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2010’s cracking forth edition of Trail magazin has hit the virtual shelves, is there no stopping Denis Wischniewski?! This has to be one of the best online pubs., period. If you want this quality publication available in English start your online petition now! Read more…
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Top South African’s Linda Doke and Ryan Sandes will head for Europe in August in preparation for the 2010 Trans Alpine run. The mixed pairing will go head-to-head with the like of 2009 winner Anglea Mudge and Chunky Liston and are nicely previewed by gotrail... Read more…
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The final piece in the Pyranean jigsaw is now online. Episode six depicts the pain and the glory for the young Catalan as he arrives in a cove for a dip with the support crew. His epic adventure took in total around 8 days, behind his personal schedule, but still an astounding achievement… Read more…
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It was hot, very hot. Another amazing ultra trail race, on one of the most challenging routes in the world of ultra trail running. Lahcen Ahansal and Martine Hofstede were the mens and womens victors, however the spoils must go to all finishers on this 220km beast! Read more…
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We have profiled Ryan Sandes on MST before, and realised that this world-class ultra trail man is deep. Urban Ninja gets even deeper in this interview, asking the Sandman some left-field questions about his rise to the top, his running economy and coping with solitude… Read more…
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Outdoor retailer Blacks has teamed up with top outdoor brand The North Face for a new trail race on the beautiful Dunstable Downs in October. The blackstrailrun.co.uk site is full of event info, including trail running tips by Jez Bragg… Read more…
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Welsh international Rob Samuel made light work of the Salomon Forest Trail 10k at Delamere Forest last night, beating England’s John Brown by over a minute. Samuel, along with women’s winner Tammy Lewis-Jones, were comfortable victors after their dash from over the border… Read more…
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If you fancy a run-out tonight and live in proximity to Delamere forest, head down for the last in this summers Salomon Forest Trail 10k races. Proceeding start at 7pm, and with over 350 entered this one is gonna be a great end to a great series… Read more…
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Apologies to readers who like their daily fix of MST. As regulars will know we update on many occasions throughout the day. A few technical hitches, coupled with what seem like 24 hour days at work and house building, have resulted in very little time for this passion… Read more…
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Known for his epic road and trail trips, Stefan Gripmaster Repke is also know for his epic photography. As a running photographer he gets to mix business with pleasure as he trawls the world looking for the best trails, reviewing the best kit… Read more…
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Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Ranger Matt Neale has raised more than £7,000 for charity by running 190 miles from St Bee’s Head to Robin Hood’s Bay. The 37-year-old completed his grueling continuous coast-to-coast ultra-marathon in 61 hours and 13 minutes. 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 North Face Global Team athlete Tracy Garneau took first place, women, in the 100-Mile Western States Endurance Run 2010, which took place June 26 – 27, 2010. She won with a time of 19:01:55, and is the first Canadian to ever win the race. Read more…
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Year after year the images available online for great races such as yesterday’s Western States 100 get more and more plentiful. It used to be that as such events you would get a couple of photographers, and you wouldn’t see the results for weeks… Read more…
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This is what Geoff Roes wrote on his blog last Tuesday. The Western States 100 has barely finished but already people are calling it one of the greatest races in the history of the this trail running classic… Read more…
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The 2010 Western States 100 is now just hours away, and we are told that there is huge anticipation for this years race. Apart from the fact that it is probably the biggest ultra trail race in the US, a certainly young ultra trail running star has also made the trip. Read more…
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Certainly when it comes to some footwear brands right now. I don’t think Merrell would mind us saying that inov-8 have the upper hand here, indeed ‘barefoot guru’ Chris McDougall is pretty clear and where he thinks the leading minds in this field are… Read more…
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When it comes to this daddy of ultra-trail races you need some local knowledge. So, when looking ahead to the hotly anticipated 2010 edition of this American classic it’s best left to those Stateside. Who better then than iRunFar.com: 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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The camera never lies. Especially when you take a look at this image of the feet of ultra-legend Anton Krupicka. After the MIWOK earlier this year the great man’s feet took a battering… 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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Chris McDougall is the zeitgeist right now. His book Born to Run unearthed the amazing Tarahumara tribe and extols the virtues of running barefoot, and how it freed him from injury… Read more…
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Yes, perhaps the best off road running magazine in the world is back on the cyber shelves for number 3 of 2010. In this issue Denis and his crew talk waterproofs and trail running shorts and shirts, talk to Aussie Ray Zehab and US ultra-girl Caitlin Smith… 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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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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It’s Kentmere’s turn to put on the trail running jazz this weekend for the PUMA Kentmere Trail Race & Challenge 17km. This race is full and closed for entries, but the weather’s set fair for Saturday and will make for a festival atmosphere… Read more…
