ultramarathon

Ultramarathon runner smashes record by FIVE hours after running across Australia’s 230-km Larapinta Trail

Piotr Babis smashed the previous 2018 record of 58 hours and 48 minutes by five hours after completing the grueling run in an astonishing 53 hours and 50 minutes during his first ever attempt at the cross-country challenge in northern Australia. Piotr Babis - im/possible 7/Facebook

Piotr Babis smashed the previous 2018 record of 58 hours and 48 minutes by five hours after completing the grueling run in an astonishing 53 hours and 50 minutes during his first ever attempt at the cross-country challenge in northern Australia.

Kind-hearted soldier runs 30 ultramarathons in 30 days to help disabled arm wrestler

Corporal Robert Kujawski fom the 1st Lębork mechanised battalion covered 51km a day for a month for disabled arm wrestler Dariusz Gabrynowicz whose dream is to compete in the world championship in Malaysia.

From Kyiv to Warsaw: Ukrainian firefighter completes ultramarathon to say thanks to Poland

Volodymyr Skovorek completed the 830-kilometer route in 14-days; dubbed the ‘Ultramarathon of Gratitude’, he entered Warsaw yesterday on Ukraine’s Independence Day.

Ultramarathon woman wins gruelling five-day desert run – despite NEVER doing it before

Running 250km through the blazing Namibian desert, speedy Kasia Orzechowska was almost an hour faster than the record set last year by Kristina Madsen of Denmark and also came first in the final stage of the race, beating all the other runners, male and female.

Lublin runner smashes gruelling 490km Greek Ultramarathon record and ends 12 HOURS ahead of anyone else

The 36-year-old reached Athens at 3:30 in the morning after nearly three days running to Sparta and then back to the Greek capital.

Wonder woman conquers world in globe’s most extreme cross-country race

TFN travelled to Wieliszew, central Poland, to sit down with Patrycja Bereznowska the winner of this year’s edition of the gruelling 24-hour run Badwater competition.Covering 217km non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA, the Badwater 135 is the most demanding and extreme running race anywhere on the planet. 

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