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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 ...
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
Monument in Sparta with names of Spartathlon winners The finisher’s medal The reverse side of the medal. Spartathlon is a 246-kilometre (153 mi) ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta.
Umbrella Ultra Marathon; V. Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon This page was last edited on 3 November 2019, at 18:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
While there are debates around the accuracy of this historical legend, [16] whether Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens or between other cities, how far this was, and if he was the one to deliver the victory message, [17] the marathon running event of 26.2 miles / 42.195 km is based on this legend.
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Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands) [1] is a seven-day, about 257 km (160 mi) [2] ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage (2009) was 91 km (57 mi) long (2023 : 90.1 km). This multiday race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.
In 2012, in honor and memory of Micah True "El Caballo Blanco", the race was returned to the name by which it was always known in the Canyons, "Ultra Marathon Caballo Blanco." The Ultra Marathon Caballo Blanco is conducted by the Municipality of Urique with support by the USA nonprofit True Messages [ 2 ] and long time ‘Mas Locos’, sponsors ...