I arrived home on a late-night flight from Chamonix yesterday and I have a serious UTMB hangover. Not from the post-race beers or from running around the Mont Blanc Massif – we were mostly just ...

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With big changes on the horizon for the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) races, this year's events might be some of the most competitive ever. What does it mean for the future of the Chamonix-based ...

Then there's the scale. The second most prestigious 100-mile trail race in the world, Western States in California, caps entry at fewer than 400 runners, a fraction of UTMB. Over the course of a week ...

The world’s biggest trail running event is about to get underway in Chamonix, France, and you can tune in to the live action from the French Alps on your laptop or phone. For years, the Ultra-Trail du ...

The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) Group has announced the launch of the UTMB World Series – a global, multilevel circuit of trail running races organised in partnership with Ironman Group. The ...

Twenty-one years ago, Catherine and Michel Poletti had a dream. That dream became a reality and now their daughter Isabelle is ready to take over the reins. For the first three years, there was just ...

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc—aka UTMB—isn’t just one thing. It’s the Spandex Superbowl, wrapped in Gore-Tex Mardi Gras with a dash of Chafing World Cup. It’s a week-long festival of mountain racing ...

Four of the top ranked runners in Southeast Asia are heading to the famous Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) to test themselves against the best in the world. The Philippines’ number one runner, John ...

Trail running, but not as you know it - UTMB is an assault on the senses in every way It is just past 9pm on a cool summer evening at the foot of a steep hiking path in the French Alps. A place to ...