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Suunto’s new flagship GPS sports instrument, the Ambit, has some pretty impressive features. With a 15 hour battery life in training mode and FusedSpeed™ technology, it promises be a serious contender in this competitive sector… Read more…
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An excellent product-based film has been released by The North Face to highlight one of their feature shoes for the 2012 Summer season. During a visit to the Lake District top TNF runners Jez Bragg and Kami Semick show-off the kicks in this film... Read more…
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The Irish Mountain Running Association is to hold a new four-stage relay race in 2012. Named the Wicklow Glacier Lakes the event will take place on Sunday 15th April and will take in some of the most challenging – and beautiful – terrain in Wicklow…. Read more…
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One of the biggest, most historic and most hotly contested cross country events on the annual race calendar hits one of the best courses this weekend as the English National Cross Country Championships (otherwise know as the National) takes place at Parliament Hill on Saturday… Read more…
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US oracle on the ultra and trail scene iRunFar have put together a very concise overview on what’s hot in the 2012 trail shoe sector. With such eye-catchers as the New Balance MT1010 and the Salomon S-Lab Sense that lighter-weight, natural trail shoe arena is well catered for… Read more…
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It’s over a week since the Carnethy 5 race – where Orlando Edwards and Angela Mudge reigned supreme – but when great images come along time is of no importance and we should all be grateful to those who give up their time for such great content for us all to share… Read more…
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The excellent Highlander Mountain Marathon event is around 8 weeks away and after a previous appearance on Scottish outdoor pursuits programme The Adventure Show this year’s event is set to be filmed once again by the popular BBC show… Read more…
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Welsh international Dewi Griffiths took his first senior XC title yesterday on a tough St. Fagans course at the Welsh Cross Country Champs. The Swansea Harrier also led his club to team gold, ensuring a berth at the European Clubs XC next winter… Read more…
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Lloyd Taggart continued his intro to 2012 racing with another comfortable win – and a course record to boot – on the Isle of Man, at the Baldwin Valleys race on Saturday. Jackie Lee was once again supreme in the women’s race winning by over 8 minutes… Read more…
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There was an air of familiarity in Falkirk yesterday as both Freya Murray and Derek Hawkins repeated their national XC successes of 2011, as huge numbers turned out at the Scottish National Cross Country Championships... Read more…
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Ryan Sandes has won the Vibram Hong Kong 100km ultra trail race in a record time of 9hrs55min – almost two hours quicker than the previous record of 11:48. Having led from check point 7 he carved out a 10 min lead over his nearest competitor. Read more…
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UK trail running mag Trail Running is out this Thursday, 23 February. The off-road mag gets a preview via this 2 minute You Tube film, with a snapshot into what readers can expect… Read more…
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It seems like yesterday that Kilian Jornet was blasting down Mt Kinabalu to record a historic win over arch-rival Marco de Gasperi at the 2011 Climbathon. But as we know time stands still for no man (or woman) Read more…
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Former Olympic athlete and world record holder Steve Cram MBE this week unveiled plans for the 2012 Salomon Kielder Marathon. Now in its third year organisers are expecting 3000 entries for this year’s event… Read more…
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This weekend sees round 5 of the popular Endurance Life promoted Coastal Trail Series along the breathtaking South Devon coastline. This is where it all began for the Endurance Life guys, and unfortunately the event is a sell-out… Read more…
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Team Accelerate UK this week announced a brand new event for the August Bank Holiday weekend 2012. The Ultra Tour of the Peak District will be a 55 mile race of some of the UK’s most beautiful landscapes… Read more…
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Round 6 of the 8-round Lotto Cross Cup saw success for many GB and England athletes on Sunday, as the winter-long XC series hit Hulshout in the Antwerp region of Belgium…. Read more…
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With our appetite for the next big thing when it comes to trail or mountain running and racing, it is easy to sometimes forget what we already have. The National Trails could be seen as one such resource which we may have overlooked, as 2500 miles of ‘ready made’ trails… Read more…
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Wins for Graham Pearce and Helen Fines at the Norman Matthews Winter Hill fell race, Andres Jones and Lauren Jeska at the Tarren Hendre race and James Logue and Nicky Spinks at the Wadsworth Trog… Read more…
