2015 Ultra-Trail Mount Fuji Live Coverage

Live coverage of the 2015 Ultra-Trail Mount Fuji.

By on September 23, 2015 | Comments

Ultra-Trail Mount FujiIt is time for the 2015 edition of the Ultra-Trail Mount Fuji, a 105-mile (169k) course that loops around Mount Fuji and includes in excess of 27,000 feet (about 8,300 meters) of elevation gain. This is the 10th race in the 2015 Ultra-Trail World Tour.

UTMF begins at 1 p.m. local time this Friday, which is 10 p.m. Thursday night MDT in the U.S. It’ll take the leaders around 19 hours to complete this beast.

We’ll be livecasting the event on iRunFar’s Twitter feed. We’ll also be combining our twitter feed with other news sources in the window below.

Here are some more resources to help you follow the race:

A special thanks to The North Face, which has made iRunFar’s live coverage of UTMF possible. Thank you, The North Face!

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Information on the Course Changes for UTMF 2015

Due to significant rainfall, the UTMF race organization is announcing course changes to protect two sensitive environments and for runner safety.

First, the course between Motosuko, 31.5 kilometers into the race (A2), and Fumoto, 46.5 kilometers into the race (W1), is being altered. Instead of traveling over Ryugatake, the course will make a lower-altitude traverse. The traverse is singletrack and rolling, about 1 kilometer longer than the original route, but an estimated 30 minutes faster for top runners.

Image showing the first reroute between A2 and W1 in red and the original course in black.

Image showing the first reroute between A2 and W1 in red and the original course in black.

Between Subashiri, 120.5km (A7), and Yamanakako, 135.5km (A8), the course will make the same ascent, but then descend immediately on singletrack and then travel on pavement into Yamanakako. This reroute might be up to 30 minutes faster for the leaders.

Image showing the second reroute between A7 and A8 with the reroute in red and the original course in black.

Image showing the second reroute between A7 and A8 with the reroute in red and the original course in black.

Meghan Hicks

Meghan Hicks is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. She’s been running since she was 13 years old, and writing and editing about the sport for around 15 years. She served as iRunFar’s Managing Editor from 2013 through mid-2023, when she stepped into the role of Editor-in-Chief. Aside from iRunFar, Meghan has worked in communications and education in several of America’s national parks, was a contributing editor for Trail Runner magazine, and served as a columnist at Marathon & Beyond. She’s the co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running with Bryon Powell. She won the 2013 Marathon des Sables, finished on the podium of the Hardrock 100 Mile in 2021, and has previously set fastest known times on the Nolan’s 14 mountain running route in 2016 and 2020. Based part-time in Moab, Utah and Silverton, Colorado, Meghan also enjoys reading, biking, backpacking, and watching sunsets.