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CANFRANC 2024 WMMRC UPHILL RACE: FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON GREETS MASTER ATHLETES

13/09/2024
In a remarkable display of endurance and fortitude, the Canfranc 2024 World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Spain, commenced with the uphill race amidst extreme weather conditions. Camill…

FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR CANFRANC PIRINEOS 2024 WORLD MASTERS MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP

10/09/2024
With just 3 days remaining until the 23rd World Masters Mountain Running Championship, all eyes are set on Canfranc, Spain. From September 13 to 15, this picturesque town in the heart of the Pyrene…

2022 WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CAHMPION, REBECCA CHEPTEGEI OBITUARY

06/09/2024
Everybody at the WMRA is incredibly saddened by the devastating news about Rebecca Cheptegei. We mourn the untimely loss of Rebecca Cheptegei, a remarkable athlete whose boundless talent and passio…

KIPNGENO DOES DOUBLE AND MUTHONI NJERU EXECUTES PERFECT WIN AT TROFEO NASEGO

01/09/2024
Yesterday’s Vertical Nasego provided an exciting start to a weekend of World Cup racing in Casto, Italy. Andrea Mayr took her fifth win and Patrick Kipngeno made it three in a row for him. Today i…

MAYR TAKES FIFTH WIN AND IT’S THREE IN A ROW FOR KIPNGENO AT VERTICAL NASEGO

31/08/2024
Round eight of this year’s Valsir Mountain Running World Cup – a double header – kicked off in style today in Casto in the North of Italy with Vertical Nasego. Along with Trofeo Nasego, which take…

DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND FOR WORLD CUP WITH VERTICAL AND TROFEO NASEGO

27/08/2024
DOUBLE HEADER WEEKEND FOR WORLD CUP WITH VERTICAL AND TROFEO NASEGO After the excitement of Sierre-Zinal, the Valsir Mountain Running World Cup took a short break, but now it’s back with a bang wi…

THREE WEEKS TO GO: CANFRANC 2024 WORLD MASTERS MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP

22/08/2024
THREE WEEKS TO GO: CANFRANC 2024 WORLD MASTERS MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP In just three weeks, the world’s top master mountain runners will converge on Canfranc, Spain, for the 2024 World Maste…

JORNET MAKES IT TEN AND CHEPNGENO BURSTS ONTO SCENE AT SIERRE-ZINAL

12/08/2024
We expected big things from this year’s Sierre-Zinal, but nobody could have predicted the race that unfolded. In what was an exceptional race, even by Sierre-Zinal standards, we saw a brand new exc…

ELECTRIFYING ELITE FIELDS TO COMPETE AT 51ST SIERRE-ZINAL

06/08/2024
This weekend the Valsir Mountain Running World Cup heads to one of the most famous mountain races in the world, Sierre-Zinal. This is our next long distance mountain race, at 31km with 2,200m of as…

HISTORIC REGISTRATION RECORD SET FOR 2024 WMMRC MASTER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CANFRANC

05/08/2024
Not only is this the first time that this great international event will be held in the Pyrenees and in Spain, but the World Masters Mountain Running Championship in Canfranc already has 1,200 athl…