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Last weekend saw the inaugural race in the Skyrunning UK series for 2014, as 100 runners tackled the fabled slopes of the Welsh 3000m mountains, taking in such ridges as Crib Goch, for the V3K race Read more…
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Sunday’s torrential rain at the final race of the Skyrunning World Championships in Chamonix didn’t dampen the excitement and magic atmosphere of three days’ world-class competition…. Read more…
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After a hiatus of some years without a true international flavour, continental teams and global individuals will be present for the 39th Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa on the 19th of July. Read more…
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Four stages, 160 km (100 mi.) total length through three different countries, 9800 meters (32,152 ft.) of elevation. Around 500 athletes, pros and ambitious hobby runners from 28 nations will be taking on the 2014 Salomon 4 Trails in a little under 2 weeks… Read more…
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With the Skyrunning World Champs, including the Mont Blanc 80km, the WS100 and the Lavaredo Ultra Trail, the world’s trail running media is going to be kept busy this weekend! Read more…
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With breathtaking views that would rival an Alpine race, Trail Marathon Wales last weekend entertained almost 800 runners, with temperatures reaching the mid-20s and runners speaking of an epic race route… Read more…
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It is finally here, the start of the Skyrunner® Series UK commences this weekend over the classic Welsh 3000’s in the heart of Wales. An epic challenge awaits each and every participant as they cover 55 km’s, 15-peaks and over 4000m’s of vertical gain. Read more…
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More than 2000 athletes from 46 nations head to Germany next weekend for the Salomon Zugspitz Ultratrail, as they get set to tackle the legendary 100 km run around the Zugspitze massif and the Wetterstein range from June 21 to 22, 2014… Read more…
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Even before getting off the ground, the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships were an immediate sell-out when they went online last October. Since then, the world’s best runners and teams have thrown their hats into the ring for races which take place in Chamonix on June 27-29… Read more…
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Salomon international & 2013 IAU World Trail Running Champion Ricky Lightfoot is aiming to beat his own course record at this year’s Scafell Pike Trail marathon. After winning last year’s inaugural event in a time of 3:43:06 Ricky is optimistic that this time can be improved upon. Read more…
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This weekend saw hundreds of runners arrive at the gorgeous Coed Llandegla Forest in Denbighshire to compete in the second running of the Big Welsh Trail. The event was billed as one of the most fun trail races in the UK and it certainly lived up to this acclaim. Read more…
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The organisers of the UK’s first 24-hour nonstop mountain marathon, Marmot24™, have just announced that the inaugural event will be held in the Lake District National Park this August. Read more…
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Each year trail racers from around the world make it a habit to convene at the base of the massive Zugspitze, Germany’s loftiest peak. The runners get together for an event that has quickly turned cult in its short four-year history – the Salomon Zuspitz Ultra-Trail. Read more…
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Yesterday say some of the UK’s elite trail and mountain short-disctance specialists head to Keswick for the Karrimor Great Trail Challenge, with England’s Andi Jones and Katie Walshaw amongst the winners… Read more…
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Fresh from victory at the 2014 Zegama-Aizkorri Skyrunner® World Series, Skyrunning UK are pleased to announce that Salomon athelete, American Stevie Kremer will race the brand new Mourne Skyline MTR on October 18th 2014.. Read more…
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As the popularity of Skyrunning globally begins to really gather pace, the UK branch has announced the fourth race in their 2014 series, with the unveiling of an exciting new race over in Northern Ireland… Read more…
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By no means a comprehensive list, but this Red Bull take on the world’s toughest ultra races has many of the biggees on there. The Dragons Back Race makes it, as do Western States 100 and the monsterous Tor des Géants… Read more…
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In very UK conditions, Kilian Jornet underlined (as if he really needed to!) his legendary Zegama status as he took his 7th win of this iconic mountain race. In the process he also broke Rob Jebb’s long-standing race record… Read more…
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Alex Nichols will lead a powerful nine-man inov-8 team into battle at the opening race of the 2014 Skyrunner World Sky Series on Sunday. As in 2013, the first race is Zegama, an iconic yet brutally fast and technical 42k (26 miles) event staged in the mountains of northern Spain… Read more…
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Whether trail or mountain running, expeditions, rogaining or adventure racing, a multi-talented team of competitors from Spain including, Aurelio Antonio Olivar, the 2013 European Rogaine Champion, are heading to Marmot24™ this August! Read more…
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Anticipation is building in the small rural Basque town of Zegama where runners are beginning to congregate for one of the most popular races on the international skyrunning scene… Read more…
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With just 3 weeks to go until the second running of the Big Welsh Trail at Coed Llandegla in Denbighshire, organisers Always Aim High Events are confident that the event will showcase trail running and further build the event which has “a big future”… Read more…
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Yesterday’s Transvulcania race on La Palma was once again a triumph from a shop-window perspective for ultra trail racing and in terms of how far the sport and the media coverage has come over the last few years… Read more…
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The 2014 skyrunning season blasted off on Friday with the new ultra-steep Transvulcania Vertical Kilometer® on the island of La Palma. Italian VK specialists dominated the podiums with the Dematteis brothers Bernard and Martin taking first and second place followed by Kilian Jornet… Read more…
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As entries for the 2014 Lesotho Ultra Trail continue to pour in from around the world, including Spain, Belgium, Austria, England, North America and Australia, as well as continued local interest from aspirant skyrunners in Southern Africa… Read more…
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For the third successive year the Great Lakeland 3Day™ has sold out and this May bank holiday weekend will see a record 200 competitors setting off on a three day mountain running journey in the Lake District. Read more…
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Building on the 2012 and 2013 race selections, the ISF has announced 71 races on which the 2014 World Ranking will be based: 14 Vertical, 21 Sky and 36 Ultras in 18 countries and five continents. Read more…
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This weekend sees the 60th edition of one of the most iconic fell or mountain races in the world. The 3 Peaks Race race is one of those races that is on a fell runner’s ‘must do’ list, and represents a true fell running classic… Read more…
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A reposting of a previous 3 Peaks article, but we think it’s still a relevant piece to be pushing out there this week, and is always a nice refresher for those who may have read it before – for those who haven’t it’s a nice history lesson from those who have won the mighty 3Ps… Read more…
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Over an Easter weekend of warm sunshine and hot racing, Rob Hope was amongst the winners on the fells and hills of England, Wales and Scotland, as he claimed a sixth win in the short classic Rivington Pike fell race nr Bolton. Read more…
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Located just 2-hours away from Istanbul, Iznik is very much a quiet holiday resort for those in the know. Situated on an idyllic lake, the town comes to life as the Iznik Series of races arrive in town. Ian Corless reports. Read more…
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“The Celts Ultras take trail running back to basics. Expect a trail running experience like you imagine that which early explorers encountered”. So goes the intro to a brand new ultra event for the UK this August… Read more…
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As they say in sport a win is a win, and though he may not have been at the top of some people’s lists of potential winners at todays’ British Fell Champs Rd 1 race, Allan Bogle brilliantly took his chance on home soil to take a famous victory at Slieve Donard… Read more…
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Seems like it was only yesterday that Vic Wilkinson and Helen Fines were battling it out for the British Fell Champs in 2013, and Rob Jebb was taking yet another crown in the men’s championships… Read more…
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Just over a week now until the Ultra Trail World Tour touches down in the Sahara for the hot, dry and sandy, legendary week-long stage race that is Marathon des Sables. Talk Ultra man Ian Corless has produced a comprehensive look ahead… Read more…
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As the sun starts to warm the northern hemisphere and the days get longer, top ultra and trail runners around the world are starting to get their race and event calendars together for the coming season… Read more…
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The 2014 Skyrunning World Championships sold out in days! However, some places are available (18 in total) across all 3 disciplines, VK, SKY and ULTRA based on ISF World Ranking Points or results for 2012 and 2013 in the Skyrunner World Series… Read more…
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Now in its third year, the Iznik series of races in Turkey are assembling a strong UK contingent of runners to race over the marathon, 80km or 130km distances, featuring Jo Meek, Robbie Britton, Tracy Dean, Stu Air and Marcus Scotney. Read more…
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After hanging his skis up in April, Kilian Jornet will fit in a bit of trail and sky running this summer, with a calendar of races that will have all of his rivals wondering once again what they have to do to depose ‘the master’… Read more…
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Dakota is back! But so are Kilian and Emelie, Anna Frost, Luis Alberto Hernando, Sage Canaday and Timothy Olson…the star-studded cast doesn’t end here however. Read on to get the full impact of the deepest field to date. Read more…
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inov-8 athlete Tom Addison recorded one of the biggest wins of his young career when beating a stellar international field at the Middle Fell Race in the Lake District. The 23-year-old turned the summit in fifth place… Read more…
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In the third race of the 2014 Ultra World Tour American Sage Canaday and Kiwi Jo Johansen were clear winners at NZ’s big ultra trail the Vibram Tarawera Ultra Marathon this weekend… Read more…
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Eight Point Two have announced the launch of a new running festival, Dig Deep Suffolk; 6th and 7th September 2014 in Suffolk, England, which will include a 50 mile Ultra Tour of Suffolk Read more…
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Wins for Rob Hope, Sharon Taylor, Jack Ross, Helen Berry, John Parkinson and others as the fell running season continued to get underway with mild temperatures and blue skies for some… Read more…
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Ourea Events™ has announced the launch of their eighth off-road running race. The Sheffield Trail-Rush™ it is the first race in a new Urban Trail Running Series that the innovative events company plans to roll out nationwide in 2014/15… Read more…
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The first batch of the 650 places for the Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa go on sale this Saturday March 1st at 00.01, as 200 runners who have previously run the race in the last 5 years will be able to apply for the event which takes place on the 19th July. Read more…
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The Ultra Tour Peak District event is close to selling out in 2014, a full 5 months ahead of race day in June, as runner prepare to pit themselves over 56.5 miles across the Peak District National Park… Read more…
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In dry, but chilly conditions, the big season opener in the UK fell calendar, the 45th edition of the Carnethy 5, welcomed 500 runners for this classic 6 miler which takes in a brutal 2500 ft of climb over 5 summits… Read more…
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The popular Rab Mountain Marathon™ has new owners after a transfer of ownership by Peak District based Dark and White, to Ourea Events. The event is a two-day fell running and navigation challenge for solos and pairs with an overnight camp, which moves to a new location each year. Read more…
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High Terrain Events are delighted to announce full details of the brand new Kielder Ultra Trail. Scheduled for Sunday 27th April, 2014 this unique event will be offering 100k and 50k distances all set in the vast expanse of Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland. Read more…
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Lakes-based events company Open Adventure is hosting the inaugural ‘Lakes In A Day’ 48 mile ultra marathon this autumn, which follows an iconic linear route from Caldbeck to Cartmel over some of Lakeland’s highest fells… Read more…
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It was a glorious fifth win for Suzy Walsham at New York’s Empire State Building Run-Up today, part of the 2014 Vertical World Circuit. The Australian has racked up more wins in skyscraper races faster than any woman… Read more…
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In 2013, 600 places for the Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa were snapped up in just 4 days. Needless to say, the race team aren’t expecting the first batch of the 650 that will go on sale for the 2014 event on the 1st of March to last long! Read more…
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From sea to sky, 1,000 metres high, the 2014 Skyrunner® World Series kicks off with a cracking new race on the magical island of La Palma, Spain. Transvulcania, renowned for the Ultra, launches the Transvulcania Vertical Kilometer® on May 8… Read more…
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One of Europe’s most scenic stage races has opened its doors for the 2014 edition, with up to 1000 runners – tackling 160km and almost 10,000m of elevation gain – expected for the four-stage Salomon 4 Trails this July Read more…
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The 2014 edition of The Coastal Challenge, Costa Rica is ready to go with runners from all over the world in San Jose in preparation for the journey down to the coast to Quepos and the 10th edition of the “TCC”. Read more…
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Organisers have announced inov-8 as the official event sponsor for The 2014 Grand Tour of Skiddaw – the second running of the northern Lake District-based ultra trail race is set for the weekend of August 23rd/24th… Read more…
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It’s no easy task, 15-peaks all over 900m (3000ft) in 55-km’s. This is the challenge that awaits those who are brave enough to join the journey of the Welsh 3000’s in the V3K Ultra; the new addition to the Skyrunning UK calendar and the Skyrunner® Series UK. Read more…
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Ten years on and the Skyrunner® World Series goes nationwide. The successful 15-race model with three distances, Vertical, Sky and Ultra, will be reproduced, where possible, in many ISF member countries, which currently count 27… Read more…
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One the UK’s most attractive ultras is roaring into life in 2014, as entries start to roll in for the 3rd annual Ring ‘O Fire race on the stunning island of Anglesey in North Wales, this August… Read more…
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From the team that revived the inspirational Dragon’s Back Race™, an extraordinary new adventure has just been announced for June 2016 called the Cape Wrath Ultra™ Read more…
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A new year and what better way to start than with the announcement of the first race in the new Skyrunning UK ‘Skyrunner® National Series’ – the ‘3×3ULTRA’ by High Terrain Events. Read more…
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Christmas and the New Year are traditionally a great time in fell running, with plenty of races and events to get stuck into. Highlights included Tom Addison’s first win at ALS, Sarah McCormack’s new course record at Wansfell and Robbie Simpson’s demolition of his own CR at the Aonach Mor Uphill race… Read more…
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High Terrain Events are delighted to announce that the Scafell Pike trail Marathon will now form part of the international trail marathon series known as the European Mountain Marathon (EMM Series) Read more…
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There were a fair few familiar faces amongst the Santa hats at this weekend’s Stoop race, with Tom Adams and Olivia Walwyn continuing their great form in 2013 as they led home the 400 runners… Read more…
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Ultra running is going through a boom. Statistics show that ultra races are popping up all over the world at an alarming rate. The UK is no different, apparently, some 200 races now exist on the calendar and – that is just in the UK! Read more…
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As the world winds down for Christmas, the fell runners of the UK will be out and about hitting the hills, whether racing, training or just working off that Yuletide excess. The race scene stops for no one and there are a glut of great races to get stuck into between now and 2014… Read more…
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The Karrimor Great Trail Challenge will be staged in Keswick for a third time on Sunday 1st June 2014. Showcasing breath-taking Lakeland views of Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite… Read more…
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The second Marmot Dark Mountains™ mountain marathon will take place in the Peak District National Park in January 2014. Race organiser, Shane Ohly from Ourea Events, elaborated on the special allure of this area… Read more…
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High mountains, arduous climbs, thin air, incredible vistas and the adrenalin rush of running on technical trail – the Lesotho Ultra Trail (LUT) promised everything a skyrunning experience should offer, and it delivered even more. Read more…
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At 12pm (GMT) today (10 December) one of the greatest trail running events on the globe goes live for registration, as the 2014 GORE-TEX ® Transalpine-Run aims to be the best ever in this classic event’s history… Read more…
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Last weekend runners from all over South Africa, Belgium, Australia, Spain, North America, Britain and Canada, descended upon Maliba Mountain Lodge in the heart of the Maluti Mountains to participate in the Lesotho Ultra Trail – Africa’s first Ultra SkyMarathon® Read more…
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Last Sunday saw the ever popular Gravy Pud fell race, held from the Bulls Head pub in Twintwistle, Derbyshire. The annual race – organised by top elite Brit Andi Jones – is now in its 9th year and saw a record starting field of 231 entrants, Bryan Mills reports… Read more…
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Set in the stunning North York Moors National Park, Berghaus Trail Chase™ is an exciting new event that provides a weekend of trail running adventure with a beautiful overnight camp. Read more…
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The ISF is pleased to announce the 2014 Skyrunner® World Series. Fifteen quality races, three disciplines, the same winning formula. The 2014 Series will offer participants benefits amounting to 1,000 race slots, 230 free entries, 125 accommodation slots and 50 travel slots. Read more…
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With one of the best wins of his fell running career Eryri man Matthew Roberts narrowly defected fell master Ian Holmes at Saturday’s Lancashire fell classic, the full Tour of Pendle… Read more…
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The World’s first 24-hour mountain marathon, the inaugural Marmot24, will be held on the weekend 2nd and 3rd August 2014. This exciting new event combines the very best elements of the predominantly British mountain marathon phenomenon… Read more…
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Two feet were apparently better than two wheels on Saturday, as Tom Adams and Victoria Wilkinson took the individual wins at the annual Harriers Vs. Cyclists race in West Yorkshire this weekend… Read more…
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After the extraordinary sell-out of the three Skyrunning World Championship events in Chamonix, France, the International Skyrunning Federation is pleased to announce the slots available for countries participating… Read more…
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As the nights close-in and the weather takes a turn for the worst, one mountain running event will be warming-up for another night of dark challenges for the intrepid participants. The Marmot Dark Mountains™ race Read more…
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Each year trail racers from around the world make it a habit to convene at the base of the massive Zugspitze, Germany’s loftiest peak. The runners get together for an event that has quickly turned cult in its short four-year history – the Salomon Zuspitz Ultra-Trail. Read more…
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The North Face has continued to develop its focus on the trail running market in southern Africa with the recent announcement of its partnership with the Lesotho Ultra Trail race... Read more…
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An ISF ranking has been devised for the three skyrunning disciplines based on 54 races in 2013 (24 Ultra, 20 Sky and 10 Vertical). One of the principal aims is to take into account the quality of the field and the time relative to the winner… Read more…
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Excitement is building as the South African trail running community gears itself for the country’s first South African Skyrunning Association (SASA) sanctioned event, the Matroosberg Trail Challenge (MTC). Read more…
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Arc’teryx team athletes competing in the 2013 Skyrunner® World Series have tasted adventure and success at such iconic races as Transvulcania, Zegama, the Mont Blanc Marathon and KM Vertical and the Matterhorn Ultraks… Read more…
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Some seriously autumnal weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of some the UK’s best fell runners at the 25th running of the British Fell and Hill Relays today. Dark Peak’s men and HBT’s women also shined as the wind and rain ripped across ridges of Moel Eilio above Llanberis… Read more…
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As far as Championships go in 2013 fell running’s last big showdown happens this weekend, as the UKA Fell and Hill Relays come to Llanberis and the slopes of Moel Eilio in the shadow of Snowdon… Read more…
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A fast race, a deep field. The final race of the Sky Series had some surprises in store. Kilian Jornet didn’t surprise anyone however and cruised to the finish after staying with the lead runners till the summit, where he changed gear… Read more…
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This weekend saw some of the UK’s top fell clubs battle it out in Patterdale, Cumbria, for one of the most hotly contested fell running trophies of the year at the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relays... Read more…
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It was a weekend of delight at UROC as Rob Krar took an impressive win in the men’s race, with skyrunning queen Emelie Forsberg taking the women’s win, and the 2013 Skyrunner® Ultra title… Read more…
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Sunday saw over 450 trail runners head to the beautiful forest of Newborough on Anglesey for the second Anglesey Trail Races. The event has a 10k and half marathon option and takes in the historic Llanddwyn Island on its journey… Read more…
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It was a day that was befitting of one of the best races of the fell running year, and culminated with some of the best racing too on a late summer’s day in the Peak District on Sunday at the fabulous Edale Skyline race… Read more…
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Sunday sees the final round of the 2013 English Fell Running Championships at the Edale Skyline race. This 21-mile classic also takes on the mantle of the final round decider for the 2013 champs and should produce quite a battle up-front for the titles… Read more…
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Probably one of the deepest Ultra running fields in recent times is firing up for the Skyrunner® World Series final in Vail, Colorado. The 100 km Ultra Race of Champions (UROC), concludes the five-race Series after the previous four epic events: Transvulcania, Ronda dels Cims, Ice-Trail and Speedgoat… Read more…
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Ricky Lightfoot and Ruby Muir have emerged the victors in the men’s and woman’s races after a battle of epic proportions played out on South Africa’s beloved Otter Hiking Trail, with almost 3000m of vertical ascent and the infamous Bloukrans River mouth crossing at the Otter African Trail Run... Read more…
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One of the best, and at this time of year the hardest, sky trail races on the circuit is the Ultra Cavalls del Vent race. It’s in progress as I write and the line-up of racers are predominantly Spanish / Basque / Catalan, featuring some top skyrunning talent… Read more…
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A couple of the legends of female trail running travel to Nepal in November to take part in the the Manaslu Mountain Trail race – a seven-day race over 7 stages, 206km and with over 6000m of ascent… Read more…
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After our British Fell Championships race preview on Friday, we suggested that the final round in Wales at the tough Pedol Peris Horseshoe race could take the titles down to the wire… Read more…
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The Welsh brute that is the Peris Horseshoe race will this weekend play out the final throws in the 2013 British Fell Running Championships, in what promises to be a titanic fell battle… Read more…
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After a very successful World mountain running championships for UK athletes last weekend, the excitement amongst the GB squad was hightened as the host country for the 2015 championships was announced on Saturday Read more…
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The 8th International Lakeland Trails Festival in Keswick on Saturday 7th September, was a huge success, with husband and wife team Russell and Pippa Maddams, celebrating the birth of their six month old daughter in style… Read more…
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‘Watching’ the 29th World Mountain Running Championships via social media was a great experience on Sunday, for thousands of digital fans of the sport. Of course it’s the next best thing these days, other than actually being there… Read more…
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Lochaber man Finley Wild romped to yet another Ben Nevis race win on Saturday, as he finished over 7 minutes clear of Sam Tosh to take his fourth win in as many years on Britain’s highest mountain… Read more…
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The Ben is probably top of the shop as far as hill and fell races go this weekend, with a packed programme. The downside is that the weather looks like it has broken and low temps, wind and rain look likely in most parts… Read more…
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This weekend over 500 runners (and swimmers!) will face up to the challenge of 20 miles of running, swimming and obstacles in what looks like one tough event in Snowdonia at the Rat Race Man vs. Mountain event… Read more…
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6 down and 2 to go for the 2013 Trans Alpers, with the brutal 6th stage seeing no change in the overall standings in the race. Great to see Scotland’s Helen Bonsor and Andy Fallas also still running strongly, as they lead the mixed category… Read more…
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Stage 4 saw yet more relentless mountain beauty for the competitors at the 2013 GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN. With these super images by Kelvin Trautman testimony to that… Read more…
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The UK can boast yet more world champions this summer as Craig Roberts (M50), Martin Ford (M70) and Anne-Marie Jones (W60) took superb gold medals at the 13th Master World Mountain Running Championships at Janske Lazne in the Czech Rep… Read more…
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3 stages down and the 2013 Trans Alpine Run is as exciting and dramatic as ever – with Salomon international athletes Cameron Clayton and Dimitris Theodorakakos leading the way in the men’s race… Read more…
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Over 1100 competitors will be taking part in the various Lakeland Trails events this coming weekend (7/8 September), from all over the UK, along with overseas visitors from Australia, USA, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Belgium, France and Ireland. Read more…
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Want to follow the #UTMB? There is the race live tracker for all of the stats, then there is the human element, with images and emotion – that’ll be the likes of iRunFar / Ian Corless then! Read more…
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According to Wales and GB international Rob Samuel the location for this September’s Island Trail Race on Anglesey is ‘as stunning as any trails that I have run’, as Newborough plays host the event within 700ha of woodland and coastal paths… Read more…
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Perhaps the biggest trail running event on the planet hits Chamonix this week, for that annual trail running / weather watching jamboree that is UTMB. With four days of racing getting underway very soon and drop outs and favourites re-shuffling, it should be an interesting week… Read more…
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Salomon International Team Manager, Gregory Vollet, has confirmed that 2013 Trail Running World Champion Ricky Lightfoot from Great Britain will be participating in the Otter African Trail Run presented by Salomon and GU in the Garden Route in September. Read more…
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This Sunday (1st September) sees the opening of entries for the 3rd edition of Trail Marathon Wales, and organisers are once again expecting a rush of interest for the event which has grown to be one of the UK’s premier trail marathons… Read more…
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Some decent weather and some great racing over the BH weekend on the fells, mountain and hills of England, Wales and Scotland. Winners included Simon Bailey, Rob Jebb, Angela Mudge and Mel Price Read more…
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The launch of the Matterhorn Ultraks 46K, fourth race in the Sky Series, couldn’t have got off to a better start with Salomon’s invincible duo – Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg – taking the win in Zermatt today… Read more…
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The next few days will see three very special races take place, as fell-sprinters sharpen their studs for the Burnsall Classic, Grasmere and Kilnsey Show races in what is known as the classic treble in fell running circles… Read more…
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One of the summers premier midweek fell races, Round Latrigg, saw Ricky Lightfoot come within 2 seconds of Alan Bowness’ 1997 record this week. The Ellenborough runner had the record within his sights until a wrong turn on the 5.5 mile race… Read more…
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Reversing the 2012 result, Salomon athlete Jonathan Wyatt won the Skåla Opp race in Norway on Saturday, defeating course record hold Arslan Ahmet. Brit Orlando Edwards was an excellent 6th, just under 4 minutes down on Wyatt… Read more…
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Not an extensive programme this weekend on the fells, hills and mountains, but there are a few choice races to keep the interest going for the UK’s fell runners, with the Sedbergh Hills and the Lomands of Fife races amongst the weekend’s best events… Read more…
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One of the world’s greatest 100 milers kicks off in Silverton, Colorado on Saturday. The Leadvillle 100 is on the bucket list of many an ultra-trailer with it’s legendary Hope Pass ascent to 12,600ft… Read more…
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Calling all runners driven by a desire to push boundaries, inov-8 are offering one lucky MST reader the chance to take on the Royal Parks Foundation Ultra on October 6th 2013… Read more…
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After the Blisco Dash race a couple of weeks before, there was barely time for English Championship fell runners to catch their breath as the next round (five) took place on Saturday at the 10-mile Turner Landscape race in Seathwaite… Read more…
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2012 defending champions and top US ultra-trailers Rob Krar and Michael Smith, raced to a stage one win yesterday as the 2013 Trans Rockies run got underway in Buena Vista, Colorado … Read more…
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If you have the time, you can relive the whole 3hour + show from RTS television on yesterday’s Sierre-Zinal race. It really is worth the watch for the drama that unfolds, befitting of one of the world’s premier mountain races… Read more…
