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Top South African’s Linda Doke and Ryan Sandes will head for Europe in August in preparation for the 2010 Trans Alpine run. The mixed pairing will go head-to-head with the like of 2009 winner Anglea Mudge and Chunky Liston and are nicely previewed by gotrail... Read more…
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An excellent depiction of the battle up-front at last months Western States 100 has just been released. It gives a nice flavour of the struggle between Anton, Kilian and Geoff – one can only imagine what the pain was like as they entered the last few miles… Read more…
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The final piece in the Pyranean jigsaw is now online. Episode six depicts the pain and the glory for the young Catalan as he arrives in a cove for a dip with the support crew. His epic adventure took in total around 8 days, behind his personal schedule, but still an astounding achievement… Read more…
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Last weeks epic race in the Italian Alps is captured by officinevideoboario. An excellent little film, with breathtaking scenery, an event befitting the world team Skyrunning championships… Read more…
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Known for his epic road and trail trips, Stefan Gripmaster Repke is also know for his epic photography. As a running photographer he gets to mix business with pleasure as he trawls the world looking for the best trails, reviewing the best kit… Read more…
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850km in 8 days is gonna be painful, especially when it’s across one of the most unforgiving mountain ranges in Europe. So, Kilian Jornet can be forgiven for feeling the odd ache on his latest Quest. Episode 5 is now up, and Kilian even gets to meet Paula Radcliffe! Read more…
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Even the support team look tired in this first episode of the epic journey the Kilian undertook Across the Pyrenees. The authenticity of this film is so strong, the engagement of one man with the brutal terrain is palpable… Read more…
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The Pyrenees are in Kilian Jornet’s blood. This fascinating video recalls the young Catalan’s childhood experiences and underlines how this guy was born for the mountains and his Quests to achieve amazing mountain running feats. Read more…
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This is a tough one, made all the tougher yesterday by that biting north easterly ripping down the country. Still 70 or so hardy fell runners were not deterred, and neither was the photo mountain goat Al Tye… Read more…
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Three days ago, I was still having breakfast with Kilian in his hometown in the Pyrenees. A 17 hour, 1500km trip through countries later, and the day after
I am already exploring the trails in the wild mountain range between Austria and Slovenia! Read more…
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After last years’ feats, Kilian Jornet is embarking on some even more remarkable runs this summer. His run at Tahoe last year was one of many long distance efforts that captured the imagination of mountain runners the world over… Read more…
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It was round 4 of the Great Arete series at Pen Dinas last night and Bunny Run 4 took place at Dimples Lane Quarry, both nicely captured by Gwynfor James, Paul Wood and David Brett. Where would we be without these guys?! Read more…
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I’d be grateful if someone could point me towards the results of yesterday’s Wrekin fell race, as I am struggling to find them if they are out there! It looks like Anna Bartlett probably won the women’s prize from the images online… Read more…
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MST wasn’t online when this ASICS video was released. I remember a friend of mine sending me the link, and I was amazed. Have just stumbled upon it again and thought that I would share, amongst you readers – its still amazes me… Read more…
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The Gripmaster does it in all sorts of locations – filming that is. Have you ever tried to run and film? I have and it looks as though I am just stood shaking the camera. What is his secret? Some interesting stuff out in the forest this time… Read more…
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Yet another exuberant film from the Gripmaster – this time at the 3 stages of the October 2009 edition of Keep on Running at St. Wendal. The event saw a 3km prologue through the town centre followed by two fast and muddy stages in the forests around St.Wendel. Read more…
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Andy and Joe Symonds are a pretty classy pair of fell runners, but even they struggled over the weekend during a run out in the Ochils. The scenery looks breathtaking, but a quality run session was probably never really on the cards… Read more…
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Scottish Athletics have posted a highlights video on their You Tube page from last weekend’s Scottish National Cross Country Championships. Nice work. Read more…
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Arguably two of the greatest middle distance runners in history, Seb Coe and Steve Ovett are subject of a new BBC film that depicts their bitter rivalry that gripped Britain in the late 70’s and early 80’s… Read more…
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Not just the product, but also this little Brooks micro site which highlights the effects of it’s new technologies in a light-hearted, and slightly self-deprecating manner. Brooks are a little left-field of the running mainstream, and we like ‘em for it! Read more…
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After months of editing the Gripmaster finally unleashes the 2009 race highlights in one super trail running packed 16 minute film. The race was an epic last year, with Saab Salomon pairings of Andy Symonds and Tom Owens carrying all before them... Read more…