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Close finishes dominated the USATF Cross Country Championships on Saturday as Bobby Mack and Sara Hall prevailed. Though Mack’s win was pretty decisive, Hall won after a last gasp lunge beating Molly Huddle in a photo finish… Read more…
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With a fascinating chat with Gordy Ainsleigh, episode 2 of Talk Ultra is now available for download. The interview with Ainsleigh (the founder of the Western States 100 race in the US) is probably the highlight of yet another packed podcast… Read more…
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GB international mountain runner Orlando Edwards stormed to a great win at Saturday’s 41st running of the Carnethy 5 Hill Race, defeating a field laced with top class fell and mountain running talent… Read more…
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Tomorrow sees one of the biggest races on the calendar as a stacked field head to the 41st Carnethy 5 Hill Race. Though only 6 miles the race takes in 5 peaks and in wet weather is known to be extremely demanding… Read more…
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With a move to an 8pm slot and a new start system (time trial as opposed to mass start) much of the 2012 Empire State Run-Up was all new. However, the status quo remained in the finishing positions of previous years, as world number one Thomas Dold reigned supreme once again… Read more…
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If anything will get people entering an event it’s images like these. This week’s recce run for the Buttermere/Crummock Trail Run show off the Lakes at their best and how this should be a cracking race… Read more…
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Summer is a time for racing, but summer is also a time for enjoyment, relaxation and sharing good times. This is the ethos that Salomon adopt when some of their best athletes and everyday trail runners alike come together in Font Romeu… Read more…
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After his revival of the Dragon’s Back Race later in 2012, Shane Ohly has also rekindled the flames of another multi-day mountain marathon, the Great Lakeland 3 Day™ – a renowned three-day classic, which takes place this May. Read more…
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Thanks to @joegeezi Joe Gray for the heads-up that this weekend sees the USATF Cross Country Championships in St. Louis – acting as the selection race for the 2012 North America, Central American, & Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships… Read more…
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The most striking aspect of these films from Saturday’s British Universities and Colleges Cross Country Championships is the sheer enthusiasm of the hoards of fellow students and fans… Read more…
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Anton Krupicka is used to long roads. But the one which has presented itself to him in the last year is probably not one that he wishes to travel too often. This horror injury is the sort of thing that can sometimes end an athletic career… Read more…
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Not a couple of weeks since the final of the 2011 Vertical World Circuit in Brazil and the 2012 series kicks-off at the world famous Empire State Run Up in New York this week as Thomas Dold looks for a historic 7th win… Read more…
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These shots must be some of the best sporting images of the winter. Fell Running Pictures shooter Graham Spencer was either lucky or very clever in positioning himself on this, let’s say, tricky descent! Read more…
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Salomon Trail Team UK member and multiple fell running championship winner, Rob Hope, had a difficult 2011. Here he details how it feels to be on the wrong side of injury, how his training is currently going and what he is hoping for in the year to come… Read more…
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Birmingham student Jonny Hay took a convincing win at yesterday’s BUCS Cross Country Championships at a snowy Blackweir Fields in Cardiff. Though the time gaps show it was a close race, these images suggest that Hay was in control of the race throughout… Read more…
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One of the classic races on the fell calendar takes place this weekend on the English / Welsh border, as Church Stretton and Mercia Fell Runners play host to the Long Mynd Valleys race on Sunday… Read more…
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It’s the time of year when student XCers across the UK come together to see who is top cross country University / College and athlete for 2012. Last year saw wins for top GB internationals Nick Goolab and Charlie Purdue… Read more…
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An exciting new website has emerged tracking the lives of some of the UK brightest endurance running talent. NoSweatRunning.com has been launched as an ‘Endurance running and coaching resource‘, featuring such athletes as Charlotte Purdue, Emelia Gorecka and coach Mick Woods. Read more…
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Some good racing on the hills this weekend – with the likes of 2011 English Fell Champ Lloyd Taggart stretching his legs, the Kinder Trial going off in beautiful wintery conditions and Ricky Lightfoot dishing it out at Blakes Heaven... Read more…
