Posts tagged with: anna pichrtova

Lauenstein surprises at Kaisermarathon

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 12 Oct '09

29 year-old dentist Marc Lauenstein blew away a world-class field at yesterday’s 6th World Mountain Running Long Distance Challenge in Söll. The Swiss orienteer was running his first non-O of the season and won the 42km race by almost six minutes! Read more…
Jornet just can't stop winning!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 11 Aug '09

Classic Swiss race Sierre-Zinal was no obstacle for Kilian Jornet as the 22 year-old Catalan continued his superb mountain season. The 31km race was apparently a recce for Jornet in 2009! Read more…
WMRA GP round 3

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 30 Jul '09

No sooner has the Slovenian dust settled, with superb wins for Robert Krupicka and Anna Pichrtova, than the traveling Grand Prix circus hits Austria on Sunday (Aug 2), for the 1st Mayrhofen Harakiri Run for round 3 on this year’s GP championship… Read more…
Pichrtova wins, Wyatt 2nd at GP2

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 28 Jul '09

It was business as usual for Anna Pichrtova at the second round of the WMRA Grand Prix in the Kamniska Bistrica valley on Sunday. However, reigning champion and winner of the first round Jonathan Wyatt was beaten into second place by Robert Krupicka… Read more…
Skyrunner® World Series Trials, Rd 4

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 19 Jun '09

The 8th Four Town Mountain Marathon in Petrovo Brdo on Saturday (20) triples up as the 1st Slovenian MM champs and round 4 of the 2009 Skyrunner series. The 35km race takes in 2550 metres of climbing close to the Austrian / Italian borders. Read more…
Pichrtova runs away in Switzerland

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 10 Jun '09

Sunday’s Skyrunner® World Series Trial saw two mountain running icons, Anna Pichrtova and Robert Krupicka take the podium in the International SkyRace® on the Italian-Swiss border. Bad weather conditions forced the organisers to reduce the usual 31km course to a mere 20km to safeguard the 506 participants. Read more…