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At today’s GB Trials for the forthcoming World Mountain Running Champs, the UK’s top mountain running exponents lined up in Whinlatter’s forest trails to chance their arms for a GB vest and, a trip to Poland! Read more…
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Ras Glyndwr, the short and sharp fell running blast on the hills of Llynlloedd which overlook the town of Machynlleth, took place on Saturday and saw a great battle between a couple of top fell runners… Read more…
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The trials for the World Mountain Running Championships take place in Whinlatter in the Lake District this Sunday and will see a clamouring for places on the UK team heading Poland early next month…. Read more…
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One of the world’s most iconic mountain races takes place this Sunday and as ever attracts some of the world’s top mountain runners, with the likes of Stevie Kremer, Kilian and golden-greats Angela Mudge and Jono Wyatt toeing the line at Sierre-Zinal... Read more…
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The line-up for the fourth Sky Series race is as iconic as the Matterhorn itself. Participating in the Matterhorn Ultraks 46K are Salomon’s Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg leading a celebrity cast on the 24 August… Read more…
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In the first race up Beijing’s tallest tower, the 2013 China World Summit Wing Hotel Vertical Run saw German Thomas Dold and Australian Suzy Walsham come out on top of the inaugural race up a massive 2041 steps! Read more…
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For Mitja Kosovelj it was more of the same at this weekend’s World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in Poland, as the Slovenian took a convincing win to add to his title form 2011… Read more…
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After a convincing win at last year’s race, Ricky Lightfoot won the classic Borrowdale fell race on Saturday. The Cumbrian took the 17-mile beast in his stride, after a few weeks which have seen him win the IAU Trail World title and finish 7th at Giir di Mont… Read more…
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After lots of international and championship racing this last few weeks there are some great UK fell races to brighten up your weekend, as some of the top racers head to the brutal Borrowdale race amongst others… Read more…
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The 2013 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships are this weekend, as Poland and Szklarska Poręba is the venue for the 10th staging of the champs, which will see 700 athletes from 22 countries heading out… Read more…
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Sage Canaday underlined his speed and endurance qualities at this weekend’s big US ultra the Speedgoat 50k, as he raced away from a super-high quality field to take the win, the course record, and a fistful of dollars… Read more…
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Stuart Mills, Lizzie Wraith, Ben Abdelnoor and Katherine Brougham became the latest people to add their names to the Lakeland 100 / 50 role call, as another super successful UTLD passed through some the UK’s most beautiful and challenging terrain this weekend… Read more…
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It’s gold medals again for Spain and Sweden, with Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg, the indomitable winning duo, taking the stage this weekend, together with an incredible Luis Alberto Hernando who crossed the finish line in tandem with Kilian…. Read more…
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This weekend’s Blisco Dash race proved to underline Helen Fines’ favourite status for the 2013 women’s British Fell Running title, with the Calder Valley runner striding out a clear winner in Cumbria at round 3 of this year’s series… Read more…
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With the TR24 (Thunder Run) and the Lakeland 100 and 50 races this weekend, the UK entertains two of the longest and certainly one of the hardest ultra races… Read more…
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After two rounds of the 2013 British Fell Running Championship, Morgan Donnelly and Helen Fines are sitting pretty at the top of the standings as nearly 500 runners head to the Lakes for the classic Blisco Dash this weekend… Read more…
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After failing to finish in 2012, 5-time winner Andi Jones made it number six on Saturday, as the Englishman stormed home to win the 38th Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa in stiflingly hot conditions. Read more…
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While Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg rack up the wins taking both the Vertical and Sky titles in the European Skyrunning Championships, Italy leads the national ranking with 622 points, followed by Spain and France. Read more…
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With weekend temperatures expected to approach 30 degrees centigrade on the mountain, some of the UK’s best mountain runners will descend on Llanberis for the 38th Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa... Read more…
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At last week’s Salomon 4Trails event in the German and Swiss Alps, Salomon athlete Angela Mudge took the last 3 stages of the four-stage event, to cement a clear win in the 160 km event. Read more…
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The sport of fell running has many a classic, and the Wasdale race isn’t far from the top. With it’s severity, classic route (inc. Great Gable and Scafell Pike) and perpetual annual top-class field, it’s one of the ones to win… Read more…
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The third edition of the European Skyrunning Championships kicks off with not just Europe’s best, but no less than seven world champions representing sixteen nations. The events will mark the first European Ultra title, as well as the Vertical and Sky distances… Read more…
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The inaugural Race to the Stones, masterminded by James Cracknell, kicks off this weekend with every one of the 800 places sold out and forecasters predicting beautiful blue skies for the 100km race… Read more…
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Deemed ‘the hardest’ by many a seasoned fell runner, it’s the Wasdale race this Saturday. A 21 mile trip which takes in over 9000ft of ascent, climbing Great Gable, the Esk Hause pass and Scafell Pike along the way… Read more…
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Hardcore inov-8 athlete Joe Grant is ready to push his body to the extreme in one of the world’s toughest 100-mile mountain races tomorrow (Friday July 12). The rugged Hardrock 100 ultra-marathon course has a mind-boggling total ascent of 10,361m, plus a similar amount of descent. Read more…
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The Salomon 4 Trails got underway in Garmisch today, with Salomon athlete Tofol Castanyer easily taking the spoils. The 4-stage event will cover around 160 kilometers and take in 10,000 metres of ascent over the four days… Read more…
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This weekend sees the latest test for some of the world’s best mountain and trail runners – including Kilian Jornet and Anna Frost – as the Skyrunner® World Series heads to France and the stunningly tough Ice-Trail Tarentaise (ITT)… Read more…
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The 2013 GB & NI crack team of mountain runners headed out to Bulgaria this weekend for the European MR Champs, and returned home with a pretty decent medal haul, to add to those won by the Brits at the Trail World Champs in Wales… Read more…
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Now here is an interesting way of doing things! Okay, so the spirit of trail running at Kilian’s Classik races are about participation – and that’s why the Salomon International runners started off 2 minutes after the whole field on Saturday… Read more…
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In sweltering (certainly for the UK!) conditions Great Britain and France dominated this weekend at the 4th IAU Trail World Championships in Llanrwst, over 77km tough, sweaty and exhilarating 77 km in the Gwydyr Forest… Read more…
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US athletes Mike Wolfe and Mike Foote, raced to 2nd and 5th respectively at the 7th edition of The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail in Cortina, Italy, last Sunday, as the race program had been changed and reduced due to unseasonably wintry conditions… Read more…
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This Saturday sees one of the best fell races on the calendar, as Heptonstall in Yorkshire gets ready for a festival of fun and a cracking 6 mile fell race, which takes in 1500ft of climb as it winds it’s way up and back… Read more…
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Last weekend inov-8 athletes smashed one of Europe’s toughest mountain marathons, placing five runners in the top-10 men and women. The 2013 Mont Blanc Marathon attracted a world-class field for a gruelling Alpine route involving 2,500m of brutal ascent and 1,500m of daredevil descent in around Chamonix… Read more…
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In January, earlier this year, atrocious weather brought heavy snow to much of the country. Whilst most people opted to cranked up the heating, a few select runners were testing themselves at a new mountain marathon called Marmot Dark Mountains™ Read more…
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Ian Corless’ coverage of the Mont Blanc marathon today was almost as good as the racing, as Salomon athletes Stevie Kremer and Kilian Jornet smashed the course records at this super-tough trail / mountain marathon event… Read more…
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2012 WS100 winner Tim Olson took the 2013 Western States 100 by the scruff of the neck at Devil’s Thumb and dominated for the remaining the super-hot miles this weekend, though after leading by over 15 minutes at one point his lead was a mere 5 mins at the finish… Read more…
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Today is the day for one of the biggest races on the global trail calendar, as all roads head to Squaw Valley this weekend for the Western States 100 – and you can count down the hours with the great Stateside site iRunFar.com… Read more…
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More than one hundred miles and 12,200 metres vertical climb – Julien Chorier and Francesca Canepa are victorious in the world’s toughest 100-miler, Andorra’s Ronda dels Cims, the second race in the SWS Ultra Series... Read more…
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Round 2 of the English Fell Champs and the Buckden Pike race leads the way this weekend, and at 3.7 miles and almost 1600ft of climb this will be a lung-busting test for some of England’s best short-distance fell running exponents… Read more…
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This Saturday’s Cwm Pennant is according to the organisers – a “behemoth of a race” and the first running of any event in this magical valley in North Wales. The 17 mile race takes in 5500ft of climbing and will be a serious undertaking for the majority of runners, so be prepared! Read more…
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Almost 1500 runners took on the beauty of Keswick yesterday, for the second edition of the Karrimor Great Trail Challenge. Runners were bathed in sunshine as they hit the trails of this most iconic of Lakeland locations… Read more…
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With a little under 4 weeks until the 4th IAU World Trail Running Championships in Wales, British Athletics has announced a full team of 12 athletes for the forthcoming event, which take place in Llanwrst on Saturday 6 July. Read more…
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300 intrepid ultra-trailers head to Andorra for one of the toughest races on the calendar next week as the Ronda dels Cims awaits, with hard-man and former Hardrock winner Julien Chorier lining-up for the 100 miles and a massive 40,000ft of vertical gain! Read more…
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Last weekend saw round one of the 2013 WMRA Grand Prix at the traditional season opener Montée du Grand Ballon. GB mountain runners Robbie Simpson and Emma Clayton made the trip to France and showed strongly against world-class opposition… Read more…
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Last Sunday saw round 2 of the 2013 British Fell Champs at the Yetholm hill race, and saw 2011 British Champ Morgan Donnelly state his claim to regaining that title, as he battled with reigning champion Joe Symonds along with a field littered with quality… Read more…
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This weekend saw the inaugural Big Welsh Trail at Coed Llandegla in Denbighshire surpass expectations for many competitors and the organisers alike, as nearly 350 trail runners took on challenging 10km and half marathon routes in sunny, but windy, conditions. Read more…
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This Sunday sees the second round of the British Fell Running Championships taking place in Scotland on the Yetholm race route. After a big battle over in Northern Ireland at the Silent Valley toughie, runners turn their attention to this swift 8 miles just north of the Border… Read more…
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The first four finishers in each for the races at last Saturday’s European Trial race in Keswick, have been selected to represent GB at the forthcoming European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria. Read more…
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The heat of Keswick was matched by the hot competition on the slopes of Skiddaw on Saturday as some of the UK’s best mountain runners gathered to battle it out for a few precious places in the GB team which will travel to Bulgaria in a few weeks for the 2013 European Mountain Running Champs... Read more…
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After taking the honours in La Palma a couple of weeks at Transvulcania, there was a similar look to the results at Zegama today as Kilian Jornet took yet another win, whilst Emelie Forsberg won her first women’s title at this classic European skyrace… Read more…
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In cycling speak you could probably compare ‘Zegama’ to the Paris-Roubaix, in motor sport the Monaco Grand Prix – you get the picture. The Zegama-Aizkorri Maratòn is a monument in mountain sport, a skyrunning classic… Read more…
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For mountain runners all roads lead to Keswick as the trials for the European Mountain Running Championships take place on the slopes of Skiddaw. Looking to book their berths in the squad will be the likes of Inter-Counties winner Emma Clayton… Read more…
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Described as ‘Mountain trail running at it’s best’, the inaugural Scafell Pike Trail Marathon proved to be a resounding success with hundreds of runners from across the UK descending on the Lakes for this super-tough trail marathon… Read more…
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South African Skyrunning Association (SASA) has announced a new sanctioned event, the Matroosberg Trail Challenge. Organised by Running The Cape, the 36km race is set in the Matroosberg Private Nature reserve, two and half hours from Cape Town – near Ceres in the Western Cape… Read more…
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Better late than never, we take a look back at what was a busy weekend of racing in the UK. Away from the Inter Counties racing in Settle, the classic Ras y Gader was won by local international fell runner Ifan Richards… Read more…
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Ethiopian Wegene Tafese and Yorkshire and GB international Emma Clayton took the honours at Sunday’s UK Inter-Counties Fell Running Championships in Settle, and both had to work hard for their victories… Read more…
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Sunday sees the UK’s highest trail marathon taking place on Scafell Pike, as part of High Terrain Events day in the area which also includes the Borrowdale Trail run and the Keswick Sportive tomorrow… Read more…
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Racing this weekend features some proper classics including Old County Tops, Cader Idris, Goatfell, Glaramara and the UKA Inter Counties in Settle. The corresponding weekend in 2012 saw some temperatures in the low 30’s across the UK… Read more…
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Yes, it’s TNF100 time this weekend in Australia, with some of the world’s best including 2012 winner Ryan Sandes, who will be hard to beat on the 100k route which took him a swift 9:22 last year… Read more…
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Welsh fell runner Richard Roberts was a comfortable winner of the classic Moel Eilio race on Saturday, as the runners tackling one of the UK’s most stunning ridges in weather more akin to March than May! Read more…
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Former British and English fell running champions Rob Hope showed that class is permanent on Saturday as he took the season-opener of the 2013 English Fell Running Championships at the Fairfield Horseshoe race… Read more…
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With the popularity of the Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race growing year on year, the programme of racing has been bolstered with the announcement of an exciting new uphill-only race to the summit of this famous mountain – 1085m above sea level. Read more…
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Expectations ran high and so did Transvulcania fever – before, during and after the race. After last year’s launch as the first-ever skyrunning Ultra, the race again kicked off the 2013 season – and more than lived up to expectations. Read more…
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Bryon Powell knows his onions. As does MdS 2013 winner Meghan Hicks. Put them both together on one site, and you have a couple of the most insightful previews of this weekend’s big one on the global ultra-trail scene… Read more…
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This weekend sees the opening round of the 2013 English Fell Running Championships at the Fairfield Horseshoe race in Cumbria, with over 500 runners expected for this classic Lakeland race… Read more…
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Brand new off road ultra marathon event Ultimate Trails Challenge has sold out within three weeks of launching, and with entries flooding in from all over the UK and abroad the event has today announced Petzl as the Official Lighting Partner Read more…
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The 2013 Skyrunner World Series magazine which details some of the world’s greatest skyrunning races amongst its pages, is now available online and will be produced in hard copy print format for the events… Read more…
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Ian Corless reports from the Lost Worlds Racing, Causeway Crossing series this weekend where Jonny Steede romped to a gun-to-tape win. The Northern Ireland race takes on some of the world’s best coastal landscapes and Read more…
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Fell and trail racing really kicks on this weekend in the UK with at least 17 races going ahead. From the classic and tough Stuc a’Chroin 5000 in Scotland, to the equally hard Annalong Horsehoe in N. Ireland, there is something for everyone… Read more…
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On 30 November 2013, Skyrunners® from all over the world will toe the start line of the inaugural Lesotho Ultra Trail – Africa’s first Ultra Skymarathon® – ready to tackle the 55km, high altitude course through the Tsehlanyane National Park in the heart of the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho… Read more…
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HBT and Carnethy runners Joe Symonds and Jasmin Paris showed why they are considered amongst the best fell runners in the UK on Saturday as they convincingly won the 2013 Three Peaks Race titles… Read more…
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It was a big weekend for long distance races in the UK! What with the Fellsman and the Three Peaks occupying the Yorkshire Dales and the HOKA Highland Fling taking place on the West Highland Way in Scotland… Read more…
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The 8th year for the Lakeland Trails event at Hawkshead took place on Saturday 27th April. The event was a huge success, despite the wet weather leading up to the event making the venues waterlogged… Read more…
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Ultra trail runners hoping to bag a GB vest for this summers World Trail Running Championships in North Wales will need to impress at the 53 mile HOKA Highland Fling race this weekend… Read more…
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Rather than try and better this Three Peaks Race preview, which would be difficult to be honest, we thought a simple link to the excellent article on the FRA would fill the gaps of who to watch in Horton-in-Ribblesdale this Saturday… Read more…
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In the 8th year for the Lakeland Trails event at Hawkshead, taking place on Saturday 27th April, Over 1200 competitors will be tackling the infamous, mile long, killer climb of the “Coffin Trail”… Read more…
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Russell Bentley has made a big impact on the North Wales fell scene over the last few months and last weekend won one of the Welsh classics, Ras y Moelwyn. His win was all the more impressive as he also defeated 2010 British Fell Champ Tim Davies… Read more…
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As part of our build-up to that classic of classics, the Three Peaks, we look forward to Saturday by first of all looking back. This article first appeared on MST a couple of years ago, and is a race history from 1954 – 2004… Read more…
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With just 80 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 4th World Trail Running Championships – which will be held in North Wales on the 6th of July – the countdown to the Championships has begun in earnest. Read more…
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We’ll be winding-up to this weekend’s 59th Three Peaks Race with previews and some nostalgic looks back through the history of this iconic race… Read more…
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For years, the Great Lakeland 3Day™ (also known as the GL3D™) was an event known only to a select few; indeed the first race in 1998 had just seven participants… Read more…
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There aren’t many ultra races out there that are over 50 years old. The Fellsman is a classic toughie and attracts the hardened fell and ultra runner to over 11,000ft of ascent in its 61 miles, and all on the same day as the Three Peaks Race! Read more…
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The Ultimate Trails Challenge, a 100km circuit of the central Lake District, taking in 6 mountain passes, with 14, 000ft of ascent & descent, 5 picturesque lakes and 10 iconic feed stations has today been announced… Read more…
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With just over a week until the 2013 3 Peaks Race, anticipation is growing for what could be a race to remember in both the men’s and women’s races. The 58th edition of one of the world’s most historic mountain races takes place on the 27th of April… Read more…
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With fatalities and cancelled and re-routed events becoming more prevalent across global trail running these days, the real dangers in the high mountains are there for all to see… Read more…
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Away from the Outerside there was racing to be had in England, Wales and Scotland over the last few days. One of the lung-busters of the early fell season is Rivington Pike and this year saw a 4th win of this Lancashire classic for Tom Cornthwaite, after a ding-dong battle with Salford’s Gary Priestley… Read more…
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inov-8 athletes stamped their authority all over the Outerside Chase event in the Lake District on Saturday, with Carl Bell, Morgan Donnelly and Rob Jebb taking a clean sweep of prizes at the sharp end… Read more…
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The Buttermere 10 Trail Race is scheduled for Sunday 7th April and with a number of Great Britain mountain runners and fell internationals in the field, it is set to be a classic race. Read more…
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The dates have been set for the 2013 British Athletics Mountain Running Challenge with three events across uphill and up and down mountain running disciplines. The Inter-Counties kick things off in May at the Settle Hills race… Read more…
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With a fair amount of the North, East and South Wales and the west Midlands under a covering of snow still (certainly on the higher ground) any racing that goes ahead this Easter will be tricky… Read more…
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After one of the greatest ever races last year when Scotland’s Murray Strain buried the ghost of 2011 and took a famous victory at the 2012 Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa, anticipation of the 2013 event is as high as ever… Read more…
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The ISF and Talk Ultra have teamed-up to bring readers the ‘Skyrunning Interviews’, A new section… publishing interviews with skyrunning personalities – top runners… potential top runners, those behind the scenes, organisers and lots more. Read more…
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Racing was (as expected) hard at the World XC champs in a snowy Poland yesterday, as the British junior women’s race produced a storming bronze medal and the senior men’s race produced a surprise winner in Japheth Korir… Read more…
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With the two races in North Wales (Excalibur and Yr Aran) already casualties of the weather, it remains to be seen of anymore of this weekend’s fell races will make the cut as the snow and high winds continue to batter northern and midland parts of the UK… Read more…
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The Great Lakeland 3Day™ (also known as the GL3D™) is a small but adventurous three-day mountain marathon with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere that attracts both runners and long-distance walkers… Read more…
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One of the country’s best and most popular fell races took place last weekend as 227 runners were waved of for the Heptonstall Fell Race on Sunday. Leeds City man and GB international mountain runner Adam Osbourne showed the way, with a powerful display… Read more…
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In 2012, the ISF launched their first Ultra Series kicking off with the Transvulcania Ultra Marathon on a tiny speck in the Atlantic Ocean called La Palma. The race saw probably the deepest field of international running legends to date… Read more…
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A new ultra-distance race has hit southern Africa’s trail running calendar with the announcement of the Lesotho Ultra Trail, to take place in northern Lesotho on 30 November. Read more…
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One of the most scenic events on the trail calendar, the 11th Great Grizedale Trail Run, takes place this Sunday 24th March. Grizedale Forest is the setting for this traffic-free, trail race with the Coniston fells providing a stunning backdrop for the 10-mile event… Read more…
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Carl Bell, who recently joined Keswick AC, found the soft going to his liking in the Lakeland Trails season opener at Cartmel, Lake District on Saturday 16th March, winning the 18km Cartmel Sticky Toffee Trail Race in a new course record of 67.33. Read more…
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The Cotswold Way Challenge 2013, is the latest addition to the Extreme Energy line-up of multi-day ultra events. The course covers 57 miles over two days on 6/7 April, with 57 brave runners and walkers from 25 to 68 yrs old having already entered the event… Read more…
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The ISF has today put forward the 2013 World Race Ranking with 50 races selected from 14 countries and four continents which, at the end of the season, will establish the world’s 100 élite athletes in the three disciplines: Sky, Ultra and Vertical. Read more…
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This Sunday sees a brand new race in North Wales, the Ras Bwlch Maesgwm. Organised by the Snowdon Race team the route follows a classic pathway up the valley of the Snowdon massif from the Llanberis approach… Read more…
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Frank Tickner, Louise Damen, Emelia Gorecka and Jonathan Davies were amongst those making sure of their World Cross Country Championships berth on Saturday, at a muddy Cofton Park in Birmingham… Read more…
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Bitterly cold winds, rain and snow did nothing to stop hundreds of hardy fell runners heading onto the hills and mountains this weekend for some great fell racing at the Haworth Hobble, Cardington Mill Canter and Brough Law… Read more…
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At the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round there was a good quality field for this excellent 10 mile race which takes in Scout Cairn, Calf Hill and Pendle, with 3-time British Fell Champ Rob Hope taking the win from Lloyd Taggart… Read more…
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Over 1000 trail runners from all over the UK, along with overseas visitors from Holland, Germany, Belgium, France and Ireland will be heading to the tiny village of Cartmel in the Lake District this weekend, home of the world famous Sticky Toffee Pudding… Read more…
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There are some proper tough (Wuthering Hike – Haworth Hobble), short and sharp (Cardington Mill – almost 2000ft of ascent in a 5 mile race) and nice season openers (Slieve Gullion over in N Ireland) this weekend. Read more…
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The World Cross Country Championships come but once every two years these days, so for those hoping to gain a GB vest in Bydgoszcz in 2 weeks, timing of form is now critical if they are realise their ambitions of racing at the World Cross… Read more…
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Now in its third year the Ronda Del Cims has reached capacity almost 4 months ahead of race day on the 21st of June. This 170km beast is one of the newest additions to the Skyrunner World Series races and one of the 5 events which make up the Ultra series. Read more…
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If you went by the form book in ultra-trail running, this last weekend’s happenings at the Trans Gran Canaria race wouldn’t have seen you go far wrong as global trail giants took the spoils across a weekend of racing… Read more…
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Some glorious weather out there at times this weekend, with others racing beneath leaden skies and getting lost in the clagg! Wins for man-of-the-moment Ricky Lightfoot, Tim Davies and Helen Fines amongst others… Read more…
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The second annual ECOO Indoor Trail recently took place at Dortmund’s ‘Westfalenhallen’. The indoor trail running event is a joint venture between Runner’s World, shoe brand ECCO and the event company behind the Trans Alpine run, PLAN B… Read more…
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Tonight (midnight) sees the start of the TNF Trans Gran Canaria, the first big ultra-trailer of the European season. As you would expect the field is very strong, including 2012 winner Seb Chaigneau, Spain’s Miguel Heras and SA’s Ryan Sandes.. Read more…
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Tonight sees the start of one of the UK’s most historic mountain running events, the High Peak Marathon. 49 teams will start between 10pm and midnight ish, as they embark on Read more…
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00.01 on the 1st of March (around 2 hours from now!) is when the first 200 places for the 38th Ty’n Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race go on sale – for runners who have previously competed in the event in the last 5 years… Read more…
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The Karrimor Great Trail Challenge – already established as one of the biggest events of its kind in the North of England – will return to Keswick this summer for a festival of trail running… Read more…
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Wins for Ricky Lightfoot, Emma Clayton, Tom Adams and Rob Hope amongst others at last weekend’s racing on the fells of England and Wales. Snow was still prevalent in the Lakes at High Cup Nick, as Lightfoot took yet another win in 2013… Read more…
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With hill and mountain runners filling 4 of the first 6 spots in the senior men’s race at at this weekend’s Scottish National XC, it was plain to see that those who like it hilly still have plenty of leg speed when it comes to the flatter stuff… Read more…
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Keith Gerrard retained his English National XC title on Saturday on a snowy, muddy, cold and frankly gruelling Sunderland course, which also saw Louise Damen retain the women’s crown in emphatic style… Read more…
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2013 inov-8 athlete Joe Grant is preparing to tackle the extremes of Alaska in a 350-mile race described by organisers as the world’s longest human powered winter ultra-marathon. Read more…
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In England and Scotland that is. This weekend will see a sea of XC runners from across the age groups tackle parkland courses in Sunderland and Falkirk. Read more…
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Plenty for fell runners to get their teeth into this weekend, with some really nice races from the Yorskshire Dales to North Wales, and the Quantocks. Your full weekend line-up is online at the FRA here, including High Cup Nick and Moel y Ci… Read more…
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South African based media business Go Trail Media have teamed-up with Summit Expeditions Nomadic Experience to document and promote the inaugural Kilimanjaro Stage Run which took place last year… Read more…
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In what appeared to be great fell and hill running conditions, Finlay Wild and Angela Mudge took the wins at the Carnethy 5 on Saturday. With stories which could not be much more different, Mudge took win number 14 with Wild winning on his debut! Read more…
