Abby Levene

4 weeks ago | run.outsideonline.com | Abby Levene

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. There’s never been a running race on the moon, yet. But Tenerife Bluetrail by UTMB is pretty darn close. On March 27-29, runners from around the world will descend upon this lunar landscape nestled in the Canary Islands to test their mettle.

1 month ago | run.outsideonline.com | Abby Levene

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. Absolutely nothing and everything all at once—that’s what Jim Walmsley (U.S.) earned by breaking the tape at the Chianti Ultra Trail 120K on Saturday, March 22. Walmsley already had the ultimate prize waiting for him: a spot on the Western States 100 start line on June 28.

1 month ago | outsideonline.com | Abby Levene

The course has won the 2025 Barkley Marathons. Or really, we should say the winner is race founder Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell. For the first time since 2022, there are no finishers at the Barkley Marathons. Three-time finisher John Kelly completed loop three in 39 hours, 50 minutes, and 27 seconds in the wee hours of Thursday morning, Barkley Marathons Chief Resident Tweeter (or should we now say, Xer?) Keith Dunn reported.

1 month ago | run.outsideonline.com | Abby Levene

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. For those in the nichest of niche ultrarunning circles, Christmas has come early. At 11:37 A.M. Eastern on Tuesday, March 18, the 2025 Barkley Marathons began. The start date and time of this race that’s as fabled as it is mysterious change every year. But the third week of March is historically early.

1 month ago | run.outsideonline.com | Abby Levene

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. The UTMB World Series and the Western States 100 golden ticket season collide this weekend at Chianti Ultra Trail by UTMB. While there are five races weaving through the idyllic Tuscan countryside from March 20-23, our eyes will be on the 120K.