If you’re starting to dip your toes into the crazy sport of ultrarunning, a couple of things will happen. First, you’re going to need several pairs of the best trail running shoes in rotation at any ...

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The Ironman Group is extending its reach in the world of endurance sports through a partnership with UTMB Group, the development arm of leading international trail-running event host UTMB. The Ironman ...

Often regarded as the most prestigious trail race in the world, the 2025 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) gets underway on Friday 29 August. Roughly 2,600 ultramarathoners embark on the ...

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) isn't just one thing. It's the Spandex Superbowl, wrapped in Gore-Tex Mardi Gras with a dash of Chafing World Cup. It's a weeklong festival of mountain running ...

Editor’s note: We asked our European correspondent, Doug Mayer, to unpack the legendary Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc course for us. Mayer, who lives just a few minutes from the start and finish of UTMB ...

There's few races more punishing than the UTMB. The 106-mile loop around western Europe’s highest mountain features 32,700ft of aggregate climbing, volatile weather conditions, remorseless ...

Tina Pedersen had just run 171km (106.5 miles) around the Mont Blanc massif. Sweaty, wet and exhausted, her top concern was where her youngest son had wandered off among friends and family who were ...

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Columbia Sportswear has announced a three-year extension of its partnership between the Columbia brand and the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB®). The extension solidifies ...

Zoë Rom is Editor In Chief of Trail Runner magazine and Managing Editor of Women’s Running. She is co-author of the book, Becoming a Sustainable Runner with Tina Muir and a UESCA-certified coach at ...