6 Day Races – Sports doping, Victorian style

Stemming from Mark Dorions short posts on the ultralist with updates from the Self- Transcendence 6 & 10 day races in Flushing Meadow in New York, a recent post on the thread drew attention to an article, originally posted by Vanessa Heggie Tuesday 19 June 2012 in the Guardian titled Sports doping, Victorian style, which […]

Celtic Ultra Fest 2014

A new event is being planned for September: The Celtic Ultra Fest 2014. This ambitious project – the only one of its kind in the UK features road ultras for everyone starting with a marathon, a 50 km/50 miles, 100km/100 miles, 6/12/24/48/72 and 6 day races. The 72 hour race will be the first such […]

6 Jours de France 2014 Is Cancelled

Gerard Cain has announced that the . After finding a new course after much work, the event has not found favour with a newly elected Council of Villefranche for a variety of reasons he reports. This is the text posted on the race website: Désolé de vous l’annoncer, mais la nouvelle Municipalité (dernièrement élue) de […]