SkyRace® Comapedrosa – Margarit and Avilés crush it
Nineteen-year old Spaniard Jan Margarit clinched yet another victory today on the climb up the Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series rankings, crushing the record at the SkyRace® Comapedrosa, seventh stage of the eleven-race Sky Classic category. A surprise win by fellow Catalan Sheila Avilés, who closed ahead of race favourite Laura Orgué in her first […]
SkyRace® Comapedrosa – it’s steep and it’s stacked
At the height of the skyrunning season with back to back events, the heat is on and the seventh leg of the 11-race Sky Classic category on the Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series heads for the Principality of Andorra on Sunday, July 30. The steepest race of the entire World Series, the average incline is […]
Orgué and Margarit star in Dolomites
It was a day of celebration in Canazei, Italy at the Dolomites SkyRace® where, despite bad weather, a record 1,000 runners from 41 countries took part in the race which for 20 years has become a magnet for the world’s best talent. Spaniards Laura Orgué and Jan Margarit topped the podium on the sixth stage […]
Dolomites SkyRace celebrates 20 years
It’s exactly 20 years since one of the first made-to-measure skyrunning races took place. Today, the Dolomites SkyRace® has become an icon, attracting the world’s top skyrunners year in year out. Hosting the sixth stage of the Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series Sky Classic category, the weekend’s events promise to be as hot as the recent […]
Maiora and Gurung Sky Extreme leaders
Spain’s Maite Maiora lived up to her world championship title and ranking leadership to take the first race of the Sky Extreme category together with Bhim Gurung from Nepal in Northern Italy’s Royal Ultra SkyMarathon, Sunday, July 16. A strong line-up of top ranked runners joined 270 athletes from 27 nations who flocked to the […]
Sky Extreme – a right Royal Ultra SkyMarathon
The Sky Extreme Series kicks off Sunday with Italy’s Royal Ultra SkyMarathon Gran Paradiso and a heavy-duty line-up looking for a new challenge. The three-race Series introduced last year, counts two out of three for the final rankings and end-of-season prizes in the 2017 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series. Set in the ex-Royal hunting grounds […]
Cliffhanger wins at Buff Epic Trail 42K
For Spaniards Eugeni Gil and Oihana Azkorbebeitia winning the Buff Epic Trail 42K boiled down to a matter of seconds. Some exciting sprints ensued with Gil overtaking ranking leader Aritz Egea in the last 5km and the Basque red-head, neck and neck with Frenchwoman Célia Chiron, taking the win in the last 500m. The spectacular […]
Kimmel and Hernando hit the heights in Val d’Isére
It was a day of records and rejoicing with Spaniard Luis Alberto Hernando and American Megan Kimmel taking the win and setting new records in Europe’s highest race, the Odlo High Trail Vanoise®, Val d’Isère, France, Saturday, July 8. The race is the fourth stage of the 2017 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series Ultra category […]
Sky Classic – fifth stage in Spain
On the fifth leg of the Sky Classic category in the 2017 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series, the season’s rankings are beginning to take shape with five out of the eleven races counting for the finals. Saturday, July 8 will see some of the top ranked runners in the category line up for the The […]
High Trail Vanoise – an Ultra challenge
Half way through the 2017 Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series eight-race Ultra category, a stacked field heads for the Odlo High Trail Vanoise® on Saturday, July 8 in Val d’Isère, France. Europe’s highest race and the toughest race in France, it has top runners from around the world coming back for more after the 2016 inaugural […]
