Ultramarathon

Somebody ask What is Ultramarathon? and the answer is, that it is distances longer than Marathon.
History of Ultrarunning, is as long as history of Marathon. Competitions in Ultrarunning, began before competition in Marathon, that started during the Olympics in Athen 1896
Before that, there were arranged runs, that were longer than Marathon, among them 6 Days Races
The oldest Ultrrun is Comrades in South Africa,where you
run 90 kilometers from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. It has been held since 1921
The known 100 Km run Winschoten, has been run since 1976
often has there been arranged VM and EC here.
2 other Classic 100 Km runs are Nacht van Vlaanderen and spanish Santander
In Asia meets the Eliterunners in Japanese Lake Saroma. where Tomoe Abe, run the fantastic WR 6:33:11 in 2000
Since 1984 has there in Appeldorn Nederland been arranged a 24 Hours Runs, where WC and EC often has been run
The most famouse Ultrarun is Spartathlon in Greece. It's a 245 Km long run from Marathon to Sparta. The same route as Pheidippides accourding to the Myth has run
It was run first time in 1983 and, and the first winner was the legandary Greek UltrarunnerYannis Kourous