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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 road running event was later upgraded to World Championships status after 2006. It is one of the IAU's four main world championship events (alongside the 100 km World Championships, 50 km World Championships, and Trail World Championships) and is the only one with a limited time format, rather than a distance-based one. [4]
Also new for summer 2021 was the Spine Sprint events. Starting at Edale, the races finish at Hebden Bridge, a distance of 46 miles (74 km). The time limit is 18 hours. A winter event was added for 2022. From summer 2025 the event was renamed the Spine Sprint South following the introduction of the Spine Sprint North.
On May 6, 2021, UTMB Group made a strategic alliance with famous Triathlon race operator IRONMAN Group, and launched a brand new series of Trail Running races: UTMB World Series, with Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc to be renamed as UTMB World Series Finals. The annual final competition of this series [2] replaced the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT).
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 ...
Race organizers typically warn participants and crew that the race is "R rated". [3] Despite the festive atmosphere, the race has recently attracted a competitive field of elite runners, due to the fast course and the fact that it is a qualifier for the Western States Endurance Run , with the top men and women finishers earning a "Golden Ticket ...
The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2 km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distances, and tracks world records in ultra distance races approved by IAU.
The IAU 100 km World Championships have been held annually since 1987, at different locations, and is organized by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). [1] [2] Due to lack of sponsorship, the 2013 event, planned for Jeju Island, South Korea, [3] was cancelled and the 2014 event, originally due to be held at Daugavpils, Latvia, was held instead in Doha, Qatar.