Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The American Trail Running Association is a WMRA media partner and will be providing coverage of all sixteen events in the 2021 Mountain Running World Cup. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a member of the WMRA Council. Photos: WMRA. The 2021 Mountain Running World Cup is a… Read more »
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Race Report: Austria’s Grossglockner Berglauf Mountain Race
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The American Trail Running Association is a WMRA media partner and will be providing coverage of all sixteen events in the 2021 Mountain Running World Cup. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a member of the WMRA Council. Photo above: Marco Gulberti. Mountain weather is an unpredictable beast,… Read more »
Strava to Present Live Broadcast of 2021 Broken Arrow Skyrace 26K & VK
Announcement from American Trail Running Association member Broken Arrow Skyrace. Images by Hilary Matheson. For the first time, online viewers will be able to watch the season final of the North America Golden Trail National Series and the only World Mountain Running Association World Cup event in North America. The Broken Arrow Skyrace and Strava… Read more »
Austria’s Grossglockner Berglauf Next Up For Mountain Running World Cup
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The American Trail Running Association is a WMRA media partner and will be providing coverage of all sixteen events in the 2021 Mountain Running World Cup. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a member of the WMRA Council. Photos: WMRA. This coming Sunday, July 11th the WMRA Mountain… Read more »
Poland’s Tatra Race Run A Mountain Running Success
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The American Trail Running Association is a WMRA media partner and will be providing coverage of all sixteen events in the 2021 Mountain Running World Cup. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a member of the WMRA Council. Photos: Marco Gulberti. The hugely anticipated first race in the… Read more »
Thailand to host Inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championship in 2021
Chiang Mai, Thailand will host the inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championships on November 11 to 14, 2021. The event will feature 40 km and 80 km trail races, classic mountain races for Seniors and Juniors, and a vertical uphill race. It replaces World Championships previously hosted by WMRA (mountain running) and IAU/ITRA (trail)…. Read more »
World Mountain Running Association Stages Virtual Congress Meeting
This past Saturday, the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) held its 37th annual congress meeting over a video conference. Normally this gathering of athletics federation representatives meets in person at the annual World Mountain Running Championships. Unfortunately, because the world championships originally scheduled to take place earlier this month in Lanzarote, Spain was cancelled, the… Read more »
World Mountain Running Association Announces 2021 World Cup
World Cup announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Above photo by Marco Gulberti. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a member of the WMRA Council. The World Mountain Running Association is pleased to present the 2021 World Cup calendar with events in the United States, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France and Austria…. Read more »
WMRA Tallies Votes for the Greatest Mountain Race of All Time
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 »
Semi Final Voting for WMRA’s Greatest Race Of All Time is Open
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 »
World Mountain Running Association Launches Greatest Of All Time Mountain Races
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 »
Joseph Gray Wins WMRA Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) Men’s Mountain Runner Poll
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 »
WMRA Names Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) Men of Mountain Running
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 »
WMRA Names Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) Women of Mountain Running
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 »
2020 WMRA Mountain Running World Cup is Cancelled
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 »
2020 Edition of Spain’s Zumaia Flysch Trail Race Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
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 »
Mountain Runners Around the World Reflect on COVID-19 Pandemic
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 »
2020 World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships – US Team Selection
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 »
2020 International U18 Mountain Running Cup – Team USA Selection
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 »
US Juniors Reflect on Their Experiences at the 2019 World Mountain Running Championships
Tayte Pollmann’s articles are supported by American Trail Running Association corporate member Nike Trail Running. You can follow Tayte’s adventures on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For many young athletes, representing Team USA while still in high school or college is a dream come true. On November 15, 2019, eight talented young athletes, ages 16-19, competed for… Read more »