Clemente and Nilsson take The Rut 50K
Sunday’s The Rut 50K concluded the weekend’s trio of Skyrunner® World Series events in Montana, USA won by Spaniard Cristofer Clemente and Swede Ida Nilsson. It was a case of inverting the skyrunning tag line “Less cloud. More sky” and making the best of low lying mist, rain, and then snow. It was a hard […]
Kimmel and Ait Chaou Sky champions at The Rut
Yesterday was the turn of The Rut 28K, second race of the Skyrunner® World Series trio in Montana, USA. Wedged between Friday’s Vertical Kilometer® and today’s 50K, the race saw some of the best skyrunners from home and abroad competing. Close on 300 competitors toed the start-line. American Megan Kimmel, ranking leader and winner here […]
Victory at The Rut Vertical for Fejfar and Orgué
The weekend’s Skyrunner® World Series trio of races in Montana, USA kicked off Friday with a dramatic weather forecast prompting the organisers to adopt a plan B route. The new Lone Peak Vertical Kilometer® course had 610m vertical climb over 3.8 km distance. While the course remained demanding (the original had 1,000m vertical climb and 5 km […]
World Series heads for USA triple
The Skyrunner® World Series heads for the rugged Montana mountains for a trio of events this weekend. Some of the world’s top runners will be participating in the VK, Sky and Ultra races. The Run the Rut events were tailor-made to fit skyrunning parameters back in 2013 by world-class ultra runners Mike Foote and Mike […]
Emelie wins her own battle at Kima. Nepali Gurung crushes the record
History was written today at the Kima Trophy, second race on the Skyrunner® Extreme Series, with Emelie Forsberg taking the win at her third attempt and Nepali Bhim Gurung smashing Kilian’s record. Emelie has had the Kima fever since she started skyrunning back in 2012. A biennial race, she came back in 2014 aiming for […]
Kima Trophy. The forecast is hot and so is the competition
Less than a week to go and the Kima Trophy, next race on the Skyrunner® World Series, is going to be hot, hot, hot. That’s the forecast for the weather, but also the competition will be blistering. On the second leg of the new Extreme Series, the essence of pure skyrunning is fully expressed by […]
Kimmel and Lauenstein take the day at Matterhorn Ultraks
The Matterhorn massif looked menacing, overshadowing the Ultraks 46K course, 6th leg of the Skyrunner® World Series in Zermatt Saturday, but the 640 runners at the start line were not intimidated. Local runner Marc Lauenstein and American Megan Kimmel both delivered a captivating performance at the 4th edition of this picture-postcard event. Series ranking leader […]
Matterhorn Ultraks – next stop, the Sky
It’s fourth time round for the Matterhorn Ultraks 46K in Zermatt, Switzerland on Saturday, August 20. The magic mountain that gives its name to the race is not the only star of the show however. The sixth leg of the Skyrunner® World Series, the event attracts a deeply stacked field from around the world. Last year’s […]
Tromsø VK – Forsberg and Angermund climb to victory
Emelie Forsberg’s role as organiser didn’t last long at the Blåmann VK in Tromsø, Norway, Friday. After making sure the athletes all got to the start on time, she warmed up on the course with them, donned a bib, raced the race…and won. It was a photo finish however, as she crossed the summit with […]
Kilian & Emelie launch Skyrunner® Extreme Series in Norway
The new Skyrunner® Extreme Series launches Saturday in Tromsø, Norway. The land of the midnight sun, wild landscapes, fjords and glaciers will welcome runners competing in the weekend’s Vertical Kilometer® and Tromsø SkyRace®. The events are organised by the most famous skyrunning ambassadors, Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg. Athletes from 15 countries will participate in […]
