From the World Mountain Running Association message board: Emma Murray (AUS) retains her title, but USA sweep the board in the men’s Pike Peak Marathon. (Colorado – USA) Predictions about the winner of the men’s World Long Distance Challenge were correct in identifying local boy Matt Carpenter, six times winner on this course in previous [...]
Entries from August 2006
Americans Sweep World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
August 21st, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Matt Carpenter · Mountain Running · Trail Running · World Mountain Running Championships
Jonathan Wyatt dominating again.
August 10th, 2006 · No Comments
Looks like Jonathan Wyatt is the King of the Mountain again this year: World mountain running champion Jonathan Wyatt of Wellington, is in top form a month out from defending his world title in Turkey. Wyatt has won the first three Grand Prix mountain races in Europe, his latest victory being in Telfes Austria on [...]
Tags: Grand Prix · Jonathan Wyatt · Mountain Running · Trail Running
How much running is too much?
August 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Use this in your arguements with people who say running isn’t good for you (notice those people are almost always fat, lazy or smokers…) A few years ago, the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine released a study recommending an hour a day of exercise for all Americans. A runner logging miles at an eight-minute per [...]
Tags: The Science · Trail Running · Ultra Running