The 2020 World Mountain Running Championships and World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships originally scheduled for November 13/14 in Lanzarote, Spain have been cancelled by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). As a result of this cancellation, US team selection which was supposed to start this month, has been suspended. The USATF Mountain, Ultra, Trail… Read more »
Mile ten of the Pikes Peak Ascent is always memorable to me whether in the actual race or just running on Pikes for training. Whatever the mountain, running hard above tree line takes you to a special place where it suddenly starts to feel like there’s a whole lot less air…in the air. At last… Read more »
[Editors UPDATE September 6, 2020 – The World Mountain Running Championships have been cancelled. The USATF MUT Council will not name a team in 2020. Selection criteria for the 2021 World Mountain Running Championships will be announced in December.] The following is the updated selection criteria for the 2020 USATF Mountain Running Team scheduled to… Read more »
The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) conducted a fun competition over the past few weeks with thousands of fans voting for their favorite mountain race through a knockout competition. The ultimate quest was to identify the greatest mountain race of all time, and with all the votes counted, the winning race is Slovenia’s Smarna Gora…. Read more »
Kicking off on July 25, the 35th annual Swissalpine will have a lot of changes in Davos, Switzerland and will be a bit different due to the coronavirus crisis. The largest mountain running event in Graubünden this year takes place with a reduced program over two days. The new prime event, the K68 (68 km),… Read more »
This past Fourth of July, nearly 300 runners crossed the finish line at the 44th annual Vail HillClimb in the mountain resort town Vail, Colorado. This was the second race in the 2020 Dynafit Vail Trail Running Series. This year’s edition included several major course changes to accommodate for participants’ safety during the coronavirus pandemic…. Read more »
While the majority of races have been cancelled, the World Mountain Running Association has been trying to keep great mountain running content coming to its community. First they took a look at the greatest of all time (GOAT) mountain runners and now they’re looking at the greatest of all time mountain running races – e.g…. Read more »
The World Mountain Running Association’s Greatest Mountain Race of All Time (GROAT) contest has reached the quarter final stage. Eight mountain running races remain; four long distance and four short distance and all extremely special in their own way. New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Road Race made it through the initial round of voting and goes… Read more »
While the majority of races have been cancelled, the World Mountain Running Association has been trying to keep great mountain running content coming to its community. First they took a look at the greatest of all time (GOAT) mountain runners and now they’re looking at the greatest of all time mountain running races – e.g…. Read more »
American Trail Running Association founder and executive director Nancy Hobbs is treasurer of the World Mountain Running Association. For the last few weeks the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) has been featuring some of the greatest mountain runners in the world, looking back at the last 20-plus years and celebrating the achievements of some truly… Read more »
Announcement from Tuffli Events AG, organizers of the Swissalpine trail races in Davos, Switzerland. As of June 5, 2020 there were 30,936 coronavirus cases and 1,921 deaths in Switzerland among a population of 8.57 million. The Swissalpine, which takes place annually over the last weekend in July, can also be carried out this year, albeit… Read more »
Written by Kristy Reade for the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Republished here with permission. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is the treasurer of the World Mountain Running Association. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been taking a look back at some of the “greatest of all time” athletes in mountain running. We’re going to… Read more »
Written by Kristy Reade for the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Republished here with permission. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is the treasurer of the World Mountain Running Association. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been taking a look back at some of the “greatest of all time” athletes in mountain running. We’re going to… Read more »
Redemption, Wrong Turns, Silver Linings and Cigarettes: How a Few of the Nation’s Top Mountain/Ultra/Trail Runners Found Their Way to the Trails. Written by Shannon Payne. Shannon is a Colorado native trail runner currently residing in Auburn, California. She was a 2-time qualifier for the US Mountain Running Team, 2-time winner of the Mt. Washington… Read more »
Redemption, Wrong Turns, Silver Linings and Cigarettes: How a Few of the Nation’s Top Mountain/Ultra/Trail Runners Found Their Way to the Trails. Written by Shannon Payne. Shannon is a Colorado native currently residing in Auburn, California. She was a 2-time qualifier for the US Mountain Running Team, 2-time winner of the Mt. Washington Road Race,… Read more »
The 2020 NACAC Mountain Running Championship in Golden, BC, Canada has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Limits on the number of participants in events to no more than 50 imposed by the British Columbia government means the host Golden Ultra will have to be cancelled. The 17th annual North American, Central American & Caribbean… Read more »
Started in 1999, the World Mountain Running Association’s (WMRA) World Cup has been a proving ground for elite level off-road runners preparing themselves for the annual World Mountain Running Championships. Featuring up to seven European events per year, this series travelled to America for the first time last year, adding the American Trail Running Association… Read more »
Article courtesy the USATF New England (USATF-NE) Association. USATF-NE has been the host association for several mountain and trail running national championships at events including the Mt Washington Road Race (Mountain), Cranmore Mountain Race (Mountain), Loon Mountain Race (Mountain), Waterville Valley Mountain Race (Mountain) and Ragged Mountain 50K (Trail). Photo above by Freddi Triback. With… Read more »
Last night Chris J. Dunn & Paul Kirsch, co-RDs for the Loon Mountain Race announced the cancellation of their event. Loon Mountain Race hosted the 2014, 2016 and 2018 USATF Mountain Running Championships and selection race for the US Mountain Running Team. Following the pending Mount Washington Road Race postponement two weeks ago, the Loon… Read more »
Announcement from World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) Council member Sergio Mayayo. American Trail Running Association founder Nancy Hobbs also serves on the WMRA Council. The WMRA Mountain Running World Cup will return to Zumaia Flysch Trail in 2021 The inaugural event of the 22nd Mountain Running World Cup WMRA was originally planned to host the… Read more »
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