Running Beyond: Epic Ultra, Trail and Skyrunning Races

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Ultra running is one of the world’s fastest growing sports and in Ian Corless who runs the scene’s most influential podcast, ultra-running has the perfect author to chronicle its rise. Running Beyond is a homage to the sport’s legendary races, unique, commissioned photography, captures the diverse and striking terrain – from mountail peaks, to jungles and deserts. Through interviews with the legendary athletes of the sport, Running Beyond is the ultimate homage to the ultra-running world. Foreword by record-breaking, world number one, Kilian Jornet (Run or Die).

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Running Beyond

Epic Ultra, Trail and Skyrunning Races

Lizzie Wraith uses the flat to stride out. The picturesque rolling mounds create a stunning scene behind her.

Introduction

Running, and in particular trail running, is a spontaneous, organic, holistic and unassuming sport. In a world where technology bombards us daily, the opportunity to find solace on a stretch of dirt, on the side of a mountain or, if one is fortunate enough, in the clouds, is a process that I have found to be an essential part of my daily life. Trails offer a freedom and an isolation from the assault on the senses of urban life.

Producing a book like Running Beyond is, of course, personal. I am lucky to have had the opportunity to have interwoven my love for both sport and photography, and to enjoy a profession that I would not trade for anything. The words and images bound between the front and back covers of this book are not all encompassing; this is not an A–Z volume of trail running. It is instead a journey of experiences, documented over four years to provide an insight into what I consider to be some of the most wonderful races that the world has to offer.

Epic ultra, trail and skyrunning races

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun, South Africa (200km)

Placing one foot in front of the other as a method of transport takes us back to our roots, back to our basic instincts: the simple act of running. At its heart it’s about being in the wild, surviving and fulfilling a primal need to cover ground in search of food and a place to sleep. Situated in the remote Richtersveld Transfrontier Park in the most northwestern part of South Africa, the Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun ticks all the boxes as a location for a wild adventure that harks back to our primal needs.

The amazing Tatasberg Boulders.

Grand to Grand, USA (274km)

A Fact File Grand to Grand pair of Levis, a check shirt, a leather waistcoat, a hat and a pair of boots are the customary clothes required to blend in to Kanab as if a local. This small town in Utah is known as ‘Little Hollywood’, due to its history as a filming location for westerns such as Stagecoach, El Dorado and even modern-day classics such as Planet of the Apes.

Vicente Juan Garcia Beneito climbing the red rocks of Utah, on his way to victory in 2013.

The Coastal Challenge, Costa Rica (236km)

Known locally as the ‘Rainforest Run’, The Coastal Challenge (TCC) is a multi-day race run every year along Costa Rica’s lush and tropical Pacific coastline. Weaving in and out of the Talamancas – a coastal mountain range spread across the southwest corner of the country – the race covers a demanding 236 kilometres over six days. Part jungle, trail and alpine race, the TCC is an assault course of topography.

New Zealand’s Anna Frost.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aurum; Updated edition (April 16, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781318980
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781318980
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.95 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 0.75 x 9.7 inches