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Talk Ultra man Ian Corless recently headed out to Costa Rica for a hot, sweaty and most importantly, stunningly beautiful trail race – the Coastal Challenge. Read more…
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2013 will once again see races across the mountains and trails of the world filled with world-class talent, and building on the 2012 Skyrunner® World Series success (and the introduction of the Ultras) this year will bring an even bigger star-studded cast… Read more…
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This Saturday sees one of the biggest races on the calendar as a stacked field head to the 42nd Carnethy 5 Hill Race. Though only 6 miles the race takes in 5 peaks and in wet weather is known to be extremely demanding… Read more…
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Extreme Energy’s 2013 race season got off to a record-breaking start last weekend, with Danny Kendall shaving 17 minutes off the previous course record to finish the 64-mile, 2-day ultra-marathon course Read more…
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A range of weather conditions faced runners this weekend across the UK, from the snow and blizzards of the Winter Hill race, to the mud and bogs of the Wadsworth Trog and the Long Mynd Valleys… Read more…
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The 2013 OMM comes to Wales this year, and the Brecon Beacons. The exact location of the event on the 26th-27th of October will as ever be a closely guarded secret until a week or so before the event… Read more…
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There is an air of ‘the season is getting started’ about this weekend, with a curtain raiser on the Welsh scene at Tarren Hendre, the excellent Wadsworth Trog, the stunning (and tough) Long Mynd Valleys and the cracking Devil’s Burdens relay in Scotland… Read more…
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This is what is is all about. A good pub, great ale, a cosy night out and a bit of fell running thrown in. Well, that’s exactly what a hardy 51 runners got this week when they turned up at the White Lion pub for the CVFR Heptonstall Night Score Event... Read more…
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Race entry numbers have once again set new records, as almost 2000 runners have now registered for the 2013 Snowdonia Marathon Eryri. Entries went live on at midnight on the 1st of January with almost 800 places being bagged in the first 24 hours. Read more…
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Celebrating five years, the 2013 Vertical World Circuit continues it’s upward climb launching with today’s Empire State Building Run-Up in New York with newly crowned VWC champions, Thomas Dold and Suzy Walsham toeing the start line. Read more…
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Fell internationals Ricky Lightfoot and Carl Bell battled it out up at the Jarrett Jaunt this weekend. Ellenborough runner Ricky once again edged-out Carl by just under a minute, with former Howgill man Bell resplendent in his new Keswick AC colours… Read more…
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The Al Andalus Ultra Trail is a super-tough 5-day, 5-stage race of around 230km from the 9th – 12th of July this year. The course provides a demanding test, not just for the legs, but for a runner’s character and determination… Read more…
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With the snow gone and temps a bit higher, weather conditions should be reasonably good up there on the hills this weekend. However, after snow-melt and heavy rain this week too, expect there to be plenty of mud and bogs out there! Read more…
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Two important firsts have been announced by the International Skyrunning Federation, as the 2014 Skyrunning World Championships includes ultra distance for the first time, and Chamonix – the most iconic outdoor sports arena – will host the events, in June 2014… Read more…
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Extreme Energy’s 2013 event season begins next weekend (2/3 February) with The Pilgrim Challenge. At 32 miles a day over two days, from Farnham to Merstham and back, the Pilgrim is not for the faint-hearted – whatever the weather. Read more…
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The UK’s first overnight mountain marathon, Marmot Dark Mountains, was held at Muncaster Castle in the Lake District this weekend. This new event had promised to be a serious challenge and it certainly lived up to expectations. Read more…
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Scenes of snow, slush and mud were abundant at this weekend’s area XC races in the North and Midlands of England. The tough conditions did little to deter hardy club and international cross country runners though – with Hatti Archer and Steve Vernon amongst the winners… Read more…
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The weather is a changing out there, with low temperatures giving way milder conditions and rain moving east, and high up on the hills and mountains that may lead to some very icey conditions at this weekend’s race programme… Read more…
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The 2013 Ben Nevis Race will post up this year’s entry form on their brand new website this Sunday, 27th January at 12 noon. Read more…
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A bit of snow didn’t put off the hardy Welsh Athletics organisation last Sunday as round 4 of the 2012/2013 McCain Cross Challenge series hit a wintery Cardiff. XC big-hitters Andy Vernon and Louise Damen showed up and duly took the senior honours… Read more…
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Amidst the snow there was some great racing around the country this weekend, with none more so than at the Stanbury Splash in Yorkshire where Tom Addison (39.01) edged out Tom Adams (39.02) by the narrowest of margins… Read more…
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Sheffield retail specialists Accelerate know a thing or two about event organisation too. The successful Gritstone series returns for 2013 with 8 races, and includes a 4-race series for juniors too – the Gritty Series! Read more…
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Yes, we’d be surprised if all of the planned racing this weekend goes ahead. For a start the Endurance Life CTS race on Anglesey has fallen by the wayside, due to rare blizzard and drifting snow conditions on the North Wales island… Read more…
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There were new records by about 5 minutes (Oli Johnson) and almost half an hour (Jasmin Paris) at the excellent Marsden to Edale Trigger fell race on Sunday, in crisp Peak District conditions… Read more…
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The venue for the inaugural Marmot Dark Mountains™ – the event which takes the classic two-day mountain marathon format and gives it a new, darker twist – has just been announced as the spectacular Muncaster Castle in the southwest Lake District… Read more…
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Deemed Britain’s most brutal race, the 268-mile beast that is The Spine Race – a non-stop winter ultra-marathon encompassing the entire length of the Pennine Way – got underway today (12 Jan) at 8am… Read more…
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With the Tor Y Foel race in south Wales, a handful of races in the Peaks and Lakes this weekend – and the promise of colder conditions – there are some good reasons to get out racing this weekend… Read more…
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This year will see the Big Welsh Trail taking place at Coed Landegla, in Denbighshire, on the 1st of June – the very latest addition to Always Aim High Events growing portfolio of exciting outdoor events. Read more…
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Ultra-trail race Fuego y Agua is building to be quite an event this February with the likes of Ian Sharman and Anna Frost heading to Nicaragua. 2013 will mark Fuego y Agua’s 4th edition, with 500 participants racing distances of 25k, 50k, and 100k… Read more…
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2013 Scottish Hill Runners Senior Championship opener, the Carnethy 5, has this week opened up for entries. This year a ‘ballot system’ will be in place, whereby runners ‘enter’ only then to hope to be one of the lucky 610 selected to race on the 16th of Feb… Read more…
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Kenya’s Mark Kiptoo and Magdalene Masai were winners on the day at the classic Spanish XC race the ‘59th Cross Internacional Zornotza’ last weekend, as many of the possible protagonists at this year’s World Cross in Poland were out in force across Europe… Read more…
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The 26th Cloud Nine Hill Race will be run on Sunday 3rd March and entries are once again expected to flood in. Cloud 9 was Conceived in 1986 as a “dash” from the town to the trig point at the top of the local hill (The Cloud, 343m) and back, for members of Congleton Harriers… Read more…
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High Terrain Events have announced details of the Scafell Pike Trail Marathon, a brand new event for 2013 incorporating England’s highest peak. The date is scheduled for Sunday 19th May and is to be held in conjunction with Keswick Mountain Festival. Read more…
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Entries remain open for the Marmot Dark Mountains™ race, which takes the classic two-day mountain marathon format and gives it a new, darker twist. Rather than two days of running with an overnight camp, this one packs everything into one winter’s night! Read more…
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Gone were the ice cold temperatures of the last couple of years at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country, but the racing was as hot as ever as champions galore lined up for a festival of XC racing to bring in 2013… Read more…
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Looking at some of the images from New Year’s Day, it seems that the conditions were pretty good for fell and mountain racing, and that came through with some of the performances on the first day of 2013 too… Read more…
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One of the events of this year, and any year for that matter, on the fell running calendar are the hotly contested UKA Fell Relays. 2012 was no different, as the men in yellow, Mercia, made sure of a ‘home’ win, and those Scottish raiders HBT took the women’s crown… Read more…
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Yesterday saw World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist from 2012, Jonny Brownlee, storm to victory at one of the races of the year, Auld Lang Syne. This one is a sell-out, way in advance, and was packed with international talent in both the men’s and women’s fields… Read more…
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Never ones to shirk our responsibility to the grass roots here at MST, we’d like to big-up a great urban trail race up in the Manchester area – taking place this Sunday the 6th of January. For all you ‘urban trailsters’ who are fed up with the pavements and traffic – Hit the Trail! Read more…
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One of the most popular festive fell races at Wansfell was won by Helm Hill man Tom Addison, sprinting in for a narrow win over cousin Mark. Conditions were kind as the large field set out on this 2.1m ‘sprint’ in Ambleside… Read more…
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MST’s day spent on the 2012 Dragon’s Back Race was one to remember. It was hot, it was hard and the event continued to sieve-out competitors as they journeyed over Cader Idris, some tough Dyfi forest tracks and culminated on Pen Pumlumon Fawr in the Cambrian mountains… Read more…
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A round-up of the best bits of any year would probably include a dramatic UTMB. Well, 2012 is no different, as another event of crazy weather and shortened routes is what we got, with a new men’s winner in Francois d’Haene. But some things never change, as Lizzy Hawker won her 5th title… Read more…
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After looking back at Joe Symonds’ 3 Peaks win as part of our re-living of great moments of 2012 last week, we now look at another great Scottish win on the highest mountain in England and Wales – Snowdon! Read more…
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As the world winds down for Christmas, the fell and trail runners of the UK will be out and about hitting the hills, whether racing, training or just working off that Yuletide excess. The race scene stops for no one and there are a glut of great races to get stuck into between now and 2013… Read more…
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The Rab Dark and White mini-MM, the Corndon 3 Peaks Classic and the Slieu Whallian Hill race took place this weekend, with clement weather, considering what had come in the days before… Read more…
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Mud and chocolate were the order of the day at the inaugural Sticky Chocolate Trail Run on Saturday (15 Dec) as GB internationals and mere mortals lined-up for a variety of trails races in the Lakes… Read more…
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One the Yorkshire’s best-loved fell races went off in dry conditions on Sunday, as 270 runners lined up for the Yuletide 5 miler that is the Stoop which attracted some of the UK best to hills and fells near Halifax… Read more…
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The English and British Fell Running Championships have been announced for 2013, with some classic races for contenders to feast their eyes and legs on between March and September next year… Read more…
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Marmot Dark Mountains™ takes the classic two-day mountain marathon format and gives it a new, darker twist. Rather than two days of running with an overnight camp, this one packs everything into one winter’s night! Read more…
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Every two years the European Skyrunning Championships are celebrated and 2013 is no exception. The big news for next year is the inclusion of an ultra distance race for the first time. Read more…
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Moving into its second year one of Wales’ biggest trail running events, Trail Marathon Wales, has closed entries to the full marathon, after reaching the maximum 400 entries in a little over 90 days for the June 2013 race… Read more…
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The festive cheer should be flowing this weekend as it’s the last real racing weekend before Christmas. One of the classic yuletide fell races goes off on Sunday, as a big field will be expected for the Stoop Read more…
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Snow and ice was in force at the Really Wild Boar race on Saturday, with former British fell champ Rob Hope taking the win against a quality field. In the west on Sunday it was full mud however, as Mercia’s Paul Jones won the classic ‘Mortimers’ race… Read more…
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This weekend was in short pretty amazing for GB’s cross country runners. The fact that every single one of the team (from U20 to seniors) returned home from the 2012 Euro XC champs with a medal is remarkable… Read more…
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A handful of races this weekend, and with many of the mountains and hills of the UK under a white sheet of snow many races organiser are stating full body cover and full kit for their races… Read more…
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A big festive race route recce is planned on Sunday 23rd December for the 2013 Heptonstall Fell Race. All comers are welcome; with around 20 runners already confirmed for a 15 mile jaunt around the lovely route on the fells and woods of West Yorkshire… Read more…
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500 runners from more than 30 nations will rise to the challenge of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN for the ninth time and will overcome not only geographical but also personal limits on exciting new routes and stunning new landscapes… Read more…
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After a super-succesful event in 2012, the 2013 Salomon Zugspitz Ultratrail is ready to accept next year’s runners, and such is the demand for spaces at the event next June that applicants from 19 countries have taken up places in the first 3 days of entries opening… Read more…
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European Athletics have put together some great preview articles for this weekend’s Euro XC in Hungary. 2011 men’s champion Atelaw Bekele returns under a bit of cloud, and evergreen Serhiy Lebid also runs aiming to make it 10 titles! Read more…
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A weekend of fine weather for the most part saw some big numbers of fell runners venturing out for some of the year’s best races. 180 plus turned up for the Gravy Pud race, and then there is the Cardington Cracker with its 9 miles and 2,600 feet of “hell”… Read more…
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After inclement weather forced a re-routed TNF50 in San Francisco earlier today, the ensuing mud and torrential rain probably played into the hands of Spain Miguel Heras and Swede Emelie Forsberg, as they both bagged the men’s and women’s titles, plus a cool $10,000 each! Read more…
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Will anyone get near Gareth Raven and Christine Howard’s course records at the classic Gravy Pud race this Sunday? How big will the field be at the ever-popular Cardington Cracker in Shropshire? And was there a day in the fell calendar with so many great names for races as there are this Sunday?! Read more…
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Out go such classics as Giir di Mont and Sierre Zinal, and in come some exciting new races in the form of the first 100-miler for the series, Ronda dels Cims. Next year’s Skyrunner World Series will be split into three distinct circuits, those of Sky, Ultra and Vertical… Read more…
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The season finale in San Fran is once again upon us, as a host of top ultra-trailers get ready for 50 miles of racing in the Marin Headlands on Saturday. MST was there two years ago and take it from us this one is big… Read more…
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The GB & NI team for this year’s European Cross Country Championships in a couple of weeks has been announced, and bar the odd non-trails runner inclusion it is pretty much as expected following the Trials races last Saturday… Read more…
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If any underlining of what a marvellous sport fell running is, this weekend’s Dave Staff Memorial Race did that. A sunny day, with plenty of mud underfoot, smiling faces, 184 runners and a good pile of cash raised for some very good causes… Read more…
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Liverpool’s Sefton Park awaits this weekend as the UK’s top XC runners face one of their biggest races of the season to be one of the lucky few that’ll travel to Budapest as part of the British & NI team at the 2012 European Cross Country Champs... Read more…
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As followers of this site will know, we have been supporting skyrunning and the Skyrunner® World Series for 4 years now, but this year has been different. As this excellent article portrays, the sport has moved up a few notches in 2012. Read more…
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A brand new event in South Africa looks set to take eliminator racing to the next level. Competitors at the Red Bull LionHeart are ready to roar into action this afternoon (23 Nov) in a time trial that will see each runner being seeded for tomorrow’s race action… Read more…
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A relatively quiet weekend on the hills this weekend. There are a couple of short ones in the north of England at Kirkby Moor and the Dave Staff Memorial races, plus there is the Ras y Mast race in South Wales. One interesting race though is down in Shropshire… Read more…
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Nicaragua is probably not on everyone’s bucket list when it comes to places to run an ultra. However, the Fuego y Agua race in February is possibly the perfect anti-thesis to that big ‘circus event’ which pervades much of the annual ultra-trail calendar around the world today… Read more…
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At the 4th African Mountain Running Championships last weekend, Ethiopians Etenesh Diro Neda and Abebe Dinkesa took home a whopping $50,000 dollars each as they won the women’s and men’s races respectively… Read more…
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Great racing as ever on the mountains and fells this weekend, as Carl Bell, Helen Fines and Steve Cale pulled-off fine wins. It was also the FRA do where the 2012 silverware was dished out, so no doubt a few ales were sunk too! Read more…
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Spain’s Miguel Heras seems to be back to his best as returned to winning ways this weekend in Argentina, easily winning the K42 race in Patagonia. The former San Fran TNF 50 winner has had a tough year after being plagued by knee problems in the last 12 months… Read more…
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The nights draw in, but fell racing still shows no let up with another 8 races this weekend in England and Wales. The mighty Tour of Pendle in the Lancashire awaits, as does the classic Penmaenmawr fell race in North Wales… Read more…
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There was some real quality on show this weekend, as sunny Autumn conditions ensured that races were well attended, and with winners such as Simon Bailey, Angela Mudge, Lauren Jeska, Carl Bell and Joe Symonds in action racing was fast and furious… Read more…
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Pudsey fell man Rob Hope laced up his XC spikes on Saturday for a change as he took on the cross country regulars at the Red Rose Cross Country League. Luckily fell snapper Andy Holden was on hand too, and has sent us a little write up with his images… Read more…
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Italy’s Urban Zemmer triumphed in Sunday’s Vertical Kilometer® Series final in Spain and added the world champion title to his recent world record… Read more…
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It’s time for the fell runners to go head-to-head with the cyclists this weekend at the excellent Harriers vs Cyclists in Bingley. Last year saw a win for Ian Taylor on his bike, breaking the course record, with Ilkley runner Tom Adams the first fell runner.. Read more…
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This weekend’s 2012 National XC Relays were a spectacle of elite cross country running in the UK, with competition fierce as ever. Belgrave sprung a bit of a surprise perhaps, by taking the men’s title… Read more…
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Ryan Sandes continued his impressive trail and ultra trail career with an incredible performance at the 2012 Salomon Sky Run in South Africa this weekend. The Salomon athlete broke the course record by 2 hours for a start! Read more…
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Karl Gray, Lloyd Taggart, Lynne Clough and Kenny Richmond found their way onto the top spots of this weekend’s fell and hill races around the UK. With some pretty decent (if cold!) conditions, runners were out in force… Read more…
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There were some notable fell and hill races last weekend, that we are just catching up on! Firstly, Great Whernside where Ian Holmes continued his ‘comeback’, winning his second race in as many weeks, with Ambleside’s Annie Bamber winning the ladies race… Read more…
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The OMM was the major mountain and fell event this weekend, as pairs of intrepid runners had to endure some tough terrain and a wet and cold Sunday in this two day classic, which this year visited the Howgill Fells in Cumbria… Read more…
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There’s less than a week to go before the Dirty Double this weekend, with over 2000 pre entered competitors from all over the UK. Representatives from 11 different nations will be travelling to the tiny village of Glenridding, for the Lakeland Trails Dirty Double... Read more…
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Top Welsh athletes Dewi Griffiths and Caryl Jones scored their finest XC wins to date in the UK, as the Swansea runners won the senior men’s and women’s races at the McCain Bristol Cross Challenge on Sunday… Read more…
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Wales and GB international Rob Samuel returned to Snowdonia on Saturday with a stunning performance at the 2012 Snowdonia Marathon Eryri, winning the race for a second successive year… Read more…
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The final act in a superb 2012 Ultra SkyMarathon® Series was played out in France this weekend, as some of the world’s best trail and ultra runners gathered for the historic 74km battle-ground that is Course des Templiers... Read more…
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2011 Course des Templiers winner Andy Symonds heads back to Millau this weekend for a tilt at retaining the title on this classic 73km ultra-trail race which also features as the final event in the 2012 Ultra SkyMarathon® Series Read more…
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Alex Baldaccini continued his very strong 2012 season on Sunday as he broke Marco de Gasperi’s course record at the 55th Trofeo Vanoni. The Italian sped off from the gun to rip round the tough Morbegno course in 28:21, a full 24 seconds up on de Gasperi’s mark… Read more…
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Congleton Harriers this weekend put on the Passing Clouds race, a 9 mile speedy off-road event on footpaths and trails around the Tittesworth Reservoir in Staffordshire, which always draws a large crowd of devoted regulars… Read more…
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Yesterday’s Ennerdale Trail Races were party to some glorious Autumn sunshine, providing one of the country’s most beautiful backdrops to any trail races this year. Racing was graced by top UK runners Carl Bell and Emma Clayton as runners pitted themselves over 50, 25 and 10k routes… Read more…
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In conditions more akin to mid summer, Urban Zemmer and Christel Dewalle updated the ‘world’s best’ times for a vertical kilometre at the Le KM Vertical de Fully race yesterday, with Zemmer’s time equating to over 2000 vertical metres an hour… Read more…
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There was a very familiar look to the results sheet from this year’s Breidden Hills race as Mercia’s Tim Davies won his umpteenth race at this classic 7 miler on the England / Wales border… Read more…
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There was a welcome sight at the top of the results sheet at the Withins Skyline race in Keighley on Sunday as Ian Holmes chalked up the win, with over 300 senior and 65 junior runners finishing the race… Read more…
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Just part of the tremendous prize-list that the International Snowdon Race offers is a trip out to the historic mountain relay race that is the Trofeo Vanoni. Read more…
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The Ennerdale Trail Races, the final race in the 2012 Salomon Trail Tour, are scheduled for this Sunday 21 October in the spectacular Ennerdale valley – a remote location on the western fringes of the Lake District National Park. Read more…
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Top Cumbrian fells-man Ben Abdelnoor showed his class at the Langdale Horseshoe this weekend, winning this historic race for a second time. However, with sadness still pervading the fell community it was an emotional race for the Ambleside runner… Read more…
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A flurry of racing went ahead in Scotland this weekend as the SHR Long Classic Series culminated at the Pentland Skyline Hill Race. There was also action at Meall nan Tarmachan, Manor Water Hill Race and Sron a Clachain… Read more…
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At the start of 2012 many would have predicted the outcome of the men’s Skyrunner® World Series, yes yet another crown (and that’s now 4!) for Kilian Jornet. However, in the women’s series a super-talented athlete from Sweden, in her first ‘big year’ in the sport, was not everyone’s first pick… Read more…
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Mercia Fell Runners had a grand day out in the Shropshire countryside yesterday, as their men’s team took a superb win in the UKA Fell Relay Championships. Their women also turned in a great performance to take silver in the ladies’ champs, pipped by top Scots HBT… Read more…
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Top of the shop this weekend goes to the UKA British Fell and Hill Relay Championship hosted by Mercia Fell Runners. Proceedings will no doubt be very poignant after last weekend’s extremely sad news from the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay in the Lakes… Read more…
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Ceri Rees was a one-time junior XC star, winning the highly-competitive UK Inter-Counties in the late 1980s. On Sunday he showed that class is permanent, by ripping around the Salomon Kielder Marathon route for another high-quality win… Read more…
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The traditional final-curtain of the Skyrunner® World Series once again sees the Kinabalu Climbathon takes centre stage this weekend, with the cream of world skyrunning heading out to Malaysia for a new route at this world-famous mountain event… Read more…
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Out of respect for the tragic circumstances prevailing over the fell running community this weekend, we will not be reporting on any of this weekend’s fell, hill and mountain racing. Read more…
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The 8th International Lakeland Trails Festival in Coniston on Saturday 6 October, was a huge success – thanks to a massive ‘behind the scenes’ community effort in the weeks leading up to the event… Read more…
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The final race of the 2012 WMRA Grand Prix eventually took place this weekend, after the Smarna Gora race in Slovenia stepped in to replace the planned Turkish round in Bursa. So step in it did, providing some superb racing on a classic mountain running course… Read more…
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This weekend sees England’s (along with Carnethy and Westerlands from Scotland) top fell clubs battle it out in Patterdale, Cumbria, for one of the most hotly contested fell running trophies of the year… Read more…
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After suffering problems with the planned final round in Turkey, the World Mountain Running Association called on the rock-solid Smarna Gora race to step in at the 11th-hour to offer itself as once again the final race in the 2012 WMRA Grand Prix Read more…
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2011 Commonwealth silver medalist Andy Davies returned to Newborough yesterday for the inaugural Island Trail Half Marathon. The Welsh international showed his trail running prowess, powering the win in wretched weather conditions… Read more…
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I’d wager that there a few runner /cyclists as good out there today as good as Rob Jebb. I’m not talking triathletes like Jonny and Ali now, I am talking runners who can one day win a 3 hour fell race, the next a 3 hour cyclo-cross race… Read more…
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This weekend’s big European ultra in the Spanish Pyrenees was one of joy and pain. Joy for those lucky enough to make it round (only 200 did so), and perhaps win some prizes, and then the pain and sadness that befalls an event when a runner passes away… Read more…
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Simon Bailey became only the second man to win five English Fell Running Championships on Saturday, as he underlined his status as the stand-out English fell runner of 2012, winning the final round Kielder Blast race. Read more…
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As dawn breaks in Bagà (Spain) over 1000 runners will ready themselves for the 4th Cavalls del Vent race starting at 9am Spanish time, with by far the strongest field ever assembled for this fast-becoming classic European ultra-trail… Read more…
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There is a big line-up of top-class fell and mountain running talent on show this weekend in the Yorkshire Dales. Nothing unusual there. But this isn’t your usual fayre of a big fell race, this involves two wheels… Read more…
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This Saturday sees the last championship racing for 2012 as far as England is concerned, with runners heading far North to Kielder Castle and the Kielder Blast race and the last round of the 2012 English Fell Running Championships. Read more…
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After a successful inaugural event in 2012 the 131-mile Ring O Fire is set to return in 2013 to the Isle of Anglesey, Wales Read more…
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An exciting trail running event for Anglesey aims to bring excitement to Newborough and Llanddwyn, as the legacy event of the 2011 Commonwealth Ultra Distance Trail Championships returns this Sunday, for a festival trail of running… Read more…
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Robbie Simpson underlined his billing as one of the UK’s brightest fell and mountain running prospects this weekend, as he overcame a high-quality field to win the 2012 Home Countries International mountain running champs… Read more…
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Those racing on Saturday this weekend were blessed with some great late summer / early autumn conditions, with light winds and sunshine. Those racing on Sunday, not so lucky, as high winds and rain hit many parts of the UK… Read more…
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After the announcement this week the WMRA GP Final race in Turkey had been cancelled, the associations involved have acted quickly to ensure that the season-long series finished on a high-note at the excellent Smarna Gora race on October 6… Read more…
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Kilian Jornet will aim to make it third time lucky at the Cavalls del Vent race this Sunday. The Catalan is a late entrant to the fourth edition of the race, and after failing to finish in 2011 he will be out to make amends… Read more…
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It’s a little quieter than normal this weekend, but still plenty for fell runners to get their teeth into across the country. Away from the big International tomorrow, another big hill faces racers in Cumbria, as they tackle England’s highest peak Scafell Pike... Read more…
