Editors Note: In 2017 forest fires burned large areas in the mountains above Susa, Italy and threatened the historic Challenge Stellina race course. In recent years several major U.S. trail races have been threatened or cancelled due to forest fires. Are you concerned about how climate change is affecting our sport? Consider supporting the work… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Corsa in Montagna
Trofeo Nasego Mountain Races Celebrate Industry, Environment and Tradition in Italy’s Alpine Region
[Editor’s Note: This event was postponed to October 3th and 4th, 2020.] Press release from Corsa in Montagna. Photos by Trofeo Nasego. Garda Lake a few kilometers away, on one side Valtrompia famous for steel and ironworks, on the other Valsabbia with its metal foundries. In the middle the Savallese with Casto and its hamlets,… Read more »
Sam Sahli reflects on his European Mountain Running Adventure
Written by Sam Sahli. Sam was the top American male at the Trail World Championships this past June. Raidlight is an American Trail Running Association corporate member and sponsor of our View from the Pack series of articles. Photo above by Corsa in Montagna. The Piz Tri Vertical and the Fletta Trail races this past… Read more »
American Sam Sahli joins Showdown in Italy’s Country of Mountain Running
Written by Alex Scolari, Corsa in Montagna. Photo above by Corsa in Montagna. American Sam Sahli recently competed in the Trail World Championships and several WMRA World Cup events and is scheduled to compete at Piz Tri Vertikal and FlettaTRAIL. ATRA executive director Nancy Hobbs is also treasurer of the World Mountain Running Association. Piz… Read more »
Italian Mountain Running Champions Named at Trofeo Nasego
Story written by Italian running journalist Alberto Stretti and edited by Richard Bolt. Photo credits D. Benedetto and M. Gulberti (for corsainmontagna.it). You can read Corsa in Montagna’s Italian language Trofeo Nasego race summary on their website. Last weekend, the Trofeo Nasego race hosted Italy’s mountain running national championship where local hero’s went up against… Read more »
Americans Kremer, Gray, Kimmel, Wacker among stacked field for Sierre-Zinal
Written and translated to English by Alex Scolari for corsainmontagna.it. Three American World Mountain Running Champions in a first class elite field with multiple U.S. national team members. Joe Gray (2016 World Mountain Running Champion), Stevie Kremer (2012 Long Distance Mountain Running Champion) and Max King (2011 World Mountain Running Champion) joined by Americans Jodee… Read more »
Stage 3 of the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup comes to Sierre-Zinal
Written by Alex Scolari for corsainmontagna.it, World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) media partner for the 2018 Mountain Running World Cup. Photo Credit:Â Alexis Courthoud. 2016 World Mountain Running Champion and Colorado Springs resident Joe Gray is also scheduled to race Sierre-Zinal where he finished 2nd at the 2014 event. The mini tour of the mountain running… Read more »
Francesco Puppi and Andrea Mayr win at Italy’s PIZTRIVertical mountain race
Press release from corsainmontagna.it for the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). PIZTRIVertical was the second race of the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup. Andrea Mayr (AUT) was the announced top name in Malonno for second round of the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup in Malonno along the tough hills of PIZTRIVertical and Mayr gave an… Read more »