Posts tagged with: sky running

Mr. Pikes Peak takes win number 7...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 23 Aug '10
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Carpenter wins at Pikes Peak, nothing dramatic in that headline then! The 44 year old won his 5th straight Pikes Peak Marathon yesterday from fellow Manitou Spring resident Daryn Parker. Keri Nelson was a big winner in the women’s race… Read more…
Jornet and Lund star in Sierre-Zinal

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 10 Aug '10
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It was another win for the diminutive Catalan Kilian Jornet on Sunday at the Swiss classic, Sierre Zinal. 2010 revelation Laetitia Roux had to settle for 3rd in the women’s event as US athlete Megan Lund easily won, beating Anglea Mudge into second place… Read more…
It's Roux and Jornet at Giir di Mont

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 26 Jul '10

In probably the finest collection of top skyrunners ever seen in one field, Italy took the gold in the final of the first Skyrunning World Championships for nations held in Premana, Italy, Sunday, July 25. The silver medal went to Spain and France, a new skyrunning entry, took the bronze. Read more…
Orobie Sky Raid - in video

Posted in Through the Lens by Matt Ward on Tue 13 Jul '10

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…
Salomon Trail Team dominate at Orobie SkyRaid

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 05 Jul '10

At the 2010 Orobie SkyRaid race yesterday UK-based Salomon Trail Team affairs to win the men’s and women’s events. The race in the Italian Alps sees teams of three take part in a grueling test of both running and climbing abilities… Read more…
Castañer and Brizo lead ranking

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 15 Jun '10

After the third Trial and the fourth leg of the Skyrunner® World Series in Portugal on Sunday, June 13, Spaniard Tofol Castañer with his second place moves up to head the men’s ranking. Although absent Italian Emanuela Brizio remains leader in the women’s category. Read more…
Jornet and Brizio triumph in Zegama

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 17 May '10

Standing World Champions Kilian Jornet and Emanuela Brizio lived up to expectations in the second leg of the Skyrunner® World Series on Sunday, May 16, in Zegama, Spain – despite adverse weather and course conditions… Read more…
Skyrunner® World Series is go in Zegama

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 12 May '10

It’s that time again as the contenders for the 2010 Skyrunner® World Series pull on their racing shoes and head for Zegama on Sunday. The 5 race series once again climaxes in Bornea this year at the Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon... Read more…
Spanish triumph at Puyada Oturia

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 29 Sep '09

This weekend’s Puyada Oturia race, part of the 2009 Skyrunner® World Series’ Trials, took place on Sunday (27) and saw wins for Spain’s Tófol Castaner Bernat and Esther Gil in a race dominated by the Spanish ‘home’ runners… Read more…
Jornet is back! Brizio excels

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 01 Jul '09

Standing World skyrunning champion Kilian Jornet, is back on the top rung of the podium while Italy’s Emanuela Brizio seizes her third consecutive win in third stage of the Skyrunner® World Series held in Andorra Sunday, June 24. Read more…
Skyrunner® kicks off in Costa Rica

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 20 Apr '09

The exotic Skyrunner® World Series got under way in the rare atmosphere of Costa Rica on Saturday (18). Italian Emanuela Brizio and Mexico’s Ricardo Mejia dominated the 40 km course to the 3,480m Irazú volcano, situated in the Cordillera Central. Read more…
SkyRunning season is almost upon us

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 25 Feb '09

So, it seems like yesterday that the world’s top mountain runners were hanging up their race shoes and getting out their skis. But on the 8th of March the first race in the 2009 Skyrunner World Series Trials takes place in Mexico. Read more…