On May 4-6, more than 2,200 runners will descend on the Canary Islands for Transvulcania by UTMB. The event offers four distinct distances--72K, 48K, 28K and a vertical kilometer--that traverse a ...
Elite trail runner Emily Schmitz, 41, used to refer to shorter ultra distances such as 50Ks as "baby ultras." At the same time, those have been the distances she's thrived on completing, naming the ...
With big changes on the horizon for the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) races, this year's events might be some of the most competitive ever. What does it mean for the future of the Chamonix-based ...
As Sunmaya Budha crossed the finish line in second place at last month’s Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc’s Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) race, fans cheered and shared in the joy of her moment. It might ...
Often regarded as the most prestigious trail race in the world, the 2025 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) gets underway on Friday 29 August. Roughly 2,600 ultramarathoners embark on the ...
British ultra-runner Jon Albon has won the prestigious CCC (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix) race during the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc week in France. The 34-year-old Norwegian-based runner clocked ...
Kila Custom Insoles proudly shares that Nike Trail’s Anthony Costales earned a top 15 overall finish at the UTMB CCC in Chamonix, France. Anthony embodies the resilience and performance mindset we ...
Trail running history was made again when China phenomenon Yao Miao won the female category of the 101-kilometre Courmayeur, Champex-Lac, Chamonix (CCC) division at Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) on ...
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc—aka UTMB—isn’t just one thing. It’s the Spandex Superbowl, wrapped in Gore-Tex Mardi Gras with a dash of Chafing World Cup. It’s a week-long festival of mountain racing ...