Tracking link for the Northern Traverse is now open. Race starts 08:30 Saturday UK time. I’m bib number 73. Watch out for Damian Hall (bib 76) who is aiming to break the course record. Conditions look great but cold at nights. Excited and nervous in equal parts. Nowhere to hide now so I just need to deliver a finish, probably some time next Wednesday. #ultrarunning #ultramarathon #running #NorthernTraverse https://live.opentracking.co.uk/northerntraverse2025/

I just finished reading Aurélien Sanchez's after race report on his Barkley Marathons finish in 2023.
What a great story! Well narrated, it brings the reader completely in the Barkley's atmosphere. (Or what I could imagine it is, as I have never experienced this first hand).

Highly recommended!

Race report: Wayout Backyard Ultra

Wrapped up some notes regarding the weekend adventure I just had. It’s written in my usual crazy style 

https://moelholm.com/blog/running/2025/04/01/race_wayout_backyard_ultra

Extended my list of trails nearby further south and did a #longrun today around #haddebyernoor and #selkernoor. I passed the „Erikstein“ (a rune stone) and #Haithabu #Hedeby after enjoying yet unknown trails crossing swaps and with loads of stairs.

Wayout Backyard Ultra | 20 hours | 134K

Most of you already know by now; I had a wonderful (trail) backyard race. It started Friday at 20:00 where it was dark. Then we ran through the night and morning. And a bit more. I stopped after 20 hours with good legs and good mood. TBH: I was just very tired and mentally I didn’t have the attitude to keep on. Family time called (and food/sleep).

Unbeaten social event: ️️️️️

https://strava.app.link/SfswlF6E9Rb

After six years without competitions (and six years of ageing), I ran another 100 km yesterday. Happily stayed under 10 hours.
The goals are getting smaller #ultrarunning

Trail run | 450m EG | 90 minutes

Before attending a family birthday I took the car to the neighbor city: Vejle. Where the EG is hiding. So I ran around there for like 90 minutes. Found out that a trail run race was organized there … race flags and runners all over the forest. So I had to be a bit creative to get around where they were having fun.

It was a very nice experience . Always love running there.

https://strava.app.link/t6uk1qy8WRb

Right now on YouTube: Chianti Ultra Trail by UTMB

Kilian and Jim Walmsley racing against each other

https://www.youtube.com/live/v7WbrY78iGY

Here’s a link to the utmb race site:

https://live.utmb.world/chianti/2025/UTCC

❝If you push yourself long enough, hard enough, you will fail. […] You will have a day where nothing goes right, or worse: where everything goes right, and it still doesn’t add up to what you wanted.
—Jenn Collins
https://open.substack.com/pub/onthetrail/p/the-finish-line-i-didnt-cross?r=1n6v12

2025 Barkley Marathons kicks off at Frozen Head State Park
https://www.wate.com/news/morgan-county-news/2025-barkley-marathons-kicks-off-at-frozen-head-state-park/
#BM100 #ultrarunning #running

#bm100 is gruel this year.

#trailrunning #running #ultrarunning

https://social.running.cafe/@KeithDunn/114187349684476342

For the introverts among us.

❝I think there are more people who like the sport because they’re alone, but we’re not the people who loudly tell everybody, ‘I LOVE THIS SPORT BECAUSE I’M ALONE. ALL THE TIME!’
—Katie Schide/Lydia Thomson
https://www.irunfar.com/a-quieter-way-the-power-of-introverts-in-ultrarunning

Seems there is a Swedish participant in the #bm100 #trailrunning #running #ultrarunning

Heads up #running and #ultrarunning people:
A conch has been blown in Frozen Head, Tennessee.

This is not a drill!

New race from the makers of Legends Trail:
- distance between 60km and 160km
- no information about checkpoints
- start hour and location is known
- It's in the Ardennes, near Vresse-sur-Semois (beautiful valley)

https://www.benibenin.be/nl/eaudyssey_en

❝We all like running, have the time and resources to run a lot … so what? Storytelling and using notoriety to try to do good for the environment is a powerful answer.
—Nancy Stanley/Hannah Green
https://www.irunfar.com/nancy-stanley-and-the-art-of-running

It hurts to walk now, but I ran my first 50mi race.
Did the MUC (Marin Ultra Challenge). It was an ideal day for running, foggy in the morning, then sunny and not too hot. The climb out of the Willow Camp aid station sucked, as did the one out of Muir Woods. The nicest section was from Tennessee Valley to Muir Beach. So pretty. And 10,500 vertical feet is a lot to do in one day.
Finished in 9:49.

Lovely warm and sunny day! .
It feels like summer already.
Today was an easy run with some .
Working towards the Vuurtoren Trail, 35km, next weekend.
A beach/dunes trail on the beautiful Isle Ameland.
When I was a child we spent the holidays there every year with the family. Good old days.

#running #mastorunNL #ultrarunning https://www.strava.com/activities/13806372967/shareable_images/image?token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOm51bGwsInR5cGUiOiJtYXAiLCJ0b2tlbiI6ImY2NzM3NThkM2ViOTkxODBhNzZhODc4ODI5OGNiNDg3NDY3NzMzOGEiLCJ3aWR0aCI6MTM0NCwiaGVpZ2h0IjoyNzY5LCJpbWFnZV93aWR0aCI6bnVsbCwiaW1hZ2VfaGVpZ2h0IjpudWxsLCJ1bmlxdWVfaWQiOm51bGwsInN0YXRpY192aWRlb191cmwiOm51bGwsImR1cmF0aW9uIjpudWxsLCJhY3Rpdml0eV9jb3VudCI6bnVsbCwiYWNoaWV2ZW1lbnQiOm51bGwsIm1hcF9vcmllbnRhdGlvbiI6bnVsbH0.hO2X2FIuiHN_2sD_vxg5SHlrq9_A7vr5Sihd3tIpUD0&hl=nl-NL&utm_source=UNKNOWN&utm_medium=referral