Posts tagged with: andrea mayr

Moon is in the sky in NYC

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Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 03 Feb '10

New Zealand mountain great Melissa Moon won the Empire State Building Run-Up in New york yesterday. The 40 year-old ran the 1,576 steps and 86 floors of the historic skyscraper in 13 mins13 secs, well outside the women’s record of 11:23 set by Andrea Mayr in 2006. Read more…
Former World champion Mayr in 'lucky escape'

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 01 Dec '09

Andrea Mayr might be able to negotiate some of the world’s highest mountains with ease, however a collision with a car whilst riding her bike recently has caused the Austrian much more distress. Mayr was all set for an assault on the Obudu Ranch Mountain race last weekend when the accident occurred near her home, leaving her with a broken shoulder and head injuries… Read more…
Mayr takes GP Final

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 04 Oct '09

The Smarna Gora race (forming part of the WMRA GP series for 2009) produced a thrilling finale to this years Grand Prix – the seven-race series which crosses the European continent taking in some classic routes and venues. The men’s race saw a huge tussle, with 55 seconds covering the first 6 runners… Read more…
WMRA Grand Prix, no 4 - full report

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 13 Aug '09

After our brief report on Sunday regarding the result of the race, a full report by Tomo Sarf is now live on the WMRA site. One very notable result from a British perspective was a great run for third place from winner of the GB Euro trial Adam Osbourne… Read more…
Gikuni and Mayr win at Feuerkogel

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 10 Aug '09

The 14th edition of the Feuerkogelberglauf, one of the WMRA Grand Prix events saw pre-race favourites Geoffrey Gikuni and Andrea Mayr being crowned champions in perfect condition in Ebensee on Sunday. Read more…
WMRA GP 4

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 08 Aug '09

The WMRA Grand Prix stays in Austria this weekend as the Feuerkogel berglauf in Ebensee takes place on Sunday (9). The race is steeped in history, with this year being the 14th edition. Andrea Mayr will look to move into a clear lead in this year’s Grand Prix title race… Read more…
MST - Runners of the Year

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Mon 29 Dec '09

As promised our musings on the “best of…” begin here with the runners. We’ve got a fell / mountain section, UK and International and an outstanding performance, whatever the surface. The choices might have seemed pretty straight-forward, but there will be some out there who will disagree – anyway, this how we saw it in ’08… Read more…
Mayr triumphs as Wyatt wilts...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 01 Dec '08

A combination of hot competition and even hotter conditions meant that World Mountain Running champion, and pre-race favourite, Jonathan Wyatt finished a disappointing 14th place at this years Obudu Ranch Mountain Race. Ethiopia’s Abebe Dinkesa was the happy-man as he waltzed away with the $50,000 first prize. Read more…