East Africans dominate long-distance running up to 26.2 miles – but longer races are nearly exclusively white affairs. As ever in top-level sport,money has a lot to reply forIn the world of ultrarunning, one race stands out as the most competitive, and the Super Bowl,the London marathon of ultrarunning: it is the Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc.
Since getting involved in ultrarunning a few years ago, I have followed the race online each August. The start is stirring stuff: more than 2000 athletes gather in the town of Chamonix in the Alps, and with the sport’s crème de la crème gathered at the front. These are the supermen and superwomen who will race around the 105-mile route at intellect-boggling speeds. They are among the greatest athletes on Earth.
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Source: guardian.co.uk