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Chris Upson runs the excellent Scottish Hill Racing site, as with many in this sport it is for the love, so thanks must go to him and the SHR guys out on the hill at yesterday’s Carnethy 5 Hill race. Some great shots from Chris here… Read more…
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In pictures. Thanks to jellybabyfairy and Eileen Woodhead for covering the Wadsworth Trog and Half Trog, in less than ideal photographic conditions! Results are on the Calder Valley home page... Read more…
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Nope, no siree, not if the uplands of Wales are anything to go by. There is still some snow on the roadside here in mid-Wales, but in Snowdonia there is still plenty to remind us that it is still only just February… Read more…
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Multiple world mountain running champ Jonathon Wyatt can’t afford to hang around for the good weather. Jono takes the elements as he finds them, and crack on. What’s more running in the white stuff does great things for your endurance, and trail-handling skills. Read more…
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Most XC runners (outside of Africa) don’t really associate the discipline with flat, grassy courses and warm sunshine, but this is what the runners got at this weekend’s Kenyan Police champs in Nairobi… Read more…
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The main reason for the Gripmaster’s latest foray into the powder was (we think) to test out the Icebug SISU olx shoe. Whatever the reason we think that Stefan and his female partner had a lot of fun out there in the heavy snow that now covers Europe… Read more…
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The Gripmaster needs to muster all of his gripping mastery in this weather, but shows us that he has lost none of his powers in this little set of playful images from Bavaria… Read more…
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Welsh TV company S4C (available on satellite to those outside of Wales, on on Clic after screening) will show the Amazon Jungle Marathon this week, starting on Tuesday (5th) at 9pm GMT, and then on Weds and Thursday evenings at the same time… Read more…
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Alex Vero this month releases Running to the Limits. With interviews and profiles from such greats as Haile and Richard Nerurkar the film follows Vero in his quest to run a marathon in sub 2 hrs 20 mins… Read more…
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No prizes for guessing this location...
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen
Nollaig shona duit
Glædelig jul
Joyeux Noël et bonne année
Frohe Weihnachte
merī kurisumasu
Nollaig chridheil Read more…
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It is a rare day indeed to get cross country on the box these days, especially terrestrial telly. Sunday sees a day of Euro XC live racing across BBC2 and BBC Red button. Crammy and Bren will be on hand to give their views and observations on all of the action from Santry Park, Dublin… Read more…
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The DVD depicting the epic 6-day race across America’s premier mountain range is now ready to ship – just in time for Christmas! The DVD also features “behind the scenes” crew highlights, music video, dance competition, and route animations as well as the 6 stages of race highlights… Read more…
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One tough race (21.5 miles from Marsden to Edale), by the looks and sounds of it – and not made any easier by this weekend’s wet and windy weather. Still, as always there are some great images for all to see, namely finniganjones on flickr and Flaming Photography. Read more…
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Publicised back in February, an adaptation of Richard Askwith’s excellent 2004 book ‘Feet in the Clouds’ is getting closer to seeing the light of day. London-based filmmaker Kate Sinclair has teamed up with producer Kevin Loader for the film… Read more…
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Top fell tog Gywnfor James was at sea level on Saturday to get some great XC shots. James can normally be found with fellow snapper Al Tye capturing every last runner on the mountains of Wales and the Marches, and then uploaded at fellrunningpictures.co.uk Read more…
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More excellent filming from the Gripmastermatertrails.com crew. This little film is a taster of a premiere to be shown at the Salzberg Festival at the end of November. Read more…
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This is what it’s all about. The fell running community has many people who give up their time freely to support races, clubs and events, this is often unseen by the wider world. That community is one of the most down-to-earth in running. Read more…
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You know that they say behind every great man is a great women, well it looks like behind Kilian’s Tahoe extravaganza there were several women, and men, and a film crew, and pacers, and masseurs, oh and Tim Twietmeyer…. Read more…
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The 12th Skyrun race takes place in around 4 weeks. This one takes the runners across some of the toughest terrain in the southern Hemisphere from the Witteberg range of mountains, ending at the famous Tiffendel ski resort 100km later. Read more…
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In episode 9 of Kilian’s Quest Mr. Jornet takes us through those hazy times of sleep deprivation, when you never quite know what day it is! You can only imaging how it must have felt to have been running the Tahoe Rim Trail with very little sleep in 38 odd hours! Read more…
