On his “States of Elevation” project, Kilian Jornet intends to summit the 60-plus so-called 14ers in the contiguous United States, connecting each by bike or foot.
Category: Ultramarathon Running
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The Kind of Pain I Wanted
To get out of my head and be more in the moment, I turned to bondage.
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Runner With Long Covid Creates Flagstaff’s Dream Run Camp
With long Covid ending his own days as an endurance athlete, Matt Fitzgerald opened the doors of his home, creating a fantasy camp for runners with a dream.
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Isabella de la Houssaye, Athlete Who Endured Against the Odds, Dies at 59
After being diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, she continued to go on extreme adventures with her children, including an ascent of the tallest mountain in the Americas.
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What Courtney Dauwalter Learned in the Pain Cave
The agony of running ultramarathons is bearable, she discovered — even instructive, if you think about it the right way. And she learned how to win as few have ever won before.
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‘The Mountain Will Make Cowards Out of All of Us’
Two former pro football players entered the Leadville Trail 100-mile race, a grueling slog over Colorado peaks. They were used to challenges, but this was a new kind of pain.
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An Ultramarathoner’s Struggle Against Borderline Personality Disorder
Nickademus de la Rosa, an ultrarunning prodigy who has run across Death Valley and the Alps, is taking a pause from the sport as he copes with borderline personality disorder.
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A 50-Mile Race, a Quick Car Ride and a Scandal at the Finish Line
An ultramarathoner was disqualified after covering part of a course in a friend’s car. She said it was a “miscommunication.” A rival had a different word: cheating.
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Life Isn’t Fair. He Didn’t Want This Race to Be, Either.
Gary Cantrell, the mastermind behind the Barkley Marathons, is in a race of his own: against time.
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For Oz Pearlman, It’s Mind Over Muscle, and Mind Over Other Minds
As an ultrarunner, Oz Pearlman took on a challenge he had contemplated for 12 years: running from Montauk to Manhattan. As a mentalist, he took on N.F.L. locker rooms.
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For Ukrainian Runners, a Brutal Race Made Sense When Little Else Did
Backyard ultramarathons are grueling, hourslong races. The international team competition, held on Oct. 15, included runners from dozens of nations racing on their home turf, including Ukraine.