“After the European and NACAC Mountain Running Championships, more than 200 runners from 15 countries have entered the 17th edition of &ldquo,The Grintovec Mountain running race&rdquo,, the third stage of WMRA 2015 Mountain Running World Cup, that will be held on Sunday 26th July in Kamnik, Slovenia.
The course is a real mountain course, taking the normal trail from the Kamniska Valley (602m) to the Grintovec summit (2.558m).
Almost 2000m elevation gain on less than 10km, normal hikers need 6 hours to reach the summit and another six to go back.
Course record holders are Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)&nbsp,and Anna Pichrtova (CZE)&nbsp,with 1:15:43 and 1:31:50&nbsp,(both in 2006) and it seems that those records will last for a long time.
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“There will be lots of famous runners among the runners at the start.
In the men&rsquo,s division, David Schneider from Suisse, current European vice-champion will try to cross the finish line in front of Kenyan runners chaired by Wangari, third in 2014.
Nejc Kuhar and Simon Alic, local experts for steep climbs, will surely try to show their strength on the home mountain. Especially Kuhar is motivated to improve his second place from 2014 and third from 2012 and lower the Slovenian course record below 1:20.&nbsp,
Eritrean Azerya Teklay could candidate at the top positin.
Surprise could also come from Great Britain, Japan or Italy, Croatia, Hungary&hellip,.
In the women’s category, Slovenian athletes could be the favorites for the victory, but a different result is i always possible.
After almost one month with temperatures just below 40&deg,C the weather forecast promises some storms during the night before the race and runners friendly weather conditions.

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Edited from Tomo Sarf (LOC)

Source of the pictures&nbsp,LOC
on front page:
– leaflet of the event,
on second page:
– Grintovec mountain (2.558m),
-mr. Du&scaron,an Pape