Maxim Martynenko from Orenburg completes the Armageddon course in the Caucasus Ultra Trail race!

Of the 31 athletes who started the full distance (850 km in 2026), only 8 reached the finish line:

- Artem Chernov (207 hours 5 minutes), Pyatigorsk

- Dmitry Romanyuk (226 hours 30 minutes), Vologda

- Alexander Kalugin (226 hours 30 minutes), Tver

- Alexey Maslov (266 hours 55 minutes), Ivanovo

- Alexander Goryainov (285 hours 40 minutes), Voronezh

- Maxim Martynenko (289 hours 10 minutes), Orenburg

...

- Tatyana Maslova (275 hours 10 minutes), St. Petersburg

- Nadezhda Uvarova (285 hours 40 minutes), Samara

One of the most difficult races (CUT) of the Caucasus Ultra Trail in the project's long history has been successfully completed!

While we wait for the finishers of Armageddon 2026, a third of the slots for the 2029 long-distance race are already gone!

How long will the 50-slot limit for the country's longest distance last?

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/armageddon2029

The first woman to finish Armageddon 2026!

Tatyana Maslova, St. Petersburg

Complete time: 275 hours, 10 minutes. With three days to spare!

What's more, Tatyana ran Armageddon as part of the Caucasus Trail, walking from the Caspian Sea to the start, and tomorrow she'll complete the project by walking to the Black Sea!

A legend!

Artem Chernov will return in 2029!

First day of registration for Armageddon 2029!

1000 km:

Matveeva Alisa g. Moscow

Peresedov Vladimir g. Ryazan

Sergey Prutsin g. Nizhny Novgorod

Pankov Roman g. Ryazan

Tarutin Nikita g. Moscow

Kurguzov Vladimir g. Moscow

Barkov Alexander g. Ivanovo

500 km:

Komarov Alexander g. Moscow

Who else has time?

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/armageddon2029

Today is July 14, 2026.

Armageddon 2029 starts in exactly three years.

If you register on this date, finishing is more than likely!

Someone definitely knows.

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/armageddon2029

Registration for Armageddon 2029 is open!

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/armageddon2029

The race has been going on for 11 days!

- Alexey Maslov left the Nikitino Life Base at 5:00 AM on July 14.

40 minutes later, Tatyana Maslova arrived in Nikitino.

Which of the Maslovs will be first across the finish line?

- Finisher Alexander Kalugin shared the moment he encountered a bear on the trail.

- The Teberda and Arkhyz Life Bases are closed. The Damkhurts Life Base is expected to close today.

Partly cloudy skies and rain are expected over the Krasnodar Krai.

Today in Krasnaya Polyana:

Dmitry Romanyuk, Vologda

Alexander Kalugin, Tver

Finished Armageddon with a time of 226 hours and 30 minutes!

All Armageddon together!

Artyom Chernov, Pyatigorsk.

The First Armageddoner in Krasnaya Polyana.

Eight days or 207 hours across 850 kilometers of the Caucasus Mountains!

What these people saw cannot be described in any book—it must be experienced!

Updates on day nine from the Caucasus Ultra Trail Armageddon race:

- Mikhail Likhanov arrived at the Khurzuk life base. I didn’t make it to the base on my own for 13 kilometers. Calluses do not allow me to move further along the track. DNF.

- they move towards the Teberd life base

Uvarova Nadezhda

Goryainov Alexander

Martynenko Maxim

Maslova Tatyana

- Alexey Maslov moves towards the base of life Arkhyz

- to the base of life Damkhurts Kalugin Alexander and Romanyuk Dmitry

- the permanent leader of the race, Artyom Chernov, is resting at the Nikitino life base.

The eighth day of the race takes place in the Republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.

