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2025: The Year Everything We Thought Was Impossible Became Routine

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...

Katie Schide and Courtney Dauwalter – The Queens Finally Get Their Showdown

For three years, fans have been begging for it. The two best female ultrarunners on the planet, racing the same race, on the same day, at the same time. Not splitting up the calendar. Not trading course records from...

Hall beats time, time beats Hall | A column by Len Johnson

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...

Blood, Miles, and Mountains: Jim Walmsley’s Path to Ultramarathon Immortality

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...

RT Snap Q & A Series: Tove Alexandersson | Trail, Skyrunning, and Orienteering –...

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​.

Ultra & Trail Running’s Best Share Their Training | Damian Hall

In this extensive Runner’s Tribe series the world’s best ultra and trail runners share their training. Every few days we will be posting a new athletes’ weekly program during a peak training period. Next up we have record-breaking ultramarathoner...

A match-winning shot? | A column by Len Johnson

You don’t often get the best seat in the house to watch the shot put. Usually, it’s one of the worst, regardless of where you’re seated. The throwing circle is normally at one end of the oval or the other....

Olympic Finalist Bol Ignites Perth Track Classic

On a sizzling day at the Perth Track Classic, Australia’s premier athletes only added to the heat as Peter Bol stole the show with a two-lap masterclass, while pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall provided strong supporting acts. Olympic...

How To Dress Comfortably For Yoga Practice

On those days when you need to go the holistic way or just need to relax and work out, you should consider Yoga. Unlike other slapdash workout activities such as cycling or athletics, Yoga is a relaxed sport, rigorous,...

Olympic champion Kennedy to headline star-studded cast at Perth Track Classic

Perth, Australia; 12 February 2026 - Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy is poised for a romantic return to competition at Saturday’s Perth Track Classic, where she will be joined by sprint king Rohan Browning and 800m superstar Peter...