Posts tagged with: world mountain running grand prix

GP overall standings confirmed

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 07 Oct '09

After Saturday’s last race in this year’s series the final podium positions for the WMRA GP have been confirmed. Read more…
Freezing temperatures hit Skaala

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 17 Aug '09

Antonella Confotola, Italy and John Sombol, Kenya won the 5th WMRA Grand Prix race in Skaala Uphill in Norway. Sombol was only 5 seconds ahead of Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand, five times World Trophy winner in mountain running. Read more…
WMRA Grand Prix, no 4 - full report

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 13 Aug '09

After our brief report on Sunday regarding the result of the race, a full report by Tomo Sarf is now live on the WMRA site. One very notable result from a British perspective was a great run for third place from winner of the GB Euro trial Adam Osbourne… Read more…
WMRA GP round 3

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 30 Jul '09

No sooner has the Slovenian dust settled, with superb wins for Robert Krupicka and Anna Pichrtova, than the traveling Grand Prix circus hits Austria on Sunday (Aug 2), for the 1st Mayrhofen Harakiri Run for round 3 on this year’s GP championship… Read more…
Pichrtova wins, Wyatt 2nd at GP2

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 28 Jul '09

It was business as usual for Anna Pichrtova at the second round of the WMRA Grand Prix in the Kamniska Bistrica valley on Sunday. However, reigning champion and winner of the first round Jonathan Wyatt was beaten into second place by Robert Krupicka… Read more…
WMRA GP continues

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 23 Jul '09

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…
Jono picks up where he left off in GP

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 28 May '09

The results took a while to come through from last week’s WMRA Grand Prix opener in Grand Ballon, however by all accounts Jonathan Wyatt is already in the sort of form that saw him take the Series in 2008. The 5-time world champ didn’t have things all his own way it seems… Read more…
WMRA Grand Prix opener is today...

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 21 May '09

Continuing on from the earlier MST report, the 29th La Montée du Grand Ballon is a season-opening race where race favorite Jonathan Wyatt lay down his challenge for the 2009 crown, and the French racers will prepare for their National Championships. Read more…
11th WMRA Grand Prix 2009

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 15 May '09

The World Mountain Running Grand Prix series is now firmly established as the ‘champions league’ of international mountain running. It’s considered by many athletes as one of the most coveted prizes in mountain racing. Read more…
It's not all mud, sweat and tears

Posted in Through the Lens by Matt Ward on Fri 08 May '09

Anna Frost is a bit of one-off. The Kiwi school teacher come super international mountain runner, lives life to the full, and doesn’t take things too seriously. As this recent visit to a top London photo studio also shows, Frosty is quite the glamour girl… Read more…
SkyRunning season is almost upon us

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 25 Feb '09

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…
Grand Prix plans announced

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 02 Feb '09

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…
Saab Salomon 2009 - new name, new names

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 06 Jan '09

The all-conquering Team Saab Salomon mountain racing team has a new name for 2009. The association of the two brands will continue, however from this year they will now be known as the Saab Salomon Outdoor Team. Read more…