Ultramarathons
Races longer than the standard marathon distance, including multi-day running events. Every Running Weekly story on ultramarathons, newest first. 13 stories since September 2026.
- Geerts and Steyaert hit 124 laps for backyard world record
Their third record together, and they passed Phil Gore's old mark of 119 yards at the 500-mile point.
- Geerts and Steyaert's backyard record is 516.7 miles
The Belgian pair's 124 laps add up to 831.5 km, and it is the third time they have set the mark.
- Puppi misses Templiers record by one second in Millau
Martyna Mlynarczyk led the women's race from the gun and took 66 seconds off the course record.
- Big's Backyard Ultra world team championship is underway
Keith Dunn is posting live results for the US team, and says there is no rush to start watching.
- Kodiak 100 finisher runs 22:13:57, banks a UTMB 2027 spot
The race report breaks down 13 weeks of training, three weeks at 7000 feet and two gels an hour.
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- Meg Eckert's 6-day world record reaches the New York Times
Ian Sharman flagged the mainstream pickup for the Sharman Ultra Coaching coach's multiday record.
- Phil Gore runs 152 yards, 633.75 miles, at Project 168
Zach Bitter says the Australian put the backyard ultra world on notice.
- McConaughy resets John Muir Trail FKT at 2 days 16 hours
iRunFar says the mark beats a record that had stood since 2017.
- Sullivan and Allgood smash Run Rabbit Run 100 course records
Storms hammered the Colorado course all night and the two winners still went faster than anyone before them.
- Sullivan and Allgood smash Run Rabbit Run 100 course records
Storms hammered Steamboat Springs all night and the two winners still took the records down by daylight.
- Run Rabbit Run 100 will pay $100,000 to each winner
The Colorado 100-miler announced the purse jump on the eve of its 2026 race, and the sport's loudest voices started doing math immediately.
- Canaday says most sub-3 hopefuls race a marathon in zone 2
The Higher Running coach says most runners can only hold true zone 3 for about three hours, which is why a long race sits lower than people think.
- Megan Eckert runs 636 miles in six days for world record
She beat her own women's mark by 33 miles and took the overall American record off the men's side.
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