Sean McKaveney, a lawyer from Mission Hills, recently completed the Antarctic Ice Ultra 50k, a 31 mile race in -2 degree ...

Sandwich resident Gretchen J. Swarr won the Antarctic Ice Ultra 50K last month, her first ultramarathon after completing all ...

The Lehigh Parkway Ultra race is Saturday in the Lehigh Parkway. Runners from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and Arizona will run five loops of the Parkway ...

Some races push the limits to 200 kilometers (124 miles) or 200 miles. Justin Grigg, the City to Sky 50K race organizer and a board member of Run Wild Missoula, said Wednesday that runners have ...

Weeks into training for her first trail ultra, Jennifer Heckman wondered what she ever saw in those crowded urban marathons on pavement. The trails were so peaceful and serene! But then the long runs, ...

As part of its 50th-anniversary celebrations, UCCI will be holding a community-focused ultramarathon in January.

Runners are still everywhere, but nowadays, not all of them want to stay on the road — or even on the trail. So, off the beaten path they go, and the distances are climbing to crazy heights as well.