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I am afraid that a weekend elsewhere, with no online connection meant that the MST World cross country coverage didn’t materialise! Good job then that the likes of Athletics Weekly’s Jason Henderson were on the ground in Poland top bring us some to coverage… Read more…
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Unlike in the women’s race, the mens event at this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships should be a wide-open race. 2009 champion Gebre Gebremariam will be back to defend his title in Poland… Read more…
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IAAF Ambassador Wilson Kipketer was in Bydgoszcz last weekend to promote next Sunday’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships (28 March). Kipketer’s positive personality lit up the dull sky above Bydgoszcz. Following on from a rainy day on Saturday… Read more…
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After the dust-bowl of Jordan in 2009 the 2010 world cross country returns to something like a purist sport as the annual circus hits Poland in a week or so. One of the most debated aspects of any world cross is the course… Read more…
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Belete powers to a convincing win at the Diekirch IAAF permit meeting, Freya Murray at the Fukuoka International XC, Ritzenhein out of world cross and new Kenyan coach Leting gets a grip with his charges… Read more…
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Kenyan Levy Matebo and sisters Mimi and Almenesh Belete will start as the favourites as Luxembourg’s Eurocross, the penultimate IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting of 2010, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Sunday (28). Read more…
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This next few weeks will see many National XC championships take place in Africa and Europe, ahead of next month’s World XC. Moses Kipsiro defeated 2009 World Mountain Running champion Joseph Kusuro at Saturday’s Ugandan championships on a dry course in the Amuria district. Read more…
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After winning in Antrim just over a week ago Kenya’s Mike Kigen underlined why he is being hailed as one of the contenders for this years World XC champs, with a demolition job on some top class African and European opposition at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián on Sunday (31). Read more…
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Ethiopian Humegaw Mesfin took his second major Cross Country win this year at the 78th edition of the Cinque Mulini in San Vittore Olona on a sunny but chilly morning. The women’s race went to reigning 1500m Olympic champion Nancy Langat who beat young Ethiopian Tizita Bogale by five seconds. Read more…
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A $million is a lot of cash by almost any sporting standard. The super-rich Gulf states seem to be happy fritter their money about these days and I am sure that the great Haile Gebrselassie will be more than happy to add that little lot to the small-fry $250,000 for the win at tomorrow morning’s Dubai Marathon… Read more…
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Defending Empire State champion Thomas Dold of Germany will attempt to join two other five-time winners of this historic tower race in NYC, when he headlines the field at the 33rd annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up on Tuesday, 2 February. Read more…
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Kenya’s Linet Masai and reigning world XC champ Gebre Gebremariam head up the women’s and men’s line-ups for this weekend’s top international cross country event, the Cross Internacional de Itálica, in Seville on Sunday (17 Jan) Read more…
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Nicola Bamford profiles Edinburgh XC winner Joseph Ebuya for the IAAF and unearths yet another world-class talent from east-Africa who has found fame and fortune through athletics. After a time in the Army and then traveling to Europe without shoes or food Ebuya was (inevitably) snapped up by Ricky Simms... Read more…
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Excellent round-up from Nicola Bamford, reporting for the IAAF on the International races at this year’s Great Edinburgh cross country. The mainly domestic affair that was the men’s 4km (not reported on here yesterday) was yet another upset as north-east rising star Ricky Stevenson beat Mo Farah into third place… Read more…
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One of the best of many, many previews of the big XC event of 2010 so far. The men’s and women’s fields are completely loaded. Set the TV to BBC One on Saturday, get a brew on and watch some world-class cross country… Read more…
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Spain’s Sergio Sánchez and Kenya’s Veronica Nyaruai clinched convincing victories at the ‘30th Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños’ held Sunday (20) on a sunny but frozen morning with the thermometer marking 9ºC below zero! Read more…
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Andrea Lalli from Italy was the best of a leading group of four to win the Iris Lotto CrossCup in Brussels – IAAF Permit – today (20). The women’s race was won by Adrienne Herzog who proved to be the strongest in an ultimate duel against Jessica Augusto. Read more…
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Ukrainian Sergiy Lebid and Portugal’s Jessica Augusto go to Brussels this weekend with a mission. Lebid finished third at the Euro XC in Dublin whilst the Portuguese was a favourite to win the Euro title, but faded badly into fourth place. Read more…
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Just two days away now for the biggest athletics event to hit the shores of Ireland in recent years. The SPAR European Cross Country Championships will bring a host of colour to the emerald isle and some hot racing to boot… Read more…
