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One of the most stunning backdrops in mountain racing awaited the competitors at this year’s Drei Zinnen on Sunday – and the clear blue skies only added to the scenery. The racing was fierce as usual, with titles going to Jono Wyatt and Mariagrazia Roberti… Read more…
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In its second year the IMRA Long Distance Challenge concluded with a running of the Dublin Peaks race. This long-distance traverse was devised by Joe Lalor and features and out-and-back course over the peaks of Three-Rock, Fairy Castle, Tibradden and Cruagh… Read more…
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The results from the Lake District Mountain Trial are now online over at the FRA site, along with results of Morgan Donnelly’s win at the Great Westmoreland Trail race. Up in Scotland the Simon Wake Comrie Hills Relay took place, attracting a quality field… Read more…
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Now that the final stage dust has settled, the tales have been told – and the German bier has been downed at the after-party – history will show that the pairing of Andy Symonds and Tom Owens once again showed their class… Read more…
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7 down, one to go, and by all accounts the scenery is breathtaking on tomorrows 8th and final stage into Sexten in the Dolomites. This year’s Trans Alpine Run has produced some great performances, non more so than that of Tom Owens and Andy Symonds… Read more…
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Lots and lots starting to appear online. Some nice ones from Keswicklakedistrict.co.uk of the ascent and the descent. Also loads appearing on Facebook, here, here, here and here... Read more…
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The last major battle of the season took place on the slopes of Slieve Donard and Commedagh in the Mournes which for the first time served as a counter for the Irish Championship (but only for runner who had run at least one previous IC race). Read more…
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At yesterdays 26th World Mountain Running Championships the first six positions in the men’s race were filled by Eritrean and Ugandan athletes, Eritrea also claimed the team title, and young Eritrean Yossief Andemichael absolutely crushed the opposition in the junior men’s race… Read more…
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After stage 1 and 36 of the 305kms of the 2010 Trans Alpine Run, it is a familiar looking leader board with the 2009 winners Andy Symonds and Tom Owens already holding a commanding lead… Read more…
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Just over twelve months ago some of the UK’s top mountain runners swept all before them at the 5th Gore Tex Trans Alpine Run. On the eve of the 6th edition they are ready once again (albeit with a slight change in line-up) to take on the might of the world’s best ultra-trail stage racers…. Read more…
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It’s the time of year that many uphill specialists look forward to – elite uphill specialists that is. The 26th World Mountain Running Championships are upon us this weekend and the fields are absolutely loaded with talent… Read more…
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For the second weekend in a row the international race scene is crammed (World Champs, Trans Alpine, Ben Nevis race, Shelf Moor…). One thing that clashes do mean is depleted fields, somewhere. With the likes of Andy Symonds, Tom Owens and Angela Mudge in Germany for the TransAlp... Read more…
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At the 10th WMRA World Masters Champs former World champion (2000) Angela Mudge negotiated the Polish mountain mist, and the entire women’s field, to win the W40 crown. Mudge’s crown was a beacon in a relatively lean championships for the Home Nations… Read more…
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Some things are quintessentially British, especially when it comes to hill and fell racing. And a fair few of our European friends find the thought of blasting up a hill, with no real track as such, and back down at break-neck speeds, a little odd… Read more…
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Bank holiday racing at Y Cnicht, Achnamara Forest, the Ochil 2000s, the Pendleton Fell Race and the famous Ras Beca ‘sprint’. The weather was certainly looking up and numbers at all events were certainly healthy, here’s hoping for an Indian summer hey! Read more…
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Well almost. And here in old Blighty there are lots of races for the UK mountain folk to get their teeth into. Classic races at the ‘Welsh Matterhorn’ Cnicht race, the long and hard Ochil 2000’s in Scotland, the Dufton show race and Pete Bland’s super-historic Grasmere Senior Guides Race – all 1.5 miles of it… Read more…
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Amongst the plethora of global racing this weekend it would be easy to miss one very important championships – the World Masters Mountain Running Championships. 26 countries head for Poland, for a race up Pilsko Mountain just outside of Korbielow… Read more…
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Four letters that would make many a mortal gulp. One of the world’s most challenging ultra trail races, the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc is one of the highlights on the international racing calendar, and as you might expect the worldwide media is ‘hyped’ for this one… Read more…
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Lots going on north of the Border this last weekend. Whilst some of the Scottish elite traveled to the US to compete at the WLDMRC at Pikes Peak, many turned out for some quality racing at Craigengower, Two Inns and the Great Wilderness Challenge… Read more…
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With two stages gone the French / Canadian contingent of elite runners present at this year’s Trans Rockies Run are holding sway at the top of the leader board. It’s early days, but the women’s pairing Fournier and de Guire are sitting pretty out in the lead… Read more…
