Kilian Jornet has just presented his second book: “The invisible border”. After the success of “Run or Die” back in 2011, this new book is the story of an expedition that is a search, an escape and also a reunion with his own self. The book is now available in Spanish, French and Catalan. See […]
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November
15
Kilian Jornet´s book “The invisible border” just launched: Summary & Video of the official presentation.
posted by sergio mayayo
July
11
Kilian Jornet Mont Blanc record 4h57m. (Chamonix-MtBlanc-Chamonix) Succesful kick off for “Summits of My Life” year 2.
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet set off at 4.38AM today from Chamonix shooting for the Mont Blanc summit together with friend and champion mountain skier Matheo Jacquemoud within the 2nd year of his Summits of My life project. He succesfully completed the ascent and descent of Mont Blanc des Chamonix, setting a new record with a time of 4h57m versus the […]
May
27
Zegama Aizkorri 2013: Race report, full results and photos. WINNERS: Kilian Jornet & Emelie Forsberg.
posted by sergio mayayo
Zegama Aizkorri is a 42-km/DT5.472m mountain marathon hedl at the Basque village of Zegama in Spain. Kilian Jornet has just won this 2013 Skyrunning world series event for the sixth time, this year in 3h54m. Salomon Running teammate Emelie Forsberg took the women´s field in 4h48m. As it happens every year at Zegama, animation was extraordinary, with […]
Kilian Jornet´s “Summits of my life Project”: High altitude climbing and skiing at Nepal w/ Jordi Tosas & Jordi Corominas.
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet has just come back from his last step within his “Summits of My Life” project. The project is a personal challenge that took off running from the summit of Mont-Blanc in 2012 and will go on to that of Mount Everest by 2015. In between, mystic mountains such as Matterhorn, Elbrus, Aconcagua and […]
March
06
Kilian Jornet´s 2013 trail running calendar: Racing plus three Summits of my life attempts
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet has just issued his 2013 trail running calendar where he is aiming to go one step above and beyond previous seasons. He dominated the sport in 2012, from the explosive vertical kilometers to the longest and toughest ultra trails the world over: 19 trail races entered, 17 victories achieved, plus 2 podiums. Beyond […]
January
24
Kilian Jornet and Mireia Miró tackle second Ski Mountaneering ISMF world cup event at Alpiniski (Switzerland)).
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet and Mireia Miro enjoyed a succesful 2013 ski mountanerring world cup kickoff at Arhntal last week. Now at Alpiniski, the spanish trailrunners are ready to go on with their winter ski mountaneering season. This coming weekend they will tackle the second race of the ski mountaineering World Cup at Les Marécottes-Salvan […]
December
27
Trail Running Spain 2012: Kilian Jornet, Tofol Castanyer, Miguel Heras, Nuria Picas, Nerea Martínez, Oscar Pérez….great performances and more.
posted by sergio mayayo
The trail running community from Spain has seen yet another year of internal growth and international dominance, led by outstading performances by Kilian Jornet, Miguel Heras, Tófol Castanyer, Nuria Picas, Nerea Martínez and Oscar Pérez López among many others. On the negative side, we must regret the death of two trail runners while on course in […]
Kilian Jornet´s new film: “A Fine Line”. Part of the Summits of My life project, to be crowdfunded
posted by sergio mayayo
KILIAN JORNET LAUNCHED “A FINE LINE” YESTERDAY AT BARCELONA. THE FIRST FILM IN THE ‘SUMMITS OF MY LIFE’ SERIES, COMES TOGETHER WITH A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN AIMED AT ‘FRIENDS’ OF THE PROJECT. ______________________ KILIAN JORNET´S SUMMITS OF MY LIFE PROJECT 2012-2015. A Fine Line, the film of the first year of challenges on the snow-covered peaks […]
December
02
Kilian Jornet Videos: Pablo Vigil, mountain runner legend at Colorado. Kilian´s Quest S4. Ep8.
