Midnight 50km Ultra on the Tropic of Cancer Running Max Calderan’s Tropic of Cancer 50km Ultramarathon in the Liwa Desert is an epic night event, and not just because of running sand dunes and...
Sabkhas, Sand and Sandals
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High Altitude Ultra Adventure in the Himalayas
Surviving 165km in 1 Week with Eric’s Knife and Duct Tape Namche Bazaar Our Big Adventure This year’s big ultra event for Ramzi and me is the Royal Penguin Ultramarathon, a 64km ultramarathon...
Alia and Zenebu First at Dubai Women’s Run 2017
UAE’s Alia Saeed Mohammed aced the 10km race and Ethiopia’s Zenebu Checkole came first in the 05km race at the 7th Annual Dubai Women’s Run (DWR) held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin...
Kalba Kickr: Pink Dots and Boulders
Have you ever imagined that as a middle-of-the-pack ultrarunner that you would be ahead of some of the top local athletes forty minutes into a race? Forty minutes into the Kalba Kickr, somehow I was...
7 Emirates Run
My name is Toni Metcalfe I am a mum of three children and I also have a passion for running. Not just any running but ultrarunning. An Ultra run is defined by any distance over a marathon (42.2kms)...
2017 Fujairah Run, Op-Ed – Charles Sultan
When most people think about corporate offices or workplaces, fitness is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. Many of my colleagues spend our days sitting at our desks looking at...
Doing the Dubai Double
After a great summer of running in the Dubai heat and humidity, we recently had a chance to put our training to a test with the “Dubai Double”. On a Friday night in late September, Urban Ultra held...
Confluence of ‘Brilliant’ Ideas
Ramzi’s summer bucket list included the following seemingly incongruent events: quitting smoking, visiting his girlfriend Mary’s parents in the US, doing some training for our upcoming ultramarathon...
Berlin Wall 100 Miles – Back-to-Back Journey
Followed by last year’s great experience of running the Berlin Wall 100mile Race, I decided to participate in this race again for the reverse route. It would enable me to experience the race, the...
Up and Down in Milan!
The Milan, Salomon, Running ‘Allianz Top Cup’ trophy, Milan’s trail race Par Excellence, took place on Sunday the17th of September, 2017 The routes; 25km, 15km, and 9.9km all started from the...
Wind and Wave Forecast