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This year’s UKA Mountain Running Senior Home International arrives in Scotland in September at Aonach Mor, Fort William. The location for this year’s race is special, visiting the spiritual home of downhill MTBing and location of the annual UCI World Cup Downhill races… Read more…
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Carpenter wins at Pikes Peak, nothing dramatic in that headline then! The 44 year old won his 5th straight Pikes Peak Marathon yesterday from fellow Manitou Spring resident Daryn Parker. Keri Nelson was a big winner in the women’s race… Read more…
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Glenn Randall and Brandy Erholtz took dramatic wins at Saturdays classic Pikes Peak Ascent race. The US athletes won the race to the top of this 14,000ft plus brute of a hill, which also included the World Long Distance Mountain Running championship event… Read more…
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The usually quiet mountain running month of August has seen a flurry of activity this year. In the North, the super-long Seven Sevens race was taken to a new level while Wednesday events were held in the South in support of Mountain Rescue and The Bubblegum Club charity. Read more…
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Mountain running tends to take a hiatus during the Irish autumn and hill runners find themselves turning to the frenetic cross-country scene for their off-road fix. The trend set by several new races being organised continues unabated, however, and this fall promises to be different. Read more…
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Following the selection races a few weeks back, both the GB and Ireland teams have been announced to compete at the forthcoming World Mountain Running Champs in Slovenia on September the 5th. As far as the GB team senior men are concerned it’s pretty much the first 6 from the trial Read more…
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For many UK mountain runners who excel best at the uphill bit of mountain running, Sunday was the big day in their calendar. It was the selection race for the upcoming 2010 World Mountain Running Champs in Slovenia, and by all accounts was a beast of a race… Read more…
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What do Snowdon and Djouce have in common? We’ll, this weekend, both where the tasks to be overcome successfully for those with international aspirations in Britain and Ireland, respectively. Read more…
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It was another win for the diminutive Catalan Kilian Jornet on Sunday at the Swiss classic, Sierre Zinal. 2010 revelation Laetitia Roux had to settle for 3rd in the women’s event as US athlete Megan Lund easily won, beating Anglea Mudge into second place… Read more…
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Hits Ebensee, Austria for another European classic – the Feuerkogel Berlauf. After last weekend’s event at Mayrhofen many will have stuck around for this one, so expect another loaded field including the likes of Jono Wyatt and Anna Frost… Read more…
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For us mere mortals there is plenty going on around the country. The legendary Borrowdale is on tomorrow, 17 miles of classic climbs over the likes of Scafell Pike. Jebby, Ben Bardsley and Pippa Madams are all down, along with hundreds of others… Read more…
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For those with World Mountain Running Championships aspirations, it’s the big one this weekend. Sunday sees the 2010 Trials races (uphill only) based in Llanberis and racing in and around Snowdon. The race also doubles as part of the McCain Mountain Running Challenge Read more…
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The spectacular roar of the Glanmore waterfall, then larger, coined the current name of yesterday’s race venue: The Devil’s Glen. Two former Irish internationals roared highest as Michael Kelly, Gowran, beat a competitive men’s field… Read more…
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Tomo Sarf gives us the lowdown on rd2 of this years WMRA Grand Prix series – the Harakiri Berglauf in Mayrhofen. Men’s winner Ahmet Arslan smashed the course record into the bargain as he controlled the race on the steep stuff… Read more…
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While English runners turned their attention to the Rydal Round, Borrowdale and other challenges, Irish runners have not been lying dormant. The Trail League kicked off at Glen of the Downs wood two weeks ago with victories for Joseph Mooney and Karen O’Hanlon, Maynooth… Read more…
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Orlando Edwards and Lauren Jeska put in some excellent performances at the Harakiri Berglauf yesterday. Jeska had a stormer to finish on the podium in the women’s race, with Edwards coming in an strong 9th in a world-class men’s field… Read more…
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Spain’s Tofol Castaňer and Kiwi Anna Frost won the fifth Skyrunner® World Series race from Cesana to Montgenèvre on Sunday. This incredibly severe SkyMarathon®, straddling the Italian-French border, summits Chaberton at 3,131 metres… Read more…
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After what seems like an age since the first GP race of 2010, the WMRA circuit starts back at the Harakiri Berglauf in Mayrhofen on Sunday (1 Aug). Last year’s winners Jono Wyatt and Andrea Mayr will be back to take on this brute of climb, and according to the WMRA preview the field is absolutely loaded… Read more…
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In probably the finest collection of top skyrunners ever seen in one field, Italy took the gold in the final of the first Skyrunning World Championships for nations held in Premana, Italy, Sunday, July 25. The silver medal went to Spain and France, a new skyrunning entry, took the bronze. Read more…
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The togs on the hill on Saturday deserve a medal for their work in bringing the images back down to sea level after a drenching. Loads more great shots from FRP man Al Tye are now online, along with some crackers by Neale Lewis-Jones… Read more…
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To cap off a day he will probably never forget, 2010 International Snowdon Race winner Robbie Simpson went live on BBC 5 Live Weekend News last night. The unassuming young Scot was interviewed following his win earlier on Saturday…. Read more…