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Not being an avid viewer of the youngsters news programme I missed this little feature. Mel Hyder takes reporter Jon through the ups and downs of fell running, at last months English Schools fell running champs… Read more…
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Some great images of last weekend’s UKA Fell relays courtesy of Chris Upson. This man gets everywhere, and the images currently find their home on the Scottish Hill Runners site. Chris also runs the Scottish Hill Racing site, visit them both to keep up to date with all the news! Read more…
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We seem to have missed these fantastic shots from Dave and Eileen Woodhead, posted a few days after the recent British and Irish Junior fell running champs. Some great images as usual. Make sure you check by the Woodentops site regularly for some of the best images on the net… Read more…
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The current UK weather systems have seen some absolutely amazing evening skies – especially up in Snowdonia by the looks of it. Sarah and Iain (Ridgway) usually provide me with enough visual stimulus to get me through the endless flatlands of the Home Counties… Read more…
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Part one of Kilian Jornet’s epic Tahoe Rim Trail record run. Superb film-making from Migoo, capturing the huge Tahoe wilderness, as Kilian says: “You need to reach your inner self, something like the very essence of your being”. Read more…
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Answers on a postcard as to why Borrowdale’s Jim Davies was seen carrying a GOLDFISH during last Saturday’s Langdale Horseshoe race. I suppose that combination of hydration, protein and fish oils is as good as many gels and sports drinks can offer these days!? Read more…
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Thus is the yell from Rob Jebb as he descends in the atrocious conditions at this year’s Ben Nevis race. Thanks to a link from the Scottish Hill Runners site to fellephant’s You Tube page and this great 5 or so minute b & w film from this years race… Read more…
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Victory in this one went to Eryri man Sam Smith, with Helen Fines taking the women’s record – in 10th overall. You can feast your eyes on some excellent images from yesterday’s race courtesy of Gwynfor James and Al Tye of fellrunningpictures fame, and Emlyn... Read more…
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BBC 2 Scotland’s The Adventure Show this Sunday (4th October, 7.00pm) will feature coverage of this summer’s West Highland Way Race. At 95 miles long, the race is Scotland longest permitted event. Read more…
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Kilian’s amazing feat this week seems to have caught the eye of Runners World – it’s good to see the sport receiving some mainstream coverage. Some superb images are also starting to emerge form the large contingent of media that witnessed his Tahoe Rim Trail effort… Read more…
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A big thanks to MST follower Andrew Kitts who put me right on last weekend’s Three Peaks Cyclo Cross race. I do a bit of PR work for some pro bike teams and in the bike industry, and didn’t think that this would float the boat of all of you runners out there… Read more…
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Some lovely images from Al Tye here of this weekend’s Black Mountains Fell Race, starting in Llanbedr and visiting, you guessed it, the Black Mountains near Abergavenny. The weather looked glorious… Read more…
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Sit back and watch this visually stunning BBC HD programme on Scotland’s mountains. Whether you’re a runner or not you will enjoy this journey depicting the evolution of Sir Hugh Thomas Munro’s epic cataloging of all Scottish peaks above 3000ft. Read more…
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In case you missed it last night on Channel 4 (UK), The Ice Man follows Dutchman Wim Hof as he runs a marathon across one of the coldest and most remote parts of the world, in shorts and sandals – inspirational and slightly bonkers… Read more…
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Images courtesy of Al Tye @ fell running pictures from yesterday’s classic Shropshire ‘long’ event the Stetton Skyline. The weather looked idyllic for this 18 miler, and although results aren’t up yet it looks like top Welsh racer Richard Roberts took the win… Read more…
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A great flickr set here from last week’s rather wet Ben Nevis race, giving a flavour of the environment that the runners experienced on their way to the top of Britain’s highest peak. Interesting to see how the dress codes differed… Read more…
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Some stunning images from the German gripmastertrails site of the TransAlpine Run adventure to date. Seeing this, reading blogs and listening to competitors it seems that the TransAlp is the race of a lifetime! Read more…
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Behind every great mountain runner, there is a team, sometimes it’s a coach, sometimes it’s a partner, a family, a team of helpers – especially when attempting long-distance records or ‘rounds’. Read more…
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The excellent highlights programme from this year’s race is now available on demand via the S4C Clic source. There are plenty of images out there now too. The best, as ever, come from Dave Pinnington, Gwynfor James and Al Tye over at fell running pictures Read more…
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This set of mountain running images from last weekend’s IAU World Trail Challenge are amongst the best I have ever seen. The atmosphere and panorama that akunamatata achieves is quite breathtaking – of course the fact that they are taken in one of the most amazing back drops in Europe helps! Read more…
