When Salida, Colorado-based husband and wife Melissa Lee-Sobal and Tom Sobal started running ultras in the 1980s, it was a fringe sport with few participants. Lee-Sobal started trail racing in Atlanta ...

Training for and racing an ultramarathon is no small quest. It’s a rollercoaster of the ultimate highs and the loneliest lows. An ultramarathon is any distance farther than the traditional marathon ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE -- There are many mental and physical benefits when it comes to running. For U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Gesl, Space Launch Delta 30 30th Staff Judge Advocate, training ...

Even for the most active athletes, running an ultramarathon (any race longer than 26.2 miles) is a daunting task. Luckily, author Sid Garza-Hillman has written an ultrarunning guide for everyone and ...

Training partners Jake Hegge and Michael Borst, a pair of Wisconsin-La Crosse students, are taking turns at winning. On Saturday, Hegge, 20, from Verona, Wis., became the second-youngest champion in ...

Radio 2's Sara Cox is taking on the Great Northern Marathon Challenge. Training included plyometrics, walk-run drills, ...

Ultramarathon runner Sophie Power knows a thing or two about stamina. She caught the world’s attention back in 2018, after a photograph of her breastfeeding her three-month-old baby during the ...

Using his values of service and compassion, Lucas Frene completed a 50-mile ultramarathon to raise money for cancer research. Embodying LMU’s spirit of using one’s talents for others, Lucas went ...

Bob Becker has long thrived on competition, even in snowball fights as a child. Now that he’s 80, his competitive edge has only gotten sharper. Even his doctors have taken note. “Many have said, ...

When 64-year-old Ian McKnight from Bournville laced up his trainers for the first time in a decade, he never expected running ...