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This may not be breaking news, but its big news. Scots youngster Robbie Simpson has been heralded on this site for some time now, but the Deeside athlete ingrained his name in Snowdon Race folklore on Saturday, as he became the youngest ever winner of the race… Read more…
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The 35th International Snowdon Race takes place tomorrow, amongst eager anticipation as a new continent enters the fray. 2009 Commonwealth champion Wilson Chemweno arrives in Wales late on Friday, and will take to the line after a long journey from Kenya.. Read more…
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The Scottish team heading down to Wales this weekend looks very useful. It is a team of bright young things including Robbie Simpson, Catriona Buchanan and Andrew Fallas, coupled with the experience of Alasdair Anthony and Matthew Sullivan… Read more…
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The Venezuelan athletes dominated the 5th edition of South American Mountain Running Championships 2010, in the beautiful scenery covered in snow in the Cerro Arco, near the City of Mendoza, Argentina. Both races, men and women, were imposed athletes of Venezuela (Pedro Puente and Cruz Salazar, respectively). Read more…
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IMRA may have found the perfect bridge between road running and mountain running with this race, whilst many of IMRA’s traditional “long-distance men” were in attendance… Read more…
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Recent winner of round 2 of the British Fell Champs, Tim Davies, was back on the hills this weekend at the excellent Moel Siabod race in Capel Curig, winning in a close fought race with Shrewsbury’s Steven Cale. There was also racing at Fan y Big and Preseli… Read more…
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The Grossglockner Berglauf is one of the great European mountain races of the summer, and yesterday’s race only added to that status. The men’s field was deep with talent – much of it African – showing that the East Africans have now got a taste for the mountains! Read more…
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Ten nations and 200 athletes participated the first Vertical Kilometer® World Championship – a gruelling 1,000m ascent with an average 50% incline over 2.1 kilometres from Alba di Canazei (1,465m) to the summit of the Crepa Neigra (2,465m). Read more…
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We’re well past half-way through summer but there’s still plenty of action in Ireland, here’s a quick look at some of the happenings…. Read more…
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The race details and UK selection criteria have been announced on the FRA site for this years World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia. For those interested the Slovenian course is previewed here and looks pretty gnarly.. Read more…
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Last weeks epic race in the Italian Alps is captured by officinevideoboario. An excellent little film, with breathtaking scenery, an event befitting the world team Skyrunning championships… Read more…
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Colm Hill had done his best to keep the Leinster Championship alive into the final round at Fraughen Rock Glen before being undone by Brian Furey late in that race. On the slopes of Mt. Leinster he proved a man on a mission intent on securing victory, runner-up in the league and the course record… Read more…
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Perhaps predictably, Joe Gray led from start to finish at last weekend’s 7th NACAC trail championships. The race was pretty much a battle between American Gray and Canada’s Taylor Murphy, though runner up Murphy led the Canadians to the team win… Read more…
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Another IMRA summer league has waxed and waned as the thirteenth, and most technical, of the routes finished yesterday at The Great Sugarloaf (501m) next to the M50 highway. Barry Minnock had wrapped up the men’s individual title… Read more…
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Athletes from the United States of America and Canada will go head-to-head at the NACAC Championships in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on Friday. Athletes to watch from the United States include Joe Gray… Read more…
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After a 3rd place finish in 2009 Sébastien Chaigneau, returned to the Olympus Marathon, an annual trail race up the slopes of Mount Olympus – the Greek mythical ‘mountain of the gods’ – to take a famous victory.. Read more…
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The future of British fell running looks likely to be safe in Scots hands after youngsters Robbie Simpson and Catriona Buchanan shone at the this weekend’s European Mountain Running Championships. Ahmet Arslan of Turkey made it 4 in a row in the senior mens event… Read more…
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The Irish Championship entered its third fixture this weekend at Lugnacoille, Leinster’s lone Munro, but arguably the easiest race of the series but also the final counter in the King/Queen of the Mountains competition setting the stage for an enticing drama… Read more…
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Summer is high and the racing is still very much on over in Ireland. Rene Borg reports on Trooperstown and the Rogaine. Two very different events, resulting in one very similar outcome – a win for Irish mountain-dominator Eoin Keith… Read more…
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Superb news comes from the World Mountain Running Youth Challenge last weekend, as Welsh youngster Ffion Brice led them home to take the world title. We missed this one, but better late than never, and what great news for mountain running in the UK as Brice led home a quality field in the girls event… Read more…
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850km in 8 days is gonna be painful, especially when it’s across one of the most unforgiving mountain ranges in Europe. So, Kilian Jornet can be forgiven for feeling the odd ache on his latest Quest. Episode 5 is now up, and Kilian even gets to meet Paula Radcliffe! Read more…
