Athletes

Ultimate Direction ambassadors took a clean sweep last weekend at Steamboat, Colorado's Run Rabbit Run 100 miler. We won the men's race with Jason Schlarb and won the women's race with Michele Yates. Right behind her in second was Emma Roca. Here are the Ultimate Direction products these ambassadors wore with some comments about the race. 1st place woman: Michele Yates UD products used: Ultra…

Ultimate Direction Ambassador Karel Sabbe today has set a new supported fastest known time (FKT) on the Appalachian Trail, breaking Scott Jurek and Karl Meltzer's by 5 and 4 days, respectively. After sleeping about 100 miles from the finish on the night of August 26, 2018 Karel ran all day on the 27th and through the night to complete his AT FKT about 2pm on August…

The typical Colorado Front Range trailrunner seems to operate off a fairly standard summer bucket list: High Lonesome, Pawnee Buchanan, Four Pass and a smattering of peaks that usually stem from these routes. There’s nothing wrong with these routes - they’re absolutely classics for many reasons: banger views, well-trodden trails and accessible enough that you could even knock them out before or after work. There’s…

The Mosquito-Tenmile Range Traverse has been in the "Incredible Things to Attempt" queue of my head since I've read (and reread) Peter Bakwin's own attempts at the line. Starting from Weston Pass at the southern end of the range, the goal is to make it to Frisco, Colorado following the very prominent ridgeline that continues unbroken until its terminus, around 37 miles from where you start.…

Story by Eric Carter: Ultimate Direction Ambassador, Ski Mountaineer, Alpinist and Mountain Runner I’ll never be a cutting edge climber or alpinist. I just don’t climb that hard. I’ll also never be a world class pure endurance athlete. All that leaves me is to search out a niche that requires the use of my endurance on relatively easy but still technical terrain. This has lead me…

Adventure racing is a complicated sport. You are navigating a course while participating in disciplines like running, trekking, mountain biking, paddling and whatever else the organizer might find fun and challenging. Your task is to get from one place to another, taking in the checkpoints printed on your route map. The races can last a couple hours or up to 10 days. New Ultimate Direction Ambassadors…

We’re excited to be working with professional runner and obstacle course racer Rea Kolbl. After finishing her graduate program at Stanford she decided to move to Boulder to pursue a pro career full time. She’s charging hard and turning heads and we’re excited to have her on our ambassador team. We've just released the Ultimate Direction OCR Vest and OCR Belt (designed with input from…

Adam Campbell joined the Ultimate Direction Ambassador Team officially this year but we have been friends and fans of his for a long time. He has been touring the U.S. this spring behind his chilling and inspirational short film "In Constant Motion." Beautifully shot in British Columbia and the San Juan Mountains, the film follows Adam's comeback from an alpine climbing fall that nearly ended…

Krissy Moehl doesn't stop. The ultrarunning icon is as busy as ever, running, traveling, racing and directing. This winter she trained diligently – usually with dog Piedra by her side – for China's Gaoligong 100 mile (which she won!) before returning to her home in Washington almost immediately to direct the Chuckanut 50K. Krissy has been training and racing in the new Signature Series 4.0…

North is the direction Scott Jurek went on the Appalachian Trail when he set his FKT in 2015, and the title of his new book describing that prodigious effort.  Scott’s first book, “Eat and Run”, published in 2012, was on the NYT Bestseller list for a month and was nominated for a Best Food and Cookbook award; “NORTH - Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian…