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In cycling speak you could probably compare ‘Zegama’ to the Paris-Roubaix, in motor sport the Monaco Grand Prix – you get the picture. The Zegama-Aizkorri Maratòn is a monument in mountain sport, a skyrunning classic… Read more…
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For mountain runners all roads lead to Keswick as the trials for the European Mountain Running Championships take place on the slopes of Skiddaw. Looking to book their berths in the squad will be the likes of Inter-Counties winner Emma Clayton… Read more…
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South African Skyrunning Association (SASA) has announced a new sanctioned event, the Matroosberg Trail Challenge. Organised by Running The Cape, the 36km race is set in the Matroosberg Private Nature reserve, two and half hours from Cape Town – near Ceres in the Western Cape… Read more…
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Better late than never, we take a look back at what was a busy weekend of racing in the UK. Away from the Inter Counties racing in Settle, the classic Ras y Gader was won by local international fell runner Ifan Richards… Read more…
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“British-born sports manufacturing brand inov-8 celebrates its tenth anniversary in June, and it looks like there’s more than one reason to celebrate” – reports the ISF... Read more…
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Ethiopian Wegene Tafese and Yorkshire and GB international Emma Clayton took the honours at Sunday’s UK Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships in Settle, and both had to work hard for their victories… Read more…
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I was lucky enough to spend time with all three of the people involved in this interview last weekend. Joe in the days before Transvulcania, chatting about fell running. Adam on a flight out of La Palma, talking all sorts… Read more…
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Sunday sees the UK’s highest trail marathon taking place on Scafell Pike, as part of High Terrain Events day in the area which also includes the Borrowdale Trail run and the Keswick Sportive tomorrow… Read more…
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Racing this weekend features some proper classics including Old County Tops, Cader Idris, Goatfell, Glaramara and the UKA Inter Counties in Settle. The corresponding weekend in 2012 saw some temperatures in the low 30’s across the UK… Read more…
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Yes, it’s TNF100 time this weekend in Australia, with some of the world’s best including 2012 winner Ryan Sandes, who will be hard to beat on the 100k route which took him a swift 9:22 last year… Read more…
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Last weekend I was privileged enough to be at the Transvulcania La Palma race. I was lucky enough to be on the inside too, behind the scenes and supporting some of the elite athletes and to soak up the amazing atmosphere that this beautiful race produces… Read more…
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Welsh fell runner Richard Roberts was a comfortable winner of the classic Moel Eilio race on Saturday, as the runners tackling one of the UK’s most stunning ridges in weather more akin to March than May! Read more…
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Former British and English fell running champions Rob Hope showed that class is permanent on Saturday as he took the season-opener of the 2013 English Fell Running Championships at the Fairfield Horseshoe race… Read more…
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With the popularity of the Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race growing year on year, the programme of racing has been bolstered with the announcement of an exciting new uphill-only race to the summit of this famous mountain – 1085m above sea level. Read more…
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Expectations ran high and so did Transvulcania fever – before, during and after the race. After last year’s launch as the first-ever skyrunning Ultra, the race again kicked off the 2013 season – and more than lived up to expectations. Read more…
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Bryon Powell knows his onions. As does MdS 2013 winner Meghan Hicks. Put them both together on one site, and you have a couple of the most insightful previews of this weekend’s big one on the global ultra-trail scene… Read more…
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This weekend sees the opening round of the 2013 English Fell Running Championships at the Fairfield Horseshoe race in Cumbria, with over 500 runners expected for this classic Lakeland race… Read more…
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Two months after conquering 350 miles of frozen wilderness in Alaska, hardcore inov-8 athlete Joe Grant is preparing to make his racing comeback – this time on much drier ground – at the 2013 SWS opener, Transvulcania… Read more…
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Brand new off road ultra marathon event Ultimate Trails Challenge has sold out within three weeks of launching, and with entries flooding in from all over the UK and abroad the event has today announced Petzl as the Official Lighting Partner Read more…
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Robbie Lawless is over on La Palma mingling with the racers ahead of this weekend’s Transvulcania, and caught-up with Salomon contenders Kilian Jornet, Emelie Forsberg and Cameron Clayton… Read more…
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The 2013 Skyrunner World Series magazine which details some of the world’s greatest skyrunning races amongst its pages, is now available online and will be produced in hard copy print format for the events… Read more…
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Ian Corless reports from the Lost Worlds Racing, Causeway Crossing series this weekend where Jonny Steede romped to a gun-to-tape win. The Northern Ireland race takes on some of the world’s best coastal landscapes and Read more…
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Fell and trail racing really kicks on this weekend in the UK with at least 17 races going ahead. From the classic and tough Stuc a’Chroin 5000 in Scotland, to the equally hard Annalong Horsehoe in N. Ireland, there is something for everyone… Read more…
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This summer top trail running brand Salomon will be out and about across the country visiting parks and parkland in many of the UK’s biggest cities, inviting runners to get trail running in their urban environments… Read more…
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On 30 November 2013, Skyrunners® from all over the world will toe the start line of the inaugural Lesotho Ultra Trail – Africa’s first Ultra Skymarathon® – ready to tackle the 55km, high altitude course through the Tsehlanyane National Park in the heart of the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho… Read more…
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Joe Symonds’ 2013 Three Peaks Race win on the face of it appeared to be a straight-forward exercise in dominant fell running. As the following paragraphs demonstrate, wins are never easy, and certain happenings in Joe’s life in the day before the race only underline the greatness of his achievements and the fragility of life… Read more…
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We often concentrate on the sharp-end of fell, trail and ultra running here at MST. But events such as this weekend’s Fellsman only go to prove just how much goes into these events for the ‘mid packers’ point of view too… Read more…
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HBT and Carnethy runners Joe Symonds and Jasmin Paris showed why they are considered amongst the best fell runners in the UK on Saturday as they convincingly won the 2013 Three Peaks Race titles… Read more…
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Fell running film maker fellephant has once again constructed a very individual film titled Fellraising. The speeded-up 8 minute film brilliantly depicts the very unique sport of fell running at a number of races in 2012 /13… Read more…
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It was a big weekend for long distance races in the UK! What with the Fellsman and the Three Peaks occupying the Yorkshire Dales and the HOKA Highland Fling taking place on the West Highland Way in Scotland… Read more…
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The 8th year for the Lakeland Trails event at Hawkshead took place on Saturday 27th April. The event was a huge success, despite the wet weather leading up to the event making the venues waterlogged… Read more…
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Suunto today unveils the second generation of Ambit outdoor GPS watches, the new line-up of Ambit2 S and the Ambit2. This creates a collection of Suunto GPS watches for every occassion — whether a multisport training session or a serious adventure. Read more…
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Ultra trail runners hoping to bag a GB vest for this summers World Trail Running Championships in North Wales will need to impress at the 53 mile HOKA Highland Fling race this weekend… Read more…
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Rather than try and better this Three Peaks Race preview, which would be difficult to be honest, we thought a simple link to the excellent article on the FRA would fill the gaps of who to watch in Horton-in-Ribblesdale this Saturday… Read more…
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In the 8th year for the Lakeland Trails event at Hawkshead, taking place on Saturday 27th April, Over 1200 competitors will be tackling the infamous, mile long, killer climb of the “Coffin Trail”… Read more…
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On Saturday 18th April at 10:10pm, the British endurance athlete and The North Face® ultrarunner Lizzy Hawker, 37, completed a 319km run from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu, Nepal in 63 hours 8 minutes. Read more…
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The Three Peaks Race is all about the runners. Tales are told that become folk lore down the years, however it’s generally the winners that are remembered – here a few snippets from those who have experienced that joy of winning… Read more…
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Russell Bentley has made a big impact on the North Wales fell scene over the last few months and last weekend won one of the Welsh classics, Ras y Moelwyn. His win was all the more impressive as he also defeated 2010 British Fell Champ Tim Davies… Read more…
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As part of our build-up to that classic of classics, the Three Peaks, we look forward to Saturday by first of all looking back. This article first appeared on MST a couple of years ago, and is a race history from 1954 – 2004… Read more…
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With just 80 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 4th World Trail Running Championships – which will be held in North Wales on the 6th of July – the countdown to the Championships has begun in earnest. Read more…
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We’ll be winding-up to this weekend’s 59th Three Peaks Race with previews and some nostalgic looks back through the history of this iconic race… Read more…
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For years, the Great Lakeland 3Day™ (also known as the GL3D™) was an event known only to a select few; indeed the first race in 1998 had just seven participants… Read more…
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There aren’t many ultra races out there that are over 50 years old. The Fellsman is a classic toughie and attracts the hardened fell and ultra runner to over 11,000ft of ascent in its 61 miles, and all on the same day as the Three Peaks Race! Read more…
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The Ultimate Trails Challenge, a 100km circuit of the central Lake District, taking in 6 mountain passes, with 14, 000ft of ascent & descent, 5 picturesque lakes and 10 iconic feed stations has today been announced… Read more…
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With just over a week until the 2013 3 Peaks Race, anticipation is growing for what could be a race to remember in both the men’s and women’s races. The 58th edition of one of the world’s most historic mountain races takes place on the 27th of April… Read more…
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Apologies to all readers of the site for the lack of updates over the last two weeks. I’ve been travelling and working in the US and France, which hasn’t made things easy, however the main reason? Hackers! Read more…
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Run247.com columnist Kirsty Reade was invited along to the TORQ Trail Team assessment day in London this weekend. The concept is a new one in team ‘sponsorship’ too, as according to Reade it’s less about the winning and more about the taking part… Read more…
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With fatalities and cancelled and re-routed events becoming more prevalent across global trail running these days, the real dangers in the high mountains are there for all to see… Read more…
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Away from the Outerside there was racing to be had in England, Wales and Scotland over the last few days. One of the lung-busters of the early fell season is Rivington Pike and this year saw a 4th win of this Lancashire classic for Tom Cornthwaite, after a ding-dong battle with Salford’s Gary Priestley… Read more…
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inov-8 athletes stamped their authority all over the Outerside Chase event in the Lake District on Saturday, with Carl Bell, Morgan Donnelly and Rob Jebb taking a clean sweep of prizes at the sharp end… Read more…
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The Buttermere 10 Trail Race is scheduled for Sunday 7th April and with a number of Great Britain mountain runners and fell internationals in the field, it is set to be a classic race. Read more…
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That German meister got there before us (though an full MST review on the new shoe will appear soon after a winter on the hills and trails) in testing the hotly anticipated new fell shoe from Salomon – the Fell Raiser… Read more…
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It’s a sign that a sport is growing at a rapid rate when an international governing body has to be set-up. ITRA (International Trail Running Association) here sets-out it’s thoughts and vision for the future of the sport – read on… Read more…
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Certainly most of us anyway. We featured this US film a year or so ago and it’s still as relevant as ever, as to the feeling of freedom and refreshment that trail running gives.. Read more…
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The dates have been set for the 2013 British Athletics Mountain Running Challenge with three events across uphill and up and down mountain running disciplines. The Inter-Counties kick things off in May at the Settle Hills race… Read more…
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With a fair amount of the North, East and South Wales and the west Midlands under a covering of snow still (certainly on the higher ground) any racing that goes ahead this Easter will be tricky… Read more…
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After one of the greatest ever races last year when Scotland’s Murray Strain buried the ghost of 2011 and took a famous victory at the 2012 Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa, anticipation of the 2013 event is as high as ever… Read more…
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This season The North Face have launched a set of waterproofs that will help trail and mountain tackle the elements with confidence. Here Ian Corless reviews the AK Stormy Trail Jacket and Pants… Read more…
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The ISF and Talk Ultra have teamed-up to bring readers the ‘Skyrunning Interviews’, A new section… publishing interviews with skyrunning personalities – top runners… potential top runners, those behind the scenes, organisers and lots more. Read more…
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Racing was (as expected) hard at the World XC champs in a snowy Poland yesterday, as the British junior women’s race produced a storming bronze medal and the senior men’s race produced a surprise winner in Japheth Korir… Read more…
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Last weekend saw Salomon UK launch their 2013 team in Manchester, and also a very interesting concept in youth development on the trails and fells – as Salomon Avenir was unveiled… Read more…
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With the two races in North Wales (Excalibur and Yr Aran) already casualties of the weather, it remains to be seen of anymore of this weekend’s fell races will make the cut as the snow and high winds continue to batter northern and midland parts of the UK… Read more…
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The Great Lakeland 3Day™ (also known as the GL3D™) is a small but adventurous three-day mountain marathon with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere that attracts both runners and long-distance walkers… Read more…
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One of the country’s best and most popular fell races took place last weekend as 227 runners were waved of for the Heptonstall Fell Race on Sunday. Leeds City man and GB international mountain runner Adam Osbourne showed the way, with a powerful display… Read more…
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After his report a couple of weeks back on a somewhat bittersweet affair at the Moel Tryfan race, (he took a wrong turning and ended up dead last !) new-found North Wales fell runner Russel Bentley had a better time of it at Sunday’s Ras Bwlch Maesgwm fell race in Llanberis… Read more…
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As one of the most unassuming and talented fell and skyrunners in the world, Tom Owens is a likeable chap. Ian Corless (via the excellent Talk Ultra show) recently caught-up with the Glasgow-based Salomon athlete for a little look at his career so far! Read more…
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In 2012, the ISF launched their first Ultra Series kicking off with the Transvulcania Ultra Marathon on a tiny speck in the Atlantic Ocean called La Palma. The race saw probably the deepest field of international running legends to date… Read more…
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A new ultra-distance race has hit southern Africa’s trail running calendar with the announcement of the Lesotho Ultra Trail, to take place in northern Lesotho on 30 November. Read more…
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Winter returned this weekend to add a little bit of spice to the Spring edition of the Fell Runners Association Navigation Course in Kettlewell. The aim of the course is to give runners more skills and confidence to enable them to navigate safely on the fells… Read more…
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One of the most scenic events on the trail calendar, the 11th Great Grizedale Trail Run, takes place this Sunday 24th March. Grizedale Forest is the setting for this traffic-free, trail race with the Coniston fells providing a stunning backdrop for the 10-mile event… Read more…
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Carl Bell, who recently joined Keswick AC, found the soft going to his liking in the Lakeland Trails season opener at Cartmel, Lake District on Saturday 16th March, winning the 18km Cartmel Sticky Toffee Trail Race in a new course record of 67.33. Read more…
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The Cotswold Way Challenge 2013, is the latest addition to the Extreme Energy line-up of multi-day ultra events. The course covers 57 miles over two days on 6/7 April, with 57 brave runners and walkers from 25 to 68 yrs old having already entered the event… Read more…
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I don’t suppose I will be the only viewer who will be slightly disturbed by this smart new film from Arc-teryx. But isn’t that the point? Our lives are governed by visual, verbal or mechanical sounds… Read more…
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The ISF has today put forward the 2013 World Race Ranking with 50 races selected from 14 countries and four continents which, at the end of the season, will establish the world’s 100 élite athletes in the three disciplines: Sky, Ultra and Vertical. Read more…
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inov 8 runner Brendan Davies has targeted this weekend’s Tarawera Ultra as one of his ‘A’ races for 2013, and here Aussie Brendan gives us his thoughts and chances as he takes on this mighty race in New Zealand… Read more…
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For a bit of a glacial training run that is. The young Catalan’s profile these days is such that when he is not racing he is still in demand, media-wise, thus given the opportunity to get up high and be in the place he loves best, Kilian jumps at the chance! Read more…
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This Sunday sees a brand new race in North Wales, the Ras Bwlch Maesgwm. Organised by the Snowdon Race team the route follows a classic pathway up the valley of the Snowdon massif from the Llanberis approach… Read more…
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Having spent some time with Emelie Forsberg training last year in Greece and Font Romeu I can tell you that the girl can descend! This little film shows her technique and also gives us some idea of her speed… Read more…
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Talented trail and skimo star Philipp Reiter recently migrated South in the hope of some winter sunshine at the Trans Gran Canaria race. But what the young German can’t have been expecting were sub zero night time temperatures… Read more…
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Frank Tickner, Louise Damen, Emelia Gorecka and Jonathan Davies were amongst those making sure of their World Cross Country Championships berth on Saturday, at a muddy Cofton Park in Birmingham… Read more…
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Bitterly cold winds, rain and snow did nothing to stop hundreds of hardy fell runners heading onto the hills and mountains this weekend for some great fell racing at the Haworth Hobble, Cardington Mill Canter and Brough Law… Read more…
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At the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round there was a good quality field for this excellent 10 mile race which takes in Scout Cairn, Calf Hill and Pendle, with 3-time British Fell Champ Rob Hope taking the win from Lloyd Taggart… Read more…
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Over 1000 trail runners from all over the UK, along with overseas visitors from Holland, Germany, Belgium, France and Ireland will be heading to the tiny village of Cartmel in the Lake District this weekend, home of the world famous Sticky Toffee Pudding… Read more…
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There are some proper tough (Wuthering Hike – Haworth Hobble), short and sharp (Cardington Mill – almost 2000ft of ascent in a 5 mile race) and nice season openers (Slieve Gullion over in N Ireland) this weekend. Read more…
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Scottish Hill Runners are putting another of their excellent navigation courses on at the beginning of April, following on from the the success of previous courses and “in an effort to help more runners run safely in the hills”… Read more…
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The World Cross Country Championships come but once every two years these days, so for those hoping to gain a GB vest in Bydgoszcz in 2 weeks, timing of form is now critical if they are realise their ambitions of racing at the World Cross… Read more…
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Run Snowdonia co-founder Sarah Ridgway is depicted in this lovely new film by Polished Project, which showcases the inov8 runner in her stunning Snowdonia home environment, doing what loves – what else could anyone want? Read more…
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Now in its third year the Ronda Del Cims has reached capacity almost 4 months ahead of race day on the 21st of June. This 170km beast is one of the newest additions to the Skyrunner World Series races and one of the 5 events which make up the Ultra series. Read more…
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Last weekend saw South African ultra trail star Ryan Sandes win the ‘advanced’ race at the Trans Gran Canaria festive of trail running, and thus meant that the Salomon athlete has now won an ultra trail race on all seven continents… Read more…
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If you went by the form book in ultra-trail running, this last weekend’s happenings at the Trans Gran Canaria race wouldn’t have seen you go far wrong as global trail giants took the spoils across a weekend of racing… Read more…
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Some glorious weather out there at times this weekend, with others racing beneath leaden skies and getting lost in the clagg! Wins for man-of-the-moment Ricky Lightfoot, Tim Davies and Helen Fines amongst others… Read more…
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The second annual ECOO Indoor Trail recently took place at Dortmund’s ‘Westfalenhallen’. The indoor trail running event is a joint venture between Runner’s World, shoe brand ECCO and the event company behind the Trans Alpine run, PLAN B… Read more…
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Tonight (midnight) sees the start of the TNF Trans Gran Canaria, the first big ultra-trailer of the European season. As you would expect the field is very strong, including 2012 winner Seb Chaigneau, Spain’s Miguel Heras and SA’s Ryan Sandes.. Read more…
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Tonight sees the start of one of the UK’s most historic mountain running events, the High Peak Marathon. 49 teams will start between 10pm and midnight ish, as they embark on Read more…
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00.01 on the 1st of March (around 2 hours from now!) is when the first 200 places for the 38th Ty’n Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race go on sale – for runners who have previously competed in the event in the last 5 years… Read more…
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Kilian Jornet has today announced his trail running race programme for the coming season, which sees the Catalan legend take on such staples in his season as Transvulcania, Zegama and Grand Raid Reunion… Read more…
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The Karrimor Great Trail Challenge – already established as one of the biggest events of its kind in the North of England – will return to Keswick this summer for a festival of trail running… Read more…
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In the digital space it seems that the outdoor and trail running running sphere is growing all of the time. Read more…
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Part 2 of the video doc from Jez Bragg’s epic Te Araroa trail run is now online. The latest film sees the ultra runner’s highs (reaching Bluff and cross the Cook Strait) and the lows (a three-day stomach bug)… Read more…
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Wins for Ricky Lightfoot, Emma Clayton, Tom Adams and Rob Hope amongst others at last weekend’s racing on the fells of England and Wales. Snow was still prevalent in the Lakes at High Cup Nick, as Lightfoot took yet another win in 2013… Read more…
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Lochaber runner Jon Gay completed an amazing feat of long-distance mountain running this last weekend when he completed the gruelling 60 mile Ramsay Round, which takes in 24 summits, including Ben Nevis… Read more…
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With hill and mountain runners filling 4 of the first 6 spots in the senior men’s race at at this weekend’s Scottish National XC, it was plain to see that those who like it hilly still have plenty of leg speed when it comes to the flatter stuff… Read more…
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The 2013 ShAFF has given three gongs to the official film of the 2012 Dragon’s Back Race. The awards are for Best Running Film (Gold), Best Feature Film (Silver) and Grand Prize (Bronze)… Read more…
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iRunFar head honcho Bryon Powell has added to his online trail and ultra portfolio of projects with a great new portal that champions the very best in trail running photography, or should that be pornography!? Read more…
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Keith Gerrard retained his English National XC title on Saturday on a snowy, muddy, cold and frankly gruelling Sunderland course, which also saw Louise Damen retain the women’s crown in emphatic style… Read more…
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We never really think about it. As we pull on our shoes and grab our kit and reckon we are prepared for the hills or trails, our preparation for any eventuality is complete – or so we think… Read more…
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2013 inov-8 athlete Joe Grant is preparing to tackle the extremes of Alaska in a 350-mile race described by organisers as the world’s longest human powered winter ultra-marathon. Read more…
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In England and Scotland that is. This weekend will see a sea of XC runners from across the age groups tackle parkland courses in Sunderland and Falkirk. Read more…
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Plenty for fell runners to get their teeth into this weekend, with some really nice races from the Yorskshire Dales to North Wales, and the Quantocks. Your full weekend line-up is online at the FRA here, including High Cup Nick and Moel y Ci… Read more…
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South African based media business Go Trail Media have teamed-up with Summit Expeditions Nomadic Experience to document and promote the inaugural Kilimanjaro Stage Run which took place last year… Read more…
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iRunFar and Run Tramp writer Robbie Lawless have teamed-up to present another absolutely fascinating article on one the world’s top ultra-trailers. Anna ‘Frosty’ Frost has risen from WMRA GP star to a trail runner capable of ‘chicking’ world class men! Read more…
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In what appeared to be great fell and hill running conditions, Finlay Wild and Angela Mudge took the wins at the Carnethy 5 on Saturday. With stories which could not be much more different, Mudge took win number 14 with Wild winning on his debut! Read more…
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Talk Ultra man Ian Corless recently headed out to Costa Rica for a hot, sweaty and most importantly, stunningly beautiful trail race – the Coastal Challenge. Read more…
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Top UK off-road running magazine Trail Running continues to buck the trends of the magazine and print publishing sector by excelling and growing its readership and online following… Read more…
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2013 will once again see races across the mountains and trails of the world filled with world-class talent, and building on the 2012 Skyrunner® World Series success (and the introduction of the Ultras) this year will bring an even bigger star-studded cast… Read more…
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This Saturday sees one of the biggest races on the calendar as a stacked field head to the 42nd 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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Extreme Energy’s 2013 race season got off to a record-breaking start last weekend, with Danny Kendall shaving 17 minutes off the previous course record to finish the 64-mile, 2-day ultra-marathon course Read more…
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On a wintery day in February, this film on Channel Run – and shot by Robert Adamson – gives us all a glimer of warm summer days and a traditional Lakeland show race from 2002. Read more…
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A range of weather conditions faced runners this weekend across the UK, from the snow and blizzards of the Winter Hill race, to the mud and bogs of the Wadsworth Trog and the Long Mynd Valleys… Read more…
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The 2013 OMM comes to Wales this year, and the Brecon Beacons. The exact location of the event on the 26th-27th of October will as ever be a closely guarded secret until a week or so before the event… Read more…
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There is an air of ‘the season is getting started’ about this weekend, with a curtain raiser on the Welsh scene at Tarren Hendre, the excellent Wadsworth Trog, the stunning (and tough) Long Mynd Valleys and the cracking Devil’s Burdens relay in Scotland… Read more…
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This is what is is all about. A good pub, great ale, a cosy night out and a bit of fell running thrown in. Well, that’s exactly what a hardy 51 runners got this week when they turned up at the White Lion pub for the CVFR Heptonstall Night Score Event... Read more…
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Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, with support from Sheffield-based Accelerate, is once again presenting a “Running Expert Night”… Read more…
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Race entry numbers have once again set new records, as almost 2000 runners have now registered for the 2013 Snowdonia Marathon Eryri. Entries went live on at midnight on the 1st of January with almost 800 places being bagged in the first 24 hours. Read more…
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Celebrating five years, the 2013 Vertical World Circuit continues it’s upward climb launching with today’s Empire State Building Run-Up in New York with newly crowned VWC champions, Thomas Dold and Suzy Walsham toeing the start line. Read more…
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British ultra-runner Jez Bragg has successfully completed New Zealand’s arduous Te Araroa Trail, entirely under human power, in just 53 days – nine days quicker than the previous record. Read more…
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In a superb interview with top US ultra-trail and mountain man Anton Krupicka, Advendure open-up Tony about FKT’s, injuries, minimalism and generally what motivates him to get up into the mountains, and just run! Read more…
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Fell internationals Ricky Lightfoot and Carl Bell battled it out up at the Jarrett Jaunt this weekend. Ellenborough runner Ricky once again edged-out Carl by just under a minute, with former Howgill man Bell resplendent in his new Keswick AC colours… Read more…
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The Al Andalus Ultra Trail is a super-tough 5-day, 5-stage race of around 230km from the 9th – 12th of July this year. The course provides a demanding test, not just for the legs, but for a runner’s character and determination… Read more…
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After 53 days 9 hours and 1 minute, UK ultra runner Jez Bragg has arrived in Bluff, New Zealand, to complete the amazing trail of Te Araroa, which crosses from the north to the south island and covers over 3000km… Read more…
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Okay, he is not quite brand Beckham, but Catalan Kilian Jornet would not want to be, and anyway he represents more, much more to those fans who everyday live their dreams through one of the most inspirational endurance athletes on the planet… Read more…
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With the snow gone and temps a bit higher, weather conditions should be reasonably good up there on the hills this weekend. However, after snow-melt and heavy rain this week too, expect there to be plenty of mud and bogs out there! Read more…
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Alpine Oasis have announced that Dark Peak Fell Runner Dave Taylor now offers his a guiding service for fell running novices and seasoned hill runners alike. After teaching on various FRA courses Dave has a large amount of outdoor educational experience to pass on… Read more…
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Two important firsts have been announced by the International Skyrunning Federation, as the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships includes ultra distance for the first time, and Chamonix – the most iconic outdoor sports arena – will host the events, in June 2014… Read more…
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Extreme Energy’s 2013 event season begins next weekend (2/3 February) with The Pilgrim Challenge. At 32 miles a day over two days, from Farnham to Merstham and back, the Pilgrim is not for the faint-hearted – whatever the weather. Read more…
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The UK’s first overnight mountain marathon, Marmot Dark Mountains, was held at Muncaster Castle in the Lake District this weekend. This new event had promised to be a serious challenge and it certainly lived up to expectations. Read more…
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Scenes of snow, slush and mud were abundant at this weekend’s area XC races in the North and Midlands of England. The tough conditions did little to deter hardy club and international cross country runners though – with Hatti Archer and Steve Vernon amongst the winners… Read more…
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The Grough reports that the Trigger race which took place earlier in January raised a tremendous £2700 for the Woodhead Mountain Rescue Team which covers the north-eastern Peak District… Read more…
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The weather is a changing out there, with low temperatures giving way milder conditions and rain moving east, and high up on the hills and mountains that may lead to some very icey conditions at this weekend’s race programme… Read more…
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For a while now MST and Go Trail have had a close trail running kindredship that crosses the hemispheres, and we’re as excited as Go Trail Media man James Hallett is about his latest project the TIMFF, which is set to hit South African theatres this March… Read more…
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The 2013 Ben Nevis Race will post up this year’s entry form on their brand new website this Sunday, 27th January at 12 noon. Read more…
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A bit of snow didn’t put off the hardy Welsh Athletics organisation last Sunday as round 4 of the 2012/2013 McCain Cross Challenge series hit a wintery Cardiff. XC big-hitters Andy Vernon and Louise Damen showed up and duly took the senior honours… Read more…
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Amidst the snow there was some great racing around the country this weekend, with none more so than at the Stanbury Splash in Yorkshire where Tom Addison (39.01) edged out Tom Adams (39.02) by the narrowest of margins… Read more…
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In one of the most interesting insights into the back ground of mountain and trail running we have read for a long time, Run Tramp speaks to International Skyrunning Federation co-founder Lauri van Houten about the 20-year evolution of the ISF and skyrunning as a sport… Read more…
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Runner Richard Lenden gives fascinating insight into his week on the wilderness of the Pennine Way as he took on the Spine Race. Richard told Melvyn in the Morning dropping out of the 2012 event had made him determined to come back and conquer the 268-mile race… Read more…
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Sheffield retail specialists Accelerate know a thing or two about event organisation too. The successful Gritstone series returns for 2013 with 8 races, and includes a 4-race series for juniors too – the Gritty Series! Read more…
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Yes, we’d be surprised if all of the planned racing this weekend goes ahead. For a start the Endurance Life CTS race on Anglesey has fallen by the wayside, due to rare blizzard and drifting snow conditions on the North Wales island… Read more…
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Ultra-runner and coach Andy Mouncey has posted a mighty fine blog on his experience at The Spine this year, and though the Lancaster man didn’t complete his designated distance of the full 270 miles his 105-mile effort in trying conditions was a job well done… Read more…
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Top Sheffield retail and events business Accelerate is this evening holding a footwear and bio-mechanics workshop, with free advice, Q and As and refreshments for all attendees for this free event… Read more…
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As many a long-distance runner will tell you obtaining that balance of good health, fitness, motivation and happiness when out there can be a rare occurrence – and often those ‘planets’ never align at the same time… Read more…
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The International Skyrunning Federation has laid-out an elite ranking system to “create a basis for 2013 for the Sky, Ultra and Vertical Kilometer® distances, a first list of élite athletes… based on an analysis of the results of the most significant races in 2012”… Read more…
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There were new records by about 5 minutes (Oli Johnson) and almost half an hour (Jasmin Paris) at the excellent Marsden to Edale Trigger fell race on Sunday, in crisp Peak District conditions… Read more…
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The council of the World Mountain Running Association met over the last few days in Monte Carlo to explore such subjects as future World Mountain Running Championships and the WMRA Grand Prix circuit, going forward… Read more…
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The venue for the inaugural Marmot Dark Mountains™ – the event which takes the classic two-day mountain marathon format and gives it a new, darker twist – has just been announced as the spectacular Muncaster Castle in the southwest Lake District… Read more…
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A team of amateur runners from the UK has launched an ambitious challenge to complete the first ever non-stop running relay around the world.‘The World Relay’ will travel 28,000 miles across 6 continents and over 30 countries, starting and finishing in London. 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 – got underway today (12 Jan) at 8am… Read more…
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British ultra runner Jez Bragg is well onto the South Island of New Zealand as he continues on the arduous 3000+km trek of the Te Araroa trail. He has tweeted and instagramed plenty to date, but this is the first video footage dispatched from his trip… Read more…
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With the Tor Y Foel race in south Wales, a handful of races in the Peaks and Lakes this weekend – and the promise of colder conditions – there are some good reasons to get out racing this weekend… Read more…
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This year will see the Big Welsh Trail taking place at Coed Landegla, in Denbighshire, on the 1st of June – the very latest addition to Always Aim High Events growing portfolio of exciting outdoor events. Read more…
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Ultra-trail race Fuego y Agua is building to be quite an event this February with the likes of Ian Sharman and Anna Frost heading to Nicaragua. 2013 will mark Fuego y Agua’s 4th edition, with 500 participants racing distances of 25k, 50k, and 100k… Read more…
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Western States 2012 winner Timothy Olson has been unveiled as a North Face athlete for the coming season. The 29-year old has a big future in ultra-running and will have been courted by many of the big brands over the last few months we suspect… Read more…
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2013 Scottish Hill Runners Senior Championship opener, the Carnethy 5, has this week opened up for entries. This year a ‘ballot system’ will be in place, whereby runners ‘enter’ only then to hope to be one of the lucky 610 selected to race on the 16th of Feb… Read more…
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Kenya’s Mark Kiptoo and Magdalene Masai were winners on the day at the classic Spanish XC race the ‘59th Cross Internacional Zornotza’ last weekend, as many of the possible protagonists at this year’s World Cross in Poland were out in force across Europe… Read more…
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Not only does the Keswick Mountain Festival nestle in one of the countries great outdoor environments and feature some great speakers from the world of outdoor and adventure sport… Read more…
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The 26th Cloud Nine Hill Race will be run on Sunday 3rd March and entries are once again expected to flood in. Cloud 9 was Conceived in 1986 as a “dash” from the town to the trig point at the top of the local hill (The Cloud, 343m) and back, for members of Congleton Harriers… Read more…
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The Scottish Watershed is the line of high and mountainous ground that defines whether rainfall runs into the Atlantic or the North Sea. It weaves its way through the full length of Scotland and includes some of the country’s most remote and trackless areas… Read more…
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High Terrain Events have announced details of the Scafell Pike Trail Marathon, a brand new event for 2013 incorporating England’s highest peak. The date is scheduled for Sunday 19th May and is to be held in conjunction with Keswick Mountain Festival. Read more…
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Entries remain open for the Marmot Dark Mountains™ race, which takes the classic two-day mountain marathon format and gives it a new, darker twist. Rather than two days of running with an overnight camp, this one packs everything into one winter’s night! Read more…
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Gone were the ice cold temperatures of the last couple of years at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country, but the racing was as hot as ever as champions galore lined up for a festival of XC racing to bring in 2013… Read more…
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After 24 days and bang on schedule, Jez Bragg has arrived at Cook Strait and the bit of water between the North and South islands of New Zealand on his 3054km Te Araroa adventure Read more…
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He is one of the nicest men in trail running, he is British, and has one of those enviable positions as a runner who has the respect of the world’s mountain, trail and fell running community having performed at the highest level on all three surfaces… Read more…
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Looking at some of the images from New Year’s Day, it seems that the conditions were pretty good for fell and mountain racing, and that came through with some of the performances on the first day of 2013 too… Read more…
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One of the events of this year, and any year for that matter, on the fell running calendar are the hotly contested UKA Fell Relays. 2012 was no different, as the men in yellow, Mercia, made sure of a ‘home’ win, and those Scottish raiders HBT took the women’s crown… Read more…
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Yesterday saw World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist from 2012, Jonny Brownlee, storm to victory at one of the races of the year, Auld Lang Syne. This one is a sell-out, way in advance, and was packed with international talent in both the men’s and women’s fields… Read more…
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