"Having a cause that is tied so closely to my heart helped a lot."

"I lost a friend to suicide that I had no idea that was struggling," Melissa Gosse-Sinclair said.

Darius Sam managed to raise more than $30,000 for his local food bank.

Ultramarathoner Dave Proctor is penetrating again to run 7,200 kilometres across the country in 65 days, to raise money and awareness for rare diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat.

Soggy terrain and a black bear encounter couldn't stop an Edmonton man from snagging first place in the Canadian Death Race.

A Sherwood Park woman is running towards a big goal: complete 50 ultramarathons before her 50th birthday.

Dave Proctor's attempted speed record across Canada last summer was foiled by a bad back, so the ultramarathoner's comeback plan is chasing a pair of quirkier running benchmarks.

Dave Proctor intends to break the speed record for running across Canada, which is currently 72 days 10 hours set by Al Howie in 1991.

A handful of self-identified "crazy people" will embark on the equivalent of four back-to-back marathons in Edmonton's river valley on Friday morning.

Simon Wheatcroft raced through the Namibian desert with the help of a guide app he helped create.