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Take place this weekend in Bulgaria. A strong team for the UK will travel following the trials races a few weeks back, and with 26 nations represented it should be quite an event… Read more…
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A long Leinster League season nears the end and the first signs of fatigue may have been apparent at the running of the new Seefingan course was 135 runners took the field. Or perhaps it was an air of post-script with Barry Minnock and Rathfarnham WSAF having wrapped up the individual and team titles last week… Read more…
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Runners were once again treated to an unusually dry and clear passage up Lugnacoille’s “back door” in the Fraughen Rock Glen from which yesterday’s penultimate Leinster Championship race took its name. Read more…
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The Welsh mountain that is Tryfan has blown away its doubters and proven to be even higher than first thought. In this Grough article it seems that there have been doubters on the giant’s authenticity in being a 3000 footer! Read more…
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Even the support team look tired in this first episode of the epic journey the Kilian undertook Across the Pyrenees. The authenticity of this film is so strong, the engagement of one man with the brutal terrain is palpable… Read more…
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Sorry all UK readers, a bit late on this one this weekend. Plenty of interesting races this weekend in England, including Tebay. It’s Moel Hebog in North Wales and the classic West Highland Way race in Scotland… Read more…
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Do hill runners only accept the uphill to enjoy the downhill? Whatever their reasons, only 164 runners gathered excitedly in Crone Wood for the ascent up Djouce Mountain... Read more…
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Kenyan Haggai Chepkwony was the lead runner in last weekend’s Man vs Horse race in mid-Wales. The classic sporting contest over 22 miles was won yet again by four legs, as local Llinos Jones took the overall victory in 2 hrs and 7 mins… Read more…
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Following up a successful opening year can be difficult but the Mourne Way marathon series organisers seem to have the recipe. Good fields contested every one of the impressive array of distances on offer… Read more…
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This year’s Wicklow Way Relay found itself in one of the busiest weekends of the year with the Mourne Way Marathon up north and the European Trial in Crone Wood robbing the event of some long-distance men and aspiring internationals… Read more…
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While the wider IMRA membership rested after their efforts at the Wicklow Way Relay, those IMRA runners with international aspirations came out for battle on Sunday morning. Read more…
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After the third Trial and the fourth leg of the Skyrunner® World Series in Portugal on Sunday, June 13, Spaniard Tofol Castañer with his second place moves up to head the men’s ranking. Although absent Italian Emanuela Brizio remains leader in the women’s category. Read more…
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The GB team for the European Mountain Running Championships taking in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria place on July 4. One obvious omission is that of trails winner Simon Bailey, one can only presume that he declined the offer… Read more…
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Well the youth is all right and ready to go for the 5th WMRA International Youth Challenge to be held in Piemonte on June the 26th. Girls will face with a 3.5km circuit (/- 190 m), with the guys running a 5.0km circuit (/- 270 m)… Read more…
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Rathfarnham brought a “new” team to the unique Sorrell Hill race when newcomer Colm Moran helped veterans Peter O’Farrell and Aaron O’Donohue secure the club’s fifth win in seven and put regular solar flare between them and their nearest rivals. Read more…
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July looks like a really hot month on the skyrunning agenda, with the first Skyrunning World Championships since the inauguration of the ISF taking place across the Italian Alps. These events are held every four years alternating with the SkyGames®, to be held in Spain in 2012. Read more…
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Carrauntoohil, Ireland’s highest peak, has hosted the premier mountain race in Ireland for twenty-three years running now but 2009 marked the last running of the old course. Access issues with a local farmer enforced a change to a route described as “the best ascent of the mountain”. Read more…
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Finding anything (outside of the fantastic bods on the FRA forum) on Sunday’s European Trails Race in Keswick has been surprisingly difficult – especially for what should be a pretty high-profile mountain running event… Read more…
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Heaps of news from north of the Border on a busy weekend. Wins for teenage sensation Robbie Simpson, Andy Symonds, Jamie Stevenson and Claire Gordon, amongst others. Some great results for Scottish athletes at the Euro Trials in Keswick too (more to follow on that…) Read more…
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New Zealander Anna Frost and Spaniard Sebastian Sanchez were the winners of the second Trial and third leg of the Skyrunner® World Series in Canillo, Andorra, Sunday (June 6). The race route was shortened after some seriously bad weather hit the region! Read more…
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The images tell the story of 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 22mile full course… Read more…
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Another incredible feat of ultra-distance running is under this remarkable 22 year-old’s belt. A total 850km in 8 days with an ascent of over 42,000m, for an amazing trans-Pyrenées adventure. No doubt there will be a Kilian’s Quest film to properly book end his run in due course… Read more…
