Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison The Kendal Mountain Festival, based (not surprisingly) in Kendal in the Lake District (England, UK) has been going for over 30 years and jostles with Banff for first place in the mountain circuit. It has films, lectures, books, kit and activities to satisfy mountain-ophiles of every cut. It runs […]
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Last updated: 24-Oct-18 By Alice Morrison It was a grand weekend in the Lake District. Over 4000m (13,000ft) of ascent was scaled during last weekend’s 3 x 3000m 80km Ultra across three classic Lakeland peaks. It was an important race in the 2016 Skyrunner® National Series (UK) ranking for which Raidlight are the sponsors. The 80km route
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo In the 2016 three-day edition, 831 runners from 50 countries set out from the Ultra Pirineu start line in the medieval town of Bagà (Barcelona). The ultra has a total ascent of 6,800m and was the final race in the 2016 Skyrunner ® World Series. The event also includes
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By Alice Morrison After a great weekend of Skyrunning in the Scottish Highlands, Jasmin Paris and Jonathan Albon have won the 2016 Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™. The race is the final one in the three-race Skyrunner® World Extreme Series which Paris and Albon also won overall. The 55km course with 4750m of vertical height gain
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Alice Morrison The final of the Skyrunner® World Series starts at 7.00 am on Friday from the Parc Natural del Cadí Moixeró in Baga, Spain. More than 2,700 athletes from 50 different countries will take part. The main event is the Salomon Ultra Pirineu with over 110km to cover and 6,800m ascent. There is
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By Elsa Trujillo The Lakes Sky Ultra Skyrunning event was held in the Lake District (UK) on 23 July. It is a very technical trail and fell course with a total length of 56km and a total ascent of 4500m. The 2016 second race of the UK’s Skyrunning National Series, this European format offers marked
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Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Elsa Trujillo The 2016 edition of the Marathon du Mont-Blanc three-day mountain running weekend starts on Friday June 24th. This will be the fourth year that the ultra trail distance is programmed in conjunction with longer standing races: the mountain Marathon, two sub-marathon distances and a vertical kilometre (VK). If you’ve
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo The organisers of the Andorra Ultra Trail Vallnord will be inviting a journalist or blogger to cover their ultra events this July and tell the story in their own words. This mountain event includes four races, three ultras and one marathon: 15th July Ronda dels Cims – 170km 15th
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 Ultra runners! Have you always secretly believed that your physical fitness, prowess and stamina in the long run makes you the ideal candidate for spy duty? You are in luck, men and women over the age of 18, as Minnow Films are partnering with Channel 4 once again, this time to find
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Last updated: 02-Jun-17 By Alice Morrison Skyrunning continues to attract new participants and collect new races. This latest qualifying race is the Ingeli Skymarathon which is in its third year. It is near Koksand in KwaZulu Natal and has been officially named qualifying race for the upcoming Skyrunning World Championships, which will take place in
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