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Name Description Global 7in7on7: The first attempt to run 7 ultramarathons in 7 days on all 7 continents. Canada: Yukon Arctic Ultra: Whitehorse to Dawson City, Yukon, 430 miles (692 km) in 13 days. Described as the coldest and toughest ultra in the world. [3] [4] Canada: Bruce Trail: Ontario, Canada 800 kilometers in (10–15 days). United States
Since 1985 when the group first began holding races, the focus on the ultramarathon and multiday races has grown from the Ultra Trio, three races with staggered starts of 700, 1000 and 1300-mile duration that take place in September, and the spring races, which include the Self-Transcendence 6-Day race and one of a very few such races in the ...
An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of 31 miles (50 km) and up to 3100 miles ...
The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 88 kilometres (55 mi) [1] which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race. [2]
This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of ultramarathons; Ultramarathon; ... 12-hour run; 24-hour run; 2020 IAU 100 km World Championships; A. All-Women ...
The German website DUV lists 160 24-hour races that were scheduled for 2012, a figure that has doubled over the last 10 years. The longest running 24-hour race is the Self-Transcendence 24 Hour Race Ottawa, Canada which began in 1981. [8]
The second-longest distance is 74 laps (308.3 miles (496.2 km)) set by Jennifer Russo at the 2023 Capital Backyard Ultra in Lorton, VA. [14] Prior to Russo's record setting performance, the longest distance recorded by a female competitor in a backyard ultra event was 68 laps set by Courtney Dauwalter at Big's Backyard Ultra in October 2020.
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands) [1] is a seven-day, about 257 km (160 mi) [2] ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage (2009) was 91 km (57 mi) long (2023 : 90.1 km). This multiday race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.