Ultrarunner went searching for adventure, but found so much more.When running 1,406 kilometres across 24 days in The Himalayas, you have a lot of time in your own head. Ultrarunner Ryan Sandes went...
Running
HK Victoria 162: Start 2020 With One of 6 Races
From conquering 3 highest peak in one go to doing in 3 days camping style. Or shorter yet challenging distances. Maybe pick one to finish at historical Kennedy Town in Victoria City and hug of the...
2019 Dalat Ultra Trail 70km: Twice Charmed
There aren’t many destinations I returned to race more than once. It must’ve made a great impression beyond simply “yeah, I like it”. Dalat is a classic example. If the French made it the holiday...
Wadi Bih Run 27th Edition – Dibba 2019
Do you have what it takes to become King of the Mountains? Get fit and enjoy the Oman mountains and canyons for the 27th Anniversary of the Wadi Bih Run The rapid economic growth in the Middle East...
Great Way to See Cappadocia in 21 Hours
Olga and I decided this summer to run Cappadocia Ultra Trail – a 119km ultra in central Turkey, a tourist area famous for the cone-shaped rock formations and Bronze Age homes carved into valley...
Show us your W.A.R Face
Wadi Adventure Race #18 - the mother of all obstacle races in the UAE It was in 2012 when OutdoorUAE visited the first ever Wadi Adventure Race in Al Ain. The inaugural race attracted just a few...
Oman Desert Marathon 2018: 165km Self-Sufficient Ultramarathon
Toughest thing I have ever done, by Sam Morris The Oman Desert Marathon (ODM) is one of the hardest endurance races around, but having run the 250km Marathon des Sables (MDS) across the Sahara last...
Oman by UTMB: True Grit
Oman by UTMB is supposed to be a tough ultramarathon (www.omanbyutmb.com) at 137km, with almost 8,000 meters of rocky vertical ascent and 44 hour time limit. But even the top elite runners are...
Journey Into Fear
“I’ve learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers fear.” (Nelson Mandela) Over the past year, I...
All Roads Lead to Rome Marathon
Olya, Alex and I first ran Rome Marathon together in 2014, and our most vivid memory of that marathon was the torrential downpour while we were waiting in the Start corral. We were so miserably wet...