Category Archives: Carreras de montaña

August 14

Kilian Jornet wins at Sierre Zinal for the fith time. Lucy Wambiu leads the women. Race report and results.

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.   Spaniard Kilian Jornet and Kenyan Lucy Wambui won the 44th edition of the classic Sierre-Zinal, with 4,350 runners enrolled in the race. This mountain race is held in Switzerland over a a 31k/D+2,000m course that stands out for its history, atmosphere and big cash prizes. . Kilian achieved his fifth victory, after 2009, […]

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July 16

Kilian Jornet wins HardRock 100 Miles for the fourth time. He overcame a dislocated arm and ran to victory for 60 miles with arm on a sling.

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    . Kilian Jornet has won his fourth consecutive Hardrock 100 Miles (162k/D+10.375m). It’s the fourth time Jornet has won the ultra-distance event held in Colorado, USA, and he did so despite running with a dislocated shoulder from kilometre 21. Jornet completed the race in a time of 24h 32’. After an early fall […]

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June 20

Kilian Jornet back to trail running: Race kick-off at Marathon Mont Blanc, then HardRock, Sierre-Zinal, UTMB, Glencoe and Ultrapirineu.

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. Kilian Jornet will come back to trail running this weekend at Mont Blanc Marathon. From then on, he will be racing also at Hardrock, Sierre Zinal, Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, Glen Coe Skyline and Ultra Pirineu. His running calendar also includes some personal pet projects as the Bob Graham Round in the UK. Now, let us […]

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May 14

TRANSVULCANIA 2017 GOES TO TIM FREDRIKS AND IDA NILSSON (CR). RACE REPORT, RESULTS AND PHOTOS.

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. Timothy Lee Freriks and Ida Nilsson win the 2017  Transvulcania Ultramarathon, over 74km Freriks completed the route with a time of 07:02:03 and Nilsson achieved a time of 08:04:17 setting a new record versus the previous 8.14 by Anna Frost.  We covered the rce live from the island of La Palma, from start to finish. […]

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March 21

TRAIL RUNNING SPAIN: K42 MALLORCA RACE REPORT BY TRACY DEAN, 2nd woman overall (RAIDLIGHT – MOUNTAIN FUEL)

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. The mountains of Spain host over a thousand trail running events per year, from the Pyrenees to Lanzarote. The Balearic Islands are among those territories blessed with a superb combination of well know beaches and vertical mountain trails to enjoy, climbing up to over 1.400m high at the Serra Tramuntana. . This 2017 the […]

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February 08

Garmin fenix 5: Three New multisport Gps watches. Fenix 5, Fenix 5S, Fenix 5X as reviewed by Martin, from Garmin EMEA

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    The new Garmin Fenix 5, Fenix 5S and Fenix 5X, were launched in January at Las Vegas. Yesterday at ISPO Munich 2017 we were able to touch and discuss them with Garmin Europe´s team and are now ready to share our real first hand insight into its working, albeit a more conclusive look […]

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December 20

ALPINULTRAS 2017 SELECTS ULTRA TRAIL SCOTLAND BY FYA AS FIRST RACE ABROAD & LAUNCHES NEW PERMANENT CENTERS

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. Alpinultras 2017 was presented yesterday at Barcelona´s Museum of Sport, with the Catalonian goverment acting once again as host of the event. It is the second edition of this project dedicated to promoting the great ultraendurance traverses over high mountains, by means of seal of endorsement, race series and permanent centers. The seal covers […]

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July 18

ULTRA SIERRA NEVADA 103KM BY CASEY MORGAN (3rd overall): Personal race report & Videointerview with Mayayo

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. The third edition of the Ultra Trail Sierra Nevada´s demanding 103km climb to Veleta Peak over 3.000 meters high enjoyed over 1.300 runners from 14 countries, including the likes of Esther Alves (Salomon from Portugal); Gediminas Grinius (Vibram, from Latvia) and Casey Morgan (Compressport – Scotland) Right after crossing the finish line, we take […]

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January 29

INOV-8 TRAIL TALON SERIES, (250, 275 & GORETEX) PRESENTED BY MATT BROWN, FROM INOV-8 INTL.

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. The Inov-8 trail running shoes have just added a full new series with the introduction at ISPO Munich of the new trail talon series, made up for the time being of the Inov8 Trail Talon 250, INov8 Trail Talon 275 and Inov8 Trail Talon Goretex.  Our reporters, Borja Valdés, Kaikuland and Mayayo Oxigeno brought […]

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December 10

ULTRA MARATON COSTA ALMERÍA. Race report by winner CASEY MORGAN. From Scotland to the andalusian coast.

