Posts tagged with: international skyrunning federation

Dold and Vassalli take Vertical titles

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 24 Nov '09
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The Vertical World Circuit final race was held on Sunday at Singapore’s Swissôtel Vertical Marathon, crowning Germany’s Thomas Dold and Italy’s Daniela Vassalli, 2009 Vertical Running World Champions. Read more…
Skyrunner®s hit Spain

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 24 Sep '09

The last trial race in this years Skyrunner® World Series’ Trials takes place in Spain this weekend. Runners will virtually be guaranteed perfect weather for the 38 and 21,5 km races in Sabiñánigo at the Oturia Puyada race. Ricardo Mejia still leads the men’s World Series overall standings... Read more…
Jornet and Jimenez conquer Lecco

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 29 Jul '09

Standing skyrunning world champion Kilian Jornet wins the fifth World Series race and sets an incredible new course record in Italy, July 26, beating Mexico’s Ricardo Mejia. Stefanie Jimenez outstrips rival Emanuela Brizio, who maintains the world ranking lead with Mejia. Read more…
Skyrunner® in Zergama - full report and images

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 26 May '09

It seems Ricky Lightfoot is still on a high – and why not. A text to MST told of him being “really chuffed” and talked of a “brilliant atmosphere”, this was underlined with his reaction at the end of this great report from Lauri van Houten at the Skyrunner® World Series Press Office Read more…
Hot news: Ricky Lightfoot wins Skyrunner® in Zergama

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 25 May '09

In what must be considered his biggest win to date, Ricky Lightfoot surprised the former world champion Ricardo Mejia to take the first Sky race in Europe. The 24 year old Ellenborough runner took the win in the last kilometer… Read more…
Zegama – a contest of champions

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 22 May '09

The full press release of this years’ second round of the Skyrunner® series has arrived ahead of Sundays’ Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri in the Basque country. In addition to the preview this appeared on MST this week key competitors and course details are listed… Read more…
Skyrunner® heads to Europe

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 19 May '09

After the first round in the clouds of Costa Rica, this year’s Skyrunner® World Series comes to Europe for round 2 – the first of three races in Spain, Andorra and Italy, with the racing head back across the Pond to Colorado, before returning to Ben Nevis in September. Read more…
Skyrunner® kicks off in Costa Rica

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

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