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❝Health is the key for aging runners. Training plans are good but secondary to being healthy overall. Eating and sleeping patterns are crucial; you have to be strong and healthy enough to do the training at all.
—Buzz Burrell
open.substack.com/pub/sarahrun

*All* runners. I think sometimes we (at whatever age) *feel* strong and healthy enough to do the training, but then a couple years later—bam, injury.

Mountain Running & Living · Much More Than a RunnerBy Sarah Lavender Smith

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 live.opentracking.co.uk/northe

live.opentracking.co.ukLive TrackingNorthern Traverse 2025 - Live Event Tracking

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!

This is Paul Youd, an 87 year old vegan ultra-runner that I had the honour of documenting his latest ultra-marathon adventure, 50km around the city of Bath!

You read that right, 87 years old, VEGAN and smashing ultras!

He was supported by @runningonplants and their team and everyone made it to the finish line, inspired by Paul and his story! Make sure to check out their wonderful organisation.

A film will be in the works of this adventure to watch at www.youtube.com/@kelpandfern in the coming weeks and you'll learn more about Paul and why he went vegan and how he got in to running later on in life.

Stories like this are supported by members and small donations from people like you and I am proud that Kelp and Fern is not sponsored or supported by brands which means that I can document stories exactly like this, which otherwise wouldn't happen.

Please consider supporting at ko-fi.com/kelpandfern on Patreon.com/kelpandfern or becoming a member on the Youtube channel.
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#ultrarunner #ultrarunning #trailrunning #veganrunner #runningonplants #plantpowered #vegan #trail #trailrunner #80s #bath #ultrachallenge #runfar #50k #firstultra #firstultramarathon #govegan #veganfortheanimals #veganfortheplanet #environment #mastersrunner

✅ 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: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Some images of John Kelly finishing his fun run on the 2025 Barckley Marathons.
#BM100 #running #ultrarunning

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InstagramSingletrack on Instagram: "“Want a chair?” a spectator asks. “No..chairs are for finishers,” John replies. In the howling wind and rain, John Kelly completes a “Fun Run” at the 2025 Barkley Marathons in 39 hours and 50 minutes. Afterward, he takes the ceremonial bugle and plays his own taps. In one of the most grueling editions in recent memory — an event that quickly reduced most of the field before the end of Loop 1 and saw no one come anywhere close to completing five loops — John was one of the few runners still moving by Loop 3 and the only one to reach the gate within the 40-hour time limit. What a performance in a year that seemed to underscore just how significantly Carl and Laz dialed up the difficulty… #barkley #barkleymarathons 🎥 @roosmith6 Thank to @nordarun, @gorewear, @naakbars, and @raide.research for supporting our coverage."406 likes, 1 comments - runsingletrack on March 20, 2025: "“Want a chair?” a spectator asks. “No..chairs are for finishers,” John replies. In the howling wind and rain, John Kelly completes a “Fun Run” at the 2025 Barkley Marathons in 39 hours and 50 minutes. Afterward, he takes the ceremonial bugle and plays his own taps. In one of the most grueling editions in recent memory — an event that quickly reduced most of the field before the end of Loop 1 and saw no one come anywhere close to completing five loops — John was one of the few runners still moving by Loop 3 and the only one to reach the gate within the 40-hour time limit. What a performance in a year that seemed to underscore just how significantly Carl and Laz dialed up the difficulty… #barkley #barkleymarathons 🎥 @roosmith6 Thank to @nordarun, @gorewear, @naakbars, and @raide.research for supporting our coverage.".

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
irunfar.com/a-quieter-way-the-

iRunFar · A Quieter Way: The Power of Introverts in UltrarunningAn essay on the place of introverts in ultrarunning, with insights from elite ultrarunners Katie Schide and Jon Albon.