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Tonnes of racing this weekend all over the country. As ever the exhaustive lists are online at the FRA, SHR, Scottish Hill Racing and WFRA sites. Picks of the bunch are the Welsh 1000m (previewed here), Duddon, Pen-Y-Ghent and the Glas Tulaichean (uphill)… Read more…
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After encountering some difficult terrain in the first part of his run across the Pyrenees, Kilian Jornet is by all accounts making good progress as he heads east across the great range. The earlier part of the week saw the little Catalan hit some really rough terrain… Read more…
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283 Munros in 39 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes. Think about it, that’s just over 7 peaks a day. All of which are over 3,000ft. After his failed 24hr attempt of 2008 Stephen Pyke had the taste, and starting on the 25th of April set about Charlie Campbell’s record of 49 days… 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 and Angela Mudge, amongst others. Read more…
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Barry Minnock’s absence at Scarr meant the Leinster League title stays up for grabs for another week. Tristan Drute would be the one to take full advantage when the Sligo AC man secured his first win under the IMRA banner. Read more…
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In England the ultra-short races, like Grasmere and Burnsall, have long formed their own hallowed tradition and the British Championship has likewise been constructed with all-rounders in mind:… Read more…
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After months of preparation Catalan wonder Kilian Jornet is off and running in his 7-day quest to cross the mighty Pyrenees from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and Cap de Creus. On his run Kilian is ably aided by a gang of helpers and pacers – it’s a huge team effort… Read more…
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A new team emerged in style on the Irish hill running scene yesterday. Orienteers CNOC took on a strong Rathfarnham team, yet came out with a one point win! They were led home by debutante Seamus O’Boyle who combined with Colm Hill and new-joiner to the team Niall McAlinden. Read more…
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Some lovely summer-like conditions by the looks of it at last night’s 6th race in the Great Arete Series in north Wales. Good job then that the A Team (Al and Gwynfor) photographers were there to capture some stunning fell photos – this is what it’s all about! Read more…
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An unusual field of runners lined up on the tarmac of Ticknock carpark this Saturday to celebrate IMRA’s 30th Anniversary with a re-running of the very first competitive mountain race in Ireland: The Fairy Chase also the sixth race of this year’s Leinster League… Read more…
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Saturday 22nd saw IMRA celebrate its 30th birthday. Much younger than the FRA and BOFRA, thirty years still holds a lot of history and IMRA has decided to celebrate this with a re-running of the very first organised hill race: Fairy Chase. Read more…
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International Martin Cox comfortably won the British Inter-Counties race at Llety yesterday, in sweltering conditions. European-based Cox obviously coped in the heat which took a few casualties on 9 mile route based around Moel Famau… Read more…
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Doubling as the first counter in the brand new UKA Mountain Running Challenge the big race this weekend takes place at Llety. The Inter Counties are a big target for many in any year, but with hard cash also at stake there could well be a few ‘road raiders’ hitting the slopes of Moel Famau on Saturday… Read more…
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The Irish contingent at the European Masters showed that like fine wine they certainly don’t spoil as the years pass: Eight individual and three team medals, including two gold, was the impressive haul for the team. Read more…
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The curtain raiser of the 2010 WMRA Grand Prix season saw a narrow win for France’s Julien Rancon in the men’s 13.2km mens race, with Marie-Laure Dumergues dominating the women’s event… Read more…
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Standing World Champions Kilian Jornet and Emanuela Brizio lived up to expectations in the second leg of the Skyrunner® World Series on Sunday, May 16, in Zegama, Spain – despite adverse weather and course conditions… Read more…
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The new Circuit of Avonbeg course is one of the closest things you’ll experience to one of the long English fell-races in Ireland and is a route brilliantly conceived by Paul Nolan, the former national coach and Irish international. Read more…
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The Pyrenees are in Kilian Jornet’s blood. This fascinating video recalls the young Catalan’s childhood experiences and underlines how this guy was born for the mountains and his Quests to achieve amazing mountain running feats. Read more…
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Plenty on for all you hill lovers. Saturday looks like the best day, weather wise, with Sunday looking a tad wet – not that a bit of rain would put any of you hardy racers off! Some great races on in England, Wales, the Isle of Man and Scotland. Read more…
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2009 series winners Kilian Jornet and Emanuela Brizio are confirmed participants in this years first race at Zegama on Sunday. Read more…
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It’s that time again as the contenders for the 2010 Skyrunner® World Series pull on their racing shoes and head for Zegama on Sunday. The 5 race series once again climaxes in Bornea this year at the Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon... Read more…
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England Athletics has selected its men’s and women’s teams for the 7th World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge to take place at the classic Pikes Peak race in the US this August. Recent 3 Peaks winners Morgan Donnelly and Anna Lupton have been selected, along with last year’s bronze medalist at the Kaiser Marathon, Ricky Lightfoot. Read more…