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The world of cross country running is certainly taking centre-stage these days with the AK (Athletics Kenya) league in full swing, European Athletics and IAAF Permit races and top domestic action in the UK, plus all of the build up to the highlight of the European season in Dublin on December 13… Read more…
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The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 begin next weekend in Oeiras, Portugal, on Saturday 21 November 2009. he Permit series concludes in Albufeira, Portugal on Sunday 7 March 2010… Read more…
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The British and Irish Masters Cross Country took place on Saturday in, Birmingham, African XC from Ethiopia, the Torres Vedras XC took place in Lisbon on Sunday, and Mary Cullen calls on Ireland to get behind the Euro XC champs in December… Read more…
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There is no denying the fact that the first Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series meeting in Machakos belonged to the locals. Training partners John Mwangangi and Caleb Mwangangi swept the senior men’s and junior men’s races in style… Read more…
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Denmark took a clean sweep in the Men’s 9km at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in the southwestern city of Perniö, Finland on Saturday. Morten Munkholm took the win in 26:18, only one second ahead of Andreas Bueno. Read more…
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As the world’s finest cross country runners prepare for the beginning of the upcoming season, so too is the northwestern Polish city of Bydgoszcz as it prepares to host the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships on 28 March 2010. Read more…
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Ten athletes have been pre-selected by Athletics New Zealand for 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland which takes place on 28 March 2010. The selections are: Kimberley Smith, Fiona Crombie, Kellie Palmer and Sarah Biss… Read more…
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After a ten year hiatus, the Belgrade Race Through History takes place in the Serbian capital on Wednesday (14) afternoon. “This event is unique,” said Paul Tergat, “there is not another race in the world like it. It’s not a road race, nor is it cross country…” Read more…
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News that the newly-crowned World women’s mountain running champion Elisa Desco had tested positive for a (as yet unnamed) banned substance may come as a shock to many in the mountain running scene. Read more…
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After a long, hard season it’s about to get longer and harder for many of the Commonwealth’s top ultra and mountain runners as this weekend’s Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championship takes place in Keswick. Read more…
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The results took a while to come through from last week’s WMRA Grand Prix opener in Grand Ballon, however by all accounts Jonathan Wyatt is already in the sort of form that saw him take the Series in 2008. The 5-time world champ didn’t have things all his own way it seems… Read more…
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A report in this week’s Athletics Weekly says that the IAAF will create a bi-annual staging of the World Cross-Country Championships due to the of dominance from east Africa, coupled with a fall in sponsorship revenues and dropping European TV audiences. Read more…
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The super-site’s guys on the ground have delivered a superb set of images, detailing the spoils of the race day. With coverage of all 4 races, and some apres-run shots too, we think that this is the most comprehensive photo-chronicle of the 2009 World XC you will see on the net. Read more…
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This guy is special. He has carried all before him on the indoor track this winter, running an unbelievable 3:55:02 for the mile, gun to tape on his own, smashing his world junior record – yet again. Read more…
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Times may be hard when it comes to bankers bonus’, but cross country runners need not worry. With over a quarter of a million dollars on offer at next weeks World Cross Country championships the incentives to perform for more than a medal are there. Read more…
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With backing from athletics golden girls Blanka Vlasic and Paula Radcliffe on the new WADA Whereabouts system will be split further. Athletes from many sports have expressed their dislike, but now the IAAF has thrown it’s weight behind it… Read more…
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Last weekend saw some truly international XC racing in Japan, Luxembourg, Uganda and Kenya. The Kenyan’s seem to be taking this winter very seriously and with their trials for the World XC champs this Saturday the competition for places will be hot. Read more…
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The US XC championships act as the trials event for the World XC, so the talent on show in Mayland on Saturday was deep. Meb Keflezighi went off super-fast, and got reeled in, but managed to win by less than a second. Read more…
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This interesting piece came through on the IAAF news feed demonstrating that the African nations are evermore intent on pushing on when it comes to endurance, cross-country and no doubt mountain running. With former great Said Aouita now at the helm this will be an interesting story to follow. Read more…
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After another busy weekend of cross country around the world, MST brings you highlights from the IAAF‘s comprehensive global reporting. From the heat of Kenya to the cold of Belgium the movers and shakers are starting to show their hands… Read more…
