member of Team [...]
Chris Carver’s Otley To London Run
In a previous email I wrote that I (Chris Carver, from Otley) was about to take on the biggest challenge of my life which, as you may remember, is to travel, on foot, from Otley to London, for Orchid, a charity that fund[...]
Christina Franco To Solo North Pole
“Expeditioner and conservationist Christina Franco will set out in to be the first woman to ski, walk and swim solo to the Geographic North Pole. A two-month struggle of human spirit against blizzards, bears and br[...]
Croft 6 Day Race
From Sharon Gayter.com: “Day 3 Sadly today’s news is that Sharon has had to pull out of the world record attempt with a stress injury to her shin. This was reported on BBC’s Look North programme tonight[...]
Croft Circuit 6 Day Race 2009
Sponsored by Darlington Building Society : 9th – 15th February 2009 The Croft 6 Days will be the first official ultra distance road event of this kind to be held in this country for 25 years, the last road race was at [...]
David Horton Begins Continental Divide Attempt 2008
David Horton today begins his attempt to set a new record for completing the Continental Divide Trail, CDT, in North America. Matt Hawzly of England is the current CDT record holder after finishing it in slightly more th[...]
David Hortons Continental Divide Trail Run Abandoned
Circumstances on the first day of Davd Hortons planned record attempt on the Continental Divide Trail persuaded him to abandon his quest. We wish him a swift and speedy recovery and hope that next time he will be success[...]
Glen Turner Solo Across The USA 2008
Posted on the ultralist: Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:44:39 -0700 From: Jamil Coury Subject: Glen Turner – Run Across America Glen Turner starts his solo unsupported cross country run this Sunday (2/17) morning at 9am[...]
Jesper Olsen in New York Video
Lotus films have posted a short clip about Jesper Olsen on his final running day in New York in October 2005. Guinness record holder Jesper Olsen[...]
Karl Meltzer’s Appalachian Trail Speed Record Attempt 2008
Karl Meltzer is on day 26 of a planned 47 to set a new speed record on the North to South route of the 2,174 mile Appalchian Trail in the US. Karl began his run on August 5th and after encountering shin problems on day 1[...]
Lee Chamberlain Plans 7 Days On A Treadmill
British runner Lee Chamberlain is planning his second attempt at the 7 day treadmill record. In 2007 according to his website, Lee ran 410 miles thinking that was the record only to learn it wasnt, so in July, in a shopp[...]
Lee Chamberlain Sets New 7 Day Treadmill Record
Lee Chamberlain has succeeded in his attempt to set a new record for running 7 days on a treadmill in The Mall Shopping Centre, Camberley, Surrey. Lee covered 468.04 miles (753.237km), surpassing the old record of 461 mi[...]
Lee Chamberlain’s 2009 Treadmill World Record Attempt
Lee Chamberlain is attempting to set a new Treadmill World Record beginning today, Saturday July 18th at 12pm in The Mall Shopping Centre in Camberley Surrey for 7 Days. Lee talked on BBC Berkshire earlier this year abou[...]
Lee Chamberlain’s JOGLE World Record Attempt 2010
This November Guinness World Record Holder and ultra distance runner Lee Chamberlain, formerly of Spalding, Lincolnshire but now living in Bracknell, Berkshire with his wife Trudy and 3 step children Alex, Lewis and Rene[...]
Lisa Smith-Batchen And Louise Cooper To Run Across The United States.
Posted on PlanetUltramarathon: At the end of April 2008, world-class endurance athletes and long-time friends Lisa Smith-Batchen and Louise Cooper will begin a record-breaking attempt to run across the United States. The[...]
Matt Kirk Interview
Ultra Adventures has an interview with Matt Kirk who earlier in the year set a new unsupported fast-pack record on the Benton Mackye Trail (BMT)- 288 miles in the Southern Appalachians in 5d23h16m. Matts account of his j[...]
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Hydration Strategies For Ultrarunners
Hydration Strategies for Ultrarunners It is only in the last 30 years that serious consideration has been given to how much fluid a runner needs to hydrate for an ultramarathon. Before that time, most people who ran marathons and ultramarathons were elite runners who would usually finish a marathon around the 3 hour mark and [...]
Inspiration – Making Dreams A Reality
Making Dreams Come True. One of the things that motivated me to create multidays.com was the idea that we can do much more than we think we can. It seems that our perspective of the world is constrained and limited in some ways. We have the thought “I couldn’t do that” or “I could do [...]
