Our friends at Running Monkey have kindly added a superb write up from novice ultra runner who took part in his first ultra marathon with Across the Divide. Simon Bright had never run an ultra before he set himself the challenge of taking part in the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon - read how Simon got on here.
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Iceland Ultra write up online
August 31st, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments | 
Iceland Ultra race 2010
ATD Director Mark Hannaford has just returned back from the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon a beautiful course stretching from Landmannalaugar in the highlands to Thorsmörk, a natural conservation area.
The adventure race blazes a trail through moss fields, meadows of wool grass, steam springs, and bizarre lava formations where various blossoms defy the raw climate.
Do not be fooled by the iconic beauty of this mountain marathon course. This is a tough mountain adventure challenge and having a good race plan is essential. It’s a 55km race that is multi terrain (sand, gravel, grass, snow, ice, rivers and streams). It’s a beautiful run and to top it all off – after the race you get to spend the morning at the http://www.bluelagoon.com – just what’s needed for those tired muscles.
Full race results can be found here.
August 4th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Journal, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Iceland Ultra results are in…..
Our team are in the process of returning home from the Iceland Ultra Marathon but we have the results and the whole team finished
Alan Wood – 83rd – 6:33 ( 3rd in the 18-29 age group)
Tom Black – 133rd – 7:00 (6th in the 18-29 age group)
Alex Beard – 151st – 7:11
Ed Hubbard – 162nd – 7:20 (10th in the 18-29 age group)
Neil Turner – 171st – 7:23
Sara Zoeftig – 220nd – 7:56
Richard Steel – 221st – 7:56
Joanne Venus – 246th – 8:24
Simon Bright – 267th – 9:19
Why not join us in 2011? It’s 55km and is multi terrain (sand, gravel, grass, snow, ice, rivers and streams) . It’s a beautiful run and to top it all off – after the race you get to spend the morning at the Blue Lagoon Spa - just what’s needed for those tired muscles.
July 19th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Laugavegur Ultra Marathon – Iceland race report 2009
Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon
July 2009 saw our second Across the Divide group line up on the start line at 0900 wondering exactly what they had let themselves in for. The small group of 7 runners had a mixture of experienced Ultra runners and those completely new to the sport, and represented the UK, Canada and the States. The previous day we held an event briefing covering a detailed course description, and a thorough medical brief which helped prepare our runners to run a good race. Thankfully the weather was kind to us compared to last year and it was a nice temperature at the start with no uncontrollable shivering before the race organisers sent us off running up the first steep section. The field was twice the size as last year with many more local runners taking part creating a great atmosphere at the start line.
February 23rd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Charity Events, charity run, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
PT-03 Winter Cold Environment Running Shoe Review by Steve Clark
Across the Divide needed to find a shoe that we could recommend to participants taking part in our series of Ultra Marathons. These races take part in some extreme and inhospitable environments and so I have given the PT-03 shoe a real battering over the last 6 months to see if they can live up to their claim of being built to survive.
The first major test for them was the 55km Laugavegur Ultra Marathon in Iceland. This punishing course took the shoes through multi terrain of sand, gravel, grass, volcanic mud, scree, snow, ice, rocky trails and glacial fed streams and rivers. At the end of the race I was really impressed with how well they performed and how comfortable they actually were.
February 8th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, wilderness running | No Comments |
15 new places available on the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon
We are very pleased to announce that we have been given an extra 15 places on the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon. The Laugavegur course is one of the most beautiful in Iceland, a 55km race through moss fields, meadows of wool grass, steam springs and bizarre lava formations. But hurry you need to book by 15th January 2010. If you want further information email Susan@acrossthedivide.com
Steve Clark, Operations Director here at ATD as well as ultra runner has written a two very fine race reports for the ’07 and ’08 races which will certainly inspire you to take part!
November 17th, 2009 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
TRAINING FOR AN ULTRA MARATHON – STEVE CLARK
DESIGNING YOUR TRAINING PROGRAMME – PART ONE
It is hoped that this article will give the first time ultra marathon runner some pointers about how to approach a training programme for their first race. Because the prospect of completing an ultra is so daunting, many runners set an unrealistic training programme that involves too much training too soon. This will more often than not lead to an early injury that prevents the runner from training.
The ideal programme should allow for a low training load for the first three to six months to allow your body to adapt slowly to the training pressures you will undergo.
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- Ultra Marathon Training
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- Namibia 24 hour Ultra Marathon
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- Ultra Namibia Competitors
November 16th, 2009 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, Corporate in the community, CSR, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Spanish Ultra Race, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Why we run ultra marathons by Steve Clark
The first thing that people ask me with when I talk about running ultra marathons is why I do it? Most just cannot comprehend why anyone would enjoy such a sport. This is not an easy question to answer because let’s face it, running further than a marathon is a very painful experience and hardly what most people would class as a fun day out.
On a very basic level marathons just don’t do it for me. I have only ever run two, the London and Edinburgh marathons, and whilst both are great events, I had no desire to run another. All I was ever going to do was try and beat my own time by training harder and quite frankly I think that there is a whole lot more to life than running.
November 9th, 2009 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, CSR, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Coming up the 2009 Iceland Ultra Marathon
is heading out to Iceland on Thursday for the Iceland Ultra Marathon.
Across the Divide
“Very tough run but a beautiful challenge and great scenery. Very good organisation; Really enjoyed it and will be back next year.” Richard, 2008 competitor.
The “Laugavegur” course is one of the most beautiful in Iceland, stretching from Landmannalaugar in the highlands to Thorsmork, a natural reservation area. The area is famous for the yellow, orange and purple hues of the surrounding mountains.
Check out the 2008 race report. Places for 2009 sold out in record time so book your place now for 2010.
July 14th, 2009 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, cancer run, Challenge, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Running the | LAUGAVEGUR ULTRA MARATHON JULY 2007
Laugavegur Ultra Marathon
Is a 55km footrace along the most popular hiking trail in Iceland, a route that normally takes 4 days to complete. Now 55km doesn’t actually sound that far, as really it is just a bit more than a marathon. Looking on the course records the warning bells started to sound as the fastest 10 finishers in 2006 took between 5:26 and 6:06 hours to complete the course. I didn’t know quite what to expect, although I imagined it had to be tough for such slow times. Little did I know but I was in for quite a challenge.
February 19th, 2008 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, cancer run, Challenge, charity run, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Laugavegur, Marathon, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
