The legendary Dragon’s Back Race™ returns next year for its third edition and today we can reveal that Berghaus, Britain’s leading performance outdoor brand, will be the title sponsor of this iconic event.

The Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race™ follows the mountainous spine of Wales from Conwy Castle in the north, to Carreg Cennen Castle in the south. This incredible 5-day race is approximately 300 kilometres long with 17,000 metres of ascent across wild, trackless, remote and mountainous terrain.

Organisers of the legendary Dragon’s Back Race™ have today announced that YHA (England and Wales) will be supporting the event in 2015.

The race follows the mountainous spine of Wales, from Conwy Castle in the north to Carreg Cennen Castle in the south. The race is an incredible 5-day journey across wild, trackless, remote and mountainous terrain and is widely acknowledged as one of the hardest mountain races in the World.

The Dragon's Back Race™ is very pleased to supporting guiderunning.uk. guiderunning.uk is a new network to connect visually impaired (VI) runners of all abilities with sighted runners who are prepared to guide them.

guiderunning.uk has been set up by Braddan Johnson and Simon Wheatcroft. Braddan Johnson started running around 15 years ago. Inspired to undertake his first ultra marathon while living in the US he has become fascinated by remote environments and what the human body can achieve. Enthralled by covering long distance over arduous terrain he partakes in multiple mountain marathons, multi day races and ultra trail events annually.

Wild Running is the first UK guidebook for those who love to run and who dream of exploring Britain’s spectacular mountains, forests and coastal trails.

Featuring 150 hand-picked runs, chosen for simple navigation and sensational beauty, Wild Running is the ultimate guide for those looking to break free from the gym and the streets. Stunning photography and engaging writing charting the history of each run, route and place make this must have guide for runners and explorers alike. Graded from beginner to challenging, including terrain data with safety advice. Ordnance Survey 1:250,000 route maps and directions with online 1:50,000 maps and GPX downloads for mobiles.

Each year Ourea Events™ the owner of the Dragon's Bacj Race™ donates 1% of its total sales to grassroots environmental organisations at the forefront of the protection of the mountain environment. Ourea Events’ managing director, Shane Ohly explained his reasons for the company's association with 1% For The Planet.

The organisers have now confirmed the dates for the third iconic Dragon’s Back Race™ in 2015. The race will depart from Conwy on Monday 22nd June and finish five days later at Carreg Cennen Castle in South Wales.

The legendary Dragon’s Back Race™ follows the mountainous spine of Wales. This incredible 5-day journey is approximately 300 kilometres long with 17,000 metres of ascent across wild, trackless, remote and mountainous terrain.

Another week and another major film festival award for the Dragon’s Back Race film. On this occasion, the impressive film by Richard Heap, was honoured with the Best Documentary Film award at the Mezinárodni Horolezecký Filmový Festival in the Czech Republic.

Exciting news from Switzerland! The Dragon’s Back Race film was shown at the 44th Festival du Film Des Diablerets held between 10th and 18th August and won the festival’s grand prize!

Ultra-distance running in the mountains creates a unique challenge in terms of achieving energy balance. The action of running often makes eating difficult due to loss of appetite, lack of palatability or gastrointestinal discomfort. Add to this the challenges of carrying your own food, with minimal support points, and making decisions about weight versus calories.

The main aim of this study was to measure the energy and nutrient intakes of competitors and compare these with performance. It is not possible to draw conclusions about the effect of nutrition on performance from this kind of observational study, but it may be interesting to see how the nutrition strategies of the faster competitors compared with those of the slower competitors.