Tag Archives: Inspiring Stories
Views From The Ocean – Pete Stringer
Views From The Ocean – Reflections on The Self-Transcendence Races 2009 Posted on the Ultralist: From: Pete Stringer To: ultra@listserv.dartmouth.edu Subject: views from the ocean Date: Wed 13 May 2009… Read more
Blind explorer reaches South Pole
On January 4th six three-man teams set off in the South Pole Race. One of the athlete’s, from Northern Ireland, 32 year old Mark Pollock has become the first blind… Read more
Ultra Legends – Running Monks In Asia
Phil Essam, former webmaster and creator of PlanetUltramarathon is hard at work developing his new site, Ultra Legends, a treasure trove of the deeds and achievements of yesteryear. Phil drew… Read more
The Genius of Ultrarunning – David Blaikie
Perhaps the genius of ultrarunning is its supreme lack of utility. It makes no sense in a world of space ships and supercomputers to run vast distances on foot. There… Read more
Rosie Swale Pope Completes Journey Around The World
Rosie Swale Pope has returned home after a 5 year epic adventure circling the world to raise money for charity and also raise awareness about cancer. Having suffered several broken… Read more
Together We Run
John Wallace III recently finished a trans-USA crossing and now his parents have embarked on a campaign of their own, already on Day 46. John writes: Many of you may… Read more
Dean Karnazes Bails on the Road
Today’s post on Dean Karnazes blog details his decision to fly back home to Calfornia: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Last month, in New York City, I made a fairly insane and irrational… Read more
Dean Karnazes finishes 50/50/50
Dean Karnazes completed his epic journey of running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days with a 3 hour performance at the New York City Marathon yesterday with an… Read more
World Run 2
Jesper Olsen, keen to get back out on the road is planning another feat of running longevity. “The route will in general lead from the Northern point of Scandinavia and… Read more
The World Harmony Run Reaches Wales
The World Harmony Run, a global initiative to promote the idea of Harmony by running from country to country carrying a Torch has arrived in Wales after paaing through Northern… Read more