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This Saturday sees a festival on international uphill running, as some of the best hill and mountain runners from the UK come together in Melmerby, Penrith for the Home Countries International Mountain Championships... Read more…
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This weekend’s final (planned) race of the 2012 WMRA Grand Prix in Turkey has been called off. However, a statement on the WMRA site seems to suggest that another race to decide the series will be hastily allotted, if we read it correctly? Read more…
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A mixed bag of weather, but the same old great racing, friendly atmosphere and some tough old races, graced the hills, mountains and fells of the UK this weekend. Leading the way on the ‘tough’ stakes it might be argued was the Peris Horseshoe... Read more…
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The recent Trofeo Kima race was described as one of the toughest skyraces. Showing that Italy (along with the Giir di Mont and others) has some of the most challenging events on the world circuit, Sunday’s Sentiero delle Grigne once again left some of the world’s best skyrunners breathless… Read more…
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The final standings of the 2012 British Fell Running Championships have been published, confirming our thoughts after the Moel Wnion race. Joe Symonds and Lauren Jeska pick up their first crowns, with Borrowdale and Dark Peak taking the men’s and ladies’ team titles… Read more…
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Pick of the weekend goes to the super-tough Pedol Peris Horseshoe. Often deemed Wales’ toughest mountain race, this one is a renowned beast, with over 8500 ft of climbing in 17.5 miles, taking in some of Snowdonia’s giants in the form of Y Garn and Glyder Fach… Read more…
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The 2011 winner of this classic Italian race Tom Owens, heads back to the Trofeo Scaccabarozzi in the Lombardy region if Italy, for 43 kms of technical skyrunning with a massive 3,200m vertical climb… Read more…
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Another busy weekend on the fells, hills and mountains has passed, with summer possibly giving us one last hurrah before those leaves start to turn brown. Still, very little can dampen the spirit of a fell runner, and there were lots of lovely races to keep them happy… Read more…
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The Jungfrau Marathon is no ordinary race. It’s neither a road race or a pure mountain race. It involves around 25km of road, and then a mountain ascent to complete the 42km. However, Jungfrau’s ambience and history make it a great location for the World Long Distance Mountain Champs... Read more…
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After eight days, 320km and approximately 15,000m of ascending and descending, it was to be a euphoric and emotional final finish line of the 2012 GORE-TEX® TransAlpine-Run... Read more…
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Todmorden Harrier Lauren Jeska added the British Fell Running Championship title to her 3 English fell titles in Wales today, as she easily won the final event of the four-round 2012 series at the Moel Wnion race... Read more…
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The curtain falls on the 2012 British Fell Running Championships this weekend, as all roads lead to North Wales and the Moel Wnion race, the second short ‘counter’ in the four race series – and it should be a hot one! Read more…
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This weekend’s Jungfrau Marathon doubles-up as the location for the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, with Scotland returning to defend their men’s team title and England doing the same in the women’s race… Read more…
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The penultimate stage of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN got underway from the beautiful village of St. Vigil without a hitch. Weather conditions continued to improve as the day dawned with sunshine, which remained for the remainder of the stage. Read more…
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Just one stage lays between Steve Birkinshaw and a historic win at the Dragons Back Race. This week has been one of the most gruelling the 7-time KIMM/OMM winner will have faced in his running career, but his huge advantage over the rest of the field just shows his class… Read more…
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Stage 6 of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN got underway in the scenic town of Sand In Taufers, South Tirol, as locals and supporters lined the streets offering their vocal support. Read more…
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It was less pistols at dawn, more status quo at sunset at day 3 of the The Dragon’s Back Race. MST watched the runners through CP6 and also the ‘drop-back’ at Machynlleth, gaining first-hand accounts from this race which has captured the fell running community’s imagination… Read more…
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With the stage town of Prettau in Ahrntal marking the halfway point of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN, the tiny village centre was buzzing with the realization that the back of the race had officially been broken. Read more…
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We spent a fantastic few hours at the finish area of the Dragons Back Race this evening, more on this tomorrow. A quality day 2 report By Rob Howard on how the runners’ day unfolded on another super-tough leg in Snowdonia, can be viewed here. Read more…
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Once again, cooler and overcast conditions prevailed, as the start of stage 4 of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN got underway in the small alpine village of Neukirchen. Even the tough running conditions of stage 3 could not lower the morale of the competitors… Read more…
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Over for a recce of the Moel Wnion race which takes place this Saturday (rd4 of the British Fell Running Champs), a handful of Calder Valley’s finest graced the Moel Hebog race last weekend, adding that extra bit of class to what is locally known as one of Wales’ best fell races… Read more…
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Last week we reported on the short, sharp, show races known as the classic treble. At the other end of the fell running spectrum lie three big and long Lakes races in the space of a couple of months, i.e Wasdale, Borrowdale and Grisedale… Read more…
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Before the start of the 2012 Dragon’s Back race competitors knew it would be hard. By the end of the first day most will be under no illusion that this is quite simply the hardest race they will ever do… Read more…
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In last week’s preview of the 2012 World Mountain Running Champs, we commented that Andrea Mayr had the class to retain her world (uphill only) title and Perto Mamo had the pedigree to make it onto the podium… Read more…
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At stage three of the GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN Iker Karrera and Philipp Reiter romped to a second consecutive stage win, and cemented their overall lead, beating the stage record set in 2010 by Tom Owens and Andy Symonds… Read more…
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After a dominant performance by Brits Billy Burns and Ben Abdelnoor on stage one of the Transalpine Run, Salomon athletes Phillip Reiter and Iker Karrera found their feet to take stage two of the 2012 event, and with it the overall lead… Read more…
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The last two years have seen Lochaber runner Finlay Wild take command of the Ben Nevis race. After wins in 2010 and 2011 he was in the hot-seat for this year’s event, which took place in tricky conditions on Saturday… Read more…
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It was under threatening skies in the small Bavarian town of Ruhpolding that the stage was set for the start of the 2012 GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN. 300 teams from 32 countries gathered at the start area for the compulsory kit check… Read more…
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The 2012 UTMB will be remembered for a number of reasons. The weather, the change of course, the withdrawals, the dropouts, the racing, the winners, the dropouts, the drama. A bit like most years then? Yes and no. Read more…
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It’s less than 24 hours to go until the start of the 8th GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN and the Eissportshalle in Ruhpolding, Germany is buzzing with competitors making their way to the registration tables to check-in and collect their race information… Read more…
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The 28th World Mountain Running Championships are ready to roll this weekend in beautiful Vallecamonica, with some of the world’s top mountain men and women ready to tackle the uphill only races which finish on the Tonale Pass in the Italian Alps… Read more…
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This weekend sees one of the most iconic races on the international mountain running calendar as the Ben Nevis Race takes place on Saturday. However, its tough track also makes it one of the most brutal up and down mountain races on the calendar… Read more…
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In two days, things will get serious for more than 600 trail runners from all over the world. The 8th GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN, one of the hardest trailrunning events in the world, starts in Ruhpolding on Saturday, Sept 1 at 9 a.m… Read more…
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Saturday the 1st of September sees the opening of entries for the second running of Trail Marathon Wales, and organisers aren’t expecting places to last long… Read more…
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Rob Hope made it number 9 in wins at the Kilnsey Show race yesterday, and made it two wins out of three races from this weekend’s classic treble, after he had shown Rob Jebb a clean pair of heels at Grasmere on Sunday… Read more…
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Burnsall Classic, Grasmere Senior Guides, Cnicht, Ochil 2000s – just some of the highlights from a busy BH weekend on the hills and fells of the UK. Winners included Murray Strain, Rob Hope, Jasmin Paris, Ifs Richards and Hector Haines… Read more…
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Billed as a festival weekend of trail and ultra running, the Big Running Weekend lived up to expectations this Bank Holiday weekend as Marcus Scotney, Sula Gay and Rob Little were amongst the winners across the ultra, trail and 10k races… Read more…
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As a runner or a fan of worldwide trail, mountain and fell running the next 7-10 days are pretty special. Whether it’s the world’s biggest ultra trail race, the UTMB, the newly resurrected ‘ultra fell’ stage race the Dragon’s Back Race, or the fastest of the fast mountain racers at the World Mountain Running Championships in Italy… Read more…
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A great international performance for the GB teams at last weekend’s 3 Rifugi Mountain Relay race in Italy excelled to take men’s gold and women’s silver… Read more…
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With summits approaching 3000m, 3800m of vertical gain, chain traverses across sheer rock faces during a brutal 50kms, the Trofeo Kima race is the epitome of Skyrunning. One man who also epitomises that ethos is Kilian Jornet… Read more…
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The recent poor weather in the UK has put paid to many a Lakeland show race. However, the next few days will see three very special races take place, as fell-sprinters sharpen their studs for the Burnsall Classic, Grasmere and Kilnsey Show races… Read more…
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All roads in the Skyrunning Ultra SkyMarathon® Series head to Val Masino in Italy this weekend for the Trofeo Kima, as Pikes Peak winners Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg head to the event in great form… Read more…
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Whispered about with a mix of awe and trepidation, the original Dragon’s Back Race™ happened just once in September 1992. Many considered it to be the toughest mountain running event ever and now, 20 years later, the legendary race returns… Read more…
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Outside of the big championship race this weekend, there were some great performances on the hills of England, Scotland and Wales. The excellent Lomonds of Fife attracted almost 100 runners, with the performance of the day possibly coming from HBT’s Sarah O’Neil… Read more…
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Former British fell running champion Simon Bailey defeated a top class field at Saturday’s round 5 of the English Fell Running Championship at the Weasdale Horseshoe. The Mercia Fell Runner set his stall out from the gun as he followed early leader Rob Baker (DPFR) out onto the fells… Read more…
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A brand-new fell race was added to the Welsh calendar on Saturday, as international Andy Davies sharpened his speed on the short and sharp blast on the hills of Llynlloedd which overlook the town of Machynlleth… Read more…
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After some amazing performances at the Ascent race on Saturday by Kim Dobson (breaking the 30+ year old women’s record) and Jason Delaney, yesterday’s main course of the Pikes Peak Marathon showed just why this race is in the top few mountain races in the world… Read more…
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September 1 sees 250 tag-teams from across the world embarking on 8 stages of the GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run. Starting in Ruhpolding, this year’s east route is incredibly demanding, and at 320 kms it’s the longest run in the history of the Alpine classic… Read more…
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6-time European Champion Ahmet Arslan won the classic lung-busting Skaala Opp race in Norway yesterday, breaking the course record to boot. Scotland’s Angela Mudge took the women’s race… Read more…
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The 2009 World Trail Running Champion Thomas Lorblanchet unleashed one of the races of his life on Saturday as he delivered on his potential in an ultra race to take the prestigious Leadville 100 miler in Colorado… Read more…
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Michael Smith and Rob Krar made it two from two at the Trans Rockies Run today as they took the second stage in the 6-stage race which took the runners to the top of Hope Pass – one of the most difficult and rewarding ascents of the week… Read more…
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It’s early days in the Trans Rockies Run 2012, but after stage one the leaders have started to form and lay down their markers for this 6-stage race that takes in some of the most beautiful trails in the Colorado Rockies… Read more…
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Some of the biggest races in the US calendar take place this week, and into the weekend as runners from around the globe flock to Colorado for the Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent races, the famous Leadville 100 and utterly massive (in scale) Trans Rockies Race... Read more…
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A brand new race for the Peak District is getting plenty of interest. Organisers of the BIG Running Weekend report that entries have exceeded their expectation for year one, and are also reporting that the field of runners has a sharp front-end… Read more…
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Italy’s Marco de Gasperi took his second straight win and his third in total at today’s Sierre-Zinal race in Switzerland. There was some great race-long coverage via Ian Corless of Talk Ultra on facebook and twitter, documenting what seemed like a super-hot and super-competitive Alpine battle… Read more…
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The Sierre Zinal race this weekend is one of the world’s top mountain races. With such British winners in it’s 39 year history as Jeff Norman, Angela Mudge, Jack Maitland and Veronique Marot, this one means a lot to the UK elite… Read more…
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Last year’s winner of the Harakiri Mountain Race in Mayrhofen, Azaria Weldemariam, sprinted to his second consecutive win in this ever-popular race as he defeated Abrham Kidane in a dash for the line after 10.4km and almost 1200m of ascent… Read more…
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Steve Vernon retained his UKA Mountain Running title yesterday, as he was a very comfortable winner of the GB trial race for the World MR Champs next month. The Stockport man went into the race as clear favourite, after leading the GB men home in last months EMRC in Turkey… Read more…
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After his great win at Wasdale a few weeks back, it was more of the same at yesterday’s Borrowdale Fell Race for Ellenborough athlete Ricky Lightfoot. This one was arguably better, as the field assembled for one of the best races on the fell calendar was stacked full of class… Read more…
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Though it remained pretty dry for the race, underfoot conditions were boggy at yesterday’s Y Garn race in North Wales. Still, this didnt seem to bother Meirionnydd mountain goat Ifan Richards as he was the only runner to crack 30 mins on this 2.8 mile lung-burner… Read more…
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After lots of international racing this last few weeks there are some great UK fell races to brighten up this dismal summer weather, as racers head to the brutal Borrowdale race amongst others this weekend… Read more…
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The trials for the World Mountain Running Championships (uphill only) take place in Glenridding in the Lake District this Sunday and will see a clamouring for places on the UK team heading Italy early next month…. Read more…
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This weekend’s Harakiri race in Mayrhofen sees some of the world’s top mountain runners take to the Austrian slopes with 1170 metres to be climbed in just 10.4km, for the 4th edition of this popular race… Read more…
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There are three times per year that you can be guaranteed of hot humid weather. The London Marathon, The F.A. Cup and the Lakeland100. The Lakeland 100 AKA the Ultra Tour of the Lake District has fast become the most important 100miler on the UK race calendar… Read more…
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US runner and 2011 World Mountain Running Champion, Kasie Enman, underlined her class and entered the world of skyrunning with dramatic fashion last weekend as she crushed a high-quality women’s field at the 20th edition of the classic 32km Italian mountain race Giir di Mont. Read more…
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Though his victory and course record will not go down in history (due to him cutting switchbacks, which is against US trail running rules), Kilian Jornet emerged victorious at yesterday’s Speedgoat 50k in Utah… Read more…
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The WMRA Grand Prix heads to the Grintovec race this weekend for round two of the season-long series. 6-time European champion Ahmet Arslan will take on some strong African competition as he looks to regain his title… Read more…
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Snowbird, Utah is the venue for round two of the Ultra SkyMarathon® Series and the much-anticipated Speedgoat 50k race. The field is deep with ultra talent, including Kilian Jornet and Tony Krupicka… Read more…
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Round 2 of the Skyrunner World Series heads to the testing Giir di Mont race this weekend – renowned as one of the most technical on the circuit… Read more…
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One of the toughest 100 miler races takes place across this weekend in the heart of the Lake District (UK), as seasoned fell and ultra runners get ready for the Montane sponsored Lakeland 100 and 50 mile events… Read more…
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After a mammoth battle last year with Andi Jones, Scotland’s Murray Strain buried the ghost of 2011 as he took a famous victory at the 2012 Tyn Lon Volvo International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa. Read more…
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England international ultra runner Marcus Scotney will be making a welcome return to Sheffield at the end of August as he lines up for the inaugural New Balance Ultra Tour of the Peak District, part of the BIG Running Weekend. Read more…
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Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg underlined their star-quality today at the Dolomites Sky Race in Canazei, Italy, as they both broke the course records to take convincing wins, and move into the overall lead in the 2012 Skyrunner World Series... Read more…
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The Jungfrau Marathon this year doubles-up as the location for the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, and England have announced a strong team as they attempt to wrestle the men’s team title back from the victorious Scots in 2011… Read more…
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The first race of this weekend’s World Series programme climbed a vertical kilometre skywards in the Italian Dolomites on Friday. The unforgiving ascent had Nejc Kuhar from Slovenia, first in 33’33”, ahead of Columbian Antonio Padua and Spain’s Kilian Jornet in third… Read more…
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5-time winner of the International Snowdon Race Andi Jones returns to the mountain this weekend looking to add to his haul of victories and cement his name still further in history as the most successful runner the race’s history… Read more…
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Organiser of the Dragon’s Back Race Shane Ohly, has recently launched a brand-new mountain marathon with a difference. January 2013 will be the first year for an exciting new event called Dark Mountains™. Read more…
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After 5 hot and dusty stages Timo Meyer emerged victorious from the tough Andalusian stage race Al Andalus Ultimate Trail. Organiser Paul Bateson picks up the story… Read more…
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Ellenborough runner Ricky Lightfoot took his second win at one of the hardest fell races in the UK this weekend as he won the classic 21 mile Wasdale race, which takes in such Lakeland giants as Great Gable and passes the house of fell-legend Joss Naylor… Read more…
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In weather all to familiar for northern Europe this summer, Geoffrey Ndungu showed that the cold and wet was no obstacle as he took a comfortable victory in the Austrian rain at the classic mountain race that is Grossglockner Berglauf... Read more…
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Thanks to Ultra 168 for the heads-up on this excellent article on the unfolding drama which happened over in Colorado over the last 36 hours or so. Writing for the Durango Herald, Dale Strode obtains reaction from most of the protagonists of the 2012 Hardrock 100… Read more…
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After 24 hours and 50 minutes and 13 seconds of running TNF runner Hal Koerner tasted sweet victory at the Hardrock 100 in Colorado. After being out-front since Ouray (mile 43), Koerner took one of the world’s toughest 100’s from Joe Grant… Read more…
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Following the magnificent team performance at last weekend’s European Mountain Running Championships Emma Clayton has produced a fascinating blog over at the Salomon Trail Tour site, giving insight into her Turkish excursion… Read more…
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Deemed ‘the hardest’ by many a seasoned fell runner, it’s the Wasdale race this Saturday. A 21 mile trip which takes in over 9000ft of ascent, climbing Great Gable, the Esk Hause pass and Scafell Pike along the way… Read more…
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One of Austria’s most famous races takes place this weekend, as over 1000 people take to the mountains for the Grossglockner Berglauf. Running past the highest mountain in Austria, Grossglockner provides a unique challenge over 12.7km with 1494m of climb… Read more…
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6am Friday (Mountain Daylight Time) will be the time that this year’s Hardrock 100 – deemed one of the hardest 100s on the world circuit – kicks off. Transvulcania champ Dakota Jones returns to see if he can go one better than last year’s second place... Read more…
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Away from the big championship race there was plenty going on around the fell and trail racing world this last weekend. Carl Bell won the historic Chevy Chase, after poor course and weather conditions shortened the 20 miler to something around 15… Read more…
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Britain’s mountain running team found much success in the hills of Denizli, Turkey, this weekend, with a team gold for the senior women, silver for the junior women and a majestic individual gold for young Annabel Mason… Read more…
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Quick news updates on Saturday’s racing across the off-road running world, with full reports to follow. First-up, Joe Symonds claims the 2012 British Fell Running Championships in Scotland… Read more…
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Known affectionately as the ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, Germany’s Philipp Reiter took the biggest win of his young career yesterday as he won the Salomon 4 Trails, ahead of quality international competition… Read more…
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Thomas Lorblanchet won a second consecutive stage at the Salomon 4 Trails winning stage 3 from overall leader Philipp Reiter. The former trail running world champion also moved to second place overall, but still trails Reiter ahead of tomorrow’s final stage…. Read more…
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Tomorrow (July 7) sees the third race in the 2012 British Fell Running Championships and with the Arrochar Alps being the long race counter Joe Symonds could feasibly seal the 2012 title on Saturday… Read more…
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The heat of Turkey awaits Europe’s elite mountain runners as Denizli hosts the 11th European Mountain Running Championships on Saturday. 5-time Euro champ Ahmet Arslan will be in the men’s hot seat as he looks to make it six on home soil… Read more…
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Today’s second stage of the Salomon 4 Trails offered quite a surprise as hitherto dominant leader-of-the-pack, Francois d’Haene, missed a pivotal trail turn-off just ten kilometers short of the finish line… Read more…
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A posse of roughly 350 trail runners left Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, at breakneck speed this morning embarking on a 4-day quest to reach Samnaun, Switzerland by Saturday. Read more…
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Ben Abdelnoor (Ambleside AC) and Jo Zakrewski (Dumfries Running Club), both smashed last year’s course records for the 2nd Lakeland Trails Marathon held in Coniston on Sunday (July 1) Read more…
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Skyrunners worldwide celebrated their own games with the final events of the 2012 SkyGames®. Six skyrunning disciplines stretching over two weekends had 1,300 participants and twenty nations competing for the forty medals and 14 world titles at stake…. Read more…
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In two days the second edition of the Salomon 4 Trails will take place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from July 4-7, 2012, with a recent landslide meaning that stage 2 has been reconfigured… Read more…
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The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail 2012 caused a digital frenzy as ultra-running fans followed athletes through continual live updates during the 6th edition of the race last weekend (June 29-30)… Read more…
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Despite the weather, some great racing out on the hills and fells this weekend. Wins for Carl Bell (Skiddaw), Olivia Walwyn-Bush and Simon Bailey (Whaley Waltz), Matt Fortes (Foel Fras) and Iain Ridgway (Fairy Freckled Cow Trail Race)… Read more…
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In a poignant return to the Mont Blanc massif today, Kilian Jornet put on a great display of trail running to take the 42km Marathon du Mont Blanc. The Catalan was followed by Salomon team mates Tofol Castener and Greg Vollet, with Tom Owens in 5th. Read more…
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Three-times skyrunning world champion AgustÍ Roc, 40, came out of semi-retirement and, triumphant like Rocky Balboa, climbed back on the top of the podium with a gold for the 1,000 metre Vertical Kilometer. Read more…
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Alpine Oasis are proud to announce Jez Bragg, a member of the North Face Global Athlete Team and the Uk’s no.1 ultra runner, is to be their special guest at their ultra trail running training camp in the French Alps. Read more…
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The Skiddaw race tops the fell bill this weekend, along with the excellent Dollar Hill Race in Scotland. Foel Fras in north Wales and the short Whaley Waltz also go ahead today… Read more…
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The 2012 Sky Games this evening were unveiled to large crowds in Ribargorza Románica. Fireworks, speeches and a pageant wowed the locals gathered in anticipation of what should be one amazing week of Skyrunning… Read more…
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The organisers of the Dragon’s Back Race have announced that there are now 15 more places available on the event this September (2-8). This is the result of further negotiations with landowners along the 200+ mile course and by taking into account the inevitable last minute withdrawals. Read more…
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Something becoming more common in events (as races get longer in distance and more popular in terms of participation levels) is running in the dark. Pre-dawn starts for ultras and finishing into the night, are regular sights these days… Read more…
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According to Wales and GB international Rob Samuel the location for this September’s Anglesey Trail Marathon is ‘as stunning as any trails that I have run’. Newborough and Llanddwyn will host the event within 700ha of woodland and coastal paths. Read more…
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The Ultra Tour of the Peak District has received a massive boost as event organisers have announced that New Balance will be the premier Running Brand Sponsor of the both the ultra and other events taking place across the August Bank Holiday weekend (Aug 25-27). Read more…
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After a month of heavy rain, the mountains and forests of Wales provided a wet, lush and vibrant backdrop for the inaugural Trail Marathon Wales, which took place last Saturday (23 June). Read more…
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Endurance athletes from around the globe travelled to Cornwall to take part in the first ever Ultra Trail South West event last weekend. Billed as the toughest footrace in Britain, the event attracted a combined entry of 200 runners across the 60 mile and 100 mile race options… Read more…
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MST’s Matt must apologise for being rather tied-up this last week or so with Trail Marathon Wales (report soon) and therefore not being too hot on here, still there has been a flourishing race-scene out there this last 48 hours… Read more…
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Tim Olson and Ellie Greenwood made history at the Western States 100 this weekend as the pair not only took famous and masterly wins but destroyed the men’s and women’s course records in this most historic of 100 milers… Read more…
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Julien Chorier claimed victory in the 2nd Salomon Zugspitz Ultratrail, the infamous 100-km loop trail around the scenic German-Austrian Zugspitz Range. The Frenchman never ceded his early-on lead over a field of nearly 500 competitors despite a gruesome total vertical gain of 5,420 meters by day’s end… Read more…
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Just 4 days remain until one of the biggest races on the global trail calendar, as all roads head to Squaw Valley this weekend for the Western States 100 – and we’ll be counting down with the great Stateside site iRunFar.com… Read more…
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The 2012 Dragon’s Back Race™ is edging ever closer and this week headline sponsor Berghaus has announced that is will support Helene Whittaker (nee Diamantides) and mountain marathon specialist Steve Birkinshaw as they embark on this year’s event… Read more…
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Ben ‘The Noor’ Abdelnoor underlined his ‘serious contender’ status in the 2012 English Fell Champs with a great win at the Great Lakes race on Saturday. Conditions were hardly great as tales of serious nav issues, cold and torrential rain were order of the day… Read more…
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This weekend’s Great Trail Challenge saw success across the board for England as they took team wins in the men’s, women’s and junior women’s races. Their winning streak was only upset by a rampant Welsh junior’s men’s team who scored 3 in 5… Read more…
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As has become the norm these days English Fell Running Championships races entertain big fields and the cream of English fell running. Today’s Great Lakes race in Cumbria is no different as all of the 2012 contenders take on a super-tough 21km… Read more…
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Lakeland events company High Terrain Events have announced that their Ennerdale Trail races on October 21st will also now host a 50k ultra-trail event too, with race organiser Ian Mulvey stating “it’s simply a perfect environment for ultra running”. Read more…
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The second edition of the Salomon 4 Trails gets underway for up to 500 expected participants who will cross the Alps in four stages from July 4-7. 4 Runners will cover over 158 kilometers and 9800m of ascent on the trails from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) to Samnaun (SWI). Read more…
