The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) has announced that their Spanish Trail Running Championships and Masters Championship will take place in El Paso on La Palma in the Canary Islands on October 3rd. This championship will serve as the Spanish trial for the World Mountain Running Championships in Lanzarote on November 13th and 14th.
As the global pandemic continues to affect everyday life for most people, we wanted to speak to race directors, who have been dealing with more uncertainty than most. As some races are starting to go ahead we wanted to know what runners can expect. We also wanted to know their opinions on what long term effects the situation will have on their races in the future.
A few weeks ago we brought you the sad news that it had been necessary to cancel this year's International U18 Mountain Running Cup in Ambleside, England. This was because of the ongoing unpredictability of the global pandemic and the need to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all participants. Now we'd like to bring you some exciting news...
As lockdown restrictions have eased in most countries and the mountain running community takes tentative steps to return to competition, we wanted to take a look at what events will look like in the near future. First up, we asked our athletes’ commission what their current experience is of races, virtual challenges and whether they’ve been tempted by attempting any FKTs.
Sadly it has been necessary for the International U18 Mountain Running Cup, which was to take place in Ambleside in the UK, to be cancelled. Here's a statement from the Chair of the local organising committee, Duncan Richards.
After a hot and sunny PizTriVertikal it was a cloudy day in Malonno for Fletta Trail, one of our associate races. The kind conditions helped athletes to run fast times along the mountains of the Valcamonica.
