Oct 18, 2019 | Activity, Articles, Event Reports, Running, Travel & Adventure
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 year, I thought I was ready for the ODM. But this event was another...
Oct 17, 2019 | Activity, Articles, Event Reports, Running, Travel & Adventure
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 surprised by its difficulty. Afterwards Co-Winner Jason Schlarb commented:...
Apr 18, 2019 | Activity, Running
Mount Sana 60 is the last ultra of the season for Urban Ultra, and it does not disappoint. The 60km is essentially an obstacle course, but with 10km of solid running between each obstacle. The crowd is the usual suspect gang of our running cronies, with a few...
Jan 2, 2018 | Activity, Home Articles, Running
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 (more on sabkhas later) in darkness. Running in the moonlight of...