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. Trail running in Spain becomes a true haven por many a central and northen european runner come winter. In this case, scot Casey Morgan already sums up quite a track record at spanish events, ranging from Gran Trail Peñalara to Transmallorca Run, the Transgrancanaria or this most recent win at the inaugural edition of […]

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November 24

OXFAM HONG KONG 100k. Race report by CASEY MORGAN, teamed up with Pau Capell, Yeray Duran & Julien Chorier.

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. The recent Oxfam 100km at Hong Kong saw a european team arrive as one of the favorites. It was made up of spaniards Pau Capell and Yeray Durán, alongside frenchman Julian Chorier and the scot Casey Morgan. It is precisely from Casey that we are able to offer you his personal race report, for […]

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April 25

TRAIL RUNNING SPAIN: ULTRA TRAIL MALLORCA SERRA TRAMUNTANA. Race report by Casey Morgan. (2nd overall)

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Trail running in Spain this 2014  keeps on getting larger and better organized, as proved by this Ultra Majorca Serra Tramuntana 4th edition. Our mate Casey Morgan, from Scotland shares here his race report after achieving the 2nd position overall. Well done, Casey!  Official full results Ultra Mallorca Serra Tramuntana 107k 2014 _________________________ . Ultra Majorca […]

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Cross Alpino del Telégrafo 2013: Fotos.

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PHOTOGALLERY: MADRID´S CROSS ALPINO DEL TELEGRAFO (17k/D+800m) was ran June 16th by over 400 people, of whom 392 can be seen here. Its back drop is the newly declared Guadarrama National Park, a very well preserved mountain area with peaks up to 2.430m and just 50k from Madrid.

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Templiers 2012: Race report,video, results and photos. Winners: Fabien Antolinos (FR) and Nuria Picas (ES)

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The  2012 Skyrunning season held its final race last Sunday 28th October at the classic 72k Course des Templiers in Millau, France. The race took place under cold below zero temperatures and over mud leftover from heavy rains the previous days. Fabien Antolinos and Nuria Picas were the race winners, with the later winning as well […]

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Skyrunning World Series: Spaniards Kilian Jornet and Tofol Castanyer take Speedgoat 50k (USA) and Giir di Mont (ITA)

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The Skyrunning 2012 season had once again a double session this weekend, with the Atlantic Ocean in between:  The Speedgoat 50k Skyrace was run Saturday 28Jul in the United States, whereas Giir di Mont was run 29Jul in Italy. Skyrunners from Spain once again dominated both races: Kilian Jornet (ESP) took Speedgoat and Tofol Castanyer (ESP) won […]

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Skyrunning World Series: Vertical Kilometer Dolomites. Spaniards take 5 of 10 top spots. Kilian Jornet 3rd Mireia Miro 2nd

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The Skyrunning 2012 season had a double session this weekedn at the Dolomites, with the Trentino Vertical  Kilometer (2,1k/D+1000m) on thursday and the Dolomites Skyrace (22k/D+1750m) on Sunday. The demanding VK did not have a spanish winner this time. Nevertheless, the skyrunners from below the Pyrenees took yet 5 of the top 10 spots, with […]

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Skygames 2012 Final winners: Spain takes the team title. Luis Alberto Hernando and Nuria Picas the individuals.

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The Skygames 2012 have celebrated its final mountain races, with the Skymarathon as the main course for the whole event, then moving on to the final combined rankings and results. In those, Luis Alberto Hernando (ESP) and Nuria Picas (ESP) won the individual combined titles. Spain dominated  the team rankings with 1.404 points; Italy second at 448 […]

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Skygames 2012 First events: Vertical Kilometer & Skyspeed. Top3: Spain 678p, Italy 318p, France 212p

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The Skygames 2012 have celebrated its first two out of six events in the program, with the Vertical Kilometer and Skyspeed races. Vertical Kilometer winners were Agustí Roc (E) and Oihana Kortazar (E). Skyspeed titles went to Didier Zago (F) and Debora Carbone (I) Spain dominates the rankings with 678 points; Italy second at 318 pts […]

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Spaniards make up 2nd largest group for UTMB 2012

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As it usually happens, the lastest Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc newsletter came together with a nice pack of info, in this case regarding applicants data and stats on the age and nationalities of those that strive to take on the UTMB challenge. Naturally enough, France still accounts for huge majority of applicants (56%) but […]

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Ultra trail at The Canaries: TNF Transgrancanaria 2012 last news

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Update 7feb: All entries for the 4 races now full. Over 1.800 runners to hit the trails at Gran Canaria next 3-4-5 March. See you all at Maspalomas, by midnight! 😀 See here results  & videos from Transgrancanaria 2011. Last month before the 2012 TNF Transgrancanaria: Four trail races, from 26 to 123km crossing all […]

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Trail Runners Spain: Salvador Calvo interviewed by Mayayo. From Picos to Annapurna.

