Posts tagged with: world mountain running association

2010 is set as WMRA Council meet

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 17 Feb '10
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Some important changes were made to the council membership and to races under the auspices of the World Mountain Running Association at the council’s annual meeting, which took place on the 23rd of January in Monte Carlo. Read more…
WMRA reports on Trofeo Vanoni

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 30 Oct '09

It was a wonderful day for all mountain running supporters in Morbegno, Northern Italy, at the famous Trofeo Vanoni Race. A total of 130 relay teams participated in the race, along with 50 women and 300 youth competitors in the junior race for a total of 740 runners. 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…
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…
WMRA GP continues

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 23 Jul '09

The first part of the International Mountain running season has just finished with the European Championships held on July 12 in Telfes (AUT) with great success for the Turkish runners in individual races and for the Italians in team competition. Read more…
Jono picks up where he left off in GP

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 28 May '09

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…
WMRA Grand Prix opener is today...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 21 May '09

Continuing on from the earlier MST report, the 29th La Montée du Grand Ballon is a season-opening race where race favorite Jonathan Wyatt lay down his challenge for the 2009 crown, and the French racers will prepare for their National Championships. Read more…
WMRA gets heads together

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 16 Apr '09

The project aims to provide Federations officials and coaches with the knowledge and skills necessary to raise their competence in Mountain Running and recognise it as a modern and precious part of athletics which helps improve the athletes’ performances in all endurance races. Read more…
A tribute to Danny Hughes

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Fri 13 Mar '09

He was one of the enigmatic and galvanising figures in sports administration. He was a lover of the mountains, and of mountain racing. He brought the World Mountain Running Championships to fruition for 2009. He will be sorely missed. Read more…