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Hi runners, Jessy here with newsletter #315!

Happy Monday and happy UTMB week! We've got everything trail running, plus a bit of viral drama from a Canadian marathon.

Here's what I have for you today:

• ⛰ UTMB week begins today! We've got everything you need to know about the most famous ultra-trail race in the world.
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• 🌲 So, you're interested in taking up trail running now? Great news because hitting the trails comes with many benefits.​
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• 👟 If you're planning on taking your runs to the trails, here are our top picks for the best trail running shoes of 2024!
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• 🧃 This Edmonton Marathon runner claims a fraudulent aid station drugged him during the race...
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• ⏱️ A big world record was set on Sunday!
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• 🗽 The NYC Marathon will feature multiple Olympians

Get ready to get faster!

Jessy Carveth
Senior News Editor

​⛰ Everything You Need To Know About The 2024 UTMB Finals​

The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) was first run over 20 years ago, in 2003. It’s often called one of the most difficult trail-running races in the world.
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Each year, the race attracts some of the biggest names in ultra running, vying to take their place in the upper echelons of endurance runners by winning UTMB.
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​With the 2024 edition right around the corner, here’s everything you need to know about the biggest event in ultra and trail running of the year.

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​🌲 The Benefits of Trail Running: 6 Reasons To Hit The Trails Today!​

Trail running is essentially off-road running, be it in the mountains, through fields and farmland, along the beach, or in your local park. Any time you run on an unpaved surface-you are in fact trail running!
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​Ready to get stuck into the ins and outs of trail running?

​👟 The 7 Best Trail Running Shoes in 2024​

Trail running and trail running shoes have exploded in recent years into a new market segment and almost a new sport.
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​With major global events such as the UTMB gaining more and more attention, the call of the trails has never been greater.
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​We’ve selected shoes for the various conditions you might encounter on the trail near where you are.

​🧃 Edmonton Marathon Runner Claims They Were Drugged With Methamphetamine At Aid Station​

For most runners in a marathon, the aid stations are a vital part of getting to the finish line feeling good. Providing water, electrolytes, and sometimes even snacks, aid stations, as it says in the name, are there to help runners.
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​However, at last weekend’s Edmonton Marathon in Alberta, Canada, one runner has gone viral on Reddit, claiming to have ended up in the back of a police cruiser after being drugged by a makeshift aid station.

​WATCH: One of the Longest-Standing World Records on the Track Gets Shattered​

​Jakob Ingebrigtsen wrote his name in the history books in the world of track and field on Sunday, at the Silesian Stadium in Poland, breaking one of the sport's longest-standing records, the 3,000m. Watch the final lap and read our recap.

🗽The New York City Marathon's Elite Race Is Jammed with Olympians​

Our editors Alex, Katelyn and Michael discuss the New York City Marathon's women's and men's elite field roll out, which includes Tamarit Tola, the Paris Olympic marathon winner, a trio of American 2024 Olympic marathoners, Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi, who finished third and fourth in Paris, and are the last two winners in NYC, and Tirunesh Dibaba, one of the all-time great distance runners.