Welcome to my blog. I hope you get some inspiration to run somewhere new from my log of Ultra Running Destinations. These are all places I’ve visited, so can personally recommend them for an ultra adventure. Hope you have a nice stay!
Austria and Slovenia - Over 70k of running from Schwanberg, Austria to Maribor, Slovenia. The run is made up of beautiful trails crossing farms, forests, and wineries with plenty of rolling hills adding up to nearly 6000 feet (2000m) of elevation gain.
Maryland - Starting point for the 180 mile (280k) Great Allegheny Passage trail
Hungary - I explored almost 27 miles / 45k of trails just a 40 minute drive from the Budapest, Hungary airport in the area of the Danube-Ipoly National Park. This is an excellent region for trail running just northwest of Budapest with many miles of forest trails. On my run I scaled mountains with commanding views of the city and surrounding countryside. In addition, there are interesting rock formations, hidden granite houses and medieval castles.
California - 15 mile (25k) run in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area along a portion of the Backbone Trail. The Backbone Trail is 67 miles (109k) long. Despite being so near to the big city of Los Angeles, this trail has excellent single track through rugged and remote country.
Poland - Excellent trails in the less well known Beskid Mountain Range of Southern Poland on the Main Beskid Trail.
Hawaii - Oahu - Two half-marathon distance runs on the island of Oahu. One to Tantalus Peak and the other to the Diamond Hill Crater.
Icleand - 50k run on the Fimmvörðuháls Trail from Skógar to Thórsmörk (out-and-back)
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Sweden - Stay at the most primitive hotel in Sweden, the Kolarbyn Eco lodge. A great starting point for an ultrarun on the Bruksleden Trail
Colorado - Extreme elevation runs up to Mount Elbert and Mount Massive near Leadville, Colorado
Utah - Runs up to Sundial Peak and Mount Olympus in the Little Cottonwood Canyon area of Salt Lake City
Cyprus - 60k run in the Troodos Mountains from the Kykkos Monastery to Kakopetria along the E4 Long Distance Trail.
Romania - 50k weekend of running through Bucharest, including a wilderness nestled within the city limits
Serbia - 50k of running over a weekend, including the tallest point in the Balkans
