Nuits Blanches – Alexis Berg You like running at night? I think a lot of you would agree that one of the most challenging things about running an ultra is

TNF ECS San Francisco Like we talked about in last week’s newsletter, the racing season is coming to an end for a lot of trail runners in the northern hemisphere…and

Speed Transalp This time of the year, most trail runners in the northern hemisphere are about to take a break from all the training and races they’ve done during the

Nirmal Purja 14/7 Project At Vert.run, we get inspired by more than just trail running stuff. A few weeks ago, we shared with you our excitement about Eliud Kipchoge breaking

1st Vert Run Academy in Patagonia We’re really happy to share that last week, we had our first “Vert Academy” event, taking more than 60 kids from the town of

1:59 Challenge You probably already knew what was going to be our main topic in this newsletter, right? It would be impossible not to mention the 1:59 Challenge (about which

WS 100 – Survey Every year, the Western States 100 does a survey of everyone who ran the race about which gear they used for Western, which brand of shoes,

Partner’s In Climb When we see trail running videos, they’re usually about how athletes train for and then reach their running goals. It’s not often that we get a glimpse

#NoHumanIsLimited A few months ago, the brand Ineos launched a challenge called “1:59:59.” Basically, the challenge is trying to break the two hour marathon with, once again, Eliud Kipchoge. They

The Invisible Wall — Photo Copyright: Trail Runner Magazine  Most of the videos that we share in this newsletter are of epic races or FKTs from around the world. It’s

The Ultra Addict with Courtney Dauwalter – Photo Copyright: gearjunkie.com/ We know that Courtney Deuwalter’s name has been everywhere in the past couple of weeks (mainly because of her win

Post U-T-M-B Week – Photo Copyright: Trailrun.es  Last week was what can probably be considered the most important week of the year in trail running: UTMB week. As usual, the

U-T-M-B Week The final week of August in the Trail Running world means one thing, and one thing only: UTMB Festival of races.  People from all over the world make

Pikes Peak Marathon – Photo Copyright:© 2019 The Denver Post, MediaNews Group. Just like in Europe there’s the legendary Zegama, in the States there’s the famous Pikes Peak Marathon–it’s one

Sierre Zinal. The Classic. Last week, we said that Sierre Zinal was going to be a crazy race to follow–and it totally was. It was really really exciting to follow

Sierre Zinal. The Classic. It would be impossible for us to start this newsletter by talking about anything besides–drum roll please–Sierre Zinal. Aside from being one of the classic Euro-races

 The Middle Way – Joe Grant If there is anything that we like even more than trail running and ultra races, it’s self-powered adventures–especially if they involve linking a lot

DoloMyth SkyRace – Photo credit: iancorless.com The Dolomites are the stuff of dreams for all outdoor enthusiasts. For us as trail runners, the Italian mountain range is famous for the

Hardrock 100 If the Hardrock 100 hadn’t been canceled due to the amount of snow in the Colorado mountains, we’d be talking a lot about the race in this newsletter–it

Thabang Madiba – Trail Running Sudafrica  We’re certainly used to watching videos of runners from African countries–usually said runners are training for a marathon or another road race. But this