In hindsight, Courtney Dauwalter had 50 miles left of racing in her legs this summer when she toed the start line of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc on September 1. But she had 106 miles stuffed with 30 ...

Leadville ultra runner Courtney Dauwalter made history on Saturday. The 38-year-old won her third-career Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), a 106-mile race that gains 32,000 feet as it circumnavigates ...

Nearly three thousand UTMB hopefuls in trail running shoes (plus a few barefoot shoes and one pair of sandals) packed into the center of Chamonix yesterday under a cloudless sky to begin a 106.2-mile ...

Ruth Croft knew she had a tall task heading into this year’s Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, France. Not only was the weather forecast calling for cold rain and snow, but there was also the ...

Ultra trail running is a wide and varied sport. The skill set needed to excel at 50km is no indication of your ability over 100km, 171km or 300km. What’s more, the courses are contrasted in their ...

When you've got the spirit of Courtney Dauwalter, you don't let a DNF get you down for long. The queen of ultra running has brushed off her famous Shortneys and announced her return to the UTMB finals ...

American Courtney Dauwalter crosses the line to win the women's race at UTMB and complete the historic 'Triple Crown' of 100-mile ultra-marathons in 2023. Dauwalter crosses the line to win women's ...

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 2, 2023, history was made on the streets of Chamonix, the French town beneath Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s highest mountain. A partisan crowd had reached fever ...

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