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In an Olympic year, the 2012 Sky Games in Spain look set to be a festival of mountain running in the Spanish Pyrenees. Ribagorza Románica will host six skyrunning events between June 30 to July 8… Read more…
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The second race in the 2012 Skyrunner® Vertical Series graced the heights above Athens and the Corinthian Gulf with Italian Urban Zemmer and Spaniard Laura Orgué prevailing over an international field… Read more…
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The weather dominated affairs this weekend, but as ever the hardly fell, mountain and trail runners of the UK took it all in their stride. In-form Scots Robbie Simpson and Finlay Wild took course records, Carl Bell and Hazel Robinson won at Duddon, whilst Duncan Archer and Jim Mann retained their LAMM crown… Read more…
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One of the most famous races on the calendar takes place tomorrow (9 June) in the glorious mid-Wales countryside nr. Llanwrtyd Wells. The legend that is Gordon Green set up this intriguing battle way back in 1980… Read more…
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One of the UK’s best mountain marathons takes place in Scotland this weekend, as runners head to Ben Cruachan for a ‘South Year’. The Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is ready for action at a location ’2 hrs north of Glasgow…’ Read more…
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Perhaps the classic of all Welsh classics takes place on Saturday, the Welsh 1000m, and this one is a beast. The role-call of winners includes fell-legends such as Kenny Stuart, Gavin Bland, Lizzy Hawker and Angela Mudge, amongst others. Read more…
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There was a definite divide in terms of weather over the long weekend, as Ennerdale saw sultry conditions, The Siloch Horseshoe in Scotland was dry and bright, and the Carneddau race in Wales had to be cancelled due to un-seasonably low temps, high winds and rain… Read more…
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A four nation international match comprising elite trail and fell running competitors will highlight the first ever Karrimor Great Trail Challenge in the Lake District on Sunday 17 June… Read more…
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Australian events company Rapid Ascent have today unveiled a stunning new 100km trail race, aimed at enticing ‘first timers’ and seasoned ultra runners to the beautiful south coast near Melbourne… Read more…
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Robbie Simpson posted one of the most impressive results in his young mountain running career today, as he defeated a host of seasoned internationals to win the senior GB trials for the EMRC in Turkey in July… Read more…
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Today sees many a top UK mountain runner line-up to battle it out for the berths at this year’s European MR Champs, taking place in Turkey in just over a month’s time. Be interesting to see if the likes of Steve Vernon show up, with it being an up and down race… Read more…
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If you are a fell runner who races in the UK you are literally spoilt for choice this next week or so. The options are endless, from long to short, and you have a full four days to get a race in as it’s Bank Holiday time… Read more…
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With his feet having barely touched the ground in SA after his brilliant run at the TNF100 in Australia recently, Ryan Sandes is preparing to head off for one of the biggest races of his career so far – the Western States 100 Read more…
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Barely two weeks after her mammoth effort at Transvulcania, ultra trail’s newest superstar Anna Frost amazed at the big French race this weekend, the Maxi Race in Annecy… Read more…
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Glorious sunshine greeted over 3000 competitors and spectators for the Lakeland Trails running and walking festival at Staveley village on Saturday, making this the largest sporting event in the Kendal area… Read more…
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It was hot, hot, hot on the hills and fells this weekend, with temps reported of 32 degrees on Ben Nevis! The cracking images from racing at Cader Idris, Hutton Roof and the Staveley Trail Race show minimalist attire and red faces galore… Read more…
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Summer is most definitely here. A bumper weekend of fell racing with that classic of classics on Jura, along with the Welsh beast that is Cader Idris. The English fells see racing on Hutton Roof Crags and Saddleworth amongst others, and it’s gonna be hot… Read more…
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Truth is that MST has been very busy on the road with various things this last week, and with the furious pace that the 2012 global off-road scene dictates these days, we’re playing catch-up! Read more…
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Last weekend saw the Scottish Island Peaks Race on the West coast of Scotland with the return of Joe Symonds for his 9th SIPR. In 2012 he took Robbie Simpson along with him, and between them they updated the 22-year old King of the Bens record… Read more…
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When Steve Vernon comes out for a mountain race other runners need to be pretty much at their best to even get close to the Stockport man. At this weekend’s Inter Counties at the Shining Tor race such was the case, as he romped to a 38 second win over a class field behind… Read more…
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1000+ trail runners descend on Staveley in the Lake District this weekend, for the biggest ever Lakeland Trail race in the village. Now in its 9th year, the first event was held in 2004 with 80 runners and has grown dramatically ever since… Read more…
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The 2nd Salomon Zugspitz UltraTrail will take place around the Zugspitze Mountain on June 22-24, 2012. After last year’s successful debut the race has quickly developed into an acclaimed international running event. Runners from 32 nations have signed up for the 2012 race with organisers expecting 1000 participants… Read more…
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Just one of the words used by a competitor to describe the conditions at Sunday’s Zegama race. The impending weather system predicted dropped big time on the race, resulting in snow on the tops and – perhaps worse – deep mud on the descents… Read more…
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Keeping up with the global off road scene these days is a stretch. But, let’s be honest we have never had it so good! Closer to home in the UK there is a cracking weekend of fell and trail running in store too. Read more…
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As one 100 (miles) draws to a conclusion at Mt.Fuji another TNF100 (kilometres) is just getting underway. This one should be a hot race with Ryan Sandes, Jez Bragg and Mick Donges all going head to head, along with Matt Cooper, Grant Guise and Andy Lee… Read more…
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It’s curtains up for the annual battle of the giants at the Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton Alpina on Sunday – part of the 2012 Skyrunner® World Series. Hot on the heals of the Transvulcania the race is considered one of the monuments of world mountain running… Read more…
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The 2012 UTMF is underway in Japan. The 100 miler is pretty much a circumnavigation of Mt.Fuji, though don’t be lulled into thinking that its a valley run – the race has over 8500m of ascent! Read more…
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The WMRA season got underway yesterday at the La Montee du Grand Ballon, with great weather, a classic route in Willer Sur Thur, France and even better racing. The sharp-end saw a convincing win for Valentina Belotti in the women’s race, by over 3 mins… Read more…
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Tomorrow (16) sees France host the first round of the 2012 WMRA Grand Prix, as runners from across Europe and beyond tackle to traditional season-opener that is the Montée du Grand-Ballon.. Read more…
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Former Welsh international Alun Vaughan signalled a glorious comeback on Saturday as his blazed around the Moel Eilio fell race to record a solo win in a super-fast 61:14… Read more…
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Whilst sibling Andy was putting in a world-class performance at the Transvulcania, Joe Symonds looked after business at home this weekend as he won the second round of the 2012 British Fell Running Championships in Northern Ireland… Read more…
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Young Dakota Jones etched his name in history yesterday as he raced to victory at one of the toughest ultra trail races on the world circuit. The 21-year old swept aside an utterly world-class field over 83 dusty and hot kilometres to win the 2012 Transvulcania. Read more…
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In a little over 12 hours, when most of us will still be tucked up nicely in bed, some of the world’s best trail runners will commence battle in one of the most hotly anticipated races of 2012 to date… Read more…
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Some cracking races in the UK this weekend, away from the big one in Northern Ireland. Ben Lomond, Moel Eilio, the Fairfield Horseshoe, Calderdale Way and Mount Famine all play host to some fell racing action… Read more…
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This weekend sees the second round of the British Fell Running Championships in the beautiful Mourne mountains, Northern Ireland. The race at Slieve Bearnagh is only 5 miles in length, but still has 2690ft of climbing… Read more…
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Looking at the FRA calendar you could almost race every day this week! A plethora of races in England, Wales and Scotland from the Bank Holiday onwards has seen huge numbers turning out at some classic mid-weekers… Read more…
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The spectacular Flete Estate in South Devon set the scene for Stage 8 of the Endurancelife Coastal Trail Series on Sunday 6 May, as part of the annual Endurancelife Festival Weekend... Read more…
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This weekend saw the Skyrunner® World Series season opener on Russia’s Mount Elbrus. Six times World Mountain Running champion Marco de Gasperi and reigning SWS champion, Spaniard Luis Hernandez locked horns on the steep and icy slopes… Read more…
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The World Skyrunning season kick-offs this coming Saturday with what could be one of the races of the year. The line-up at the Transvulcania race is pretty phenomenal as some of the world’s elite tackle this beast of an ultra… Read more…
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Angela Mudge showed one or two top Scottish men how it’s done this weekend as she stormed round the Stuc a’Chroin race finishing 7th overall. Equally as dominant was Prasad Prasad’s showing, winning the race by a huge 14 minutes over the 22km route… Read more…
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With four photographers at the Welsh Trail Championships this weekend, it was to be a feast of images for the runners who had assembled for Saturday’s Red Kite Challenge and Sunday’s longer Ras y Diafol in mid Wales… Read more…
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The Moel Eilio fell race is a classic route. This Saturday will see the race starting in Llanberis, ascending Moel Eilio, Foel Gron and Goch and descending steeply on the grassy slopes of Moel Cynghorion, before dropping into Llanberis for the culmination of 8 tough miles… Read more…
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After struggling (by his standards) in 2011 with niggles and injury and a steady start to 2012, three-time British Fell Champ Rob Hope retuned to winning ways yesterday as he took a convincing victory – ahead of a quality field – at the Coniston Fell Race... Read more…
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With 15+ fell races in England, Wales and Scotland, over the next few days the UK fell and trail running season is in full flight now. Pick of the weekend in England goes to the classic that is Coniston, where a top quality field is expected as always… Read more…
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Whilst many were running a very long way in the Yorkshire Dales this weekend, those not doing the 3 Peaks or the Fellsman were hitting the fells and trails at some great events around the country… Read more…
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The coverage of this year’s 3 Peaks from across traditional, online and social media has been plentiful. Whether it’s these great shots by SportSunday, or these by the Woodentops crew or even this short fly-on-the-wall by Ken Durkin of Joe Symonds starting his ascent of Ingleborough… Read more…
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Jez Bragg has made the Fellsman his own in the last few years, following the likes of Fellsman legend Mark Hartell and Sarah Rowell as a multiple winner of the 60-plus mile race which takes in some of the Yorkshire Dales’ toughest peaks… Read more…
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Those of us present at the 3 Peaks race witnessed a great race for a number of reasons. Perhaps it will be remembered for the cutting, icy wind that greeted the 1000 runners who embarked on the 23.3 miles of this famous event… Read more…
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In a week of classic races, tonight sees one of the toughest running tests in the UK. Okay it’s more of a road race, but known as the Fell-Runner’s Revenge the Mow Cop Killer Mile rises over 550ft in that one mile – a killer indeed! Read more…
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Looking at the 3 Peaks entry list shows a host of top domestic talent waiting to line-up in Horton this Saturday. But two names that are not on the list, and certainly not domestic, are top US and Swedish runners Rickey Gates and Emelie Forsberg... Read more…
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Apart from the two big fell events in the Yorkshire Dales (the Fellsman and the 3 Peaks) there are some nice looking events on the hills and trails of the UK this coming weekend… Read more…
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Carl Bell romped around the Anniversary Waltz on Saturday, putting almost five minutes into Borrowdale’s Ben Bardsley, who himself is in pretty good form after a strong run at Coledale last weekend… Read more…
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Taking his second win at this classic Welsh race and one of the best wins of his fell running career, Ifan Richards just edged fellow Welsh international Andy Davies at Saturday’s Ras y Moelwyn – now in it’s 25th year… Read more…
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With the weather a little more like late winter than Spring this weekend, racing on the hills should be challenging. Befitting really of some nice gnarly races, such as the classic Ras y Moelwyn (celebrating 25 years this year), with its 10 miles and 2800ft of ascent… Read more…
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Lands End to John O’Groats is a bit of a classic, known to many as the End-to-End. This morning 11 runners embarked on just that distance only in reverse, naming it the JOGLE (John O’Groats to Lands End)… Read more…
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The North Face® athlete Jez Bragg dominated the super-tough 62 mile Fellsman in 2011 and today his sponsor has announced their continued support for the event which goes ahead in just over a week’s time… Read more…
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Of course this doesn’t mean that ultra trail hasn’t been around for a very long time, but the propensity of big races around the world at the moment is staggering. All you have to do is look at last weekend’s global race scene (bearing in mind it is still only April). Read more…
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In one of the most loaded fields in a fell race for a long time, Joe Symonds wreaked havoc on the hills of Coledale on Saturday, finishing almost a minute up on Romanian Ionut Zinca and putting large chunks of time into some of the UK’s best… Read more…
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As the sun set on the final 15km stage of this year’s event, it was to be a gun to tape win for French super-woman Laurence Klein as she collected the overall women’s prize. Salameh Al Aqra took a highly popular win in the men’s race, after a gruelling week… Read more…
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It was marathon mode quite literally at the penultimate stage of the 2012 Marathon des Sables as the 800 runners still left in the race undertook 42.2 kms of sun, sand and dunes… Read more…
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Outside of the big one in the Lakes this weekend, there are a bundle of races around the country to keep fell racers happy. In England there is the Gisborough Moors race, the cracking Wardle Skyline in Rochdale and a Dark and White Spring Mountain Marathon in the Peak District. Read more…
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They say that the race is never won until it’s run. Such is the case in the 2012 Marathon des Sables as race leader Rachid El Morabity was forced out of the race with the stage 4 finish line in sight… Read more…
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This Saturday sees the long-awaited start of the 2012 British Fell Running Championships, with round one at the tough Coledale Horseshoe race in the Lakes. Starting from Braithwaite Lodge the route is a classic with runners and walkers alike. Read more…
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Built almost 2000 years ago by Emperor Hadrian, Hadrian’s Wall was originally a military fortification. Today this Unesco World Heritage site is one of the UK’s most spectacular, iconic and visited tourist attractions. Read more…
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One stage is down in this year’s Marathon des Sables and the heat is definitely on. This short film on stage one gives a flavour of the conditions out there, with temperatures of almost 36 degrees C as the race went on… Read more…
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Tom Cornthwaite blasted his way up and down Rivington Pike yesterday to record a comfy win over Rossendale’s Sam Tosh. The win is the third for the NFR man on this classic Lancashire mount which takes in 699ft in it’s short 3.2 miles… Read more…
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This weekend sees some great Easter weekend racing taking place, nestled in between a week that sees the cracking Bunny Runs over in Haworth. One classic race is the Rivington Pike, with a lung-bursting 3.2 miles and 699ft of climb up and down the Pike! Read more…
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This last weekend Ricky Lightfoot took the win at the Salomon Buttermere Trail Race in the English Lake District. In his own words Ricky takes us through the race and his battle with fellow Laklander Chris Steele… Read more…
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After some hectic re-arranging of the event venue from Ilam to Alstonefield, around 250 competitors made their way to the picturesque village in the White Peak area of the Peak District National Park for the Haglofs Open 5 last weekend… Read more…
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Maybe it’s because tomorrow is the 1st of April, but for some reason all of this weekend’s fell racing was on Saturday. Still, that means Sunday can be left for all those lovely long runs in the hills… Read more…
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The town of St. Wendel in Germany’s Saarland will be hosts the fourth edition of the Salomon Keep On Running. With more than 800 runners descending on the town from October 5 – 7 for a weekend of trail running… Read more…
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If you still haven’t registered for the SkyGames, it’s still not too late and if you do so this week you will still benefit from the pre-registration event fees at a cheaper rate. Read more…
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This Sunday will see a new running event coming to Snowdonia. The Betws y Coed Half Marathon is being held for the first time on April 1st, and has attracted a huge amount of community support Read more…
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Such has been Steven Cale’s rise over the last couple of years, and his prominence on the fell scene, that he handed 2010 British Fell Champ Tim Davies a rare defeat on Sunday at the Wrekin Fell Race... Read more…
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Organisers of the Zegama-Aizkorri Maratòn have announced a star-studded world class entry list for the race on May 20. Zegama is one of the most popular skyrunning events – part of the Skyrunner® World Series... Read more…
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We’re going event mad here on Mud, Sweat and Tears today, after the news on various trail events around the country earlier today, news now comes on what should be a big weekend of running in Peak District this August… Read more…
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The Trailblazer series of 10k’s return this summer to some of England’s most beautiful forests. The events are billed ‘definitely not hardcore trail running’ and aimed at those who may normally be pavement-pounders… Read more…
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A new off road running event has been announced for the Lake District by Nova International, the organisers of the Bupa Great North Run and British Gas Great North Swim. Read more…
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Round one of the High Terrain events trail race series takes place this Sunday (1st of April) and has two options of a 10km and 16km race. Entries are still open via the High Terrain entries page Read more…
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The weather was more like June than March on the uplands of the UK this weekend, as warm conditions saw for some hot racing. Carl Bell, Robbie Simpson, Andres Jones, Helen Fines and Jasmin Paris were amongst the winners… Read more…
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Rre-iterating the new date of 21st July, International Snowdon Race organiser Stephen Edwards is also keen to point out that just 130 of the 600 places for the 2012 event remain… Read more…
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The Edale Skyline, Yr Aran and the Wrekin fell race are three stand-out races this weekend on the fells and hills of the UK. The Birnam Hll Classic takes place in Scotland, part of the Highland Boundary Series… Read more…
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The Al Andalus Ultra Trail is a super-tough 5 day, 5 stage race of around 230km from the 9-12 July. The course provides a demanding test, not just for the legs, but for a runner’s character and determination… Read more…
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Repeating her win of 2011 and setting a new course record, Ellie Greenwood took another big Stateside ultra win this weekend as she dominated the second half of the Chuckanut 50k race in Bellingham, USA… Read more…
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Along with great racing previously reported at Lad’s Leap and the Sticky Toffee Trail Races, some cracking hill action was also to be found over on the Isle of Man at the Glen Mona race and at Chapelgill up in Scotland… Read more…
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The opening 2012 Lakeland Trails series at Cartmel got off to a great start on Saturday as the biggest field yet for a Lakeland Trails event (1300 competitors) took part in the various events at a gloopy Cartmel Racecourse… Read more…
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The line-up just released on this one will take your breath away. Transvulcania is a beast of an ultra, ascending and descending a massive 8,525m during the 83km of volcanic tracks and trails on the island of La Palma… Read more…
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Mick Donges was ready for this one. After winning the Two Bay Trail in January he had (bar a week of illness) a solid six weeks prep for one of NZ’s biggest ultras and on Saturday took a big win at the Tarawera Ultra Read more…
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At the opening round of the 2012 English Fell running Championships at today’s Lad’s Leap race today, it was familiar territory for one winner and brand new for one other as over 420 runners hit the Derbyshire hills… Read more…
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The first 200 places went in a few hours a couple of weeks back, for those who had run the race previously. So, for mere mortals who have not yet set foot on Snowdon in race mode, tomorrow morning (Saturday 17) is your chance to bag one of the remaining 400 places for this year’s race… Read more…
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One of New Zealand’s big ultra races takes place this Saturday, as runners embark on the stunning trails from Rotorua to Kawerau for races of 60, 85 and 100km at the Vibram Tarawera Ultra... Read more…
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Yes, it’s March, and that time of year when things get serious as far as fell championships go. This Saturday sees the opening salvo of the FRA English Fell Running Championships at the Lad’s Leap race over in Derbyshire… Read more…
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Lakeland events company High Terrain Events will this weekend be hosting a recce weekend for their forthcoming trail races at Buttermere (1 April) and Borrowdale (20 May)… Read more…
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Last week we brought you the teaser film from the 2012 The North Face Transgrancanaria®, which saw French ultra-trailer Sebastien Chaigneau take a big win and break Miguel Heras’ record… Read more…
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From the 32 mile Haworth Hobble to the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round, from the Wolf’s Pit to the Wye One Way 50, there was something for everyone this weekend, and ahead of next weeks big one at Lad’s Leap some of the big guns tested the water too… Read more…
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Loads more content has emerged since Saturday’s excellent Inter Counties XC. Firstly athleticos have dropped 10 lovely videos from the complete programme of races at Cofton Park, Birmingham… Read more…
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The GORE-TEX® TransAlpine-Run the Alps in 8 days and has become one of the most popular endurance stage events in the world. This year, six months before the starter’s gun is fired on 1 September, all of the 250 team places have already been sold to runners from 32 different countries… Read more…
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It was a case of deja vu for the opponents of Keith Gerrard and Gemma Steel at today’s Inter-Counties XC in Birmingham. Two weeks ago they were both victorious at the National XC and today underlined that class by taking majestic wins… Read more…
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Over 1300 competitors from all over the UK with visitors from as far afield as USA, South Africa, Germany, Ireland and Belgium will be heading to the picturesque village of Cartmel in the Lake District this weekend for what has been described as a Beauty and Beast of a trail running course. Read more…
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Berghaus has confirmed that it will sponsor the Dragon’s Back Race™ – a five day adventure race that will traverse the mountains of Wales in September. The Dragon’s Back Race™ enjoys near mythical status in the adventure racing community… Read more…
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With no World XC selection to aim for in 2012 this weekend’s big event in Birmingham doubles as the McCain Cross Challenge Final and the Inter Counties XC Champs. The racing will no doubt still be highly competitive at the sharp-end, as athletes battle it out for county pride and the overall series prizes. Read more…
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One of Australia’s premier ultra trail races, the Six Foot Track, has been forced into cancellation this weekend after unprecedented rain in the last week or so. This video shows just how bad the conditions are in the region… Read more…
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Sebastien Chaigneau and Fernanda Maciel, were men’s and women’s winners at The North Face® Transgrancanaria at the weekend, with Chaigneau setting a super time of 12:54:18 for the 123km route… Read more…
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One of fell running’s greats of the last few decades, Helene Whitaker (nee Diamantides), will return to the source this September as she tackles the Dragon’s Back Race™ – 20 years after her initial triumph… Read more…
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This weekend saw some great early-season racing in conditions befitting the time of year – from rain to sunshine to hail storms, as racing went ahead at the Carding Mill Canter, Black Combe, Cloud Nine and Pipe Dream to name but a few… Read more…
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Today saw young England fell running international Jack Ross continue his ascendancy as he dominated the Congleton Harriers organised Cloud Nine Hill Race, from a turnout which produced over 400 finishers… Read more…
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Endurancelife have earned a reputation for creating exciting and unique events designed to push humans in the natural environment and their newest offering Aquatrail has just been announced.. Read more…
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Germany’s Thomas Dold and Australian Suzy Walsham made their first appearances at the Vertical Rush tower running event last Thursday, racing the 920 steps of London’s Tower 42 in record time… Read more…
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The advent of online entries for races these days means that places get snapped up for popular events faster than ever – it’s almost all about how good your technology is! Read more…
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London town. Tower 42 is host this week to the fourth Vertical Rush race in central London, once again it will be part of the prestigious Vertical World Circuit®, attracting some the world’s best tower runners… Read more…
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The dates have been set for the 2012 UKA McCain Mountain Running Challenge with four events across uphill and up and down mountain running disciplines. The Inter-Counties kick things off in May at the Shining Tor race… Read more…
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Warm weather and perfect underfoot conditions greeted runners Saturday’s Irish National Inter-Club Cross Country Championships, as there was joy for Eddie McGinley and Linda Byrne in the senior men’s and women’s races… Read more…
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They say form is temporary and class is permanent. After winning the junior (U20) National XC title in style in 2005, Manxman Keith Gerrard’s senior career looked very promising… Read more…
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Less than 24 hours after finishing a superb 14th at the National XC in London, Bingley’s Emma Clayton was back on the fells and breaking records at yesterday’s Ilkley Moor fell race in Yorkshire… Read more…
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Records tumbled on the hills and mountains of England, Wales and Scotland today. Amongst the winners were Prasad Prasad, Angela Mudge, Simon Bailey, Carl Bell and Richard Roberts, in unseasonably warm weather and great racing conditions… Read more…
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One of these winners was highly fancied, pre-race, the other wasn’t mentioned in too many previews, including ours. The National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill this afternoon saw Gemma Steel take her first national crown… Read more…
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In 2011 Steve Vernon and Louise Damen were convincing National XC champions, in conditions described as a ‘mudbath’. This weekend’s Parliament Hill course may not be as dramatic underfoot, but its classic cross country standing should produce equally worthy winners… Read more…
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The Irish Mountain Running Association is to hold a new four-stage relay race in 2012. Named the Wicklow Glacier Lakes the event will take place on Sunday 15th April and will take in some of the most challenging – and beautiful – terrain in Wicklow…. Read more…
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One of the biggest, most historic and most hotly contested cross country events on the annual race calendar hits one of the best courses this weekend as the English National Cross Country Championships (otherwise know as the National) takes place at Parliament Hill on Saturday… Read more…
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The excellent Highlander Mountain Marathon event is around 8 weeks away and after a previous appearance on Scottish outdoor pursuits programme The Adventure Show this year’s event is set to be filmed once again by the popular BBC show… Read more…
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Welsh international Dewi Griffiths took his first senior XC title yesterday on a tough St. Fagans course at the Welsh Cross Country Champs. The Swansea Harrier also led his club to team gold, ensuring a berth at the European Clubs XC next winter… Read more…
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Lloyd Taggart continued his intro to 2012 racing with another comfortable win – and a course record to boot – on the Isle of Man, at the Baldwin Valleys race on Saturday. Jackie Lee was once again supreme in the women’s race winning by over 8 minutes… Read more…
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There was an air of familiarity in Falkirk yesterday as both Freya Murray and Derek Hawkins repeated their national XC successes of 2011, as huge numbers turned out at the Scottish National Cross Country Championships... Read more…
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Ryan Sandes has won the Vibram Hong Kong 100km ultra trail race in a record time of 9hrs55min – almost two hours quicker than the previous record of 11:48. Having led from check point 7 he carved out a 10 min lead over his nearest competitor. Read more…
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It seems like yesterday that Kilian Jornet was blasting down Mt Kinabalu to record a historic win over arch-rival Marco de Gasperi at the 2011 Climbathon. But as we know time stands still for no man (or woman) Read more…
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Former Olympic athlete and world record holder Steve Cram MBE this week unveiled plans for the 2012 Salomon Kielder Marathon. Now in its third year organisers are expecting 3000 entries for this year’s event… Read more…
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This weekend sees round 5 of the popular Endurance Life promoted Coastal Trail Series along the breathtaking South Devon coastline. This is where it all began for the Endurance Life guys, and unfortunately the event is a sell-out… Read more…