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The joy of racing up and down rugged trails and hills on Wednesday evenings after a long day’s work will now also be available to mountain runners in the province of Munster. Read more…
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This season has seen the beginning of Brian Furey’s rise to prominence in the Irish hills and the Connacht man went West together with a big IMRA contingent for the annual double-header of Croagh Patrick and Ben Gorm the two counters towards the Connacht Championship title. Read more…
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After last years’ feats, Kilian Jornet is embarking on some even more remarkable runs this summer. His run at Tahoe last year was one of many long distance efforts that captured the imagination of mountain runners the world over… Read more…
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The Dublin Mountains Partnership (DMP) was setup in May 2008 with the aim of improving the recreational experience for users of the Dublin Mountains. Off-road runners now stand to benefit from this mission as the DMP team up with IMRA to bring runners a new exciting event. Read more…
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Once again, memories rolled back to 2007 and 2008 as Barry Minnock, Rathfarnham WSAF, continued to stake a claim to regain the title he has held as he made it two victories on the trot. Just under a minute later, 3ROC’s Gerard Butler held off Martin Bradshaw, Bilboa AC, in a tight finish for second and third… Read more…
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If your navigation isn’t up to scratch you should really think about doing one of these. At the very least it will save a few places and a few mins in the mist on a tricky race route, at best good mountain navigation skills could save your life one day… Read more…
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This high-profile instance grabbed some headlines last year, that said trail, fell and mountain running appear to be relatively clean sports. Not resting on their laurels, the WMRA has recently meet to discuss Anti-Doping… Read more…
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The International Skyrunning Federation (the body that overseas Skyrunning) held its first ever referees course that will enable officials the ability to ratify such things as race and event records… Read more…
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Anna Lupton won a second successive 3 Peaks race yesterday as she overhauled the long-time leader Victoria Wilkinson in the final hour of the 23.5 mile classic that takes in the peaks of Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough… Read more…
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It’s the big one this Saturday as the longer distance fell specialists hit Yorkshire for the 3 Peaks. Some more updates come in the form of Gary Devine – who is by all accounts going to have a crack at the MV40 record… Read more…
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What a return to the hills and what a race! Barry Minnock, the hegemon of the 2007 and 2008 Leinster Leagues, contested Howth. Given his traditional dominance many would have expected a foregone conclusion… Read more…
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Legendary mountain runner Kenny Stuart is to return to the place of one of his greatest mountain records on the 24th of July, as he is the guest of honour and official starter at this year’s 35th International Snowdon Race, some 25 years after his record run. Read more…
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This weekend sees the 56th edition of one of the most iconic fell race or mountain races in the world. The 3 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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In later years, the small knoll standing prominent over the small marina town of Bray has served as the Leinster League opener and once again this year prospective finishers could get the first of the seven necessary counters at Bray Head, the shortest course in the league. Read more…
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MST is not the first to ask if the likes of trail, mountain and cross country running will ever make it to the Olympic or Commonwealth Games. There are logistical hurdles to conquer, sure, but we think it about time that our great sport was recognised in these spheres… Read more…
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While the Silent Valley race opened the British Championships in the Mourne Mountains this weekend, there was also plenty of action south of the border. Not far away in the Cooley Mountains, the traditional opener of the Leinster Championships took place at Black Mountain. Read more…
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After ‘wintering’ in the UK Anna Frost is now back home in New Zealand. Kiwi Anna is looking forward to another successful year in Europe on the Grand Prix and Skyrunning circuit, with a big goal at the World Mtn Running Champs in September… Read more…
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Preparations for this year’s World Mountain Running Championships in Slovenia are well underway, and last week the local organising committee officially presented the 2010 plans… Read more…
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The Silent Valley won’t be so peaceful this Saturday as the 2010 British Fell Running Championship hopefuls head to Northern Ireland for round 1 of this year’s race series. Reigning champs Rob Hope and Pippa Maddams (was Jackson) will be there… Read more…
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With 4 races in Scotland and 8 in England and the IOM it’s a busy old weekend, though no races in Wales, NI or Ireland. Still the classic Manx Mountain Marathon goes ahead on the Isle of Man, and the short, sharp Rivington Pike race takes place in Horwich… Read more…
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A call on the Scottish Hill Runners site shouts the name of the Highlander, a two-day event taking place at Gairloch in the NW Highlands over the w/e of the 10/11 April. Entries are open right up until the Friday evening (9 April) at 8pm… Read more…
