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Mountain running festival on the Smarna gora
05/10/2009
“Ljubljana, Slovenia – Not only that The &Scaron,marna gora race was this year celebrating its 30th anniversary and is one of the mountain running races with the longest tradition, but it was again…
Finale of 2009 WMRA Grand Prix takes place on Smarna gora
01/10/2009
“The final event of the 2009 WMRA Grand Prix series takes place on Saturday 3. Oct 2009.
The challenging mountain running course of 9,5km on Smarna gora just outside Ljubljana has an ascent of 750m…
Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships 16th
22/09/2009
“The world’s first organised mountain race took place in Grasmere, Cumbria, England in 1850 and almost 160 years later the neighbouring Lake District town of Keswick hosted the first Commonwealth M…
9th World Masters Mountain Running Championships
14/09/2009
“Zagreb, CROATIA – 12. Sept. 2009
Zagreb (CRO), 12.Sept. – Just one week after the World Mountain Running Championships in Campodolcino, where the best athletes in the world met to see who would be…
Madesimo (ITA), 6. Sept. 2009 – 25.World Mountain Running Championships
07/09/2009
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The jubilee of the 25th World Mountain Running Championships was organized in the Italian ski resort of Madesimo close to the town of Chiavenna.
It was a laped up and down course, one lap was 4,…
Madesimo (ITA), 5. Sept. 2009 – WMRA Congress
06/09/2009
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The first event of the jubilees 25th World Mountain Running Championships was the WMRA Congress.
Representatives of 36 countries were present. Elections for the WMRA chairing persons were one of …
25th World Mountain Running Championships Campodolcino-Madesimo/Italy 6. Sept. 2009
01/09/2009
“There are just a few days left to World Mountain Running’s most important event of the year – The World Championships. A few of the highlights at this year’s event include:
25th anniversary of th…
Winter conditions on the Skaala WMRA Grand Prix race
17/08/2009
” Antonella Confotola, Italy and John Sombol, Kenya won the 5th WMRA Grand Prix race in Skaala Uphill in Norway.
Sombol was only 5 seconds ahead of Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand, six times World mou…
WMRA Grand Prix, 4th race: Geoffrey Ndung
10/08/2009
” Ebensee, Austria – weather conditions were not as bad as at European Trophy 12 years ago and not as good as last year – light clouds and some raindrops were just reminding the runners that mounta…
WMRA Grand Prix Continues in Ebensee on Sunday
07/08/2009
“The WMRA Grand Prix continues on Sunday (9th) with the Feuerkogelberglauf in Ebensee, Austria.
The first ascent of the Feuerkogelberglauf was in 1997, when this was the venue of the second Europe…