PT281 @ Guarda, Belmonte, Portugal on 17 July 2024

It’s a race where temperatures soar past 40º. The heat is stifling and many of the participants rate it as the hardest they’ve ever done. To be happy and one of the finalists in this race, you need to have a real capacity for autonomy, be self-sufficient and know how to navigate the entire route […]

ARCHIVED RACE: Jenkins Mountain Scramble @ Paul Smith’s College Visitors Interpretive Center (VIC), Paul Smiths, NY, United States on 26 May 2012

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There are two runs: A 13.1-mile strenuous half-marathon with 2,364 feet of elevation gain that includes a climb to the summit of Jenkins Mountain, and a shorter run of about 6 miles that does not include the Jenkins Mountain climb.

Both races will be run as “wilderness trail runs.” This means is that there will […]

ARCHIVED RACE: Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon 2012 @ Augrabies (120km west of Upington), Augrabies, Northern Cape, South Africa on 25 October 2012

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The Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon (KAEM)is a 250km, 7-day, self-sufficiency event held annually in October in the Green Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Participants cover the 250km in 6 legs over 7 days, shortest being approximately 25km, the longest leg approximately 78km and one rest day. Check points are situated every 8 – 10km apart […]