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The 2012 SkyGames® will be hosted for the first time in Spain, home to some of the world’s top athletes in the field. The nomination went to Ribagorza Románica in the Pyrenees, an ideal location for the fourth “high altitude Olympics” situated at 2,000 metres above sea level. Read more…
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Another busy weekend on the fells and mountains of England and Wales (Scots race El-Brim-Ick Dash is postponed). A weekend of great names too – from Lads Leap to the Blakey Blitz. Nothing is particularly long, but there are some tough races going ahead… Read more…
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One of the most traditional fixtures of the IMRA calendar, the Wicklow Way Trail, and its big brother, the Wicklow Way Ultra (the out-and-back equivalent) has awaited eager hill runners every April since 1998, when Maurice Mullins laid out the route. Read more…
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It has been a tough few months out there for mountain, xc and road runner Sarah Tunstall. With no races to her name for the whole of 20009/10 cross country campaign, and a range of injuries that have held her back, the Kendal athlete is looking forward to the summer. Read more…
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Plenty going on in Scotland this last weekend, some great coverage coming from the Scottish Hill Runners of the Criffel, Chapelgill and Craig Dunain races. Well known for their short-distance tussles in 2009… Read more…
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In the past years, the IMRA Colleges Championships has been held as part of the Crone Wood Winter League race. This year feedback from students prompted a change to a dedicated inter-varsity challenge to be held at the classic mountain of Camaderry… Read more…
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The Edale Skyline takes place this Sunday, all 21 miles of it. A classic long one, made specially harder as it is in the early season and can be open to some foul weather. (mild and probably wet this w/e by all accounts) Read more…
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The Winter League finished on a high note with another gorgeous sunny day at the revised Carrick Mountain route. Your trusty reporter went for a run of the route before the race and local man Mick Hanney had done a good job creating a varied and exciting route… Read more…
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This year the Skyrunner® World Series celebrates seven years of world-class athletes and events with 14 races in 12 countries across four continents. With 700 km to run and 30,000 vertical metres to climb, the 2010 World Series will not only sweep you off your feet but also take your breath away! Read more…
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Barely 12 days after race entries opened for the 2010 Snowdon Race the race limit of 500 (plus elite invites) has been reached – and in record time. Race organiser Stephen Edwards had one word for MST tonight “astounded”… Read more…
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Mark Keneally broke his silver Duck at this weekend’s Irish National Senior/Junior XC and led his team Clonliffe to another title in this year’s Irish cross-country season. The Clonliffe man took the expected win by 14 seconds from Galway’s Gary Thornton… Read more…
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Andy and Joe Symonds are a pretty classy pair of fell runners, but even they struggled over the weekend during a run out in the Ochils. The scenery looks breathtaking, but a quality run session was probably never really on the cards… Read more…
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But be quick. Race entry forms are now online for download, then to be sent to race admin – entry opened at midnight today (1 March). The race organisers have an entry limit of 500, plus international / elite invitation runners, and at 12pm today over 200 forms had been downloaded. Read more…
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Some important changes were made to the council membership and to races under the auspices of the World Mountain Running Association at the council’s annual meeting, which took place on the 23rd of January in Monte Carlo. Read more…
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One of the most popular run/bike events of 2009, iROC™ has had to cancel this years event due to date clashes and feeback from competitors – however the organisers say that they will be back in 2011 bigger and better… Read more…
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Thanks to the Run4It footwear guru Steve Wales for providing us with this little gem which we missed when first released back in December, 2009. Steven Fallon is a hill runner and racer of repute, with regular Vet category prizes north of the Border – and has completed an amazing 14 Munro Rounds! Read more…
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Although a crisp wind was lightly tugging at the runners in today’s Tarren Hendre race – run off in excellent mountain running weather. Eryri Harriers’ Iwan Morton and Andrea Rowlands both comfortably won the mens and ladies categories, in the shadow of Cader Idris… Read more…
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The first real ‘big one’ of the 2010 Scottish scene is almost upon us. The Carnethy 5 Hill race is a classic in many ways (route – 2500 feet total climb over 5 summits, race history, past winners). There are 610 entered for this weekend’s race, and the men’s field is pretty nicely loaded… Read more…
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In the absence of many established hill runners in this year’s Winter League, notably defending WL champion Eoin Keith of Boards AC, there has been room for daring outsiders to establish themselves among the echelons of IMRA race winners. Read more…
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Nope, no siree, not if the uplands of Wales are anything to go by. There is still some snow on the roadside here in mid-Wales, but in Snowdonia there is still plenty to remind us that it is still only just February… Read more…
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Multiple world mountain running champ Jonathon Wyatt can’t afford to hang around for the good weather. Jono takes the elements as he finds them, and crack on. What’s more running in the white stuff does great things for your endurance, and trail-handling skills. Read more…
