Ultramarathoner

Trudging up a brier-covered mountain in freezing temperatures with a dying headlamp, Nickademus de la Rosa knew his attempt to finish the Barkley Marathons, a 100-plus-mile race in Tennessee, was coming to an end, as it eventually would for…

A Quebec ultra-marathon runner is preparing for a nearly 8,000-kilometre run from the most southern point of the United States to Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula. Joan Roch, 49, is known for running more than 1,000 kilometres from Percé,…

An Alberta ultra-marathoner has broken the record for the fastest run across the country. Dave Proctor of Okotoks, Alta., set off from the Terry Fox monument in St. John's, N.L., in mid-May, and arrived at the Terry Fox…

Dave Proctor was overcome with emotion when he reached a cheering crowd of family and supporters at Mile 0 in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, 67 and a half days after he set out on a literal cross-country run from St. John's, N.L.The…

Fighting through pain after running for 28 hours, and amid the sound of tired feet struggling through the Arizona dirt -- finally soft, soothing music grew over the horizon. The sights and sounds of cheering family, coaches, and supporters…

Ultramarathoner Sufiya Khan has covered the Golden Quadrilateral, Kashmir to Kanyakumari routes in the past, now she's added Manali-Leh to her CV.…

There are still four months to go in 2021, but it’s safe to say that this will go down as the year when many supposedly superhuman sports stars finally decided it was OK to admit they are human after all.Simone Biles withdrew from the…