Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Above photo: Ruben Fueyo. Spain will host the World Mountain Running Masters Championship for the first time in 2024. This championship is organized jointly by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) and World Masters Athletics (WMA). It will be the 23rd edition of an event born back… 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 »
Ireland Set For Saturday’s World Masters Mountain Running Championships
This coming Saturday, the 21st annual World Masters Mountain Running Championships takes place in Clonmel, Ireland. While Ireland has had strong representation at World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) events for several decades, this will be the first time this unique world championships for athletes ages 35 to 79 has been held on the emerald island…. Read more »
Meet the Americans Competing at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships
Masters runners are gearing up for the 21st WMRA/WMA World Masters Mountain Running Championships which will be held on Saturday September 3rd, 2022, in the Comeragh Mountains outside Clonmel, Ireland. The race is open to athletes ages 35 to 79. Athletes 55 to 79 will run 8.4km with 510 meters of climbing, while athletes 35… Read more »
Clonmel Ireland Hosts World Masters Test Race & Press Event
Tipperary County community comes together to organize the 21st edition of this prestigious international mountain running race as it prepares to welcome the world in September. On Saturday evening, 18 June 2022, international delegates, local community leaders, sponsors and event organizers gathered at the historic Clonmel Town Hall to kick off an official welcome for… Read more »
Clonmel Ireland Prepares to Host World Masters Mountain Running Championships
Newly elected World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) president Tomo Sarf recently made his first official trip to Clonmel, Ireland to review preparations for the 21st World Masters Mountain Running Championships scheduled for September 2nd to 4th, 2022. The visit was a chance to meet with event organizers, deliver the official finisher medals, walk the course… Read more »
World Masters Mountain Running Championships Coming To Telfes, Austria
Announcement from Tourismusverband Stubai Tirol, host of the WMRA’s 2021 World Masters Mountain Running Championship. ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is the WMRA treasurer. The 2021 World Masters Mountain Running Championship for participants aged 35 to 79 will take place on September – a year later than planned – as part of the Schlickeralmlauf in the… Read more »
Why the World Masters Mountain Running Championships should be on your bucket list
There is an international mountain running event designed for athletes of all abilities ages 35 to 79. So, get in on the action and start planning your trip to Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia, site of the 2017 WMA/WMRA World Masters Mountain Running Championships. Having hosted the championships in 2000, the organizers are ready for the… Read more »