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The Spiritual Home of Irish Mountain Biking it may have been called but Ticknock woods remains a deeply rooted fixture both during winter and summer in Ireland and with Howth Winter cancelled by recent snow… Read more…
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You know MST, a few pairs of shoes here and there, we like to take our time over these things. The guys at Gripmastertrails.com like to test things with a little more gusto it seems. Goodness knows how many pairs of shoes hit the trails on this little test, but it was a lot! Read more…
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Jane and Graham Porter, organisers of the inaugural Wexford Open Trail Series have issued the dates for this year’s return: 28th March Little Sliabh Bhui, 25th April Kilbrannish South, 9th May Gibbet Hill. More details have been made available on the 2010 series at IMRA. Read more…
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There’s a saying that goes “a million people can’t be wrong”, well I’m not sure how many pairs of the Mudclaw™ 330 that Inov-8 have sold (probably not quite a million!) but I am sure that one of their best-selling shoes is so for a reason… Read more…
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The Irish Mountain Running Association represents hill running in all the four Provinces of Ireland (Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster) yet an oft-heard joke is the inference that the association is more The Leinster Mountain Running Association. Read more…
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IMRA’s year drew to a close this weekend as the Charles Barrington Memorial race was won by Richard McCauley in his first IMRA race in 9 years with Rathfarnham’s Laura Flynn 1st woman. This race commemorating Irishman Charles Barrington, one of the three men to first ascent the Eiger… Read more…
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Government officials are encouraging us to get off our backsides and get out there this Yuletide – whatever the weather. The Grough reports that walkers are being egged on to burn off the eggnog and get some fresh air… Read more…
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Amongst other things the 2010 Skyrunner® World Series was examined at the first ISF Management Committee Meeting, held on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the splendid local headquarters of the Italian Mountaineering Club in Bergamo, Italy. Read more…
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Inov-8 runner Matt Gilbert ‘filled in’ at last week’s Everest Marathon for an unfortunate athlete who had to be airlifted out of the Everest region at the last minute. For those who don’t know Gil is Anna Frost’s other half, and an international mountain runner in his own right… Read more…
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Early news comes from the ceiling of the world that Kiwi Anna Frost has produced a staggering performance at the Everest Marathon. Although results and times are provisional at this stage, the Commonwealth champion placed 6th overall and produced a time of 4hrs 35 minutes… Read more…
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Just hours now until the start of the bi-annual race from Gorak Shep nr. the Everest base camp to the Namche Bazaar. Don’t be deceived by the 6,000ft drop in altitude over the 42km route either, as the last 15km is a brutal roller-coaster… Read more…
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Top US mountain runner Jo Gray is amongst the list of winners in this year’s USATF role call in mountain and ultra running. Read more…
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(I get the feeling I may be preaching to the converted. But here goes!) It’s fair to say that in the last year or so the Inov-8 X-Talon 212 has become the ‘shoe of choice’ for many a fell runner in the UK… Read more…
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The opportunity to run Everest Marathon is something many an off-road runner would behold. 2009 Commonwealth Mountain Running Champion Anna Frost is no different. The Wrexham-based athlete is well on her way to the ceiling of the world… Read more…
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Time to for OMMers to pack up their troubles in their old kit bags and head for the hills and trails of Builth and Llandrindod Wells this weekend. North Wales also hosts one of the greatest British marathons on Saturday in Snowdonia. Read more…
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Oleg Chepelin (Shettleston) blew away the field at the Pentland Skyline to win in a staggeringly fast time of 2:25:56, given the windy conditions. Fiona Maxwell, was first lady in 3:02:00. Read more…
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Domestically it doesn’t get much more pressurised than this. This Sunday (16) trials races for places at the World Mountain Running Championships and the Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships are up for grabs, all in one race. Read more…
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Irish national daily the Irish Times thinks so. As do the growing number of people that are coming into the sport. This excellent article could have been written about any one of the four UK nations too… Read more…
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There isn’t a lot that hasn’t been said about one of the UK’s great fell runners, Rob Jebb. He’s a 7 time winner of the classic Three Peaks cyclo-cross race, so he could be mentioned in the same ‘great’ vein by the cycling fraternity. Read more…
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Okay, us lot in the UK call it fell running and we can probably trace its history back to when we chased dinosaurs up hills, but as the sport becomes evermore global (next year’s Mountain Trophy will now be known as the World Mountain Running Championships) we at MST are going to nail our flag to the mast of the World. Read more…
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As the UK media got into a frenzy proclaiming that there were thousands of mad fell runners unaccounted for in the Lakes this weekend, many of those taking part were simply disappointed that they were not able to complete the OMM 2008. Read more…
