Top Stories of Trail, Ultra, and Mountain Running in 2024
These are some of the top stories of trail, ultra, and mountain running in 2024!
These are some of the top stories of trail, ultra, and mountain running in 2024!
An investigation into the administrative problems preventing Stine Rex’s women’s 48-hour world record in May 2024 from being ratified.
New world records for both men’s and women’s six-day running have been set by Matthieu Bonne of Belgium and Denmark’s Stine Rex in September, 2024.
The U.S.’s Camille Herron broke the 6-day world record at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER event.
Camille Herron sets a new 6-day world record by running 560.33 miles (to be confirmed) at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER event in California.
Austrian ski mountaineer and trail runner Jakob Herrmann broke Kilian Jornet’s world record for the most vertical climbing on skis in 24 hours.
Japan’s Miho Nakata sets new women’s world record and Aleksandr Sorokin repeats as men’s winner at the 2023 IAU 24-Hour World Championships.
Miho Nakata of Japan sets new women’s world record at the 2023 IAU 24-Hour World Championships.
A history of both the men’s and women’s 24-hour world records.
An interview with Charlie Lawrence, who recently set the men’s 50-mile world record at the 2023 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile.
Charlie Lawrence sets a new 50-mile world record in 4:48:21 (to be confirmed) at the 2023 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile in Illinois.
The ultrarunner just notched 200 consecutive ultra-distance days. And she could have done more. But “it was time to move on.”
Finland’s Satu Lipiäinen takes the women’s 12-hour world record to over 153 kilometers/95 miles (to be confirmed).
Lithuania’s Aleksandr Sorokin sets a new 100-kilometer world record of 6:05:35 on May 14, 2023.
A history of and commentary on the women’s and men’s 48-hour world records.
An interview with Camille Herron following her 48-hour world record run at the 2023 Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Festival.
Camille Herron sets the women’s 48-hour world record at the 2023 Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Festival in Australia.
Jo Zakrzewski of the U.K. set a 48-hour world record of 411.458 kilometers (255.668 miles) at the Taipei Ultramarathon the weekend of February 10-12, 2023.
Dave Proctor averaged a highly productive 65-plus miles a day to cross Canada in a record time of 67 days and change, breaking Al Howie’s 1991 record.
