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The Athletes’ View of 2020

31/12/2020
Normally at this time of year we’d be looking back at race highlights from the year, remembering the World and European Championships and World Cup winners. However, there was little normal about 20…

Announcement of 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships

23/12/2020
Chiang Mai, Thailand will host the inaugural World Mountain & Trail Running Championships on 11-14 November 2021. It will feature 40KM and 80KM trail races, classic mountain races for Seniors an…

Spanish National Team Trail Running Championships: Blanes and Alonso Win

13/12/2020
The Spanish National Team Trail Running Championships took place this weekend in Ibiza. The race was in the style of a Classic WMRA Mountain Race over 21k with 872m of ascent. This is somewhat of a d…

Sierre-Zinal Announce Plans for 2021

30/11/2020
In 2020, faced with unprecedented circumstances, the Sierre-Zinal organising committee maintained its resolve to keep the race flame going, crafting a different version of the event. It was held as…

First WMRA Virtual Congress

28/11/2020
In the first ever virtual WMRA Congress there was a very pleasing turnout of 25 delegates and participation from honorary president and council members Bruno Gozzelino and Pierre Weiss. Also present…

Kenyan Mountain Running Championships

28/11/2020
The Kenyan Mountain Running Championships took place last weekend, with top runners from all over the country travelling to compete. Many athletes were recent converts to mountain running, which is g…

World Cup 2021 Races

25/11/2020
The 2021 World Cup has something for everybody – 8 countries, 12 locations, some old favourites, some new soon-to-be favourites. Let’s take a closer look at the 16 races which make up next year’…

World Cup 2021 Announcement

22/11/2020
The USA, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France and Austria.  These are the locations that will be staging the 2021 World Cup.   It is really pleasing to be able to prese…

A Tribute to Chris Smith

30/10/2020
All at the WMRA are incredibly saddened by the loss of GB mountain runner Chris Smith.  Chris had gone for a run from Invervar in Perthshire, Scotland, on Tuesday and failed to return that even…

New Course Record in a Thrilling Trofeo Vanoni

26/10/2020
It was a hugely exciting Trofeo Vanoni at the weekend, which saw a new women’s course record in this year’s relay version and a thrilling men’s race. It also took place safely, despite all the chall…