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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 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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News that the newly-crowned World women’s mountain running champion Elisa Desco had tested positive for a (as yet unnamed) banned substance may come as a shock to many in the mountain running scene. Read more…
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“Nestled high in the Italian Alps on the border with Switzerland, the towns of Campodolcino and Madesimo made a fitting and spectacular setting for the 1st IAAF World Mountain Running Championships”. Read more…
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East African nations have clean-swept in the mens race at the 25th WMR Champs in Italy on Sunday (6th). Going one better, the Italian nation took all three medals in the women’s race, with Elisa Desco winning convincingly from compatriot Valentina Belotti. Read more…
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With just three days left until the racing begins it is time to get serious for some of the world’s best mountain runners at the WMRC. Defending champ Jono Wyatt goes for number 7(!), but will come up against the strongest competition yet… Read more…
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We have one man to thank for the 2009 WMRC event gaining Championship status, the late Danny Hughes. He was instrumental in getting a greater recognition for the event and it is thanks to Danny that this year the event will gain a higher global standing and media recognition… Read more…
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The UK line-up for next months inaugural World Mountain Running Championships has been selected by UKA, following last weekend’s Trails. Absent from the trials race but deemed a strong enough contender is Sarah Tunstall, whos pedigree at championships races speaks for itself… Read more…
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Adam Grice and Katie Ingram were convincing winners of the men’s and women’s races at yesterdays World and Commonwealth trials race in Cumbria. Strong junior runs from Scots teenage sensation Robbie Simpson and local lass Mel Hyder also secured their berths on the plane to Italy next month… 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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Bristol runner Kate Goodhead, winner of the European Uphill trial race in June and 8th placer at the Euro Champs, is fully prepared as she goes to this weekend’s World and Commonwealth trials races with the intent of selection for both events. Read more…
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After his win at the US MR champs Team Inov-8 USA runner Joseph Gray heads to Europe. His target is the WMR Championships, however we are sure that he will take in a few other races whilst over in Europe… Read more…
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Members of the 2009 Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team were announced on August 2 and will compete in the 25th WMR Championships in Campodolcino, Italy on September 6, 2009. This is the inaugural ‘championships’, following on from the former Trophy races… Read more…
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The first part of the International Mountain running season has just finished with the European Championships held on July 12 in Telfes (AUT) with great success for the Turkish runners in individual races and for the Italians in team competition. Read more…
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Racing for the titles at the newly renamed WMRC will be on the 6th of September at Campodolcino – Madesimo, Italy, with 2009 location and team information now posted for download at a new WMRC site. The Sunday’s races are the culmination of an excellent 4-day build-up. Read more…
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A comprehensive article in Athletics Weekly (9.4.09) in which Sarah Rowell outlines the selection procedures for this year’s major mountain events, and gives an insight into how off-road running continues to go from strength-to-strength… Read more…
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He is down to earth. He likes flying kites. He loves his running. He loves off-road running especially. He would quite like to do more mountain running and was GB’s top Olympian in the Beijing triathlon. He is Alistair Brownlee – one of the biggest talents in triathlon right now. Read more…
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So, it seems like yesterday that the world’s top mountain runners were hanging up their race shoes and getting out their skis. But on the 8th of March the first race in the 2009 Skyrunner World Series Trials takes place in Mexico. Read more…
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Melissa Moon is no ordinary world champion. After twice winning the World Mountain Running trophy she went on to run 1500km across 16 countries in the Blue Planet run, a campaign for safe drinking water in Africa. But she isn’t stopping there… Read more…
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The WMRA has published this year’s calendar and at the same time hinted at much more in the way of news for 2009. In an email to MST they stated “Several news items are due to be published …visit the web page regularly to keep abreast of these.” So, why not bookmark it! Read more…
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As promised our musings on the “best of…” begin here with the runners. We’ve got a fell / mountain section, UK and International and an outstanding performance, whatever the surface. The choices might have seemed pretty straight-forward, but there will be some out there who will disagree – anyway, this how we saw it in ’08… Read more…
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In this two-part interview the multi-world champion Kiwi took time out from his busy schedule to give us an fascinating insight into his career, training techniques, favourite product and how his inspirations are just everyday people. 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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How many runners can you name that can run 3.43 for 1500m, 13.27 for 5000m, a 2.13 marathon and who then go on to dominate the global mountain running scene for 6 years straight? Sure, there are athletes who have run quicker, but when it comes to crossing terrain-boundaries Jonathan Wyatt is something of a phenomenon. Read more…