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The fourth episode detailing Jornet’s epic GR20 run last month, is now online. The second part shows some great night-running images, awesome scenery and some tired facial expressions from the young Spaniard! Read more…
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Superb film from the recent Andorra SkyRace courtesy of ocisport. The amazing terrain the Skyrunner® World Series takes in is shown perfectly in this film. Heat, rocks, grassy descents, glacial ascents – its all here! Read more…
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A fantastic gallery from Saturday’s race has been posted up by Ian Weetman via his picasaweb page. Without the likes of Ian and many, many others who give up their time to walk the fells to take photos (in all weathers), the racing scene would be much the poorer… Read more…
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Part one of Kilian’s recent incredible record-run on Corsica, with the second part to be screened on July 15. The video traces the Spaniard’s run to his sub-33hr completion of the GR20. Read more…
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With full results still a little hard to come by there are a few sets of Picasa images starting to appear. Couple of the best are from GR who’s captured some nice atmospheric shots and Stephen Firth who has focused on the athlete/racing aspect… Read more…
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With less quality, heritage and strength in-depth compared to their Antipodean neighbours, the Australian National Mountain Running Champs still produced some excellent racing, and no doubt some emerging talent. Read more…
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Waiting around for runners to appear can be a long wait, waiting around on a mountain for runners to appear can be an even longer wait, waiting around for fell runners to appear on a mountain, in good or bad weather, takes dedication. Read more…
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Anna Frost is a bit of one-off. The Kiwi school teacher come super international mountain runner, lives life to the full, and doesn’t take things too seriously. As this recent visit to a top London photo studio also shows, Frosty is quite the glamour girl… Read more…
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The classic Ras Y Moelwyn took place on Saturday (18). Fell Running Pictures were there to capture the action. With results a bit scarce at the moment we thought we would give you a little photo montage for you to enjoy from the comfort of your chair! Read more…
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In what looks like a really earthy race this weekend’s MMM took place in glorious IoM weather. A great little video here depicting the event, with the author having a bit of fun filming at one of the more dicey parts of the course! Read more…
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The big US site has made the trip to Amman for some pre-race insights, interviews and photo opps. and will no doubt be hanging around for the racing. This little montage of images from the city, its surroundings and some great undercover shots of the African teams, is as underground as it gets. Read more…
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Excellent film from Jouneyman Pictures on running in Eldoret, Kenya. It documents Kip Keino‘s orphanage, the intensive training, and how so many champions have been realised from this pocket of the Kenyan nation. Read more…
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Almost a week after the battles took place on Parliament Hill we have just picked up on the Eightlane footage from last weekend’s English National Cross Country championships. Read more…
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A beautiful portrayal of orienteering in Wicklow, Ireland. The short film, shot by Finn van Gelderen, David Healy and Ondrej Pijak for a Dublin film festival, gives insight into the stillness and purity of orienteering, with superb cinematography. Watch here. Read more…
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A fantastic set of images from this weekend’s Long Mynd Valleys Race courtesy of Alistair Tye over at Fell Running Pictures – without guys like Alistair the grass roots of our sport would be all the poorer! Read more…
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This fantastic homage to Jon Tvedt once again shows us why the internet has been so instrumental in connecting people. The film, made by Mary Rye at dancingsun.com, is a great example of the power of social media. Read more…
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When you wear 4 layers on top and 3 on the bottom, you know that the weather is extreme. It was minus 12 centigrade in the UK last week, and all I had was 2 layers – beat that Tim! Read more…
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This image of ultra-legend Dean Karnazes is just breathtaking. Shot during one of his epic runs at Mt.Blanc, it is surely where any runner would rather be – free-flowing, at one with nature, alive. Read more…
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Thinking of what to buy your loved one this year? PWT’s brand new DVD of this years English Fell Champs is now available to fill that stocking and make someone very happy. Watch Jebby and co. in some of the most stunning race-scenery in the world. Read more…
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American poet Dickinson, like so many before her, was unrecognised until long after her death. Unconventional for her time, her use of words was often short and thrifty, and she was a prolific private poet. Read more…
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Regularly running over 200 miles per week (I kid you not), Anton Krupicka is the original mountain man, at one with nature and what we were all put here for… Read more…
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The Halcyon days – its enough to make a grown man cry!
When I recently stumbled across this photo I saw two things. Read more…