Nine athletes continue their journey through the Caucasus:

- Artem Chernov, Pyatigorsk

- Dmitry Romanyuk, Vologda

- Alexander Kalugin, Tver

- Alexey Maslov, Ivanovo

- Mikhail Likhanov, Tyumen

- Tatyana Maslova, St. Petersburg

- Alexander Goryainov, Voronezh

- Nadezhda Uvarova, Samara

In progress:

- Polyana Emanuelya (race leader)

- Teberda (race leader)

- Arkhyz (race leader)

Results

Armageddon: 22 DNFs (9 in the race)

Super Ultra 500: 18 DNFs (6 finishers)

100 miles of Caucasus: 2 DNFs (10 finishers)

News as of the morning of the sixth day of the race:

Artem Chernov is rounding Elbrus from the north and should arrive at the Khurzuk Life Base today.

Artem is still being pursued by:

Dmitry Pisarenko

Dmitry Romanyuk

Alexander Kalugin

Alexey Maslov

This quartet has left the Bylym Life Base.

The Bezengi Life Base is seeing the bulk of the athlete traffic today.

The Upper Balkaria Life Base is closed, and four participants did not arrive there last night.

Dmitry Guzeev

Regina Begisheva

Roman Pankov

Marina Evgrafova

The guys had a cold night on the highest section of the track on all of Armageddon. They are now heading back towards the Kamata Life Base, which is ready to welcome them at any time.

Elbrus Kaziyev decided to withdraw from the race at the Upper Balkaria Life Base...

Quote: "Everyone who withdraws from the Upper Balkaria Life Base will finish Armageddon."

Garynia Sablin-Yavorsky (c)

In the race:

Armageddon - 11

Super Ultra 500 - 6

A night of silence descends on the race.

Participants face a 65-kilometer, autonomous section, with no communication, no settlements, and no possibility of outside assistance.

The route crosses three passes and three deep valleys, with an altitude gain of over 4,000 meters.

Fog complicates navigation, and GPS signal problems are a constant problem on this section.

We'll find out how many participants will make it to the Upper Balkaria Life Base by the checkpoint tomorrow morning.

Every night is getting harder and harder.

The day before, 34 athletes managed to exit the Harisjin Life Base, but only 22 made it out of the following Kamata Life Base…

While the bulk of the athletes were battling bad weather under the Kionsky rock massif, the race leader managed to catch a weather window over Kabardino-Balkaria and pull away!

The organizers are constantly opening new Life Bases along the route of the cannonball named Artyom Chernov!

There are 22 in the race. 35 DNFs.

"100 Miles of Caucasus" Champion!

Evgeny Khrulev, Moscow

Race time: 23:02

The world's longest trail race starts in five hours!

Start an incredible trip across the Caucasus today!

Tomorrow is Summer!

Which means the season of unique events is in full swing:

We're starting with the world's longest mountain ultra on July 3, 2026

- Caucasus Ultra Trail "Armageddon" https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/CaucasusUltraTrail2026

Running across the ice fields of Northern Elbrus on August 22, 2026

- Birjaly Ice Marathon https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/LedovyyMarafonBirdjaly

Welcoming golden autumn in mountainous Ingushetia on September 26, 2026

- Dzheyrakh Marathon https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/Dzheyrakh8

Trying all kinds of Samarkand plov on October 3, 2026

- WBU "Uzbekistan" https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/WBUUzbekistan

Running along the embankment past the world's tallest buildings on October 31, 2026

- WBU "UAE" https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/WBUDubay

Looking at Riyadh from the Sky Bridge observation deck on November 4, 2026

- WBU "Saudi Arabia" https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/wbuSaudiArabia

Mongol Ultra Trail (MUT)!Amazing!

There are still places left for the race near the shores of Lake Hubsugul!

There are only 50 slots... At every distance...

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/khuvsgul2027

Armageddon is just around the corner!

https://reg.russiarunning.com/event/CaucasusUltraTrail2026

- 100 miles of Caucasus

- Super Ultra 500

- Armageddon

Participate in the legendary race before the two-year hiatus – now is the only time!