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The Feb / March edition of the excellent SA trail mag Go Trail is now online for us all to enjoy. Packed with super-interesting articles and features including Tom Owens, the trail of Annapurna and trail running from a female perspective… Read more…
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It was elder brother’s turn to shine this weekend, as Ben Tickner won the Southern Cross Country Championships in Brighton. Over the last few weeks it has been Tickner the junior (Frank) who has dominated much of the UK cross country scene… Read more…
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Germany’s Thomas Dold once again confirms his prowess as the world’s number one skyscraper racer after winning the 2011 Vertical World Circuit final in the Corrida Vertical, Saõ Paolo, Brazil on January 25. Read more…
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Steve Vernon underlined his status as one the UK’s top XC exponents with a commanding win at the Northern Cross Country Championships on Saturday. His win now makes it four Northern XC titles for the Stockport man… Read more…
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We are bit late on this one, but thought it would provide some escapism on a Weds morning. Fell film maker fellephant delivers Fellbound – 10 minutes of captivating footage, depicting the essence of fell running. Read more…
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James Walsh retained his Midlands Cross Country Championships title in fine style at a sunny Wollaton Park in Nottingham today. The Leeds AC runner pulled away in the closing mile from Rory Fraser (OWLS) and Josh Lilley (Tipton)… Read more…
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The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) continues to push the world of skyrunning forward in 2012. It will be a big year for the sport with the Sky Games and newly-launched Ultra Series and part of this movement forward is a brand new website, which is launched today. Read more…
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Outside of the National Cross Country Championships, this weekend sees the biggest weekend of cross country of the season as juniors, seniors and veterans from all over the country converge on their respective Area championships… Read more…
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Not a great deal on this weekend in the fell scene, but quality over quantity is the name of the game as the ever popular Kinder Trial goes ahead on Saturday. Other races for consideration are Blakes Heaven, Greeba Fell on the Isle of Man and Trigger Tor in the Peak District… Read more…
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Following on from the highly-successfuil Marathon Talk a new podcast has been launched on the same platform aimed at the longer-distance runner. Talk Ultra is hosted by top US-based Brit ultra runner Ian Sharman and Ian Corless, a veteran of the ultra scene… Read more…
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Athletics Weekly’s words not mine, describing one Kilian Jornet who adorns their front cover this week! Yes, ultra trail running makes the mainstream, if only for one week… Read more…
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They say that the early bird catches the worm, well over at Lakeland Trails they have set the bait for trail runners with only a few days remaining before the discounted early bird entry closes and the entry fees for the 2012 Spring and Marathon Lakeland Trails events go up on the 1st of February… Read more…
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At the recent AGM of the World Mountain Running Association in Monaco, there was a pledge for greater financial support for the sport of mountain running and an alignment with the ‘infrastructure‘ of the IAAF. Read more…
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Action at the Lotto Cross Cup in Belgium, the Cross Internacional de Elgoibar in Spain, and the Antrim XC in Northern Ireland are all part of a European Athletics cross country round up. Read more…
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In a fascinating article iRunFar writer Meghan Hicks peers into the world of Lizzy Hawker, arguably the greatest British ultra distance runner in history, and finds that behind that familiar smile lurks a steely and thoughtful character. Read more…
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This film is a really nice insight into Emmanuel Gault’s reasoning behind his love of trail running. It’s a philosophy, a contact with nature that only those who have practised the sport can relate to – but all should perhaps aspire to… Read more…
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In their third head-to-head of the XC season, Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton and Gemma Steel renewed their intense rivalry that has developed this winter at round 4 of the 2011/12 McCain Cross Challenge in Antrim today… Read more…
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After their win in 2011 top Scots club Shettleston once again showed their strength as they comfortably won the Devils Burdens race in Fife yesterday. HBT ladies also triumphed in this excellent early-season relay event… Read more…
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Woodentops first event of 2012 proved to be another cracker as some of England’s top male and female fell talent hit the hills near Keighley for 12km of fast and furious racing. Read more…
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After pretty much being the outstanding long distance female runner of 2011, Lizzy Hawker has been named the IAU Athlete of the Year by its global member federations, taking over 30% of the vote. Read more…
