Weekly News 10: Half Marathons, GPT100, World Trail Majors, UTMB
This weeks news includes all the latest from Centurion Running, a look at the latest races including GPT100, new UTMB buy outs, XNRG Druids Challenge, SDW100 elite athlete news and how horrendous and brilliant a half marathon can really be.
All the latest news from Centurion Running plus a race review of Caesars Camp Endurance Run/ 100 miler which no longer exists but was in many ways a forerunner to other ultra events around the UK today.
This week James Elson recaps the 2025 Autumn 100 where a new fastest all time British 100 Mile Trail time of 13:03 was run, alongside an amazingly tight and competitive womens race. Other topics include the VK world record going down, Grand Raid Reunion, World 24hr Champs and Bigs Backyard.
This weeks episode covers the latest news before focusing in on the Autumn 100 which kicks off this weekend. There is an in depth preview of this years field, some of the background and detail around the race and of course then a comparitive difficulty rating to finish with!
Weekly news from the world of Ultrarunning and a Race Review of the 24hr format in general, including the history of 24hr racing and a look ahead at the 24hr World Champs at Albi upcoming. Plus a relative difficulty review of the format against more traditional races.
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