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet´s trail running 2012 season has been extraordinary in many senses: Competition-wise he showed far more dominance than ever, winning just about every single race he entered. (17 out of 19, actually) Beyond that, he launched the Summits of MyLife (SMOL) project, whose film will premiere next 17th December at Barcelona. While he now moves […]
Kilian Jornet´s farewell to the 2012 trail running season: More km, more fun
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet has just issued his farewell to this 2012 trail running season where he has proven himself to be fitter than ever. He has so completely dominated the sport over the season that his not winning a race became big news. And that included from the explosive vertical kilometers to the longest and toughest […]
Diagonale de Fous 2012 18oct-20h: Kilian Jornet, Iker Karrera and Nerea Martínez -from the Salomon Spain team- among the favorites.
posted by sergio mayayo
The XX Diagonale des Fous will be launched today at 20h -local time in Spain- to cover 170km and a vertical climb of 10.845 meters crossing the full length of the Reunion Island. In the history of the race, only two non-french runners have ever achieved victory here. This 2012 there are three spaniards among […]
Skyrunning 2012: Kinabalu Climbathlon. Favorites Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg claim their world titles.
posted by sergio mayayo
Congratulations to the Skyrunning World series 2012 champions! Kilian Jornet becomes skyrunning king once again, making it his fourth time round. Sweden’s Emelie Forsberg achievves the women´s title for the first time. ___________ KINABALU CLIMBATHLON RACE REPORT. Winners: Emelie and Kilian The Kinabalu Climbathlon changed its traditional course for 2012, setting on a shortes, less steeper version. […]
Skyrunning 2012: Kinabalu Climbathlon. New course, with Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg as favorites.
posted by sergio mayayo
The Skyrunning 2012 season will conclude tomorrow Sunday, October 14 at the classic Kinabalu Climbathlon -new course this year- in Malaysia. Leading the ranking, Kilian Jornet (ESP) needs only a third place to achieve his fourth world champion title. Among the women, Emelie Forsberg (SWE) arrives as favorite to the title as well. Updated 15oct: Kilian Jornet and […]
Skyrunning: Ultra Cavalls del Vent 2012 Video, Photos and results. Winners: Kilian Jornet & Nuria Picas
posted by sergio mayayo
The skyrunning ultra Cavalls del Vent was won this year by Kilian Jornet and Nuria Picas, both excelling and setting new course records. Unfortunately, all 1.000 runners endured this year heavy weather conditions, resulting in only 223 finishers. Worst of all, veteran female ultrarunner Teresa farriol i rafel died of hypothermia. Our race correspondent, Ander […]
Skyrunning: Ultra Cavalls del Vent (85K/D+6.100m) live tomorrow with Kilian Jornet, Anton Krupicka, Dakota Jones, Miguel Heras, Anna Frost and many top sky runners.
posted by sergio mayayo
The Ultra Cavalls del Vent 2012 will start tomorrow at 9h from Baga, and the winner is expected back in town around 18h, taking around 9 hours to complete the circular mountain trip. Race favorites read like a who is who of the sport these day with Kilian Jornet, Anna Frost, Anton Kupricka, Tófol Castanyer, Joe Grant, Miguel Heras, Dakota Jones, Nuria Picas, Emma […]
Skyrunning World Series: Pikes Peak Marathon results & photos. Winners: Kilian Jornet – Emelie Forsberg. Mireia Miró takes 3rd.
posted by sergio mayayo
The Skyrunning 2012 season visited yesterday one of the great american classic trail runs: The Pike´s Peak Marathon. The race was won by Kilian Jornet in 3h40 with Alex Nichols coming in second and Max King in third. The women´s race got a full Salomon Running podium with Emelie Forsberg on top, Kasie Enman second […]
Kilian Jornet Videos: Kilian with Marco de Gasperi at Dolomites: Friends and rivals
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet from Spain and Marco de Gasperi from Italy have lately been the two dominant players in the skyrunning field. Here we see them share runs and thoughts as Kilian visits the Dolomites playground where the italian was raised and learnt the mountain running art. MORE ON SPANISH SKY RUNNERS AND THEIR RACES Technical data, […]
Skyrunning World Series: Spaniards Kilian Jornet and Tofol Castanyer take Speedgoat 50k (USA) and Giir di Mont (ITA)
posted by sergio mayayo
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 […]
Skyrunning World Series: Dolomites skyrace (22k/D+1750m) Results & photos. Kilian Jornet, winner and new record. Mireia Miro 3rd.
