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February 21

Kilian Jornet presents his short documentary “Troll Wall”. From ski mountaineering to steep skiing.

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  Kilian Jornet presents his short documentary “Troll Wall”. The video captures the first descent on skis of Fiva, a route located in Trolltind, where the Troll Wall is located. It’s the highest vertical wall in Europe, and which Kilian completed in February 2018. The piece features testimonials and tells of Kilian Jornet’s progression as […]

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February 20

SKYRUNNER WORLD SERIES 2019: Top skyrunners are ready to reach summits around the world

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. The 2019 season of the Migu Run Skyrunner World Series is ready to go. Kicking things off on April 21st is the brand-new Mt Awa Skyrace in the Japanese alps, followed by a high-altitude stop at the now-famous Yading Skyrun (CHN). Elite Skyrunners are ready to compete on the highly technical courses of the […]

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February 12

Kilian Jornet: New record, he achieves a total elevation gain of 23,486m in 24 hours

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  He made it again, Kilian beats a new record, this time while he is preparing for next running season, he has spent 24 hours on skis on the slopes of Norway, where he has achieved a total of 23,486 metres of elevation gain, a new record! He is not competing in any of the races […]

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February 11

TARAWERA ULTRAMARATHON 2019 (102K/D+3089M): WINNERS REECE EDWARDS AND COURTNEY DAUWALTER. ULTRA TRAIL WORLD TOUR 2019

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  The Tarawera Ultra-Marathon, one of the most prestigious ultra trail in New Zealand, was held this weekend in Rotura, among all the other races, the ultramarathong 102k/D+3089) was the second race of the Ultra Trail World Tour 2019, following the Vibram Honk Kong 100 with Reece Ewards and Courtney Dauwalter as winners. Next stop […]

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February 07

WMRA: MOUNTAIN RUNNING WORLD CUP 2019 Calendar available now

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  World Mountain Running Association launch the 2019 World Cup calendar with 7 races, 7 exciting and unique races in 7 different countries… 140km of mountain racing tracks… 9300m+ of elevation with 5600m- of descent… And a total prize pool across all of the races including the overall World Cup ranking of approximately  56,000€.  It […]

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February 05

SKIMO WORLD CUP 2019, LE DÉVOLUY: Matteo Eydallin at the photo finish won the Individual race and Axelle Mollaret triumphed among women

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  The weather conditions were difficult for the first race of the third stage of the 2019 ISMF World Cup. In the Provençal ski resort of Superdévoluy, the Local Organising Committee was forced to an extraordinary maintenance in order to realise a competition that guaranteed the minimum safety conditions for the athletes and the spectators. […]

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January 30

VOLVIC VOLCANIC EXPÉRIENCE: EXPANDING IN ITS THIRD EDITION

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  . The Volvic Volcanic Experience (VVX) offers an athletic experience immersing you in an exceptional setting, one of the most emblematic places in the Auvergne region: the Chaîne des Puys-Limagne Fault, recently registered as a UNESCO world heritage site. At the heart of this unique, preserved natural site, the VVX is a sensory odyssey […]

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January 28

SKIMO WORLD CUP 2019, FONT BLANCA: Robert Antonioli and Alba De Silvestro won the individual, Werner Marti and Victoria Kreuzer won the vertical race

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A new stage of the 2019 ISMF World Cup was held in Andorra this weekend, it was dominated by a double victory of Italy in the Individual race. Robert Antonioli and Alba De Silvestro reached the top step of the podium, respectively with a time of 1h23’30” and 1h43’35”. Double victory for swiss Werner Marti and […]

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January 25

TARAWERA ULTRA-MARATHON: ACQUIRED BY IRONMAN

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  The Tarawera Ultra-Marathon is one of the most prestigious ultra trail in New Zealand, based in Rotura, this year will be held the 11th edition and will be the second race of the Ultra Trail World Tour after the Vibram Hong Kong 100. There will be four races for all runners 20km, 50km, 102km […]

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January 24

GOLDEN TRAIL WORLD SERIES 2019: SERIES ATHLETE LIST UNVEILED

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  World’s best runners commit to run in second season of elite trail running series, the 2019 Golden Trail World Series will kick off with the Zegama-Aizkorri marathon the first weekend in June, but already the world’s most elite trail runners are preparing to line up at the starting line in the Spanish Basque Country—and […]

