Announcement from the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championship local organizing committee. ATRA executive director Nancy Hobbs is a member of the World Mountain Running Association council. Photo: Marco Gulberti/Corsa in Montagna. An event launch has been held with just over six weeks to go until the 1st annual World Mountain and Trail Running… Read more »
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U.S. Runners Conquer World Masters Mountain Running Championships
Written by Richard Bolt for the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Photos by Richard Bolt. Flagstaff, Arizona resident Sara Wagner (W50) and Colorado Springs, Colorado’s Nancy Hobbs (W60) win individual bronze medals. Wagner, Sandra Dolby and Trista Brown win team bronze medal in W50 age group. 26 Americans finish world masters races. Saturday’s weather may… Read more »
US Women Earn Gold at the IAU 100 km World Championships
Written by David Melly. Photos by Austin Louden. In the ultramarathon world, patience tends to pay off. The methodical often outlast the eager, and the second half of most races looks very different than the first. Individual results and team rankings can swing wildly by huge margins in the final miles… for better or for… Read more »
Joseph Gray and Grayson Murphy Win Italy’s Challenge Stellina
Double Gold for 2019 World Mountain Running Champions Joseph Gray and Grayson Murphy at Challenge Stellina: U.S. men and women’s teams earn bronze. At the 34th running of Challenge Stellina in Susa, Italy, on August 28, 2022, Americans Joseph Gray (Colorado Springs, CO) and Grayson Murphy (Bozeman, MT) notched gold medal performances. Both USA’s men’s… Read more »
America’s Best Mountain Runners Return to Challenge Stellina
For more than a quarter century elite American athletes have crossed the pond for one of Europe’s historic mountain running races, the Challenge Stellina in Susa, Italy. Impressive past American performances include World Mountain Running Championship silver medalist Dave Dunham who ran 1h22:48 in 1994. US Mountain Running Team members Paul Low and Simon Gutierrez… Read more »
Lauren Gregory and Joseph Gray Win Inaugural USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championship
Gregory wins her first National Championship; Gray wins his 21st National Championship Nestled in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Loon Mountain’s base lodge bustled with activity in Sunday’s early morning hours as hundreds of runners gathered for the first-ever USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships and selection race for two international events – Italy’s Challenge Stellina and… Read more »
Tabor Hemming’s Journey From Junior Standout to Mountain Running National Champion
Guest interview by U.S. Junior Mountain Running Team leader Paul Kirsch. Paul is also founder of the Loon Mountain Race and lives in Madison, New Hampshire. Above photo: Mike Scott. Tabor (Scholl) Hemming grew up running, as she describes in her bio at her website, “on dirt roads and cow trails.” In high school she… Read more »
USATF National Championship Returns to the Loon Mountain Race
Founded in 2006 as a qualifier for the U.S. Mountain Running Team, the Loon Mountain Race will once again play host to the top American uphill runners at the inaugural USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships this Sunday, July 10, in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This new national championship format was created in response to the addition… Read more »
Tabor Hemming & Andy Wacker Win USATF Mountain Running Championships
After last year’s event was hosted by the Gnar Gnar on Mt Hood in Oregon, the USATF Mountain Running Championship returned to the “Beast Coast” to be hosted by the Whiteface Mountain Races in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Perfect racing weather set the scene under a blue sky, with low wind and… Read more »
Mountain Running National Championship Double-header Coming to Northeast U.S.
Two races, 12 miles, 6800’ of vertical, twelve automatic US Mountain Running Team spots on offer This weekend will kick off the first-ever back-to-back weekend double-header of USATF Championships in Mountain Running. On Saturday, July 2, the popular Whiteface Mountain Race will host the USATF Mountain Running Championships in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New… Read more »
USA & Poland Take Individual Gold at International U18 Mountain Running Cup
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Written by María Ávila for the WMRA. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is the WMRA secretary. Photos: Marco Gulberti. Alyssa Sauro (pictured above) from United States and Maciej Lachowski from Poland earned the first places on the podium at the 15th International Under 18 Mountain Running Cup in… Read more »
Alyssa Sauro Wins the 2022 International U18 Mountain Running Cup
Written by U.S. Team manager Andrew Simmons. Andrew is also head coach at Lifelong Endurance and head coach at Peak Performance Running. Photos by Nancy Hobbs, Andrew Simmons and Marco Gulberti. The 15th annual International U18 Mountain Running Cup started out with a bang on Sunday, June 26, in Saluzzo, Italy. The U.S. girls’ team… Read more »
U.S. Team Geared Up For Sunday’s International U18 Mountain Running Cup
Written by U.S. Team manager Andrew Simmons. Andrew is also head coach at Lifelong Endurance and head coach at Peak Performance Running. The U.S. Under 18 Mountain Running Team arrived in Saluzzo, Italy for the 15th International U18 Mountain Running Cup organized by the World Mountain Running Association and Federazione Italiana Di Atletica Leggera. Eight… Read more »
2022 U.S. 100K Road Team – Meet the Athletes
Written by U.S. 100K Road Team manager Lin Gentling. Photos provided by the athletes. The Mountain Ultra Trail Running Executive Council of the USA Track & Field (USATF) is proud to announce the U.S. team members for the 31st International Association of Ultrarunning (IAU) 100K World Championships in Berlin Bernau, Germany. The event will be… Read more »
2022 U.S. 100K Road Team Announced For IAU World Championships
Written by USATF Championship liaison and U.S. 100K National Team Leader Lin Gentling. It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2022 100K National Team. This official USA Track & Field (USATF) Team will compete in the 2022 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100 Kilometer World Championships under the patronage of World Athletics on… Read more »
2022 U.S. U18 Mountain Running Team Announced
The American Trail Running Association (ATRA) and USA Track & Field (USATF) are excited to announce the U.S. team members for the 15th Edition of the International U18 Mountain Running Cup in Saluzzo, Italy. Taking Place on June 26, eight 16 and 17 year old American athletes representing 4 states will tackle the technical 4.4km… Read more »
2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championship Awarded to Innsbruck Austria
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Photos: Florentin Haunold at Roast Media. The joint application of Innsbruck Tourism and the Stubai Tourism Association for the right to host the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) was successful against strong international competition. The community of Innsbruck-Stubai will bring the WMTRC to Tyrol… Read more »
2022 Challenge Stellina International Meeting for Nations – Team USA Selection
Now in its 33rd edition, the Challenge Stellina is a 14.3K uphill race with 1500 meters of climb and will take place on August 28, 2022, in Susa, Italy. For 2022, the race will host an international competition for athletics federations from 7 countries that fought on the side of the allies in World War… Read more »
Max King and Michelle Merlis Victorious at 2022 Breakneck Point Trail Marathon
Written by USATF liaison Lin Gentling. Photos by Lin Gentling. A more perfect day to run the Breakneck Point Trail Marathon trails around the 6000 acre Hudson Highlands State Park would be hard to find. Saturday, April 30, dawned perfectly clear and crisp at 37 degrees with calm winds as over 300 runners lined up… Read more »
Beavin and Demerjian Win 2022 USATF 100k Road Championships
Written by USATF Championship liaison Lin Gentling. Photos courtesy of Mad City Ultras and Ann Heaslett. The Upper Midwest is known for its windy conditions in the spring, but nothing compared with the gales that the 100K road national championships runners fought at the Mad City Ultras on Saturday, April 23. Although this is a… Read more »