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A 'fat' ultramarathoner wants you to know running is for everyone. Here are her 4 tips for beginners.
Mirna Valerio knows she doesn't look like a stereotypical runner. She wants to spread the word anyo…
Serafina Kenny
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An ultramarathon runner was banned for 12 months after using a car during a race
Joasia Zakrzewski accepted a trophy for third place in an ultramarathon race. But she used a car fo…
Joshua Zitser
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An elite runner was disqualified from an ultramarathon after she was caught using a car for part of the race
Data uploaded to the app Strava found that Scottish runner Joasia Zakrzewski had used a car for a 2…
Sophia Ankel
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You can build muscle and endurance at the same time. A former US Army officer turned ultramarathon runner explains how.
Many people think you have to sacrifice strength training for cardio workouts. But an ex-US Army of…
Rachel Hosie
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Man who lost 203 pounds to become an ultra-marathoner shares his body transformation
Shawn Eckert told Insider he completed 53 miles of a 100-mile race in Daytona, Florida, after overc…
Jackson Thompson
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65 marathons, 1 treadmill, 0 days off: How a Navy fitness trainer took on a world record during lockdown in Italy
Ultra marathoner Alyssa Clark shares tips on how she ran a marathon every day for more than two mon…
Christopher Woody
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A new ultramarathon for the ultrarich costs more than $20,000 to enter and comes with butlers and Michelin-starred chefs
The 120-mile marathon over four days in Scotland in 2022 will offer butlers, Michelin-starred chefs…
Vanessa Gu
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21 runners were killed by disastrous hail, wind, and rain that hit an ultramarathon race on a mountain in China
The extreme weather struck a section of the 100-kilometer race held in the Yellow River Stone Fores…
Barnaby Lane
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What happens to your body during an ultramarathon
That's because running disrupts your digestion. It diverts blood away from your stomach to your mu…
David Anderson,Chia-Yi Hou
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Ex-Navy SEAL and ultramarathoner David Goggins is the toughest man on the planet. His latest challenge: persuading the world to suffer on purpose.
After the physical and mental anguish wrought by COVID-19, Goggins is empowering people to reclaim …
Chris Weller
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An ultramarathoner ran over 100 miles in her house after her races were cancelled due to the pandemic
A Michigan preschool teacher won an award for setting up a 100 mile route in her living room, hallw…
Gabby Landsverk
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A dog named Cactus wandered off from his home and decided to run an ultramarathon through the desert
"I am the owner and was told he had left the camp yesterday... If I can pick him up I will but I al…
Tyler Lauletta
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Ultra-marathoners ditch their healthy diets during races, subsisting on chips, Coke, and Twinkies. The strategy reveals a nasty truth about processed food.
By comparison, sugar in processed foods can be quickly turned to fat in the liver and contribute to…
Hilary Brueck
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An American explorer just became the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. He finished the 932-mile journey with an ultramarathon.
Every other person who's tried that before has either given up or died. One other British explorer,…
Hilary Brueck
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In the midst of the polar vortex, 52 people completed this 135-mile ultramarathon in northern Minnesota - biking, skiing, and running through the coldest corner of America
Starting out near the Canadian border on Monday, the endurance athletes pedaled, walked, ran, and s…
Hilary Brueck
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In the Everest ultra-marathon, runners compete at lung-bursting altitudes of 17,000 feet. This year, one runner spent a night outside, alone and without shelter.
In the Everest ultra, runners climb over ice and rock, their bodies struggling for oxygen as lactic…