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Salvador Calvo (León, 1.962) es desde hace muchos años una referencia clave como corredor de montaña en España, especialmente en cuanto a carreras de ultratrail o multietapas en terrenos de aventura. En la víspera del GR10xtrem valenciano pudimos charlar con él de sus experiencias, ideas sobre el trailrunning y -cómo no- de sus ilusiones para […]

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Ultratrail Spain 2012: Kickoff at Valencia´s GR10xtrem. Winners: Aitor Leal & Teresa Nimes

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Clasificación completa GR10Xtrem 2012 aquí: 221 clasificados  Galería fotos GR10xtrem 2012 de MemphisMadrid en Kataverno.com (162 fotos)  Otras: Galería fotos Atotrapo / Video en  Atalantasweb / Galería de Vitorunner Nueva edición de la carrera, que sigue en pleno crecimiento: Este 2012 ha llegado a 288 dorsales. La meteo fue excelente, con un tiempo fresco pero calmo.  Cielo […]

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ISF Skyrunning Calendar 2012: 4 events to be held in Spain

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Aquí resultados Copa del Mundo skyrunning ISF 2011 Aquí crónica y resultados supercopa skyrunning ISF 2011 en Kinabalu. Llega una nueva edición de las Skyrunner ® World Series para 2012 con un formato que vuelve a crecer para abarcar más carreras y categorías. El objetivo, ser la referencia mundial de la especialidad de carreras por montaña […]

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Trail Running Info: Recommended mountain windshirts for runners

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¿Cual es tu chubasquero favorito para correr por montaña? La mejora de calidad en los materiales y la continua subida del nivel del pelotón hace que cada vez veamos menos chaquetas en las carreras por montaña y más chubasqueros o cortavientos modernos de trailrunning. Eso, sí, siempre con capucha, por favor que la cabeza pierde […]

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Info Ultra trail GR10-Xtrem 2012: 93k/d+3800m

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Actualizado 14ENE12: Resultados y fotos de la carrera aquí. Actualizado 12ene12: Lista inscritos final. El III GR10 extrem valenciano llega a 2012 con sus 93k/D+3800m en 20 horas de tope. Nuevamente abre la temporada española de ultra trails en lo que ya va siendo una cita consolidada del mundillo. Para este año espero con ganas poder […]

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Trail running 2011: Spaniards rock the trails.

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Este 2.011 que acabamos de despedir ha sido testigo de la explosión final de las carreras por montaña en España, tanto en cantidad como en calidad. Los corremontes españoles somos cada vez más..y cada vez más competitivos, con victorias en todo tipo de cordilleras y distancias. De la Copa del Mundo de Skyrunning ISF a […]

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Winter Trail running: Preventing mountain accidents

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ACTUALIZADO 9ENE12: El año arranca con 5 muertos españoles en montaña. Prestemos atención al hielo, más que nunca. Moverse por la montaña en invierno nunca es fácil: Hasta los mayores expertos pueden sufrir un despiste o error de cálculo. La pasada semana de Navidad, con sol radiante y óptima visibilidad se produjeron dos graves accidentes […]

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Ultra trail Madrid 2012: Gran Trail Peñalara 23Jun. Pre-race info & Entries open.

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ACTUALIZADO 4ENE12: PRECIOS Y PLAZOS DE INSCRIPCION  Llega el III Gran Trail Peñalara con tres distancias: 110k, 80k y la novedad de 60k. Este GTP 2012 abrirá inscripciones el 10 de Enero. Esperamos tomar la salida un año más. Mientras, estas son nuestras experiencias 2010 y 2011 que  podemos compartir cara a la 3ª edición. En 2010 tuve […]

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Ultra trail Canary Islands: Transgrancanaria 2012 to bring back the midnight ghosts

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“La Santa Compaña” la llaman los gallegos. Tambien los guanches hablan de un extraño grupo de almas en pena que vagan por las Islas. Cuentan que en las últimas noches del invierno, se arrastran desde todos los rincones de Europa para acabar congregados en un rincón entre las dunas, junto al mar. Leyenda de los […]

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Trailrunning info: Special Railight Limited offer 19-25dic

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Hace nada hablaba aquí de las importancia de las tres capas de protección para el corredor de montaña. Ahora, uno de los grupos de referencia –Planet Raidlight– saca una oferta especial limitada de PORTES GRATIS para su tienda online. Buen momento para revisar prioridades de material 2012 y apuntar/sugerir algún regalo, creo 😉 Mirándolo, me siento […]

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