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Team Accelerate UK this week announced a brand new event for the August Bank Holiday weekend 2012. The Ultra Tour of the Peak District will be a 55 mile race of some of the UK’s most beautiful landscapes… Read more…
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Round 6 of the 8-round Lotto Cross Cup saw success for many GB and England athletes on Sunday, as the winter-long XC series hit Hulshout in the Antwerp region of Belgium…. Read more…
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Wins for Graham Pearce and Helen Fines at the Norman Matthews Winter Hill fell race, Andres Jones and Lauren Jeska at the Tarren Hendre race and James Logue and Nicky Spinks at the Wadsworth Trog… Read more…
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Close finishes dominated the USATF Cross Country Championships on Saturday as Bobby Mack and Sara Hall prevailed. Though Mack’s win was pretty decisive, Hall won after a last gasp lunge beating Molly Huddle in a photo finish… Read more…
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With a fascinating chat with Gordy Ainsleigh, episode 2 of Talk Ultra is now available for download. The interview with Ainsleigh (the founder of the Western States 100 race in the US) is probably the highlight of yet another packed podcast… Read more…
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GB international mountain runner Orlando Edwards stormed to a great win at Saturday’s 41st running of the Carnethy 5 Hill Race, defeating a field laced with top class fell and mountain running talent… Read more…
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Tomorrow sees one of the biggest races on the calendar as a stacked field head to the 41st Carnethy 5 Hill Race. Though only 6 miles the race takes in 5 peaks and in wet weather is known to be extremely demanding… Read more…
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With a move to an 8pm slot and a new start system (time trial as opposed to mass start) much of the 2012 Empire State Run-Up was all new. However, the status quo remained in the finishing positions of previous years, as world number one Thomas Dold reigned supreme once again… Read more…
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Summer is a time for racing, but summer is also a time for enjoyment, relaxation and sharing good times. This is the ethos that Salomon adopt when some of their best athletes and everyday trail runners alike come together in Font Romeu… Read more…
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After his revival of the Dragon’s Back Race later in 2012, Shane Ohly has also rekindled the flames of another multi-day mountain marathon, the Great Lakeland 3 Day™ – a renowned three-day classic, which takes place this May. Read more…
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Thanks to @joegeezi Joe Gray for the heads-up that this weekend sees the USATF Cross Country Championships in St. Louis – acting as the selection race for the 2012 North America, Central American, & Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships… Read more…
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Not a couple of weeks since the final of the 2011 Vertical World Circuit in Brazil and the 2012 series kicks-off at the world famous Empire State Run Up in New York this week as Thomas Dold looks for a historic 7th win… Read more…
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These shots must be some of the best sporting images of the winter. Fell Running Pictures shooter Graham Spencer was either lucky or very clever in positioning himself on this, let’s say, tricky descent! Read more…
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Birmingham student Jonny Hay took a convincing win at yesterday’s BUCS Cross Country Championships at a snowy Blackweir Fields in Cardiff. Though the time gaps show it was a close race, these images suggest that Hay was in control of the race throughout… Read more…
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One of the classic races on the fell calendar takes place this weekend on the English / Welsh border, as Church Stretton and Mercia Fell Runners play host to the Long Mynd Valleys race on Sunday… Read more…
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It’s the time of year when student XCers across the UK come together to see who is top cross country University / College and athlete for 2012. Last year saw wins for top GB internationals Nick Goolab and Charlie Purdue… Read more…
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Some good racing on the hills this weekend – with the likes of 2011 English Fell Champ Lloyd Taggart stretching his legs, the Kinder Trial going off in beautiful wintery conditions and Ricky Lightfoot dishing it out at Blakes Heaven... Read more…
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It was elder brother’s turn to shine this weekend, as Ben Tickner won the Southern Cross Country Championships in Brighton. Over the last few weeks it has been Tickner the junior (Frank) who has dominated much of the UK cross country scene… Read more…
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Germany’s Thomas Dold once again confirms his prowess as the world’s number one skyscraper racer after winning the 2011 Vertical World Circuit final in the Corrida Vertical, Saõ Paolo, Brazil on January 25. Read more…
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Steve Vernon underlined his status as one the UK’s top XC exponents with a commanding win at the Northern Cross Country Championships on Saturday. His win now makes it four Northern XC titles for the Stockport man… Read more…
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James Walsh retained his Midlands Cross Country Championships title in fine style at a sunny Wollaton Park in Nottingham today. The Leeds AC runner pulled away in the closing mile from Rory Fraser (OWLS) and Josh Lilley (Tipton)… Read more…
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Outside of the National Cross Country Championships, this weekend sees the biggest weekend of cross country of the season as juniors, seniors and veterans from all over the country converge on their respective Area championships… Read more…
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Not a great deal on this weekend in the fell scene, but quality over quantity is the name of the game as the ever popular Kinder Trial goes ahead on Saturday. Other races for consideration are Blakes Heaven, Greeba Fell on the Isle of Man and Trigger Tor in the Peak District… Read more…
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They say that the early bird catches the worm, well over at Lakeland Trails they have set the bait for trail runners with only a few days remaining before the discounted early bird entry closes and the entry fees for the 2012 Spring and Marathon Lakeland Trails events go up on the 1st of February… Read more…
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Action at the Lotto Cross Cup in Belgium, the Cross Internacional de Elgoibar in Spain, and the Antrim XC in Northern Ireland are all part of a European Athletics cross country round up. Read more…
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In their third head-to-head of the XC season, Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton and Gemma Steel renewed their intense rivalry that has developed this winter at round 4 of the 2011/12 McCain Cross Challenge in Antrim today… Read more…
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After their win in 2011 top Scots club Shettleston once again showed their strength as they comfortably won the Devils Burdens race in Fife yesterday. HBT ladies also triumphed in this excellent early-season relay event… Read more…
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Woodentops first event of 2012 proved to be another cracker as some of England’s top male and female fell talent hit the hills near Keighley for 12km of fast and furious racing. Read more…
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The fourth Haglofs Open5 event was the furthest south yet and competitors arriving at the quaint West Somerset village of Crowcombe were to experience a completely different weather system to the one experienced only a month ago. Read more…
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Now in their 8th year the Runners Need G3 series kicked off last weekend near Guildford. The men’s race was won by Fabien Lassonde (42.29), with the women’s event going to Gillian Sanders in 44.45. Read more…
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The fourth Art O’Neill Challenge took place in Ireland this weekend past and once again it allowed walkers, runners and “hybrids” Read more…
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The 2012 Sky Games, taking place in Ribagorza Romanica, northern Spain, have opened up entries for the Open Categories of the events, which take place between June 29th – July 8th. Read more…
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The grand finale of the Vertical World Circuit heads for San Paolo, Brazil on January 25 where top skyscraper racers will compete for the world champion title and cash prize. Thomas Dold, six times winner of the Empire State Building Run-Up and current VWC champion, will be on the start line… Read more…
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Linet Masai and Geoffrey Kipsang were amongst the winners on the IAAF circuit this weekend, as the XC season across Europe continues in this non-World Cross year. The was also action over in Italy at the Villa Lagarina race… Read more…
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The 2012 edition of the this classic mountain marathon is now open for online and postal entries by clicking here. Entrants to the event will need to follow strict guidelines for entry… Read more…
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Near perfect conditions greeted record numbers of runners at the opening race in the 2012 Go Beyond Ultra offering – as 200 hardy souls set off from Wendover to London, for the Country to Capital 45 race. Read more…
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The senior men’s race at the 2012 Cardiff Cross Challenge went to form as Frank Tickner and Jonny Hay took the 1-2, after Tickner broke away on the final lap of the 10k race at Blackweir Fields. Lauren Howarth showed a good return to form winning the women’s race, in bright south Wales sunshine… Read more…
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Deemed Britain’s most brutal race, the 268-mile beast that is The Spine Race – a non-stop winter ultra-marathon encompassing the entire length of the Pennine Way – gets underway today (14 Jan). Read more…
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The year’s premium XC event in Wales arrives this weekend for the annual Cardiff Cross Challenge at the Blackweir Fields. The race is also round 3 of the 5 race McCain series designed to bring together the UK’s elite XC runners on a regular basis… Read more…
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The weekend of the 21 /22 of Jan sees the Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series arrive on Anglesey – and if you fancy a run you had better be quick as almost all of the four races from 10k to 32 miles are fully booked… Read more…
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Online entries have revolutionised the way people enter races these days, and as the 58th edition of the 3 Peaks Race opened for entries on Monday morning nearly 800 had been reached by Weds lunchtime, meaning it will be full (1000 entries) in record time… Read more…
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Whilst some of Kenya’s top endurance men were in Edinburgh at the weekend, former World XC champion Joseph Ebuya was in Spain giving a demonstration in front running at the 58th Cross Internacional Zornotza in Amorebieta Read more…
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It’s been a busy start to 2012 on the race front, with a few going under the MST radar. So, here lies a little round-up from the new year’s day Hardmoors 30, to Robbie Simpson’s record run at last weekend’s El-Brim-Ick Dash near Aberdeen… Read more…
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Lots of County Cross Country titles were decided this weekend up and down the country with Jonny Mellor, Emma Clayton, Andi Jones, Olivia Walwyn-Bush, Ali Brownlee, Neilson Hall and Lauren Howarth amongst the winners… Read more…
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Wales seems to have really caught the marathon and ultra bug recently, adding to this is a brand new ultra-event for Anglesey which will take place this August… Read more…
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New year, new calendar, new format. The 2012 Skyrunner® World Series calendar offers a distance for every runner with stand-alone circuits where both Vertical and Ultra champions will have a taste of the glory (and prize money). Read more…
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When senior GB athletes (outside of Mo Farah) came up against some of Africa and Europe’s finest XC runners in the past they were often found wanting. However, today’s showing at the BUPA Great Edinburgh XC demonstrated just how far they have come in the last few years. Read more…
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This Saturday should be a real showcase for British endurance running as the BUPA Great Edinburgh XC takes place at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. The men’s and women’s fields are absolutely loaded with Olympic and world champions… Read more…
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Never ones to shirk our responsibility to the grass roots here at MST, we’d like to big-up a very nice urban trail race up in the Manchester area – taking place this Sunday the 8th of January. For all you ‘urban trailsters’ who are fed up with the pavements and traffic – Hit the Trail! Read more…
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It’ll be XC this time though as the Bingley boys head to the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships this weekend. The Wharfedale Observer reports on their battle at Auld Lang Syne, where Ali came out on top… Read more…
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The first day of 2012 saw the hardcore out on the fells and hills. Perfect starts to this year’s campaigns went to Andres Jones, Ali Lavender, Murray Strain, Quentin Lewis, Annabel Mason, Jim Bulman amongst others… Read more…
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After our subjective view on the Best of 2011: Fell and mountain racing on New Year’s Eve, we thought we should also take a look at ultra trail races which caught our eye around the world in 2011… Read more…
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Brotherly love was nowhere to be seen today at this classic Woodentops race, as a big battle between Ali and Jonny Brownlee produced a narrow win for Ali. Both were almost two minutes clear of Borrowdale man Chris Steele in third. Read more…
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It’s difficult know where to start – there have been so many highlights. Races that instantly stand out for us are Morgan Donnelly’s return after injury at Yr Aran, Tom Owens’ win at the 3 Peaks, Pippa Maddam’s world title run in Slovenia, Max King’s surprise WMRC win and Mark Palmer’s sub 15 BGR… Read more…
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If you fancy being part of the third round of the McCain Cross Challenge Series and running on one of the best XC courses on the circuit, then head on over to the Cardiff Cross Challenge site before the 9th of January to register your interest… Read more…
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Scottish Hill Runners have announced the races that will make up the 2012 championship north of the Border. The series will once again be sponsored by Scots running retail chain Run4it... Read more…
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The venues for the next two World Mountain Running Championships have been announced on the WMRA site. 2012 sees the champs going to Italy, with the 2013 racing going to Poland… Read more…
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In 2012 you are invited to participate in an incredible new 100k/50k race series. The Lost Worlds trail series starts with a race on the Causeway Crossing in Ireland – taking runners through the World Heritage site of The Giant’s Causeway… Read more…
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Mercia’s Tim Davies got back into racing on Sunday after a break from running at the end of a frustrating 2011 season for the Welsh international and former British fell champ, to win the Corndon Classic race… Read more…
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The competition for first fancy dress at Sunday’s Stoop Race was almost as fierce as the racing at the head of the field, as Rossendale Harrier Sam Tosh romped to the win ahead of the evergreen Ian Holmes. There was a welcome return to racing for Helen Fines too, winning the women’s race… Read more…
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The North Face®, has announced online registration ‘open’ for the 10th edition of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc®, August 27th- September 2nd 2012, in Chamonix, France. Read more…
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Yesterday’s Lotto Cross Cup produced some great performances from the UK’s elite senior and juniors, at a muddy Brussels. The racing was dominated by a strong east African contingent, and last weeks Euro Cross winner Atelaw Bekele… Read more…
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One of Europe’s most prestigious XC races is on this Sunday, as Brussels plays host to the Lotto Cross Cup – a series of cross country races across Belgium celebrating its 30 year in 2011. It’s an IAAF Permit event, and the field is deep with XC talent and promises to be one of the events of the winter. Read more…
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The festive cheer should be flowing this weekend as its the last racing weekend before Christmas. One the two classic yuletide fell races goes off on Sunday, as a big field will be expected for the Stoop Read more…
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Arguably the greatest ever cross country runner Kenenisa Bekele returns to Edinburgh in a few weeks, as he takes on some of the current crop of endurance speedsters at the annual XC festival that is the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross-Country on January 7… Read more…
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The third running of Ultramaratón Fuego Y Agua, featuring 100 km, 50 km, and 25 km trail races, will take place February 18, 2012 after a one-year hiatus. The race is held on Ometepe, an island known for its astonishing biodiversity, prehistoric rock carvings, and vibrant local culture… Read more…
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Report now online from last weekend’s Welsh Inter Regional Cross Country Champs in Builth Wells. Wins for Swansea man Phil Matthews, Caryl Jones, Ffion Price and Charlie Hulson, amongst others… Read more…
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This weekend on the hills and fells was strictly for the hardcore. Driving rain, winds and a tad chilly out there, but with the excellent Mortimer Forest, Mytholmroyd Fell Race and Simonside Cairns went ahead with really good turn outs… Read more…
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We hinted on our Friday preview of the Euro Cross senior men’s race that Belgium’s Atelaw Bekele would be a force to be reckoned with. So much so was the dominance of the 24 year old on Sunday, that he led from gun to tape for a famous win… Read more…
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To say that Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton was disappointed with 4th place at the 2010 Euro Cross would be an understatement. However, all was forgotten in a haze of delight as the Irishwomen ran a superb race for gold in 2011… Read more…
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It was one of those days at a major champs for a GB & NI team where it would have been hard to to single out any one particular performance. Such was the dominance of the junior and U23 races that by the time the senior women’s race got underway GB had already won 5 gold and 3 silver medals… Read more…
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With just a few hours to go until racing at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships gets underway, GB athlete Steph Twell (a three-time junior champion of the event) featured at the pre-event conference and vowed to get involved... Read more…
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Legend is a phrase that is, of course, all too often used these days. But when it comes to European cross country few would argue with the statement that the Ukraine’s Serhiy Lebid is just that… Read more…
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With 2010 champion Jessica Augusto out of this weekend’s European Cross Country Championships there will be some fierce racing to determine the 2011 champion, with a number of likely candidates vying for the crown… Read more…
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With just 4 days until the big day, European Athletics splash some excellent previews of the younger age groups at this weekend’s Euro Cross, with looks ahead to the junior men and women and U23 races… Read more…
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BBC Two come up with the goods this Sunday, with a whole hour and three quarters dedicated to the 2011 European Cross Country Championships. Crammy and Big Bren commentate on the races from Velenje in a programme fronted by the smooth Jonathan Edwards… Read more…
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What a difference a month makes. From brilliant sunshine at the Long Mynd last month to rain, wind, snow, hail, thunder & lightning in brutal winter conditions at Bacup, Rossendale last Sunday…. Read more…
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Following the announcement of the Swiss Irontrail race, two more uber-events on the European trail calendar have been announced to whet the appetite of those seeking to go that little bit further. The Zugspitz Ultratrail takes place from the 22-24 June, with just two weeks later the second Salomon 4 Trails race… Read more…
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Some muddy racing over the weekend saw wins in the wind and rain for Andy Davies, Tom Cornthwaite, Mel Price, Carl Hardman, Jane Hodgson and Olivia Walwyn-Bush amongst them. This time of year sees some seasonal regulars on the calendar too… Read more…
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This time next week we will know the 2011 Euro Cross champions are – will Lebid make it 10? Will the GB junior women carry on the legacy? Many questions will be answered in what could be testing conditions in Slovenia… Read more…
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Not we are old school or anything here on MST, but watching this film from last Saturday’s Cumbria County XC champs shows off the sport for what it should be (in our opinion) – tough, undulating, boggy and a proper challenge… Read more…
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For Anna Frost Saturday was one of those coming-of-age days. The New Zealeander has spent the last few seasons in the mountains of world gaining a reputation as a world-class mountain runner… Read more…
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Talk about saving the best ‘til last! The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile Championship takes place this weekend and promises to be a grand finale of the 2011 season and a veritable feast for ultra trail fans around the world. Read more…
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The 7th running of the Obudu International Mountain Race on Monday showed that east African runners have just as much scope on the hills as they do on the flat, as Ethiopia dominated with men’s winner Mesfin Alemu setting a new course record… Read more…
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The international cross country scene continues to gather pace as we head towards the only major championship this winter in Slovenia. Though many Europe’s top men with be sharpening their spikes in anticipation of December 11, it is East Africa that continues to dominate… Read more…
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It was a case of déjà vu at the BMAF British and Irish Cross Country International this weekend, as Ireland’s Peter Matthews and England’s Claire Martin ran away with the overall titles at a very muddy Bellahouston Park… Read more…
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Liverpool’s Sefton Park delivered the fast running conditions today as pre-race fancies Andy Vernon and Hatti Dean delivered the clinical finishes to win the men’s and women’s titles at the 2011 European Cross Country Trials. It was familiar territory for Vernon after his win on the same course in 2010… Read more…
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After his epic run at Leadville, South Africa’s Ryan Sandes led from start to finish in the 2011 Nepal ‘roving race – part of the Racing the Planet series. Sandes is a familiar figure at these events, having won the complete set of 4 Deserts races over the last few years... Read more…
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Billed as the world’s richest mountain race the Obudu Mountain Race once again incorporates the African Mountain Running Championships, and with all of Africa’s foremost running nations represented it should be ultra competitive… Read more…
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A relatively quiet weekend on the hills this weekend. There are a few short ones in the north of England at the Kirkby Moor and the Dave Staff Memorial races, info here. One interesting race though is down in Shropshire… Read more…
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Liverpool’s Sefton Park awaits this weekend as, without the World cross to aim for, the UK’s top XC runners face their biggest race of the season to be one of the lucky few that with travel to Slovenia as part of the British & NI team at the 2011 European Cross Champs... Read more…
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In a record field of 2,100 competitors, German Matthias Jahn and Australian Suzy Walsham won the Swissotel Vertical Marathon in Singapore on Sunday, semi final of the eight-race Vertical World Circuit®. Read more…
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Outside of the Tour of Pendle there was a fair bit of racing on the hills and fells this weekend. The excellent Penmaenmawr Fell Race went off in good mountain running conditions on Saturday, with a win for Adam Peers… Read more…
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With no World champs to aim for in 2011 much of the none European XC runners are racing for cash and glory this winter. The IAAF XC Permit Series offers suitable competition for the world’s best and Sunday saw Vincent Cheprok take round two in Soria, Spain… Read more…
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The big race of the weekend went to end-of-season form man Carl Bell in unseasonably warm conditions at the Tour of Pendle. First class write-up from Fell Running Briefs with some superb images by sportsunday Read more…
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Pre-race favourites at the 2011 NCAA cross country championships Lawi Lalang and Shiela Reid didn’t disappoint at today’s races – with Lalang romping to the win and Reid scraping through in a sprint finish at the Terra Haute course, Indiana. Read more…
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Yep, it’s the big one, Stateside today. The US National Collegiate XC champs is the one that they all want to win. Last year was a canter for Sam Chelanga, and the Lets Run readers think that Lawi Lalang is the hot favourite this year. Read more…
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Peter Thompson’s 2011 English Fell Running Championships DVD is out – and once again looks great! The PWT production is an annual fixture these days and makes for a perfect end of season re-run or gift.. Read more…
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Following on from the Swissalpine in Davos (78 kilometres) and the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (166 kilometres), the Irontrail breaks the 200 km barrier. The premiere event takes place from 6 to 8 July 2012 with the start in Pontresina and the finish in Chur. Read more…
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It’s time for the fell runners to go head-to-head with the cyclists this weekend at the excellent Harriers vs Cyclists in Bingley. Last year saw a win for Jebby on his bike, but with his injury problems (shoulder) this summer and autumn we’re not sure the fell and cyclo cross great will be there… Read more…
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The 2011 / 12 IAAF Permit series kicked off in Spain at the weekend with Imane Merga and Linet Masai showing why they are considered amongst the world’s best XC exponents… Read more…
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Brian Furey showed why he is the Irish champion winning the last major open mountain race of the year to the peak of Djouce Mountain in 77:53. Michael Cunningham, the reigning Munster champion, pushed the Connacht man all the way ensuring he could not rest easy at any stage before the end. Read more…
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Some great racing in the superb Autumn conditions this weekend, with Prasad Prasad (Tinto) , Sarah Ridgway (Wadsworth Half Trog), Ifan Richards (Rhobell Fawr) and Tom Addison (Dunnerdale) amongst the winners… Read more…
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It sounded like a walk in the park for Gemma Steel at yesterday’s opening meet of the 2011 / 12 McCain Cross Challenge in Bristol, though the Charnwood athlete called it a “bit of a slog”, Frank Ticker was an equally impressive winner of the men’s race… Read more…
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Weather looks amazingly mild for this time of year, so racing should be a joy on the hills and mountains this weekend. The Scots get the Tinto Race and it’s the excellent Ras Rhobell Fawr in Wales… Read more…
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After an amazing adventure in the Himalayas the last month’s exploits have finally taken their toll on Lizzy Hawker, as she slipped to third place on the last two stages of the 2011 Everest Sky Race, which saw just 16 finishers. Roger Henke reports Read more…
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Though it’s now November and the cross country season in the UK is in full swing, this weekend’s opening round of the McCain Cross Challenge series in Bristol is the first real test for those with championship and Euro XC aspirations… Read more…
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Two stages to go and Lizzy Hawker is still leading the 2011 Everest Sky Race by a mere 7 minutes. Thanks to Roger Henke posting on the comments section on MST we have some great updates on the event, which finishes on November 14 Read more…
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Top XC exponent Steve Vernon blazed his Stockport Harriers team to gold in Saturday’s English Cross Country Relay Champs in Mansfield after running away with leg 1 for the Lancashire team, his 15.26 being the fastest leg of the day… Read more…
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The super-strong Italian team took the combined European Skyrunning Championships title at the Puig Campana Vertical Kilometer® on Saturday, but Spain was the big medal winner, taking nine of the eighteen medals at stake overall. Read more…
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2011 has been a year for announcements of big events. The penchant for ultra ultras continues with the news of The Spine – a non-stop 268 mile winter ultra-marathon encompassing the entire length of the Pennine Way… Read more…
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A handful of lovely races this weekend, including the Peel Hill on the Isle of Man and the Clwydian Hills in north Wales. Yorkshire plays host the the Really Wild Boar. Meanwhile the Pennines play host to the Cop Hill and Shepherds Skyline races. Read more…
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It’s curtains up this weekend for the final of the 2011 European Skyrunning Championships which will take place in Alicante, Spain on Saturday, November 5th with the Vertical Kilometer® del Puig Campana. Read more…
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Lots of great blogs and images dotted about the net after this weekend’s OMM up in Scotland. One of the best I have seen is by Nic Barber where he describes the dramatic ‘sprint finish’ for this coveted crown… Read more…
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Wales and GB international Rob Samuel pulled off the biggest win of his career on Saturday, as he won Britain’s toughest marathon. The 25-year old led majestically over the final 6 miles of this iconic 26.2 mile event to win in 2hrs 36 mins and 45 secs… Read more…
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Sterling work from @Daleside and the Fell Running Briefs digital news outlet this weekend with an excellent report on the Great Whernside race over in Kettlewell, which also incorporated the Yorkshire Champs… Read more…
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Reigning Vertical World Circuit champion Thomas Dold of Germany won the inaugural Bitexco Vertical Run on Sunday, setting the overall fastest time up the Bitexco Financial Tower – Ho Chi Minh City’s tallest building… Read more…
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June 2012 will see a great new event coming to Wales. Trail Marathon Wales aims to be a “challenging, but stunning” full (and half) distance trail marathon set in the world-renowned MTB heartland that is Coed y Brenin… Read more…
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So, outside of The OMM things are starting to wind down a little on the fells, hill and mountains of the UK. As you’d expect at this time of the year too, the races tend to be shorter, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some quality races on this weekend… Read more…
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Yes, it’s OMM time again. The ‘original’ mountain marathon is literally that, and this weekend’s event hits the highlands of Scotland, for a return to big hills and rugged climbs… Read more…
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We realise that the Snowdonia Marathon isn’t exactly off road. But it does have two long sections of mountain path on it’s route, is renowned at Britain’s toughest and this year has a host of top fell runners in the elite field… Read more…
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On Sunday 30th October 2011, the first ever vertical run in Vietnam will be held at the Bitexco Financial Tower, where over 500 participants have registered to conquer the highest skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City… Read more…
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The weather looks like it has finally turned this week in the UK and as the leaves turn brown and fall away, the ground turns heavier and the wind starts to blow, cross country runners up and down the country can finally run some proper XC! Read more…
