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Here's what you need to know about the most exciting ultra this summer

Luke Webster The 2021 Western States Endurance Run was marked by several historic performances—most notably, three women finished in the overall top 10 for the first time in race history. England’s Beth Pascall was the first woman to finish, placing seventh overall. She was joined by New Zealand’s Ruth Croft (this was her debut at the 100-mile distance) in ninth and the Netherland’s Ragna Debats, who only found out she was accepted into the race six weeks ago, in 10th. → A woman ha...

Ultra-Trail : Jim Walmsley triomphe pour la 3e fois sur la Western States Jim Walmsley à son arrivée. (E. Barnes/Hoka One One) Jim Walmsley a aisément remporté pour la 3e fois daffilée la Western States 100, ce samedi en Californie en 14h46, devant un plateau de coureurs américains délite. Florian Kunckler mis à jour le 27 juin 2021 à 10h33 partager partager commenter En labsence des mei...

The Netherlands’ Ragda Debats crossed the finish line in third, eight minutes behind Croft, in 10th place overall – the first time three women have finished in the top 10 of the race. Croft, 32, has dominated shorter distance trail races for several years, coming second at the World Trail Champs in 2019, but this year she’s concentrated on stepping up in distance. She won the 102km Tarawera Ultra overall – top man or woman – in Rotorua in February, then set her sights on chasing th...

Book review: In it for the Long Run by Damian Hall. Published by Vertebrate. £12.99

Scottish Bookshelf – Latest Releases From January By     Polaris Publishing You’d be forgiven for thinking there weren’t many running records broken in 2020 since most major sporting events cancelled. But you’d be wrong. Prior to the “year of the pandemic” long-distance running was a fairly underground endeavour, with only the hardiest of souls training for grueling hill races over tens of miles. The summer of 2020, however, saw an unprecedented rise in attempts to break long-dis...