Ultra Running News
Latest news, perspectives and trends shaping the ultra running and endurance athletics landscape.
We do not cover every race. We cover the ones that changed our mind about something — a pacing decision that should not have worked, a record that says more about the shoes than the runner, a field that looked different from last year.
That comes to about six a year, and the restraint is deliberate. A result that does not teach you anything belongs on a results page, not here. If you want every finish time, the timing companies publish them faster than we ever could.
Ultra Running UTMB. Nothing Is Ever Predictable
UTMB 2026: Four champions were gone before the gun. Two more stopped before halfway, and then two runners nobody had circled ran the fastest times in the race's history.
Early June 2026 Ultra Running Digest: World Records, Summer Racing Prep, and the Road to Western States
Everest and 6-hour world records, Zegama settled, and heat-training science that argues for optimisation over maximisation before Western States.
Mid-February 2026 Ultra Running Briefing: Black Canyon Preview, FKT Glory, and the Quiet Revolution in Training Science
The deepest Black Canyon field in race history, Erin Ton's Aconcagua FKTs, and the oldest Arrowhead 135 finisher at 75.
February 2026 Ultra Running Dispatch: Global Race Drama, Asian Dominance, and the Soul of the Sport
Hong Kong to the Lake District: a dead heat at HK100, a Winter Double Bob Graham record, and hard questions about the sport's soul amid explosive growth.
January 2026 Ultra Running Pulse: Winter Records, Industry Shifts, and the Spine Race Drama
Spine Race victories and the controversy that followed, historic Lake District records, and the trends actually shaping the sport this winter.