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The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of 31 miles (50 km) and up to 3100 miles. [ 1 ]
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The Art O'Neill Challenge, [5] also known as the AON Challenge, [6] the Art O'Neill Ultra [7] or simply The Art O'Neill, [1] is a 60 [1] kilometre Irish ultramarathon [7] overnight endurance race that begins at Dublin Castle, typically at midnight, and finishes at Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains the following day.
Yukon Arctic Ultra: Whitehorse to Dawson City, Yukon, 430 miles (692 km) in 13 days. Described as the coldest and toughest ultra in the world. [3] [4] Canada: Bruce Trail: Ontario, Canada 800 kilometers in (10–15 days). United States: Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race: World's longest certified footrace (52 days) United States
A marathon is always measured by the same distance: 26.2 miles, but the time it takes to finish depends on your fitness level, training and the course itself.
A man from Plymouth has completed a fundraising challenge that saw him run 12 ultramathons in 12 days. Mehdi Taheri is raising money for charity Breakthrough T1D, which funds research into finding ...
Ultras are generally accepted as having a distance of greater than 26.2 miles (42.16 km) though 50 km races are generally the closest race distance above a marathon, and are widely thought of as the shortest ultramarathon distance among the trail running community. Races of similar distances often differ significantly in terms of terrain.
Ultramarathons are a specific type of race, over a distance longer than that of a marathon Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ultramarathons . See also the categories Marathons and Half marathons