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In January 2024, elite trail runners Kilian Jornet and Zach Miller sparked further controversy in the ultra-running community when a private email they sent to fellow professional athletes was leaked. [15] The email suggested finding an alternative race to the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) for 2024, which some interpreted as a call for boycott.
The race gained recognition as a sister sport event of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, [6] and was affiliated with the now-defunct Ultra-Trail World Tour. Beginning with the 2024 edition, it became part of the Gran Canaria World Trail Majors race series. [7] [8] As of the 2025 season, the event includes three distances of races: [9]
The 2021 race only invited past finishers and survivors amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Prominent runners including Stone Tsang and Tom Robertshaw withdrew during the race, with Jacky Leung making history as the first that breaks the 50-hour mark. [4] Four Trails, a film that documents that year's challenge, was released in 2025.
The Barkley Marathons is an ultramarathon trail race held each year in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States.Described as "The Race That Eats Its Young", it is known for its extreme difficulty, purposefully difficult application process, and many strange traditions, having been completed only 26 times by 20 runners since 1995.
An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). 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 ...
The Moab 240 is an annual ultramarathon in Utah. Course. The 239.66 miles (385.70 km) race begins and ends ... This page was last edited on 21 February 2025, ...
Five races will be streamed exclusively on Prime, including NASCAR's longest race, the Coca-Cola 600, on May 25. See the full 2025 schedule below the gallery: 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule
Runners, WS 2010. The finish line to the Western States 100 at Placer High School. The Western States Endurance Run, known commonly as the Western States 100 or Western States, is a 100.2-mile (161 km) ultramarathon that takes place on California's Sierra Nevada Mountains trails each year on the last full weekend of June.