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The fourth Haglofs Open5 event was the furthest south yet and competitors arriving at the quaint West Somerset village of Crowcombe were to experience a completely different weather system to the one experienced only a month ago. Read more…
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Now in their 8th year the Runners Need G3 series kicked off last weekend near Guildford. The men’s race was won by Fabien Lassonde (42.29), with the women’s event going to Gillian Sanders in 44.45. Read more…
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If this National Geographic film doesn’t inspire you to have a crack at trail running nothing will. Okay it’s about the really long stuff, and Krissy Moehl isn’t your everyday runner, but the philosophy and environment could be transferred the world over… Read more…
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Mayan Running Adventure is a week-long, all-inclusive, trail running adventure tour based at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The tour is aimed at runners who want to run trails and enjoy year-round, spring-like temperatures in this beautiful South American region… Read more…
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The fourth Art O’Neill Challenge took place in Ireland this weekend past and once again it allowed walkers, runners and “hybrids” Read more…
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The 2012 Sky Games, taking place in Ribagorza Romanica, northern Spain, have opened up entries for the Open Categories of the events, which take place between June 29th – July 8th. Read more…
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The grand finale of the Vertical World Circuit heads for San Paolo, Brazil on January 25 where top skyscraper racers will compete for the world champion title and cash prize. Thomas Dold, six times winner of the Empire State Building Run-Up and current VWC champion, will be on the start line… Read more…
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This excellent publication now has its very own app. In January 2012 Collins and Aimer Media launch the Ultimate Running Races app. This is the digital version of the World’s Ultimate Running Races, the book reviewed and praised by RunBritain, Athletics Weekly and Runner’s World. Read more…
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Linet Masai and Geoffrey Kipsang were amongst the winners on the IAAF circuit this weekend, as the XC season across Europe continues in this non-World Cross year. The was also action over in Italy at the Villa Lagarina race… Read more…
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Excellent athleticos film from Sunday racing in Cardiff. Some great angles, interviews and race footage from the mens and womens U20 and senior races – the film also shows off that Jonny Hay ‘kick’ to good effect in the finish straight of the men’s race… Read more…
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The 2012 edition of the this classic mountain marathon is now open for online and postal entries by clicking here. Entrants to the event will need to follow strict guidelines for entry… Read more…
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No one can accuse Anna Frost of not living life to the full. When not out there winning big races, the Kiwi likes nothing more than having fun with friends and family – and of course doing a bit of running. Read more…
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Near perfect conditions greeted record numbers of runners at the opening race in the 2012 Go Beyond Ultra offering – as 200 hardy souls set off from Wendover to London, for the Country to Capital 45 race. Read more…
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That is the view from a BBC News Magazine article published today. As a nation we (apparently) now run further, and in more extreme situations, than ever before. Though I’d wager that your average fell runner has been doing such things for decades! Read more…
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The senior men’s race at the 2012 Cardiff Cross Challenge went to form as Frank Tickner and Jonny Hay took the 1-2, after Tickner broke away on the final lap of the 10k race at Blackweir Fields. Lauren Howarth showed a good return to form winning the women’s race, in bright south Wales sunshine… Read more…
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Deemed Britain’s most brutal race, the 268-mile beast that is The Spine Race – a non-stop winter ultra-marathon encompassing the entire length of the Pennine Way – gets underway today (14 Jan). Read more…
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There’s a new fitness phenomenon sweeping the world at the moment, which combines trail and cross country running with military style obstacle courses. Think swimming across freezing cold water, squelching your way through a mud swamp, climbing over a 10 foot wall… Read more…
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The year’s premium XC event in Wales arrives this weekend for the annual Cardiff Cross Challenge at the Blackweir Fields. The race is also round 3 of the 5 race McCain series designed to bring together the UK’s elite XC runners on a regular basis… Read more…
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The weekend of the 21 /22 of Jan sees the Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series arrive on Anglesey – and if you fancy a run you had better be quick as almost all of the four races from 10k to 32 miles are fully booked… Read more…
