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 »
Press release from the 60th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race. This historic 7.6 mile uphill only race climbs 4,650 feet to the wind-swept summit. As the entire globe struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic, race organizers at the Mount Washington Auto Road are working out contingency plans for a possible postponement of the June… Read more »
American Trail Running Association executive director Nancy Hobbs interviewed 2019 US Mountain Running Team member Sam Lewis to see how she’s adjusting her training to and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Sam Lewis lives in Moscow, Idaho where she is a teacher and coach. She stormed onto the mountain and trail racing scene in 2019… Read more »
Written by Kristy Reade with contributions from ATRA’s Nancy Hobbs for the World Mountain Running Association. Re-posted here with permission. “Let it be said that when things were at their worst, we were at our best.” – Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Republic of Ireland. With the current COVID-19 pandemic having such a profound effect… Read more »
The following story was written by 1993 World Mountain Running Trophy silver medalist Dave Dunham. A prolific multi-surface athlete and adventure, Dave writes about snowshoe running up Kearsarge Mountain in New Hampshire fifteen years ago with teammates Dan Verrington, Alan Bernier and ATRA’s Richard Bolt. March 18, 2005 – My injured hip left me unable… Read more »
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 »
[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 »
[JUNE 15, 2020 UPDATE – The Gnar Gnar Mountain Race has been cancelled] Go Beyond Racing’s Gnar Gnar presented by Nike Trail debuted in 2018 as a short but tough mountain running challenge in the shadow of iconic Mt Hood. After two years as a fun low key 10K located close to Portland, the Gnar… Read more »
Nineteen veterans of the World Mountain Running Championships and Trail World Championships are eligible to race in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon coming up February 29 in Atlanta, Georgia. Hosted by the Atlanta Track Club, this event will determine which athletes will represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo,… Read more »
Written by USA Track & Field’s Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Running Executive Committee members Richard Bolt, Nancy Hobbs and Jason Bryant. Approved by the MUT Executive Committee for publication on January 15, 2020. [September 6 UPDATE: The 2020 World Mountain Running Championships have been cancelled. The USATF MUT Council will not name a team in… Read more »
On January 11, 2020, Colorado resident Greg Cummings set a record for the most number of Manitou Incline ascents in a single year. Greg climbed the 2011 vertical feet Incline 1825 times in 365 days for a total of 3.6 million vertical feet in a single year. The Manitou Incline is a one mile long… Read more »
[UPDATED May 13, 2020 – The 17th annual North American, Central American & Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Running Championships has been cancelled. Announcement HERE] For the 2020 NACAC Mountain Running Championships, the following Team USATF selection criteria was approved by USA Track & Field’s Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) executive committee on January 14, 2020. The 17th… Read more »
EDITORS NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event has been cancelled by the World Mountain Running Association. This year marks the 15th edition of the World Mountain Running Association’s (WMRA) International U18 Mountain Running Cup. The 2020 race course is an up/downhill circuit approximately 5 km in length with 207 meters of ascent and… Read more »
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