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Vanderbilt University: The Obstacle is the Way (a profile on Dr. James Crowe)
Mar 03 2025 In late June 2024 James Crowe Jr., MD, began a grueling, seven-day, 155-mile ultramarathon through the Gobi Desert of Central Mongolia. It was one of several physical challenges undertaken that year by Crowe, 63, whose lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has attracted international attention for developing monoclonal antibodies against a host of viral diseases, including COVID-19.
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TVN24.pl: Article about Andrzej Gondek
Feb 05 2025 TVN24.pl: Article about Andrzej Gondek

HKU NEWS - Frozen Challenges, Warm Hearts: Natalie Yiu’s Antarctic Adventure for Youth Inclusion
Feb 03 2025 In a profound journey that blended extreme endurance racing with a heartfelt commitment to charity, our alumna (Part-time MBA, Class of 2017), an ultra-marathon enthusiast, recently completed “The Last Desert” in Antarctica over five days, from November 29 to December 3, 2024.

CBC: An N.L. physician made Antarctica her ultra-marathon course
Jan 31 2025 Samantha Harper ran through snow, ice, and rugged mountains

Der Spiegel: Interview with Yasmin Stoderegger
Jan 21 2025 Negative Gedanken stelle ich mir in Wolken vor

25 Places to Go in 2025 Spotlight: Atacama Desert
Jan 09 2025 As one of the driest places on Earth, the Atacama presents a surreal panorama of salt flats, towering volcanoes, geysers, and otherworldly rock formations.

STUFF: The Auckland doctor who ran an ultra marathon in every continent in a single year
Jan 01 2025 Dr Inia Raumati completed The Last Desert multi-stage ultramarathon in Antarctica in December 2024.

Outside: Wataru Iino (Namib Race Champion) Ditches Corporate Life to Run 60,000 Miles Around the World
Dec 29 2024 After discovering ultrarunning while working as an auto engineer in Germany, Wataru Iino dreamed up the adventure of a lifetime that, if all goes to plan, will take him five years to complete.
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Westfalenpost: Michele Ufer Comeback (in German)
Dec 23 2024 Article about Michele Ufer