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Top ultra man Jez Bragg has had a frustrating 2010 so far. After a an excellent 2009, which saw him take a superb third place at the Western States 100 in the US, a stress fracture to his heel has seriously hampered his running this year… 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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Blacks, in association with The North Face are proud to announce the inaugural Blacks Single-Track 10K and 5K Trail Run. It will take place on Sunday 17th October 2010 in the beautiful setting of the National Trust’s Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire. 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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The exceptionally hot weekend was felt even more so by those of us who chose to venture a little closer to the sun on the hills of the UK! It seems that Scotland didn’t suffer quite as much, however alongside those at Llety the rest of the country was cooking… Read more…
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The much-anticipated new Trail Running magazine has hit the newstands. Bagged with Trail mag, the new publication is aimed at plugging the muddy gap in the trail running market that the average running mag only scrapes at… Read more…
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10 miles of mud (with hopefully dry weather this weekend!), sweat and tears in the Surrey Hills greet the runners. Read more…
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Three days ago, I was still having breakfast with Kilian in his hometown in the Pyrenees. A 17 hour, 1500km trip through countries later, and the day after I am already exploring the trails in the wild mountain range between Austria and Slovenia! Read more…
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The North Face reconfirms its commitment as technical sponsor for the renowned Lavaredo Ultra Trail in the heart of the Dolomites. Starting at midnight on Friday 26th June this over 90km ultra race is a true test of endurance… Read more…
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Welsh international Tim Davies won a great battle with Afan Humphries at yesterday’s UK trail running championships at the Red Kite Challenge race in Mid Wales. Tavistock runner Jo Meek comfortably won the women’s title… 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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This interesting little story was sent into MST by reader and runner Stephen Edwards. Steve is just an everyday guy, who loves the sport of mountain and trail running. Steve’s tale could be written by anyone of thousands of runners who travel for hours to events every weekend – for the love of running… Read more…
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Here at MST we like to keep up to date, but we aint Reuters, so time and resources limitations mean that there is only so much content that we can chuck together. Take iRunFar though. Byron Powell seems to do nothing else but run and write… Read more…
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James Walsh was amongst the winners at this weekend’s PUMA Hawkshead Trail races. Now in it’s 5th year, the PUMA Hawkshead Trail Race and PUMA Hawkshead Challenge is a 15km course through some of the most scenic and varied countryside in the Lake District. Read more…
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The trail running boom continues in Ireland this summer. Not only could the new Wicklow Adventure Race which featured a mountain run of the famous Spink in Glendalough celebrate around 700 entrants (!) but there’s three more off-road running events for the really eager to match themselves against… 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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The ancient moon-like landscapes of Mount Sedom come alive as more than a thousand riders and runners flock to the biggest sports festival of the year. Read more…
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With all that goes on in the big world of off-road running it’s a job to keep up. So, imagine my embarrassment when I realised that we had missed this great run from our old buddy Moire at the 4th Annapurna Trail Ultra race in Nepal… Read more…
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With one of the most significant publications in off road running being announced this week, we couldn’t leave it there. MST wanted to get to the bottom of this new title and to the heart of the question: Why? Read more…
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The Q2 edition of Trail magazin has hit the virtual shelves, and yet again it’s a cracker! Denis Wischniewski has put together another work of trail running art with such features on downhill only running and compression wear! Read more…
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Often running is seen as something that we do in our spare time, a leisure activity, fitted in with our busy lives of work and other stuff. It’s maybe more to those lucky enough to do it professionally. But to some it’s a way of life, running is their life, they live to run. Read more…
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The 2010 Trail du Mont Ventoux is an event that ascends and descends one of the most astounding mountains in the world. By no means the highest, Ventoux still dominates the skyline and is a mecca for trail runners in France. Read more…
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After many ‘trail running supplements’ from various publications in the last year or so the owners of Trail magazine have taken the plunge and announced a brand new title fully dedicated to “Trail running, Fell Running, Mountain Marathons, Adventure Racing & Orienteering” Read more…
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As reported a few weeks back the money on offer in the US for trail racing right now is considerable. The La Sportiva Mountain Cup, starting this weekend, and advertised as the Top Ten Trail races in North America… 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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Sziols are an eye wear brand hailing from Germany, specialising in adventure sports – nothing too unique there. However, they have dedicated huge research into running, and dedicate eye wear that adapts to a runners need – not the other way around… Read more…
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South African ultra-man Ryan Sandes took his place in Atacama Crossing history last week as he completed the 6 day brute in less than 24 hours – winning by almost 6 hours in the process. For the uninitiated the Atacama Crossing is a footrace across one of the most unforgiving desserts in the world – through the heart of Chile… Read more…
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What a day! Here I am in the bar of the Hotel Florens, Jonathan Wyatt to my left, checking his mail, Thomas Lorblanchet to my right sharing a joke. The UK team are in bed (Anna, Andy and Ricky) after a long day of product testing, seminars, photoshoots, runs and focus groups – oh and some pretty good food and lively social discussion. Read more…
