2. Mountain Running Commonwealth Championships, Llanberis, Snowdonia 24. September 2011: preview.
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The 2. Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra distance Running Championships will be hosted in three spectacular north-west Wales locations - Llandudno, Llanberis (Snowdon) and Newborough Forest, Anglesey.
The combined events of mountain races (Up &, Down), ultra-distance races (24 hr event) and trail running (50+km off road) for both men and women will produce a long weekend international festival of running.
The Mountain of Snowdon will form a wonderful backdrop for all of the events being held in North Wales this weekend.
The festival of sport will also host many open events for supporters to enjoy just prior to the major championship races.
Welsh Athletics and the Local Organizing Committee have made excellent preparations to welcome the finest Ultra and Extreme endurance runners from across the Commonwealth Countries. " "The full athlete line-up (see Link International Teams) has been announced and the fields look impressive as we expect many new Commonwealth champions to top the podium this weekend. England, Scotland, New Zealand and Canada were the dominant Mountain running teams in 2009 and these teams are again expected to feature highly as 14 different countries contest the 2. Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships from 2 p.m. on Saturday 24. September. ,
The men's race looks open although African runners have a tendency to enjoy uphill running and Geoffery Tum is the only male runner from Kenya. He will be given due respect when he toes the line on Saturday afternoon as it was fellow Kenyan Wilson Chemweno who took the Top Mountain Running title ahead of Jonathan Wyatt and Adam Grice 2 years ago.
England send the in-form James McMullen and Tom Cornthwaite to test the best of the rest, while Scotland's young Robbie Simpson will look to replicate his amazing run when he won the Senior Snowdon race at the age of 18 in 2010.
This year has seen Robbie Simpson also take individual Bronze in the World Long Distance Challenge in Slovenia.
Lloyd Taggart from the Isle of Man is the current English Hill Running Champion, which augurs well for small island podium possibilities.
Rob Samuel knows the course better than any as he runs for Llanberis and Welsh national team. He will be carrying the home nation hopes along with 27minute Olympic 10km runner Andres Jones and the former British Champion Tim Davies. Australia has medaled at previous World Championships and they are a great sporting nation so again they will be pushing for the podium in many of the weekend events.
Individual Silver medalist from 2009 Sarah Tunstall (England) returns to international competition with recent wins in both Telfes and the Swiss Matterhorn race.
With 5. placed Lizzie Adams (England) from the recent World Championships on the start line England will be expected to defend the team title they won in 2009.
Victoria Wilkinson was also a team Gold medalist in 2009 and will expect at least one gold medal this weekend having beaten most of the field previously.
Again Kenya and Australasian will be expected to sustain strong challenges to the English team along with Scotland who have often topped the podium at the Snowdon International Mountain race.
The Mountain Running events will look to crown new individual champions, as none of the defending champions are listed in the 2011entries.
WMRA will be present with its President Bruno Gozzelino and its Secretary, Bashir Hussain, who thank very much Norman Wilson for his great job in this matters.
News and photo by Bashir Hussain
Photos:
- on front page: Lizzie Adams,
- on second page: Victoria Wilkinson"
The combined events of mountain races (Up &, Down), ultra-distance races (24 hr event) and trail running (50+km off road) for both men and women will produce a long weekend international festival of running.
The Mountain of Snowdon will form a wonderful backdrop for all of the events being held in North Wales this weekend.
The festival of sport will also host many open events for supporters to enjoy just prior to the major championship races.
Welsh Athletics and the Local Organizing Committee have made excellent preparations to welcome the finest Ultra and Extreme endurance runners from across the Commonwealth Countries. " "The full athlete line-up (see Link International Teams) has been announced and the fields look impressive as we expect many new Commonwealth champions to top the podium this weekend. England, Scotland, New Zealand and Canada were the dominant Mountain running teams in 2009 and these teams are again expected to feature highly as 14 different countries contest the 2. Commonwealth Mountain Running Championships from 2 p.m. on Saturday 24. September. ,
The men's race looks open although African runners have a tendency to enjoy uphill running and Geoffery Tum is the only male runner from Kenya. He will be given due respect when he toes the line on Saturday afternoon as it was fellow Kenyan Wilson Chemweno who took the Top Mountain Running title ahead of Jonathan Wyatt and Adam Grice 2 years ago.
England send the in-form James McMullen and Tom Cornthwaite to test the best of the rest, while Scotland's young Robbie Simpson will look to replicate his amazing run when he won the Senior Snowdon race at the age of 18 in 2010.
This year has seen Robbie Simpson also take individual Bronze in the World Long Distance Challenge in Slovenia.
Lloyd Taggart from the Isle of Man is the current English Hill Running Champion, which augurs well for small island podium possibilities.
Rob Samuel knows the course better than any as he runs for Llanberis and Welsh national team. He will be carrying the home nation hopes along with 27minute Olympic 10km runner Andres Jones and the former British Champion Tim Davies. Australia has medaled at previous World Championships and they are a great sporting nation so again they will be pushing for the podium in many of the weekend events.
Individual Silver medalist from 2009 Sarah Tunstall (England) returns to international competition with recent wins in both Telfes and the Swiss Matterhorn race.
With 5. placed Lizzie Adams (England) from the recent World Championships on the start line England will be expected to defend the team title they won in 2009.
Again Kenya and Australasian will be expected to sustain strong challenges to the English team along with Scotland who have often topped the podium at the Snowdon International Mountain race.
The Mountain Running events will look to crown new individual champions, as none of the defending champions are listed in the 2011entries.
WMRA will be present with its President Bruno Gozzelino and its Secretary, Bashir Hussain, who thank very much Norman Wilson for his great job in this matters.
News and photo by Bashir Hussain
Photos:
- on front page: Lizzie Adams,
- on second page: Victoria Wilkinson"