ultra running Tor des Géants 2026: Record Run, Historic Women's Leap At the 330km Tor des Géants across Italy's Aosta Valley, Jiaju Zhao broke the men's course record while Katharina Hartmuth erased roughly twelve hours from the women's mark — in a race that still eats 40% of its field.
trail running UTMB 2026: The 46-Hour Cutoff That Beats More Runners Than the Mountains Do UTMB looks like a distance problem. It's actually a clock problem — and the 46-hour, 30-minute cutoff decides more races than the Alps do.
trail running Trail Running Your First 50K: A 16-Week Training Plan That Actually Works A 50K punishes marathon fitness in ways road runners don't expect. Here's the 16-week base-build-peak-taper framework, the fueling numbers, and the gear choices that actually separate finishers from DNFs.
FKT Fastest Known Times (FKT): Setting Records on Known Routes FKTs are the underground record-setting scene of trail running. Pick a route, run it fast, log your time.
trail running Trail Running Shoes for Ultras: Salomon, Hoka, La Sportiva Three brands dominate ultra running shoes, each with different strengths. Here's how to pick between them.
Fastpacking Fastpacking: The New Discipline Between Trail Running and Backpacking Fastpacking is backpacking for runners who want to cover more ground. Done right, it's the most efficient way to see big terrain. Done wrong, it's just a miserable run with too much stuff.
trail running Trail Running Your First 50K: A 16-Week Training Plan That Actually Works Most first-50K plans are warmed-over marathon plans with extra hills. They fail. Here's a plan built from the ground up for trail — aerobic base, vertical, specific fatigue.