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January 12

MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Races registration in almost all races and a new large format, the MaXi Mountain

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  . With 11 race formats, the Salomon Gore-Tex® MaXi-Race always marks the beginning of the trail-running season with a bang. Held during the last weekend of May, it offers runners the chance to enter their first post-winter competition. For the elite, the MaXi-Race provides a first look at their main competitors as a preview […]

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January 04

UTMB INTERNATIONAL: WORLD TRAIL SUMMIT IN AUGUST PLUS THREE EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

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. After the success in the first editions of GaoligongByUTMB and OmanByUMTB hold in 2018. UTMB international continues spreading its trademark and it will host this year the new UshuaiaByUTMB in April and OmanByUTMB in November, leaving GaoligongByUTMB for next 2020. World Trail Summit will continue be placed in Chamonix during the last week of August […]

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January 03

Ultra Trail World Tour 2018: AWARD CEREMONY – JANUARY 11, 2019

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  After passing through Paris, Hong Kong and live on television, the Ultra-Trail World Tour Awards Ceremony was back in January 2019 in Barcelona with Volvic as its official partner! All the big names of the trail were present, as well as the representatives of the biggest races, to see the best trailers of 2018 […]

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December 19

MAXI-RACE MADEIRA: 1st edition of the Madeira MaXi-Race has born

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  . MaXi-Race Madeira is born with a first successful test edition! This race has kept its promises and fits in the spirit of MaXi-Race around the world: explore new territories in always beautiful landscapes and discover other cultures through an event accessible to all levels and for all budgets. With three hard races 25k, 68k […]

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December 12

K42 VILLA LA ANGOSTURA (42K-15K) CRISTIAN MOHAMED AND RAGNA DEBATS WINS. THE RACE by MAYAYO.

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  . The 16th edition of K42 Villa La Angostura is now history. One of the best mountain marathons in South America hosted more than 2,000 bib-numbers in their 15k-42k races, many of the elite runners have already run there, including Kilian Jornet, Miguel Heras, Luis Alberto Hernando, Oihana Kortazar, Zaid Ait Malek or the […]

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November 22

UTMB 2019: NEW COURSE FOR TDS 145KM/D+9,000M (6/6 ITRA POINTS, 9/15 MOUNTAIN POINTS)

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. Last August Trailrunningspain.com and carrerasdemontana.com was in UTMB 2018 to describing and narrating to you all happened in the seven races of UTMB 2018. Today UTMB presents a new course for TDS, 145km and 9100 metres of height gain for a new harder and more beautiful course race.       _____________________________________ . UTMB 2019 TDS: […]

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November 21

Kilian Jornet´s new book launched: Nothing is impossible

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Kilian Jornet has just presented his forth book: “Nothing is impossible“. After the success of “Run or Die” back in 2011, “The Invisible Border” and “Summits of my life” this new book is the story of training, the challenges of high mountains, the hundreds of races and those who have accompanied him on the journey. […]

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November 16

MAXI-RACE ANNECY 2019: Registration opens on November 15

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  . Last July we presented to you new destinations for the MaXi-Race races here in trailrunningspain.com, in 2018 we had several new races Italy (Sicily), Ecuador (Otavalo), China (Guangxi) and Portugal (Madeira), South Africa (Cape Town – 2019). We have covered the original MAXIRACE ANNECY live from our spanish website CARRERASDEMONTANA.COM , all info here. Just a […]

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November 09

GOLDEN TRAIL WORLD SERIES 2019: SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR THE 7 RACES

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  In 2018, the best short-distance trail runners on the planet convened to race head-to-head at five of the most prestigious trail races on the calendar as part of the inaugural Golden Trail Series. The top 10 men and women in the season-long points standings earned a spot in the Grand Final at the Otter […]

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November 09

TRAIL RUNNING 2019: ITRA POINTS, CHANGES TO PARTICIPATE IN UTMB

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. . For 2019 there will be changes in the ITRA points to access some of the races and concretely UTMB for non-elite runners. Typically we have 1 to 6 points when you finish each race, then for some of the races we are requested to have a number of points if we want to […]

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November 08

MAXI-RACE MADEIRA: First edition in December 8th and 9th, 2018

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  . Last July we presented to you new destinations for the MaXi-Race races here in trailrunningspain.com, in 2018 we had several new races Italy (Sicily), Ecuador (Otavalo), China (Guangxi) and Portugal (Madeira), South Africa (Cape Town – 2019). We have covered the original MAXIRACE ANNECY live from our spanish website CARRERASDEMONTANA.COM , all info here. First edition […]

