(redirected fromUltra marathon) Medical ul·tra·mar·a·thon (ŭl′trə-măr′ə-thŏn′) n. A cross-country footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26 miles, 385 yards). ul′tra·mar′a·thon′ern. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copy...
Thinking of your next ultra marathon? Here we map out the kit you'll need, the training to do, the food to eat and how to take on the big miles
"Ultrarunning is a unique sport that gives the athlete the loneliness of a runner but also provides the camaraderie and companionship that is not seen in many disciplines of other sports. On paper, an ultra race would be as small as a meter more than a marathon distance. However, stemming...
Chen just finished his 77th marathon on Wednesday and is more than three fourths done with his daring challenge- running 100 marathons in 100 continuous days.Chen started his journey from Guangzhou in southern China on April 2 and is set to end hisodyssey in Beijing on July 10. ...
And on every birthday, he runs the distance (in miles) that corresponds to his age — just for fun. This November, he will run 41 miles in Anchorage’s snowy terrain and sub-freezing temperatures. U.S. Air Force Maj. Judith Coyle of the U.S. Armed Forces Triathlon races a bicycle ...
If you thought marathoners were mad for enduring 26 miles of pain, meet the ultramarathoner. For these superlong distance runners, four or five hours on the go is a mere Sunday stroll. Dedicated fans of the sport sometimes run more than 100 miles across some of the world's toughest terr...
【题目】China's ultra-marathon(超马拉松赛)runner Chen Penbin confirmed T hursday he will take part in the 222-kilometer mountain marathon in August in India's Ladakh.Chen just finished his 77th marathon onWednesday and is more than three fourths done with his daring challenge- running 100 ...
PUSHING himself to the physical limit is Dr Hugh Montgomery's passion. The endurance expert has run three 100km ultra-marathons, scaled the world's sixth highest mountain -- Cho Oyu in Tibet -- jumped naked from a plane at 14,000ft and set a world record for the longest time playing ...
According to the Wikipedia,an ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of 31 miles (50 km) to over...
But ultra-marathoners, who typically run 35 to 100 miles and sometimes much longer, seem to have deeper wells. So how do they do it? And how can you tap into their tenacious mindset to go the distance no matter what goal you're getting after? Find out by taking a peek under the ...