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Lund wins Course de Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland
Aug 17th
Megan Lund led the field from near the start of this 31km Skyrunning World Series event in Switzerland. Lund finished in a time of 3h09’28”. She outdistanced Britain’s Anglea Mudge, a past skyrunning world champion, who finished second in 3h11’02” and the new SkyMarathon® World Champion, France’s Laetitia Roux, third, in 3h11’48”.
Two other US Mountain Team members also had strong showings in the race, with Brandy Erholtz finishing in 4th and, on the men’s side, Joe Gray finished in 10th.
Brandy Erholtz wins Harakiri Run in Austria
Aug 17th
Mayrhofen-Austria, 1. August – The second “Harakiri Run” was also the second event of the WMRA Grand Prix 2010 circuit. Excellent conditions with sunny but not hot weather and dry course announced attack to the course record set at the first edition in 2009. Ahmet Arslan, 4-times European Champion was the winner in 50:39. Brandy Erholtz, USA, was the women’s winner in 1:04:26, over four minutes ahead of her nearest competitor Michaela MERTOVA of the Czech Republic.
2010 Team Member Eric Blake wins at Loon Mountain Race,
Jul 9th
Reprinted from the Running Around CT Blog
Mountain runner Eric Blake (recently named the Central CT women’s coach) has a good story now for when people ask him, “What’s the craziest thing that ever happened to you when you were running?”
Last weekend, Blake was running the second to last race in the New England Mountain Running Series, a 5.5-miler at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. He was in the lead and close to the finish when he came upon a black bear.
Blake wasn’t really paying attention at first; neither was the bear.
But then the two spotted each other. Blake, More >
First Timers Victorious at USA Mountain Running Championships
Jun 25th
Pinkham Notch, NH — The 50th running of the Mt. Washington Road Race saw two newcomers take top honors at the USA Mountain Running Championships. Chris Siemers, 29, Arvada, CO, crossed the finish line after 7.6 miles at an elevation of 6,288-feet above sea level in a time of 1:00:22. Kristen Price, 28, Raleigh, NC, was the top U.S. woman and USA Mountain Running Champion timed in 1:11:13. Price was outdistanced by 23-year old Ethiopian Shewarge Amars who raced to a course record of 1:08:21 breaking the previous mark of 1:10:08 set by Magdalena Thorsell, Sweden, in 1988.
With their wins, Siemers and Price made More >
Qualifying Information for the 2010 US Mountain Running Team
Mar 2nd
Looking to qualify for the 2010 US Mountain Running Team? Here’s what you need to do:
For the first time in team history, all 10 spots for the US Men’s & Women’s Mountain running team will be chosen at a single race. That race is the 50th running of the Mount Washington Road Race in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire. The top 6 men and top 4 women at Mt. Washington will make up this year’s team. All athletes looking to make the team must be US Citizens and a Member of USA Track & Field to be considered eligible for the team.
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2010 USA Mountain Running Championships Awarded
Dec 6th
The 50th Anniversary of the Mount Washington Road Race will also play host to the USA Mountain Running Championships. At the just ended USATF Annual Convention, the MUT Council awarded the 2010 Mountain Running Championships to Mt. Washington. In addition, all 10 members of the 2010 Mountain Running Team will be selected at Mt. Washington. The top 6 American Men who are USATF members, and the top 4 American women who are USATF members, will be awarded spots on the mountain running team that will compete in Slovenia in September 2010.
More details about the 2010 team and prize money at More >
2009 Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team Wins Silver and Bronze in Italy
Sep 7th
Preliminary results from Italy
Sep 6th
Live twitter posts for the World Championships
Sep 6th
Go to http://www.twitter.com/usmrt to see live posts from today’s Mountain Champs. If you are reading our blog at the blog site and not via rss feed, you can also see it on the right hand side of the page.
Former Team Member Paul Low previews the men’s race
Sep 4th
Paul Low has a great preview of the men’s race as his blog. Here’s the link:http://thelowplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/brief-preview-for-senior-mens-team-race.html