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October 22

GOLDEN TRAIL SERIES 2018: STIAN ANGERMUND-VIK AND RUTH CROFT WIN SEASON-LONG GOLDEN TRAIL SERIES TITLES

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  The Grand Finale of the inaugural Golden Trail Series brought the world’s top 10 men and women marathon distance trail runners of the 2018 season to South Africa to compete for the Series crown at the Otter Trail Run on Saturday, October 20. With solid performances yet again, it was a pair of established […]

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October 19

SKYRUNNER WORLD SERIES 2019 CALENDAR: 15 RACES INC. TRANSVULCANIA, ULTRAPIRINEU AND BUFF EPIC TRAIL FOR SPAIN

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. The 2019 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series calendar is announced together with the new, single season ranking which will determine the best skyrunner in the world. Fifteen races in eleven countries make up the new calendar which includes five new races. . _________________________ . SKYRUNNER WORLD SERIES 2019: RANKINGS AND CALENDAR   Fifteen races in […]

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October 15

GOLDEN TRAIL SERIES 2018: Finale Set for South Africa Otter Trail Run on 20 October

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  The Grand Finale of the Golden Trail Series is bringing the world’s top 10 men and women marathon distance trail runners to South Africa to compete for the Series crown at the Otter Trail Run on 20 October. Trail running superstar and series leader Kilian Jornet (Team Salomon) will toe the start line against […]

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October 13

SKYRUNNER WORLD SERIES 2018: Kilian Jornet, champion in the general ranking in the Migu Run Skyrunner World Series

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. Kilian Jornet crossed the line in the Limone Extreme Skyrace in sixth place in a time of 3h10’45’’, putting him in the lead in the general ranking of the Migu Run Skyrunner World Series. The 29km and 2,500m of overall ascent race through the mountains around Lake Garda was dominated by younger runners who represent the […]

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September 13

UTMB INTERNATIONAL: USHUAIA BY UTMB (APRIL 5-7, 2019). ARGENTINA TO HOST THE THIRD OF THE EVENTS

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. UTMB international presents in Chamonix a new race, this time the race will be hosted in Argentina, a remote place in the globe. USHUAIA by UTMB has born.       UTMB INTERNATIONAL: THREE RACES, THREE COUNTRIES   The Gaoligong by UTMB was the first event in the world to be labelled by UTMB […]

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September 01

ULTRA TRAIL MONT BLANC 2018: THE UTMB WEEK SUMMARY. SEVEN GREAT RACES IN THE ALPS

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. UTMB 2018 is finishing, the Ultra Trail of Montblanc that was born in 2003, with 700 hundred runners, now it holds 10,000 runners and 2,000 volunteers from 100 different countries, starting in Chamonix from August 27th to September 2nd, seven races has been driven around the Mont Blanc crossing 3 different countries France, Italy […]

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August 26

ULTRA TRAIL MONT BLANC 2018: PROGRAM, RACES AND FAVORITES

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. UTMB 2018 is coming, the Ultra Trail of Montblanc was born in 2003, with 700 hundred runners, now it holds 10,000 runners and 2,000 volunteers from 100 different countries, starting in Chamonix from August 27th to September 2nd, seven races will driven around the Mont Blanc crossing 3 different countries France, Italy and Switzerland. […]

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July 30

SKYRUNNER WORLD SERIES 2018: Kilian wins and sets new record at Skyrace Comapedrosa. Laura Orgué finishes second

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. This time was the turn of the SkyRace Comapedrosa, a 21km race with almost 2300m of positive gain. The race at the Pyrenees was coming up, right after the win of Laura Orgué and Stian Angermund-Vik in the Dolomites Skyrace. A race where Jan Margarit and Sheila Aviles were 2017 champions, and this 2018 edition stacked […]

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July 26

VIBRAM PRESENTS “DUALITY”: THE SHORT MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN AND TRAIL RUNNING

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. . Vibram has been recognized as the leading solemaker for outdoor sports in the world for decades now. Ever since its first sole back in 1937, the italian brand founded by Vitale Bramani has never stopped its research & development efforts and have recently launched two major initiatives to handle tough weather conditions. Vibram Megagrip […]

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