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Online entries have revolutionised the way people enter races these days, and as the 58th edition of the 3 Peaks Race opened for entries on Monday morning nearly 800 had been reached by Weds lunchtime, meaning it will be full (1000 entries) in record time… Read more…
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Whilst some of Kenya’s top endurance men were in Edinburgh at the weekend, former World XC champion Joseph Ebuya was in Spain giving a demonstration in front running at the 58th Cross Internacional Zornotza in Amorebieta Read more…
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It’s been a busy start to 2012 on the race front, with a few going under the MST radar. So, here lies a little round-up from the new year’s day Hardmoors 30, to Robbie Simpson’s record run at last weekend’s El-Brim-Ick Dash near Aberdeen… Read more…
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We aren’t a tri site, but we do recognise along with most UK sporting sites that the Talented Brownlee Boys are a real asset and inspiration to the sporting community in this country. Of course the real link for us is that they are fell runners at heart! Read more…
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Lots of County Cross Country titles were decided this weekend up and down the country with Jonny Mellor, Emma Clayton, Andi Jones, Olivia Walwyn-Bush, Ali Brownlee, Neilson Hall and Lauren Howarth amongst the winners… Read more…
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Wales seems to have really caught the marathon and ultra bug recently, adding to this is a brand new ultra-event for Anglesey which will take place this August… Read more…
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New year, new calendar, new format. The 2012 Skyrunner® World Series calendar offers a distance for every runner with stand-alone circuits where both Vertical and Ultra champions will have a taste of the glory (and prize money). Read more…
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Dave Ward of Pennine Fell Runners this weekend joined that illustrious club of runners who have completed a mid-winter Bob Graham round. The stipulation of a ‘mid-winter BGR’ (considered one of the hardest due to minimal daylight hours) is… Read more…
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When senior GB athletes (outside of Mo Farah) came up against some of Africa and Europe’s finest XC runners in the past they were often found wanting. However, today’s showing at the BUPA Great Edinburgh XC demonstrated just how far they have come in the last few years. Read more…
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This Saturday should be a real showcase for British endurance running as the BUPA Great Edinburgh XC takes place at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. The men’s and women’s fields are absolutely loaded with Olympic and world champions… Read more…
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Never ones to shirk our responsibility to the grass roots here at MST, we’d like to big-up a very nice urban trail race up in the Manchester area – taking place this Sunday the 8th of January. For all you ‘urban trailsters’ who are fed up with the pavements and traffic – Hit the Trail! Read more…
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Dakota Jones doesn’t take life too seriously. He is young, carefree and a damn good ultra runner. He is also a pretty funny guy, and whenever he is interviewed you can expect a laid back style. Also judging by his latest blog we think he could have a career in writing, should he get fed up with running… Read more…
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It’ll be XC this time though as the Bingley boys head to the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships this weekend. The Wharfedale Observer reports on their battle at Auld Lang Syne, where Ali came out on top… Read more…
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FRA general secretary Morgan Williams does a great job of spreading the fell running (and more specifically the Bob Graham Round) word across the Pond, with this excellent iRunFar article on the BGR and Nick Clark’s recent effort... Read more…
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This short compilation film of junior fell racing should remind fell runners both young and old why they run. Produced by mylittlewalshes the film will be entered into the Film Nation competition, the winning film will be shown at Olympic venues. Read more…
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The 2012 calendar for this great championship is now on the FRA site, and looks very interesting. No doubt 2011 champions Morgan Donnelly and Pippa Maddams will be rubbing their hands too, as there are some proper technical races in there. Read more…
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Sarah and Iain Ridgway have a fancy new site for their excellent Run Snowdonia business, as they continue to attract clients and put on new events in 2012… Read more…
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The first day of 2012 saw the hardcore out on the fells and hills. Perfect starts to this year’s campaigns went to Andres Jones, Ali Lavender, Murray Strain, Quentin Lewis, Annabel Mason, Jim Bulman amongst others… Read more…
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After our subjective view on the Best of 2011: Fell and mountain racing on New Year’s Eve, we thought we should also take a look at ultra trail races which caught our eye around the world in 2011… Read more…
