Ultra, trail running, training, and adventure racing.
Dylan Bowman set out to set a fastest known time on one gnarly ultra run: The Lost Coast Trail. He faced 57 miles, 11,000 vertical feet, soft sand, and remote risks as he raced the tide on the way to an FKT.
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Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel braved frostbite and high altitude to break the speed record on the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) by three days.
A race series founded by one of the true hard-men of ultra-running is coming to Colorado to highlight air quality problems. Get ready for Run Up For Air Colorado!
Runners are attempting – and crushing – fastest known times like never before. But detractors claim the practice takes away from the wilderness experience.
Bear Grylls wants to turn survival into a sport measured by technology instead of blood loss or hypothermia. Enter the ‘Bear Grylls Survival Challenge.’
VF Corporation boosted its clout inside the running world today with its acquisition of Utah’s Altra Footwear. Altra will join VF Corp.’s portfolio alongside The North Face, Eagle Creek, SmartWool, Vans, and others active brands.
Follow the record-setting pace in the stunning high Sierra in this 15-minute video from Salomon TV.
With 19 days remaining to beat the 28-day FKT record, Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel are racing through the cobbled-together network that is the Great Himalaya Trail (GHT).
Accomplished obstacle racer Amelia Boone dives head first into ultramarathons with the Sean O’Brien 100K. This video gives an inside look into her journey to the start line, and follows her during the race.
Danish athlete Kristina Schou Madsen scaled 5,895-meter Mount Kilimanjaro in 6 hours, 52 minutes, 54 seconds. The time set a new female Fastest Known Time (FKT). It was Madsen’s first FKT attempt and first time up Kilimanjaro.
Four laps, four beers, one mile, and a whole lot of altitude. This video shows Silverton, Colo., is one of the tougher places to host such an irreverent event.
The Red Bull 400 might be the world’s toughest 400-meter race. And now it’s coming to the biggest ski jump in the western hemisphere!
Pain, suffering, persistence, and glory – everything it takes to run a 100-mile race as told by Brendan Leonard of Semi-Rad.
The two-time Olympian set a U.S. record of 1 hour, 7 minutes, 25 seconds in the half marathon at the Houston Half Marathon.
The world’s fastest ultra-endurance athlete gives an inside look into how his life as always revolved around training.
Running 240 miles is no easy feat. Doing it faster than anyone before, is otherworldly. We interviewed Courtney Dauwalter and got the scoop on the gear she used during her record-setting run.
Under Armour this week took the curtains off a running shoe project in the works for more than two years. Meet HOVR.
To most, and Ironman Triathlon is a pinnacle of endurance racing. But to a crazy sliver of elite athletes, it’s not even close to tough enough. Meet the ‘Deca-Triathlon,’ 10 Ironmans. In. A. Row.
In Vienna, Illinois, Camille Herron ran the Tunnel Hill 100-mile in 12 hours, 42 minutes, and 39 seconds. She shattered the women’s 100 mile record by more than an hour.
Veteran winter ultra racer John Storkamp shares wisdom gleaned from a decade of racing some of the world’s toughest, and coldest ultramarathons
The Salomon XA Elevate is a light, fast trail running shoe with a modest stack height and protective but rigid ride for precise, fast singletrack running.
Find wonder in daily training, stay cool under pressure, and get in the zone. ‘Mindful Running’ offers insight into endurance sports.
If you thought that outrageous mountain running records were the sole domain of Kilian Jornet then you need to think again.
Courtney Dauwalter finished the Moab 240 in two days, 9 hours, and 59 minutes. She was faster than any of the men in the pack, beating the second-place finisher by more than 10 hours.
Three weeks before a 50K race, I started wearing the North Face Ultra Vertical. I put this comfortable trail running shoe to the test on just about every surface for this review.
Salomon athlete Francois d’Haene topped a star-studded field of ultra athletes, thanks in part to his gear. This is the kit he used to win the 2017 UTMB ultramarathon.
Fernanda Maciel shattered the previous fastest known time up and down Mt. Kilimanjaro by nearly three hours.
Arc’teryx listened to its ultrarunners, single day peak baggers, and minimalist adventurers. The Norvan Running Vest is a pack just for them.
We caught up with Salomon ultrarunner and coach Max King to learn more about the bonk and how to avoid it.
This film from REI reinforces that it’s plain dumb to judge a person by their appearance. Valerio inspires with her actions, running 50K after 50K in her pursuit to conquer the brutal TransRockies Run.