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A highly successful, inaugural Ultima Frontera went ahead this weekend, and despite the first rain for almost 4 months in the Poniente de Granada region Spain’s Juan Ruiz and Scotland’s Lucy Colquhoun were impressive winners Read more…
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Along with the Scottish championships at the weekend there were also relay champs in the Midlands, with Notts AC taking a dramatic win. Up in Scotland Inverclyde AC also caused a bit of an upset with Craig Ruddy anchoring a great win… Read more…
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British fell and mountain international Andy Symonds has made an amazing return to racing after almost a year of injury. On Sunday the Scots exile took a great victory at one of France’s great races, the 71km La Grande Course des Templiers Read more…
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The trio of Andi Jones, Robbie Simpson and Murray Strain in the men’s relay race, and Pippa Maddams and Christina Rankin in the women’s individual race put on great performances over the weekend at the 52nd Trofeo Vanoni in Morbegno,,, Read more…
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Leagues continue un-abounded up and down the country this weekend, and up in Scotland it’s time for the Scottish National XC Relays in Cumbernauld. 2010 champs Shettleston will be back to defend their title, going up against Central AC… Read more…
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This weekend sees the final ‘leg’ of Kilian Jornet’s 5 Continent visitation in 2011. The Catalan is attempting to not only win big trail races on all 5 zones, but also engage with the communities and learn a little more about global trail running… Read more…
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After a season which has placed Kilian Jornet in a league of his own in ultra trail running, the little Catalan capped off his amazing 2011 with victory at the 27th Kinabalu Climbathon in Malaysia on Sunday… Read more…
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This weekend sees one of Europe’s toughest ultra trail races, in the beauty of the Iberian Peninsula known historically as Al Andalus. Races of 50, 80 and 160km await, along with some stunning scenery and warm autumn weather… Read more…
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This weekend sees the 54th Trofeo Vanoni taking place in Morbegno, Italy. Following a partnership struck up a number of years ago the winners of this summer’s International Snowdon Race will travel to represent the race in this classic mountain relay… Read more…
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This weekend sees a new addition to the Skyrunning world calendar, that of the Skyrunner® SuperCup. Kilian Jornet and Marco de Gasperi renew their rivalry too on one of the toughest of all skyrunning races… Read more…
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Cockermouth School in Cumbria was the home yesterday for the 2011 English Schools Fell Running Championships. Some great numbers took to Watch Hill and Hay for some top quality competition… Read more…
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Some great tweeting from Daleside and JethroLennox have revealed Dark Peak Fell Runners as the men’s champions and Bingley as the ladies winners at today’s UKA Fell Relays in Kettlewell… Read more…
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The results are in, the images are up and the feedback is posted (on the FRA forum) and it seems that the 23rd UKA Fell Relays were an afternoon to remember from all perspectives, in glorious autumn sunshine on the fells of Kettlewell, Yorkshire. Read more…
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When it comes to fell running, it’s often a solitary sport. But this weekend it’s going to be all about teamwork as the UK’s best head to Kettlewell in Yorkshire as the Bingley club host the 23rd UKA British Fell and Hill Relay Championships... Read more…
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The 2011/12 McCain Cross Challenge dates have been announced on the UKA site. The series kicks off with a return to its roots in Bristol on November 13, with the other four counters at Liverpool, Cardiff, Antrim and Birmingham… Read more…
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Mercia’s Steven Cale warmed-up for this weekend’s UKA Relays, along with a number of team mates, at the Breidden Hills race on the Shropshire borders on Sunday. Breidden Hills is always a cracker as Al Tye’s brilliant shots show Read more…
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Tough conditions did nothing to deter a full field of 500 taking to the fells of the Langdale Horseshoe on Saturday, and it was Howgill’s Carl Bell who took the glory, continuing his excellent 2011 season… Read more…
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After a difficult 2011 Ricky Lightfoot turned in one of the performances of his career to win the Salomon Kielder Marathon in Northumberland on Sunday in challenging weather conditions… Read more…
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Deemed ‘Britain’s most beautiful’ the Salomon Kielder Marathon takes place tomorrow. Launched in February the 2nd edition of the event is the brainchild of former Olympic great Steve Cram and event organiser Dave Roberts… Read more…
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The gales are ripping in, and the temperature has dropped by about 10 degrees – but we dont care. The Langdale Horseshoe is our pick of the bunch this weekend in England, 14 classic miles for a full field of 500 entrants including Ben ‘The Noor’ Abdelnoor, Rhys Findlay-Robinson, Carl Bell, Nicky Spinks and Natalie White… Read more…
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Yes, now that the Indian summer that never was has been and gone (all 5 days of it) the XC lovers in the UK are getting set for another winter of fun. Those who love cross-country can get excited that as the nights draw in the mud will start to churn around the country in leagues, series and championship races… Read more…
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London’s Heron Tower hosts the inaugural FAASClimb at the end of this month, part of the growing trend in the UK for charity-backed tower running events. 37 floors and 888 steps face the expected 800 plus runners on October the 29th… Read more…
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The 32nd Smarna Gora race saw crisp blue skies and ferocious racing on the slopes of this classic Slovenian mount on Sunday. Ahmet Arslan repeated his win of 2010 in the race, and the overall WMRA Grand Prix Series Read more…
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Local Windermere athlete Rebecca Sheffield won her first ever Lakeland Trails event in Coniston on Saturday 1st October. In warm conditions, Rebecca had a real tustle with Accrington’s Sarah Ridehalgh, proving the stronger over the testing 15km off road route Read more…
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They repeated their win of 2010, only this time it wasn’t a close-run thng. The boys in purple blasted their way around the 4 leg route, winning all but one of the legs on time and eventually winning by a massive 16mins 55secs – these guys look good for the UKA’s in a couple of weeks! Read more…
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After a frantic few weeks of World, Commonwealth Championship and international racing, focus turns to the fell relay season as the Ian Hodgson tops the bill for many a UK fell runner this weekend… Read more…
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The first of the Autumn’s big fell relays takes place this Sunday, as fell big guns will look to sharpen their team skills ahead of the UKA champs at the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay running from Brotherswater near Patterdale in the Lakes Read more…
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The final curtain drops on the WMRA GP season this weekend as athletes from all over the world travel to the classic Smarna Gora. As ever this tough race attracts plenty of top Brits and Emma Clayton looks to cap off what has been a great season for the Bingley Harrier… Read more…
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German Thomas Dold and Italian Valentina Belotti set new records on Italy’s tallest tower, Sunday, September 25: as the 39 floors and 866 steps of Milan’s Palazzo Lombardia were consumed in a mere 3’46” by Dold and 5’03” by Belotti… Read more…
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It’s just as well that Richie Gardiner didn’t give up on his dream to represent Wales at a major championship because after four near misses he helped himself to two gold medals on his Commonwealth debut… Read more…
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After the huge success of the previous events, this year’s Vertical Sprint race up Italy’s tallest tower will be again be combined with a Vertical Day, Sunday, September 25… Read more…
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James McMullan and Lizzie Adams made it a hat-trick of gold medals for England at the Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships in North Wales as they won the men’s and women’s mountain races at Llanberis… Read more…
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As the 2nd Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships got underway today in Llandudno with a colourful opening ceremony and tomorrow sees Llanberis – the home of many a mountain race battle over the years – welcome the Commonwealth’s top fell and mountain runners… Read more…
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The UK’s Tom Owens continued his great season yesterday as he raced to his first Skyrunner® World Series win at the super-tough Sentiero delle Grigne race in Italy. Poor weather conditions in the region forced a reduction in race distance, but Owens romped to the win with a master descent… Read more…
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There isn’t much that Angela Mudge hasn’t achieved in the sports of fell, mountain and ultra-trail running. She topped and tailed her year with wins at the Carnethy 5 and the recent Ben Nevis Race. However, by her standards 2011 has been frustrating. Read more…
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The final of the 2011 Skyrunner® World Series nears. On Sunday, September 18 some of the world’s strongest runners will compete on the spectacular duelling ground of Italy’s Sentiero delle Grigne: 43 km long with a massive 6,400m vertical climb. Read more…
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A variety of new events in the south of England have been announced for the autumn. RunRider is a brand new off-road duathlon for Bristolians to get their teeth into… Read more…
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We have been covering major events on MST for about three and half years now. In that time we have covered World XC champs, World Mountain champs, UTMB’s and so on… Read more…
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Although the pairing of Jethro Lennox and Joe Symonds appeared to be the strongest runners in the final two stages, the Spainish duo did enough in the early stages to win the 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run. Read more…
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Morgan Donnelly and Pippa Maddams yesterday underlined their superiority in this year British Fell Running Championships by each taking final round wins at the Devil’s Beeftub race in Scotland… Read more…
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It could well be the case on Saturday, as the 2011 British Fell Running Champs conclude tomorrow afternoon in Scotland. After 36.5 miles, three countries and over 15000ft of ascent it will be down 2 mad miles, leaving brains at home, for some of the UK’s elite… Read more…
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Tirana is old. Dating back to the 3rd century A.D. As a global sporting nation Albania is young, but this weekend will have its chance to shine on the global sporting stage as it welcomes the 27th World Mountain Running Championships... Read more…
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Though the men’s overall leaders remain the same going into the final stage of the 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run, Jethro Lennox and Joe Symonds triumphed on today’s brutal stage 7, finally taking the win that they have coveted all week! Read more…
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For some of the UK’s top fell and mountain runners this weekend means crunch time. The final race in the 2011 British Fell Champs takes place on the Devil’s Beeftub, whilst the GB mountain running team head to Albania for what will be an ‘interesting’ WMRC. Read more…
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With just two stages to on the 2011 Trans-alpine Run, yesterday’s stage was a breathtaking trawl over the Italian border, and outside of a big effort from the Team Salomon men’s pairing is was pretty much status quo… Read more…
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The expressions said it all on stage 5 of the 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run. The short 6.19km stage from Scuol’s town square to the plateau of Motta Naluns (2.130m) proved not to be the welcome respite from the ultra mountain stages some had hoped! Read more…
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It almost seems a daily routine by now that David Lopez Castan and Miguel Caballero Ortega lead the field of racers into the finish area at the 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run. Read more…
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The Glenmore 24 hour Trail Race took place this last weekend in the beautiful Cairngorms National Park, just outside of Aviemore. The weather looked pretty good, and post-race feedback was of a great event. Read more…
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David Lopez Castan and Miguel Caballero Ortega once again ruled today’s stage at the GORE-TEX Transalpine Run. As on both previous stages, they managed to distance themselves from any immediate competition… Read more…
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The heavens opened but it didn’t stop the hardy off-road runners this weekend. Lots on Ben Nevis and Derwentwater elsewhere on the site, so we’ll concentrate on the other racing at sharp Shelf Moor, the grizzly Grizedale and the monster that is the Peris Horseshoe race… Read more…
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Early news from today’s Trans Alpine Run stage 3 is that overnight leaders Tangoworld Gore-Tex Spain once again ran away with the 42 km stage from Schruns to Galtür in Austria… Read more…
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Now online, thanks to Mr @scottbaistow93! The results from yesterday’s race show a very clear win for Findlay Wild from Lloyd Taggart. The Lochaber runner’s time of 1:29:21 was a full two and half minutes up on the Manxman… Read more…
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Winners of stage one of the 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run David Lopez Castan and Miguel Caballero Ortega, added yet another victory on today’s mammoth stage between Kleinwalsertal/Hirschegg (Austria) and Schruns (Austria)…. Read more…
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International and Keswick AC runner, Russell Maddams, dominated the 6th Lakeland Trails event in Keswick on Saturday in torrential rain. Maddams pulled away from an early lead group in the blue riband event, the Derwentwater Trail Race… Read more…
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If you (like us!) are following British progress at the Trans Alps, make sure you follow Ben Abdelnoor and Mark Palmer‘s progress. The Ambleside and Mynydd Du runners are moonlighting as Team247 out there… Read more…
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The 2011 GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run got underway today, under piercing blue skies and in temperatures of over 80 degrees. Perfect then for the Spanish duo of David Lopez Castan and Miguel Caballero Ortega who romped to a stage 1 win… Read more…
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The big one this weekend goes to Ben Nevis, with our preview here, but as always there is a very busy schedule of mouth-watering races to get you out there on the hill! Pick goes to the super-tough Pedol Peris Horseshoe over in North Wales… Read more…
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Proving that his 2010 win on this famous mountain was no fluke, Finley Wild stormed to his second win in as many years, defeating Lloyd Taggart comfortably. Wild’s time of 1:29:21 is a full six minutes faster than his triumph last year… Read more…
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This weekend sees one of the most iconic races on the international mountain running calendar as the Ben Nevis Race takes place on Saturday. However, its tough track also makes it one of the most brutal up and down mountain races on the calendar… Read more…
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The 7th GORE-TEX® Transalpine-Run heys underway this Saturday, and includes some interesting pairings, including Team inov8 UK duo Jethro Lennox and Joe Symonds… Read more…
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It was a weekend of lung-burning on the fells and hills of the UK as much of the racing centred around short racing and classic shows. Wins for Lizzie Adams, Robbie Simpson, Morgan D, Math Roberts and Mark McGoldrick amongst others… Read more…
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Just over 1000 competitors from as far afield as Australia, USA, Holland, Germany, France, Belgium and Ireland will be running in the 15km Derwentwater Trail, starting and finishing in Keswick on Saturday 3rd September. Read more…
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On a weekend where one of the world’s greatest long distance race took place in southern France, one of the most historic and shortest races took place in the English Lake District. Read more…
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@Daleside caps off a great English Fell Running Championship season with a round-up of the salient points on the racing, Lloyd’s hsitoric ‘double’ and the category winners… Read more…
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For the 2011 UTMB mark as ‘brutal’. After the start time was moved on Friday evening to 11.30pm due to storms, the anticipation for this great race only grew, as Chamonix became a trail running couldron… Read more…
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Holding on to a leaders jersey in any sport can often be harder than getting it in the first place. So, with just one stage to go in the 2011 Trans Rockies Run Smith and Wolfe at the 2011 Trans Rockies Mike Smith and Jason Wolfe had to dig deep and keep their nerve… Read more…
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Known as the unofficial world championships of trail running, the The North Face® UTMB is one of the monuments of world running, never mind trail running. To put this as a win on your ‘palmares’ cements your name in trail running history… Read more…
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Defending Trans Rockies champion Max King, along with new partner Ryan Bak, yesterday took control of the 2011 event with a convincing win on the tough 24 mile stage 3… Read more…
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So says Max King. After stage 2 at this year’s Trans Rockies the race at the front of the men’s open race is really hotting-up. King was part of the second placed pairing on yesterday’s up and down race on Hope Pass… Read more…
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It’s very early days in the 2011 Gore-Tex Trans Rockies Run but pairings who intend to make their mark in this years event from Buena Vista to Beaver Creak will have shown themselves strongly on day one… Read more…
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900 runners took part in the inaugural Glasgow Riverside Rat Race, with challenges along the banks of the Clyde, on Sunday 21 August. First past the finish line was Chris Hinds from Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, who completed the course in 47:01… Read more…
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The incredible Matt Carpenter took his eighth (and sixth straight) win at yesterday’s Pikes Peak Marathon, eclipsing the field to win in 3:48:08, a full 13 minutes up on Daryn Parker… Read more…
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When I interviewed Morgan Donnelly after his convincing win at Yr Aran a few weeks ago, the Borrowdale man stated that his season started there, and the British championships were his target… Read more…
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The ‘Sandman’ Ryan Sandes wrote his name into US ultra trail running history today as he won the Leadville Trail 100. The South African was running his first ever 100 miler and lead from around the half-way mark to win by over 30 mins by the finish… Read more…
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The Irish trial race for the World Championship came laced with the usual drama accompanying the tough three lap course. The climbs do the physical damage many say, the laps do the rest… Read more…
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Self-proclaimed ‘road racer’ Mario Macias took a gun to tape victory in today’s Pikes Peak Ascent race in Colorado. The 29 year-old’s time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 57 seconds being the second-fastest time ever on the event… Read more…
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The last week or so in August sees three races, all extremely short, all extremely tough and all extremely coveted. First up is the 1.5 mile Burnsall race. Just over a week later and it’s the Grasmere Senior Guides race, over 160 years old! Read more…
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One of the most breathtaking uphill mountain races in the world took place last weekend in Norway. The Skaala race is a classic, you only have to look at the array of winners over the years to confirm that… Read more…
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The Glasgow Riverside Rat Race, the new 10km urban running (or walking) event with challenges in and around the River Clyde, is due to be featured in a thirty-minute adventure sports programme being broadcast by Channel 4 Television later in the year… Read more…
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Round five of the Skyrunner® World Series heads for Colorado’s Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday August 20 – a half marathon to the 4,299m summit of “America’s Mountain”. Read more…
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From the SHR site: On a day when navigation was a major factor Al Anthony wins the 2nd Two Inns Race (maybe now is a good time to plug the forthcoming SHR navigation course too!). Race Organiser Linda MacEwan writes Read more…
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The English and British Fell Champs arrive in Sedbergh this Sunday for what will be final round, crunch time in the English Fell Champs. It could go a long way in painting a clearer picture on the 2011 British Champs destination too… Read more…
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After succumbing to the descending skills of Kilian Jornet at Giir di Mont a couple of weeks ago, Italy’s Marco De Gasperi turned the tables on the Catalan to win yesterday’s classic Sierre Zinal race… Read more…
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Some of the biggest races in the US calendar take place this weekend, and into next week, as runners from around the globe flock to Colorado for the Pikes Peak Marathon, the famous Leadville 100 and utterly massive (in scale) Trans Rockies Race... Read more…
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After a mammoth battle at the Inter Counties in May, it was likely that James McMullan would lock horns once again with Andi Jones and Chris Smith as they all lined up for the start of today’s World Mountain Running Champs trials race in Blackburn… Read more…
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Fiona Glen takes a light-hearted look at the race scene from a mid-field perspective once again this month, and fills us in on some news which we may have missed, oh and the ‘new nutrition’ of tea and Pringles! Read more…
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Outside of the trials up in Blackburn, there is plenty going on across the countries hills and mountains. The excellent Two Inns in Scotland and the delightful Sticklepath Horseshoe down on Dartmoor are amongst them… Read more…
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Though there appears to be no sound on this video by willt630 of Saturday’s exciting racing at Witton Park, it gives a great overview of how the men’s World MR trials race unfolded – obviously a proper battle! Read more…
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The UK’s elite mountain runners go on Trial this Saturday, as the selection races for World MR Champs in Albania on 11 Sept and Commonwealth Mountain Championships in Wales on the 24 Sept take place at Witton Park, Blackburn… Read more…
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This weekend sees one of two of the biggest names in European mountain running take on one of the classics in world mountain running. After their epic battle at Giir di Mont a couple of weeks back Kilian Jornet and Marco de Gasperi go head-to-head once again at Sierre Zinal Read more…
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After winning Wasdale and placing third in the 3 Peaks earlier in the year, Ambleside’s Ben Abdelnoor showed that he is a man for the long ones as he won today’s Borrowdale Fell Race… Read more…
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The North Face® have unveiled an exciting new LiveTrail APP integrating Facebook© and Twitter© which allows fans, family and followers to virtually run alongside the world’s premier ultra-runners at The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2011. Read more…
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The legendary Borrowdale is on tomorrow – 17 miles of classic climbs, taking in over 7000ft of ascent over the likes of Scafell Pike. The Borrowdale boys are all down to show the way, along with hundreds of others, starting Rosthwaite Village Hall, Borrowdale at 11am… Read more…
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Our sport, like most, rises from the merely impressive to the captivating through the great rivalries between closely matched runners and perhaps this seasons Irish Championship has seen the birth of just such a pairing. Read more…
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Back in April I spoke to top US mountain man Rickey Gates about his season ahead. He told me that his season would be different in 2011, no WMRA mountain running, in fact he would be staying Stateside for most of the year… Read more…
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Yesterday’s WMRA GP race 4 at Mayrhofen, the Harakiri, was run in glorious weather after two weeks of rain in the region. The warm sun saw some great racing with Antonella Confortola turning the tables on Euro Champ Lucija Krkoc… Read more…
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Scots junior sensation Robbie Simpson showed once again this weekend why he is one of the sports brightest prospects when he beat Joe Symonds’ course record and a good quality field at the Dufftown Games’ hill race the Ben Rinnes 5 Tops Read more…
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Glorious weather, a superb event and some very worthy winners, graced the Lakeland 100 and 50 mile events this weekend, otherwise know as the UTLD (Ultra Tour of the Lake District)… Read more…
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After his victory in the Western States 100 in June, Catalan athlete Kilian Jornet returns to the competition this Sunday, running the Giir Di Mont, the super-tough 32km mountain event in Premana (Italy)… Read more…
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On a hot afternoon in the Lancashire fells Lloyd Taggart put himself right back in the English Fell Running Championships picture after a great win at round 5 short distance Whittle Pike race in Rossendale… Read more…
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At the Giir di Mont race in Italy on Sunday there was a battle royal for the king of the mountains between arguably the world’s top two mountain and sky runners, Spain’s Kilian Jornet and Italy’s Marco de Gasperi… Read more…
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A quietish weekend ahead on the fells, less a couple of top quality events taking place north and south of the Border. The Scots have the Ben Rinnes 5 Tops hil race, part of the Dufftown Highland Games – a super tough 14 mile event starting at 12 noon on Saturday… Read more…
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Last week we reported that top UK fell runner Chris Steele was to get married at the weekend – and then have a fell race up Melbreak hill in Cumbria! Some top fellow Borrowdale lads and lasses were also there to celebrate… Read more…
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Lauren Jeska, Orlando Edwards and Adam Osbourne put in some great performances at a weather-hit third round od the 2011 WMRA Grand Prix in Slovenia. After some pretty big storms the route was shortened from 9.6 to around 6.5km… Read more…
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The weather in the Italian Dolomites this weekend was, let’s say, unexpected. Dolomites SkyRace® winners Luis Hernando and Mireia Mirò weren’t, however all competitors had snow and mud to contend with making racing very interesting.. Read more…
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The North Face® has announced the participation of its top international ultra-running team, including Jez Bragg (UK), Lizzy Hawker (UK), Sebastien Chaigneau (FRA), Mike Wolfe (USA), , at the 9th edition of the world renowned ultra-running event The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® Read more…
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The 2011 International Snowdon Race / Ras-yr-Wyddfa produced one of the closest finishes in the race’s history yesterday, as England’s Andi Jones took his fifth title on this famous mountain, from a valiant Murray Strain. Read more…
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The International Snowdon Race / Ras yr Wyddfa this Saturday (July 23) sees an international line-up that is one of the strongest for many years, and sees Englishman Andi Jones aiming for an unprecedented 5th win on this famous mountain… Read more…
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It will be a case of something old, something new, something Borrowdale and something blue on Saturday, as top English fell runner Chris Steele is getting hitched. But it’s not any old wedding this one… Read more…
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Anticipation mounts for the third leg of the Skyrunner® World Series at the Dolomites SkyRace® on July 24th. The very strong line-up includes not only the two reigning world champions but teams and athletes from fifteen countries… Read more…
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Rob Jebb reversed his recent Brit Champs defeat at the hands of Morgan Donnelly as he won the Kentmere race on Sunday. Other racing saw wins for Mark Palmer at the Great Lakes Run, Simon Harding and Helen Berry at Holme Moss, and Lloyd Taggart at Ingleborough… Read more…
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The Grossglocknerberglauf was run on Sunday 17 July, with more than 1000 starters taking on the super-steep 13km course. With the final 800m rising 200 vertical metres, the finish of the race ensures a true mountain running champion! Read more…
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Lloyd Taggart (running at the Snowdon International as an open runner next weekend) warmed-up by winning yesterday’s fast Ingleborough race, part of the Ingelton Gala in North Yorkshire. Read more…
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The classic dash, up one of South Wales’ classic mountains, that is the Pan y Fan race, escaped the worst of this weekend’s weather as it went off in clear and dry conditions yesterday Read more…
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The excellent Holme Moss is part of a great fell and mountain line-up this weekend, which also see the next generation take to the hills at the FRA Junior Uphill Only Championship Race in Sedbergh… Read more…
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This summer, on the 30th and 31st of July 2011, la Plagne is hosting a weekend event that will have been burning holes in both amateur and expert trail runners’ calendars since this time last year – the 6000D... Read more…
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Colm Hill had taken the course record for Mt. Leinster out of the hands of local man Tom Hogan last year so despite finishing second in a 5k road race the previous day, Hogan arrived intent on returning it to sunny County… Read more…
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With so much going on around the world and the British champs race at Yr Aran, keeping up with the rest of the UK’s fell and mountain running has been a proper task this weekend! Read more…
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Seniors Andi Jones and Emma Clayton led the way at a sweltering European Mountain Running Championships this weekend, with top 10 finishes. In searing heat amidst top European competition their finishes were the highlights of a satisfactory overall performance from the GB squads… Read more…
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It was double delight for the French team at this weekend’s World Trail Running Championships in Connemara as Erik Clavery and Maud Gobert took the individual titles on a tough course that produced a true champion… Read more…
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After 4 tough stages, superb organisation and breathtaking scenery, the inaugural Salomon 4 Trails race has been a great addition to the multi-stage trail running calendar… Read more…
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The original Dragon’s Back Race™ happened just once in September 1992 and was famously won by Martin Stone and Helene Diamantides. Ever since, the race has been whispered about with a mix of awe and trepidation. Read more…
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French-raider Julien Chorier followed in the footsteps of Kilian Jornet (Western States) in 2011 by being the winner of a US 100 mile ultra-trail race. Not only did Chorier demolish a pretty good field at the Hardrock 100, but did it virtually alone… Read more…
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Borrowdale runner Morgan Donnelly returned from a long-term lay off to win round two of the 2011 British Fell Running Championships in emphatic style at the Welsh Yr Aran race yesterday. Read more…
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Round two of the 2011 British Fell Champs saw perfect fell running conditions at Yr Aran in north Wales. The beautiful weather wasn’t predicted, and neither was the winner of the men’s race, as Morgan Donnelly returned from injury for an emphatic win… Read more…
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For hopefuls in the 2011 British Fell Running Championships, all roads lead to Yr Aran in North Wales this Saturday, as the medium race round 2 of the four race series tackles one of the toughest and most unpredictable mountains in Wales… Read more…
