I’d heard of UTMB, but for a long time – like many of us – I assumed it wasn’t for me. (Apart from watching the runners cross the finish line in Chamonix from the comfort of my Instagram feed, of cour

It was the Marathon des Sables, a 250K across the Sahara Desert in Morocco. It’s self-supported, meaning you have to carry all your own food and mandatory gear. Temperatures reach 48°C during the day

My husband turned 50 last month and, in between all of the ribbing I have been giving him about it (all light-hearted, of course), I told him that I have decided something. This year, when it comes to

Q How do you choose locations for 20K races? AIsabelle. We tend to choose destinations that suit the event as a whole, rather than just picking a place that will suit a 20K. Ultimately, we want to mak

I first visited Cape Town in January of 2022 – to study wine. I’m a wine expert and an ultrarunner; I know, it’s an unusual combination. When I wasn’t learning about wine, I was out on the trails of T

As the sun beat down on the ancient sands of the Namib Desert in south west Africa, former snowboarder Ioana Barbu’s face cracked out a huge smile. And she had every right to be beaming. The 37-year-o