How can you truly experience this beautiful and varied planet we live on? Competing in the RacingThePlanet 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series would be one way. The 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series takes place in four deserts around the world. Participants traverse 155 miles over several days in each self-supported ultramarathon, running through sand dunes, past an … Read more
It has certainly grown in popularity in the last few years, but what is ultra running? An ultramarathon is a run that covers any distance longer than that of a standard marathon – therefore, any run longer than 26.2 miles, or 42.195 kilometres is an ultramarathon. No one is saying that running a marathon is … Read more
With 10 months before Racing The Planet: Georgia kicks off, I spent a bit of time this week reviewing my gear and mapping out how I’m planning to train for the event. (to date I’ve done essentially no specific training, and haven’t done a stage race in > 3 years). Vardzia – part of the … Read more
My Path To Racing The Planet: Georgia Reflecting on my stage race experiences and how I signed up for Racing The Planet Georgia. *** It’s been almost three years since I ran a full stage race. After running several in quick succession from 2014 to 2016, it felt like a good time to take a break … Read more
Dion Leonard is an extreme runner and stage race veteran. He has tackled the Marathon des Sables several times, along with 3 x KAEM (Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon – which he won in 2017), MdS Peru, Gobi March 250km and Global Limits Cambodia (where I first met Dion) to name a few – regularly bagging podium … Read more