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The Sticky Toffee and Beauty and the Beast trail runs take place at Cartmel Racecourse on the 20th of March, and there are a few days left to grab yourself a place. 10 and 18km courses await across gently winding footpaths, although the ‘Beast holds much more darkness in store! Read more…
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It’s a real job keeping up with what’s going on across-the-Pond when it comes to trail and off-road news. Some great resources out there such as Trail Runner, Trail running Soul and Byron Powell’s excellent iRunFar.com. Read more…
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Fascinating and apt little article on ice spike from the Run to Win guys. Personally I might think twice about putting screws into my favourite trail shoe, and you can buy off-the-shelf shoes like these... Read more…
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We like to practice what we preach here at MST. The trails in the Dyfi Valley area are some of the best in the UK – fact. So I thought I would share some of what I saw out there today, as I happened to have my camera with me. For the record – 8 miles, 61 minutes. Read more…
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Well on my desk at least. Yes, we have finally got our hands on a pair of Walsh Spirit Lite shoes – the Bolton fell-shoemaker’s statement of intent in trail running. At first glance the understated Walsh signature is there, with very little in the way of bells and whistles… Read more…
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The biggest expo of running gear – bar none. ISPO is the place to go if you want a handle on what’s hot for the coming 12 months. Not being one to shy away from new kit the Gripmaster made the trip to Munich to enlighten us… Read more…
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The 31st January deadline for the discounted early bird rate created a huge surge of online entrants over the weekend of 30/31st January, causing online entry breakdown for many. Some entries managed to get through the PayPal system, but many were left disappointed Read more…
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It only seems like yesterday that we were down in Bordon covering the last of the 2009 Saab Salomon Turbo X races. Well, its now February and it’s just over 4 weeks until the first race of the 2010 series gets underway at Surrey Hills near Bracknell on the 7th of March… Read more…
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This must be one of the best magazines on the world’s newstands. Except it is online. I can’t read German, but it didn’t stop me from spending 20 minutes looking at the imagery and taking in the emotion of the superb off-road running e-zine that is Trail Magazin… Read more…
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Autumn has been a busy time in terms of trying out new alternative trail running shoes for this reviewer and with my inflamed metatarsals I hoped to find a shoe that struck a good balance between grip, lightness, and protection from the dangers of the trail. Read more…
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Fell shoe originators Walsh have recognised that time stands still for no man (or woman). The ultra-pure sport of fell running will never leave their hearts, however in a nod towards other off-road running activities that are emerging the Bolton pioneers have released a range of trail shoes… 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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Top endurance-event organisers Pro-Velo Support have announced details for their latest ultra-trail race this Spring. The Wiggle Lightning 12 is a smaller incarnation of the Adidas Thunder Run 24 which takes place at Catton Park later in the year. Read more…
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Montrail has signed four new elite trail runners to Team Montrail including Max King, the winner of the 2008 and 2009 XTERRA Trail Run Championships and the 2009 USATF Trail Marathon Championship. Read more…
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The main reason for the Gripmaster’s latest foray into the powder was (we think) to test out the Icebug SISU olx shoe. Whatever the reason we think that Stefan and his female partner had a lot of fun out there in the heavy snow that now covers Europe… Read more…
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Louis Clark reports on a suburban foray into the ancient forest of Epping Forest. Londoner Louis has to search far and wide those wild spaces that make an urban runner’s life a bit more bearable, but finds a little bit of off-road heaven east of London… Read more…
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German-based site Gripmastertrails is a site after our own hearts here at MST. The imagery and emotion is superb, and their coverage of year’s TransAlpine Run was unsurpassed. The Gripmaster loves the trails, runs the trails and reports the trails… 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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MST has another new writer. Louis Clark will be ‘our man in the South’ – of England that is – covering all things trail and XC. Louis lives in the city, he lives for the weekend and getting our of urbania. Read more…
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The Al Andalus Ultra Trail is a very tough 5 day, 5 stage race of around 225km. The course provides a very demanding test not just for your legs but for your character and determination. Temperatures will be high (35-45C), climbs numerous and long. Read more…
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Registration for the 2010 GORE-TEX® TransRockies Run is now officially open, an early initiative designed to manage the increased interest in the unique event. Runners from all over the world will be signing up for one of the coveted entries to take on this spectacular challenge… Read more…
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In episode 9 of Kilian’s Quest Mr. Jornet takes us through those hazy times of sleep deprivation, when you never quite know what day it is! You can only imaging how it must have felt to have been running the Tahoe Rim Trail with very little sleep in 38 odd hours! Read more…
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I have to admit to not being an avid reader of the world’s most popular running magazine. In the past I saw the publication as more of an advisory mag, helping those running newbies obtain shoe, race and training advice for road races, marathons, the odd off-road or charity event… 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 11th of Jan, 2009. For all you ‘urban trailsters’ who are fed up with the icy pavements and traffic – Hit the Trail! Read more…
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You’re probably sick and tired of ‘lists’ these days – so we thought we’d do one! The World XC champs have thrown up a number of legends over the years and whilst crewing the end off my biro I thought you might like to get involved and have your say, as always no prizes, its just for fun… Read more…