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Tom Owens, the dominant racer leading the pack of 160 racers in the first Salomon 4 Trails, seems unstoppable on his mission to claim overall race victory en route to Switzerland… Read more…
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After the battles on Latrigg a month ago, strong GB men’s and women’s squads head to Turkey this weekend to take on the best in European mountain running. Read more…
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After a solid win on day 1 of the Salomon 4 Trails yesterday, Tom Owens really pulled out the stops on day 2 of a stunning 42km stage. His 3 min win yesterday was turned into a massive 21 minute lead after todays comfortable win... Read more…
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One of the US ultra trail circuit’s hardest events takes place this Saturday in Colorado. It’s not called the Hardrock 100 for nothing with its 33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 feet of descent at an average elevation of over 11,000 feet! Read more…
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Running for the Salomon International Team, Tom Owens claimed a comfortable, but hot, victory on the first of four stages in the 1st Salomon 4 Trails race, a new multi-day race taking the mountains of Germany, Austria and Switzerland… Read more…
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On Friday MST will bring you a more in depth look at the European MR champs being staged in Turkey this weekend, from a GB perspective. There is a quick look ahead on the WMRA site, as Mount Uladag prepares to host a record number of nations… Read more…
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The 5th edition of The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail on Sunday, in Auronzo di Cadore, the Dolomites, Italy, saw Sebastien Chaigneau (FRA) and Fernanda Maciel (BRA) take first place in the men’s and women’s races… Read more…
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A lot rode on the performances to the summit of Lugnacoille, the third fixture of this year’s Irish Championship, where the King of the Mountains competition would be decided between Jason Kehoe and Brian Furey. Read more…
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This weekend see the World Trail Running Championships take place in Connemara, on what is being touted a tough, but beautiful course on the west coast of Ireland… Read more…
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There was some quality up-front at yesterday’s Moel Siabod race, with a top three all having represented their country. Jones brothers Andreas and Filipe stole a charge on the tough climb, from Welsh WLDMRC representative Ifan Richards… Read more…
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Rene Borg reports on a busy fortnight having passed in the Irish hills with two more rounds of Leinster League action in the East of the country as well as plenty of racing in the South… Read more…
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Beautiful weather and some classic fell races – summer must be here! If you’re up in the Lakes this weekend this is plenty of choice for the seasoned hill runner, with the classic Skiddaw race tomorrow from Keswick… Read more…
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It’s just 3 weeks until the 2011 International Snowdon Race and the Scottish squad have been selected – and look super-strong! After their WLDMRC team gold a couple of weeks ago the team are on a high… Read more…
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Yes, might be a bit late on some of the news here on MST this week, but you’ll forgive me for being there for the birth of my second child earlier in the week! Still, some things are timeless when it comes to fell running… Read more…
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Over 1000 competitors from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, USA, Japan, Dubai, Ethiopia and across Europe will be running in the very first Lakeland Trails Marathon, starting and finishing in Coniston this Sunday 3rd July. Read more…
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The first edition of the Zugspitzultratrail is history. Over 750 trailrunners took on the challenge of running on one of the two courses around Germany’s highest mountain: 101km/6474m+ and 69km/3120m+. Read more…
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The North Face global athlete team dominated the winner’s podium following the 100-Mile Western States Endurance Run 2011 – earning six of the top 10 podiums spots in one of the world’s most prestigious ultramarathons… Read more…
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After finishing third in 2010 and vowing to return the a race he describes as ‘mythical’, Kilian Jornet has added the Western States 100 to his amazing array of running achievements… Read more…
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The 2011 English Fell Running Championships are at a fascinating stage. Three rounds in and the men’s championship is wide open. Former champ Rob Jebb leads from 2011 revelation Ben Abdelnoor, with 2010 Champion Rob Hope lying third… Read more…
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Scots runner Ellie Greenwood has added one of the greatest crowns to her glittering ultra career, after winning the Western States 100 race with a perfectly timed effort the US’s Kami Semick… Read more…
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The tension is palpable over in California as we are less than 24 hours out from the 2011 Western States 100 race. The only place you need to go to get the low-down on the contenders is iRunFar.com... Read more…
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The performances of UK athletes at last weekend’s World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge have caught the headlines in many spheres over the last few days. Top billing on the IAAF site was to be seen here.. Read more…
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IMRA die-hards should have been salivating at the return of Mullaghcleevaun to the calendar. Wicklow’s second highest peak (849m) is characterised by its featureless peak, reminiscent of the Russian tundra in winter, and includes a stint to the rockier Black Hill. Read more…
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Deemed the ‘greatest race on the planet’, the Everest Ultra certainly is special. Not only is the race at one of the highest altitudes in the world but it is a purely non profit organisation, raising money to promote Nepali long distance runners. Read more…
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Ian Conroy (Raheny) made good on his recent promising performances in the Irish hills, having won Powerscourt Uphill and run the fastest Leg 2 of the Wicklow Way Relay, to win the trial for the European Championships at Djouce Mountain… Read more…
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Just 5 days remain until one of the biggest races on the global trail calendar, as all roads head to Squaw Valley this weekend for the Western States 100 – and we’ll be counting down with the great Stateside site iRunFar.com… Read more…
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British mountain running is apparently in rude health if the results of today’s World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in Slovenia are anything to go by, with England’s Pippa Maddams taking a superb gold in the women’s race… Read more…
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An absolute abundance of racing this weekend in the UK, almost too many to list in fact. Whatever the weather the UK’s army of fell and trail runners will be out there giving it some stick Read more…
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The 2011 West Highland Way race takes place this weekend on the historic route running from Milngavie to Fort William – covering a distance of 153Km/95miles. Almost 200 brave souls will take to the start line on Saturday for what will be a historic race… Read more…
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If you value your health, Tibradden may be best avoided: the majority of the course consists of treacherous rocky trails and while not as technical is it used to be before the construction of the Dublin Mountain Way… Read more…
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The 2011 Endurancelife Classic Quarter ultra-marathon has completely sold out. Taking place on June 25th, the 44 mile challenge has attracted its largest number of competitors to date… Read more…
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This weekend sees the 8th World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge taking place in Slovenia, with a field of mainly European talent. The US are the only non-European nation with prominent athletes in the men’s race… Read more…
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It’s clear that Sunday’s UKA Trial race for the forthcoming European Mountain Running Championships was a highly competitive affair now that the full results and report are live on the UKA site… Read more…
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With the 36th International Snowdon Race just over 5 weeks away and the English team has been announced, with Andi Jones and Pippa Maddams headlining two strong squads looking to once again win the team titles… Read more…
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After New York, Basel, London and Taipei, the latest stop on the Vertical World Circuit® was the Berlin Sky Run – 770 steps up the 39 floors of the Park Inn Hotel in the German capital. Read more…
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The tenth running of the Wicklow Way Relay was bound to both a popular and an eventful affair: The thirty allotted team spaces filled up in record time and amongst the teams taking the line were a record-seeking Rathfarnham team… Read more…
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The bad weather that swept across a large part of the UK yesterday seemed to escape a blessed Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon, as Duncan Archer and Jim Mann took the elite win in grand style… Read more…
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The first leg of the 2011 European Skyrunning Championships held in Switzerland had some surprises in store: the men’s winner was Czech Robert Krupicka, along with Spain’s Oihana Kortazar in the women’s race – fresh from her victory in the World Series Zegama race... Read more…
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Last time we mentioned Steve Vernon on MST is was whilst he was slurping around on the country, having a great winter of XC, winning the Northern and National champs. The Stockport man was a winner once again today, bit this time is was on the fells of the Lake District… Read more…
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There was a resounding win for Serpentine’s Richard Phillips in round one of the 2011 Welsh Mountain Running Championships, at a sunny Foel Fras race in north Wales. Eryri’s Becki Law took the win in the ladies race.. Read more…
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The UK trial for the European Mountain Running Championships take place tomorrow up in Keswick. Organised by UKA, and based on the Latrigg fells, the uphill only races will determine the GB teams who will travel to Turkey on July 9… Read more…
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One of the most famous races on the calendar takes place on Saturday (11 June) in the glorious mid-Wales countryside nr. Llanwrtyd Wells. The legend that is Gordon Green set up this intriguing battle way back in 1982… Read more…
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Nearly 500 athletes and teams from 12 countries are preparing to contend in Sunday’s European Skyrunning Championships to be held at the tenth International SkyRace® in Poschiavo, Switzerland… Read more…
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Another week of IMRA running, another maiden victory, as Tim Grummell etched his name onto the list of race winners. His win may have been on the much smaller peak of Brockagh, and not mighty Carrauntoohil, but otherwise it had much in common. Read more…
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One of the UK’s best mountain marathons takes place in Scottish this weekend. The Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is ready for action and with the location details announced as 4hrs north of Glasgow and 1½hrs from Inverness – Inverlael precisely! Read more…
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There was a big turnout at Sunday’s Yetholm Hill Race with Scottish internationals Jethro Lennox and Catriona Buchanan taking the respective men’s and women’s race records… Read more…
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The 25th anniversary of the Irish Championship race up Ireland’s highest mountain (Carrauntoohil) will be long remembered… Read more…
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German Thomas Dold and Italian Valentina Belotti conquer the world’s second tallest building in Sunday’s Taipei 101 International Run Up race in a record field of 6,000 contestants… Read more…
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Thanks to Jean Hall for forwarding the Welsh 1000m results, listed below. Still need a bit of sorting (from my end) but they are conscise and give Pen Y Pass and Snowdon Summit times, showing that men’s winner Tim Davies was super strong on the last climb… Read more…
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The 2011 UKA British Fell Relay Champs will be hosted by Bingley Harriers in Kettlewell Read more…
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Top husband and wife fell runners Pippa and Russell Maddams made it a family affair at the Kentmere Trail race on Saturday. The Keswick AC runners romped around the 17km route with Russell taking the course record and Pippa finishing in 5th overall… Read more…
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The images tell the story at this weekend’s Welsh 1000m race, which finished amongst the Saturday pilgrimage on the summit of Snowdon. It was hot, very hot, especially for those embarking on the 22 mile full course… Read more…
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Rob Jebb put the cat amongst the pigeons yesterday as he won Rd3 of the 2011 English Fell Champs at a baking Duddon Valley Fell Race. By winning the race he (and second placed Ben Abdelnoor) have blown the championship wide open… Read more…
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Kendal’s Craig Roberts won his 10th Pen Y Ghent fell race on Saturday in hot conditions on this Yorkshire Dales peak. Roberts was once again peerless, winning from Dave Neill and Ted Mason. Read more…
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A huge line-up of top (and very long!) fell and trail races lie ahead over the coming weekend – and with rising temperatures it should be extra tough, with no place to hide from the heat on the open hills and fells… Read more…
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It’s still early days in the 2011 World Mountain Running Association Grand Prix Series, but with two rounds completed of the 6 race series the leading contenders are starting to emerge… Read more…
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Wexford athlete Tom Hogan led from start to finish taking his third win in four starts and strengthening his claim to the Leinster League title, as he took the win at this week’s Scarr race in Wicklow. Read more…
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The North Face®, is pleased to announce the return of the Blacks Single-Track Trail Run on 16 October at the National Trust’s Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire. Blacks and The North Face® team up to encourage people to tackle an achievable off road running event… Read more…
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After his strong run at the Brecon 40 last week, Mynydd Du’s Mark Palmer won the ‘new’ Helvellyn and The Dodds race in Cumbria on Sunday. Replacing the Helvellyn fell race (to now also take in The Dodds) the event is now a tough 15 miler with 4400ft of climbing… Read more…
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Zimbabwean Stephen Muzhingi became the first man in 23 years to win the Comrades Marathon three successive times with a convincing victory in the 86th edition of the race in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. Read more…
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From the FRA forum. Es Tressider won it in 3:21, Ian Holmes second in 3:28. Sarah Ridgway won the ladies, Fiona Maxwell a brilliant second after leading through half way. Results and images as they come online… Read more…
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The rain and clouds cleared in time for the Cader Idris race to go off in sunny conditions last Saturday – meaning that fast times were on the cards. Regular North Wales visitor Lloyd Taggart took full advantage as he romped up and down this famous mountain in a fantastic 1.21.27… Read more…
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After leading on the last descent the UK’s Tom Owens just fell short of the biggest win of his career to date, after the young master Kilian Jornet won the classic Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton Alpina today… Read more…
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ARTICLE UPDATE with the correct spelling of Jame’s name! and further reporting from Mark Johnston. Conditions looked blustery, but dry, at Saturday’s UKA Inter Counties fell champs at the Broughton Heights race in Scotland. Read more…
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You can bet that racing will be super-fast this Saturday at the British Inter Counties fell champs in Scotland. The Broughton Heights race, near Biggar, hosts the event – a 10k race with around 700 metres of vertical gain… Read more…
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The upcoming weekend is one of the busiest of the year on the UK’s fell and hill racing calendar, with no fewer than 15 races across England, Wales and Scotland. Of course those are just the publicised ones (via FRA, WFRA and SHR ), alongside the Inter Counties race (separate preview to come)… Read more…
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There are some races that any runner (off or on road) aspires to – perhaps the Everest Marathon, the 3 Peaks, Pikes Peak, the NY Marathon? The Comrades Marathon is one such race it seems. At 56 miles, it’s not the longest race in the world… Read more…
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The labyrinthine forest race through Ballinastoe wood at the foothills of Djouce was displaced in favour of a revived route dubbed Glasnamullan-Ballinastoe, starting a few kilometres further up road, and offering an open mountain challenge instead… Read more…
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It’ll be ‘Cooler than July’ this October as fantastic weekend of ultra running events are being staged by Team Axarsport in the amazing Andalucian countryside of southern Spain… Read more…
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Haglöfs, a major manufacturer of outdoor equipment, have teamed up with Open Adventure to present the Haglöfs Open5 Adventure Race Series in 2011/12. Read more…
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It’s curtains up for the annual battle of the giants at the Zegama-Aizkorri Maraton Alpina on Sunday, May 29, second leg of the 2011 Skyrunner® World Series, and heading the line-up are no less than four world champions… Read more…
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An impressive 357 triathletes took on the challenge of the first ever Snowdonia Slateman Triathlon on Sunday 22nd May. The unseasonably cold waters of Llyn Padarn in Llanberis were not enough to deter the competitors who had traveled from all corners of the country… Read more…
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Mark Palmer used his local knowledge to his advantage as he raced to a comfortable win at this weekend’s Brecon 40 in South Wales. The event (promoted by mightcontainnuts.com) was round 6 of the 2011 UK Ultra-running Championships... Read more…
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Top young British mountain runner Emma Clayton mixed it with some of the best in Europe this weekend at the first of this year’s WMRA Grand Prix races in Italy. Running the individual event Clayton finished a superb second, behind winner Lucija Krkoc… Read more…
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Racing was keen this weekend as competition across the UK hills and mountains went ahead in some of the worst weather this spring. Not that this is anything to stop a seasoned fell runner getting out there and racing! Read more…
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If your legs are up to it, it appears that the Old Counties Tops race is still open for entries this Saturday (cant see a closed anywhere!) – so, just 37 miles and 10,000ft of climbing to be considered! Read more…
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Perhaps the classic of all Welsh classics takes place on the 4th of June – the Welsh 1000m race takes on special significance this year too, as the four 1000m peaks become five… Read more…
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A lot of action to report on from the Irish hills: Round two of the Leinster League took place last Wednesday with another neck-on-neck finish between Tom Hogan and Barry Minnock and once again the former took the win, this time by a mere second. Read more…
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Ean Proctor’s shots of this week’s Carraghan Fell Race over on the Isle of Man are excellent. They capture the emotion and speed that fell running purveys, and have an atmosphere of pain… Read more…
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Nestled amongst the English Champs race at Mearley Clough and the Fellsman, were some great bits of racing at Moel Eilio, the Fairfield Horseshoe, Goatfell, Cribyn and Mount Famine… Read more…
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Paul Tierney this weekend forever etched his name in Irish ultra running records as he took Eion Keith’s three year-old record on the the iconic Wicklow Way, taking eight minutes off Keith’s 2008 time… Read more…
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After winning in 2009, Jez Bragg won his second Fellsman Axe on Saturday, putting him into a select club of athletes who have won this grueling 62 mile race on more than one occasion… Read more…
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Just catching up on all of the action after a busy weekend off fell and mountain racing. Mercia’s Simon Bailey carried on his good form over the last month or so to take round two of the English Fell Champs at Mearley Clough... Read more…
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After a race-long battle with Salomon team-mates Ryan Sandes and then new-kid-on-the-block Francios D’Haene, Catalan Kilian Jornet has added the TNF 100 to his list of amazing trail achievements… Read more…
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This one isn’t on the FRA, so I was reminded by 2009 winner Jez Bragg about this one. A classic toughie, the Fellsman attracts the hardened fell and ultra runner to over 11,000ft of ascent in its 60 miles… Read more…
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Classic Welsh race Moel Eilio is perhaps pick of the fell bunch this weekend in a relatively quiet weekend for racing on the tough stuff. Still, 9 races in England, Scotland and Wales leaves plenty of choice for fell and hill lovers… Read more…
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Not long til the start of the TNF100 over in the beautiful Blue Mountains. In 100km the runner will face 5500m of ascent, and the profile is hilly, with the trails becoming more and more technical and spectacular as the runners head on up into the mountains… Read more…
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Plenty of midweek action again this week, with racing at the Caradoc Classic, Moel y Gest, Burbage Skyline, the Cornalees Hill race in Scotland and Jack Bloor. Images and results online as follows… Read more…
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Italian Marco De Gasperi opened the 2011 international skyrunning calendar with a new record in the Arles Tech Vertical Kilometre, Sunday, May 8 in the south of France. Mireia Miro won the women’s race, comfortably ahead of Stephanie Jimenez… Read more…
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If I had another pair of eyes and hands I still don’t think I could keep up with all of the racing that went on around the world this weekend! Global ultra and UK trail racing has been covered, now its time to turn to the fell scene… Read more…
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It looked like a wet trail for runners at Saturday’s sell-out Lakeland Trails’ Hawkshead Trail Race, with Japanese international Yujiro Iida having to settle for second place behind Horwich’s Gary Priestley, after a race-long battle… Read more…
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This excellent ‘race highlights’ film by The Endurables pretty much sums up Dave Mackey and Pam Smith’s wins at this weekend’s Miwok 100k race in what sounded like some titanic trail running battles at Marin Headlands nr San Francisco… Read more…
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Miguel Heras and Iker Carrera run the last 200m in front of 4-5 deep crowds and cross together the finish line for a win at the Transvulcania Salomon Nature Trails, the 83Km ultra race in the Canary Islands… Read more…
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21 races. Yep, count em. That’s 17 in England and Wales and 4 in Scotland, over the next couple of days. The fell and trail running season really is in full flight now… Read more…
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Fred Bagley won the very first 3 Peaks race in 1954, but he didnt received a trophy. In fact he got very little, apart from a few odd looks from folk after they learned what he and 6 of his fell running buddies were going to undertake… Read more…
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Another Wednesday, another Leinster League race in Ireland, this time at the traditional venue of Howth. There was nothing traditional about the race, however, as a local GAA game leading to a new starting point and a novel course… Read more…
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With all of the news and holidays we have let a few significant happenings slip through the MST news net this last week or so. The great weather and hard-packed conditions shave resulted in some top racing up and down the country… Read more…
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The news that the traditional Irish Championship opening course on Croagh Patrick had been changed was greeted with mixed feelings as it robbed skilled descenders of perhaps the country’s trickiest, and most dangerous, descent. Read more…
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One of Japan’s top International runners, Yujiro Iida, from Tsunami hit Tohoku, starts as the favourite for this weekend’s sell out Lakeland Trails event at Hawkshead on Saturday. Yujiro heads a capacity field of 1100 competitors taking to the 15km course… Read more…
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The UK trail running championships, hosted once again by the Red Kite Challenge in mid Wales, was yesterday won in warm and sunny conditions for a second year running by reigning British fell champ Tim Davies… Read more…
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3-time British champ and reigning English champ Rob Hope won the Coniston Fell race on a very warm day in Cumbria yesterday. Hope has struggled a little lately with a knee injury, but was too strong for quality field on this classic route… Read more…
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Anticipation mounts as the 2011 Skyrunner® World Series launch nears. The 16 race calendar debuts in the French Pyrenees on May 8 with the Arles Tech Kilometre Vertical – a short steep start to the season with a 1,000 m uphill climb over less than 5km. Read more…
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In what will be fondly remembered as a sunny but breezy day in the Yorkshire Dales, Tom Owens today carved his name in fell running history as a winner of one of the most iconic races on the fell calendar, the Yorkshire 3 Peaks in an excellent 2.53.34 for the 23.3 mile route. Read more…
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The Leinster League started with another huge turn-out as almost 290 runners squeezed themselves through the narrow opening in the gateway that allows access to the little hillside knoll of Bray’s Head... Read more…
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This weekend sees the 57th edition of one of the most iconic fell race or mountain races in the world. The Three Peaks race is one of those races that is on a fell runner’s ‘must do’ list, and represents a true fell running classic… Read more…
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Mercia man Steven Cale repeated his win of 2010 as he romped to a clear win at tonight’s Wrekin Streak in Shropshire. His time of 17.49 was a full 15 seconds quicker than last year and saw him win by almost half a minute… Read more…
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A new urban running event with challenges around the River Clyde on Sunday 21 August 2011 has been launched at the new Riverside Museum. Glasgow is gearing up for the first Glasgow Riverside Rat Race this summer and organisers are looking for around 1,000 ‘up for it’ competitors to get involved… Read more…
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There seems to have been some cracking racing on the UK hills and fells this weekend. With a new race the Fron Four in North Wales, the Beinn Ratha Hill Race in Scotland and the ever-popular Anniversary Waltz in Cumbria… Read more…
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GB marathoner and top UK mountain man Andi Jones won yesterday’s sprint up and down Rivington Pike in Horwich by a huge one minute margin from 2010 winner Blackburn’s Tom Cornthwaite, in this classic 3.25 mile race… Read more…
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With four days to enjoy, and the weather set to be spanking, there can be no excuse for not getting out onto the hills and trails at some point this Easter weekend. With loads of racing going on up and down the country (just remember the sunscreen!)… Read more…
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It was a battle seen by many as one between the “master and the apprentice” of the fine art of running over rough ground as Paul Nolan and Colm Hill went head-to-head at Tonelagee and the Lake (the lake this year being run clockwise)… Read more…
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This year sees the launch of the Wolf Run, an innovative off-road 10K in Warwickshire that provides a unique mix of great running trails through woodland, open ground and through water with a series of serious physical challenges using natural and man-made obstacles. Read more…
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Over the years Ian Holmes has been the Top Bunny at the Bunny Runs, and last night proved that there is still fire in those 45 year old legs as he turned the tables on the previous week’s winner Tom Adams… Read more…
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The Highlander Mountain Marathon went off at the weekend nr. Ullapool, and saw MM specialists Tim Higginbottom and Chris Near take the A class win… Read more…
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After a lengthy spell out with a knee problem, Welsh international Ifan Richards won Ras y Moelwyn in north Wales on Saturday. Andrea Rowlands is in some great form at the moment too, and easily won the women’s race… Read more…
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Top trail series team Endurance Life have released some exciting news regarding a new 100 mile coastal ultra-trail race, to take place in the south west of England in 2012… Read more…
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Outside of the big one in the Lakes this weekend, there is plenty of hill and trail action going on around the country. Read more…
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No results as yet from Bunny Run 2 in Yorkshire and Foel Lus in North Wales. But no matter, when you have some of the crispest and cleanest photos we have seen this year on the fells and hills… Read more…
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The Mourne and Cooley mountain ranges gaze across the glacial fjord of Carlingford Lough at each other and if they could talk they could have swapped tales of mountain running exploits this weekend as both IMRA the British associations kicked off this year… Read more…
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While the senior mountain runners battled it out on Carlingford Mountain, the stars of the future took to the start line on the Wicklow Way in Glendalough below the Poulanass Waterfall where tourists flock to admire the Upper Lake. Read more…
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The Mourne Peaks proved a very happy hunting ground for Shettleston’s Tom Owens on Saturday, as he took a big win from team-mate Jethro Lennox in round one of the 2011 British Fell Running Championship... Read more…
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For those with British Fell Running Championships ambitions, it’s time to head to the beautiful Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland and lace-up the fell shoes for 12.5 tough miles, covering 10 peaks! Read more…
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Stage 4 is done at the 26th Marathon des Sables, and north African athletes are leading the way at the moment. Thought we’d also point you towards the superb images that are now online from the first couple of stages… Read more…
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Gerard Heery had positioned himself as the firm favourite for the Spring League title with his convincing win in the first race of the series at Hellfire three weeks ago. Read more…
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The final race the Mountain Hardwear Open5 Adventure Race series commenced in the early hours of Sunday morning at Grizedale in the Lake District. Over 300 outdoor athletes showed up eager to explore the tracks and trails by foot and bike… Read more…
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Sub 4 minute miler and Commonwealth Games 800m runner Neil Speaight, from Belgrave Harriers, swapped his track spikes for trail shoes and won Saturday’s opening 10km event at the Lakeland Trails in Cartmel on Saturday 2nd April. Read more…
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I love this time of year. The fell season is in full swing, and those cracking weekday races are underway. The world-famous Bunny Runs in Haworth, Joe Brown Midweek Series in North Wales and the Trunce races in Oxspring… Read more…
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No results as yet, but a great thread on the FRA forum tells a lot of the story. Salford’s John Brown took the win at this 4.5 mile race, fresh off the back of a great win at last weekend’s Wicklow Trail race… Read more…
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Martin Cox was in the UK (we think he still resides in Italy?) this weekend to take an easy win at the the tough Llanbedr to Blaenafon race. The GB international mountain runner showed his class in perfect fell running conditions… Read more…
