During the Kimberley Ultramarathon on 2 September, a bushfire raced through the course, engulfing a group of four participants at El Questro Station.
Geoff Roes - Elite Ultramarathon Runner - Raised on the shores of Oneida Lake, Geoff attended Cleveland Elementary and went on to star in Track & Cross-Country for the Central Square Redmen before a brief but successful running career at Syracuse University.
The Athens International Ultramarathon Festival is a Multiday race which takes place at the former Ellinikon International Airport in Greece.
Micah True, an ultrarunner who appears in Born To Run under his nickname "Caballo Blanco"
The Badwater Ultramarathon is a 135-mile (217 km) ultramarathon through Death Valley in mid-July, starting at Badwater Basin, the second-lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, 282 feet below sea level, and finishing 8300 feet up Mount Whitney.
"Om die dam" (English: Around the dam") Marathon is a yearly ultramarathon that is held in the South African town of Hartbeespoort (in the North West Province.
Pam Reed on Skates (born Pamela J. Reed, February 27, 1961, Palmer, Michigan, United States) is an American ultrarunner who resides in Tucson, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming.
She ran several marathons before running her first ultramarathon in 2004 by competing in the Canadian Death Race.
The Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon (Vienna–Budapest Supermarathon until 2005) is a 320 kilometer five-day ultramarathon connecting the capitals of Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.