New WMRA Championship introduced for 2004.

Mountain races over long distances are very popular, the most famous races attracting thousands of competitors. The winners of these spectacular events are tremendous athletes in this specialisation.
WMRA have discussed for some years the possibility of having an official championship for long distance mountain runners, the aim being to bring together all the worlds best athletes into one event each year thereby giving them the worldwide recognition they deserve.
The IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations) have now included mountain running as part of ‘,Athletics’, at their 2003 Congress in Paris, and this has given added impetus to the WMRA discussions.
Now, after consultation with the organisers of some of the most famous long distance mountain races, a set of regulations governing a championship have been drawn up and these are published on our web page under the ‘,Rules’, section.
It gives us great pleasure to announce that the first edition of the WMRA Long Distance Mountain Running Championships will be incorporated into the Sierre –,Zinal in Switzerland race this year. The race takes place on August 8th and entry to the race in the normal way automatically enters you for the Championship.