posted by sergio mayayo
The Skyrunning 2012 season celebrated last Sunday the 15th Dolomites Skyrace (22k/D+1750m). The demanding Trentino Vertical Kilometer held on thursday did not have a spanish winner. But in the skyrace, Kilian Jornet pushed relentlessly to achieve not only victory, buy a new course record. Bravo!. In the women´s field, Mireia Miró held its first “long” race after […]
Skyrunning World Series: Vertical Kilometer Dolomites. Spaniards take 5 of 10 top spots. Kilian Jornet 3rd Mireia Miro 2nd
posted by sergio mayayo
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 […]
Skyrunning rankings 2012: Spaniards leading 3/4 categories, with Jornet, Hernando & Picas.
posted by sergio mayayo
The 2012 Skyrunner World Series and Skyrace series have taken off to a well known rythm, as spaniards have once again raced each other to lead three out of four categories. Kilian Jornet, Luis Alberto Hernando y Nuria Picas lead, with ony Zhanna Vohkueva from Russia as counterweight in the fourth category. However, the season has […]
Kilian Jornet´s “Summits of my life Project”: Skyrunning from Mont Blanc 2012 to Everest 2015. And Bruno Brunod.
posted by sergio mayayo
Kilian Jornet has just unveiled his “Summits of My Life” project. A personal challenge that shall take him running from the summit of Mont-Blanc in 2012 to that of Mount Everest by 2015. In between, mystic mountains such as Matterhorn, Elbrus, Aconcagua and Mc Kinley. In doing so, he treads in the footsteps of ilustrous pioneers, […]
Zegama Skymarathon video 2012: Kilian Jornet versus Luis Alberto Hernando, and more.
posted by sergio mayayo
Zegama Aizkorri 2012 race review, full results and pics, here Zegama Aizkorri Skymarathon 2012 lived up to its very high expectations delivering an exciting event, with champions battling it out over the 42k course covered in mud and poured over by rain and even snow drizzle, Kilian Jornet dominance was challenged by world ISF champ Luis Alberto […]
Skyrunning at Zegama 2012: Race report, results and videos. Winners Jornet & Kortazar.
posted by sergio mayayo
Zegama Aizkorri 2012 full results available here On a Zegama Aizkorri 2012 course covered in mud and under the rain, Kilian Jornet achieved his fifth crown at Zegama, ahead of Luis Alberto Hernando while Oihana Kortazar won the women’s category with Nuria Picas came in second. Epic race it was, and few of the runners […]
Transvulcania Ultramarathon 2012 results: Winners Anna Frost & Dakota Jones.
posted by sergio mayayo
Transvulcania Ultramarathon 2012: Full results here. 561 finishers The results of Transvulcania sky Ultramarathon 2012 were up to the high expectations the entry list had raised. The intense heat brought on a tougher mountain race than expected and also did remind us that sometimes, there is as much greatness in victory as there is grace in […]
The Kilian´s Classik 2012: 7-8 July at Font-Romeu, Pyrenees. Races 25k/45k
posted by sergio mayayo
Salomon Running Team invited us last year to train, race and share some days with its top athletes at Font-Romeu for the Kilian´s Classik. The secenery and atmosphere of the festival there were so enticing that, despite it being just north of the spanish border, we cannot but recommend it as it comes up for this […]
Video Kilian´s Quest: “I lost the pleasure of running in the mountains…”
posted by TrailrunningSpain
La serie de videos Kilian´s Quest cumple este año su tercera temporada. Desde que arrancó es una fuente de inspiración para corredores de montaña de todo el mundo. Hemos visto grandes videos sobre rincones y carreras maravillosas del mundo entero: el Kilimanjaro, el Monte Olimpo, Western States. En el video sacado hace apenas una hora, […]
Kilian Jornet, tricampeón del mundo ISF
posted by sergio mayayo
Ayer 25oct culminaron en Malasia las Skyrunner World Series, el circuito anual de carreras de montaña de la International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) que designa al campeón del mundo. El circuito recorre el mundo entero, con una serie de carreras verdaderamente soberbias: 18abr COSTA RICA: Irazu SkyRace – Rancho Redondo. 24may ESPAÑA: Maratòn Alpina […]
