A birthday prank from his sisters has spurred the Church of Scotland minister to take on an ultramarathon for a poignant ...

Kevin Valente completed a 237-mile ultramarathon in the Italian Alps, taking 5 and a half days to finish the race, while ...

Look at the area from your armpit, across and beneath your boobs, pecs or chest, and up to your collarbone. Be aware of any ...

Battling sleep deprivation, punishing elevation gains and relentless storms, Cortez dispatcher Steven Bogott completed the ...

An ultramarathon runner has broken the women's record at a race in the United States where she ran almost 400 miles in 95 ...

Phil Gore, a 39-year-old ultramarathon runner from Perth, took the Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra World Championship crown in the ...

For 23-year-old Peter Burke, an Island-born-and-raised long-distance runner, it’s the beauty and solitude that he discovers ...

Elite ultramarathon runners can push their bodies to incredible extremes, but a new study suggests even they can't break ...

Scientists have long hypothesized about a theoretical limit to human energy use. The research, published today in Current ...

The research, published today in Current Biology, showed that ultramarathoners can burn an astounding 11,000 calories per day ...

Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon through its rugged wilderness. But two weeks ago, he was running for his ...