Trail Running Blog

Rare defeat Anna Pichtrova the Women’s World Mountain Running Champion in the final WMRA Grand Prix race of 2007 on the Smarna Gora, in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Saturday. Victoria Wilkinson (GBR) was able to out run champion Anna Pichrtova (CZE) in a time of 48:54. Pichrtova finished in second position 47 seconds behind, and […]

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This years uphill/downhill WMRA World Mountain Running Trophy in Ovronnaz, Switzerland was won by previous champion Marco De Gasperi (ITA) (his fifth World title) holding off the strong challenge of an African duo from Eritrea at the WMRA World Mountain Running Trophy.
De Gasperi who excels in the up/down version of the World Trophy had […]

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This is a cool announcement from the WMRA:
A Commonwealth Championship for Mountain Running and Ultra distance
PRESS RELEASE 1
18.05.07
NEW COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT FOR ULTRADISTANCE AND MOUNTAIN RUNNING TO BE HELD IN ENGLAND IN 2009.
The International Association of Ultra Runners (IAU) and the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) are pleased to announce that their proposal to […]

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Looks like Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) has another World Mountain Running Association Grand Prix victory to add to his collection (this is number five!). Marco Gaiardo of Italy will not be challenging him in this weekends Rock of Gibraltar race. Anna Pichrtova (CZE) who is already the overall Grand Prix winner and European champion will also […]

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It seems like Jonathan Wyatt has recovered from his dog attack and takes the 5th race of the WMRA Grand Prix. The “Rock of Gibraltar” will now be the deciding race in the series for the mens division. From the WMRA:
As expected, the two dominant European mountain runners Jonathan Wyatt (NZL who is based in […]

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