The former British Army captain who treats ultrarunning like a military operation has become the first British man to win UTMB. Here's how precision, data, and a mindset shift delivered the ultimate victory. The Surgeon, Not the Bulldozer "I want to be a surgeon rather than a bulldozer." That single sentence captures...
By Caleb Rook I'm based in sunny Queensland now, but we grew up in Tassie in the late 80's and early 90s, hiking and camping in The Walls of Jerusalem and Cradle Mountain National Parks. Back then, the legendary fight for the Franklin River was still fresh on the political landscape. I...
There’s been no bring-back-the-mile style campaign, but the 3000 metres is well and truly back. So what, you say. Like the mile (perhaps even more so), the 3000 has never really been away. It’s been substituted in for the 5000 metres in Diamond League meetings – even the final, even...
These past few years Claudia Hollingsworth has been the next big thing in Australian women’s middle-distance running. Considering her most recent exploits – destroying a strong field to win the national 3000 metres title in Hobart on 28 February, running the fastest 1500 by an Australian woman in Australia...
Written by RT Ross (c) Runnerstribe.com The Swedish orienteering legend who wins world championships in sports she's never tried before. Here's how 600 hours of annual training across six disciplines created the most versatile endurance athlete on the planet. The Accidental Champion "I did not have a big expectation of this race...
Article by RT Ross - Runner's Tribe (c) 2026 Kilian Jornet is not just one of the best trail runners of all time. He's the most scientifically transparent elite endurance athlete on the planet. While most pros guard their training like state secrets, Jornet publishes detailed breakdowns of his methodology,...
Written by RT Ross, Runners Tribe An In Depth Analysis of Trail and Ultrarunning's Most Transformative Year Step back from the individual stories and look at the bigger picture. 2025 was not just a good year for trail and ultrarunning. It was a paradigm shift. A year where records we assumed...
Linden Hall seems to have had the better of time just lately. Approaching her 35th birthday, Hall shows no signs of a performance drop-off. Established as a world-class 1500 metres performer with a sixth place at the Tokyo Olympics and being the first Australian woman under four minutes, she continues...
Jim Walmsley is one of the most iconic endurance athletes of the modern era. Known for his historic wins at the JFK 50 and Western States 100, and now celebrated as the first American man to win UTMB, Walmsley has cemented his legacy in trail and ultra running history....
Tove Alexandersson is a legendary figure in the world of endurance sports, with a career that spans orienteering, ski-orienteering, skyrunning, and skimo. She has been crowned World Champion in multiple disciplines, a testament to her extraordinary versatility and dominance in endurance events. Tove's journey began at a young age with orienteering, where she competed in her first race when she was just 1 year old. This early exposure to varied terrains laid the foundation for her ability to excel in a wide range of challenging environments, from dense forests to rugged mountain trails.
