Welcome to Ultra Ladies; the first and complete resource center for “All Things Ultra, All Things Ladies”! 
 UltraLadies is where you will find coaching, training, networking, mentoring, shopping and sister-support from other Ultra Ladies who share your passion for Ultra Running.

HOW WE CAME TO BE...

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​For a long time, ultra running was a mostly male-dominated sport! In 1990, the granddaddy of all ultras, Western States 100 had 209 finishers with only 33 being female. Small 50K races typically had 60-80 runners with only 10-15 women among them. The obvious challenge for new female ultra runners was… being female; challenging in that there was a scarcity of other female ultra runners for training and mentoring.
Ultra Ladies Founder Nancy "Ultra Mama" Shura-Dervin
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​Thus was formed in Los Angeles, CA., a small group of women who followed their “Ultra Mama” and her little flour arrows all over the mountain trails. After a few short months, the entire group of Ultra Ladies, as they called themselves, finished the Bulldog 50K Ultra Run in Malibu, CA and soon ran the American River 50-Mile! Ultra Passion quickly grew and the Ultra Ladies were soon running their first hundred at the 1997 Vermont 100!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
1998 Ultra Ladies at Bulldog 50K 
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​Run With The Ultra Ladies

Each year, Nancy and her veteran Ultra Ladies welcome new Ladies who want to run their first ultra marathon. Each training season is five months long but the enthusiasm, support and comaraderie continues throughout the year with free online training schedules, ultra marathon wisdom, race discounts and personal coaching by Nancy. Over the years, hundreds of Ultra Ladies have trained together to complete their first ultra marathon and many have gone on to compete 50-mile and 100-mile endurance events and have given back to the sport through their continued involvement in Ultra Ladies.



Grand Ultra Lady Patricia Devita
Since our beginning, Ultra Ladies has grown across the U.S. and Internationally. As the field of female ultra marathoners grows, there  is increased  need for  a comfortable  place for  women to  network and  share with  other women. Whether you are a “Newbie” needing support to train for your very first ultra marathon or you are an experienced ultra runner wanting to expand your knowledge base or communicate with other ultra running women, the Ultra Ladies are here for you because the fact remains, we aren’t men; we don’t look or think like men, and we certainly don’t run like men!  As women, our needs and approaches are different and Ultra Ladies will open you up to a world of information, inspiration and power that can only be shared by other women, even if these women are 
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“More Ultra; Less Lady” !
​2017 L.A. Ultra Ladies & Ladies'Men