Australian Mountain Running Association update, 21 September 2014
- Online entry is open for three mountain runs coming up in the ACT organised by the Australian Mountain Running Association:
11 October – Mt Majura Vineyard Two Peaks 20k and One Peak 12k runs and walks, Mt Majura Vineyard, Majura Road. See event details and online registration athttps://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=14279
2 November – Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon 10k and 5k runs and Half Marathon 10k and 5k walks, Honeysuckle Creek camp ground, Apollo Road, Namadgi National Park. See event details and online registration at https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=14283
21 December – Tour de Ridges 21.2k, 15.3k and 10.6k runs and 15.3k and 10.6k walks, Mawson Sports Fields. See event details and online registration athttps://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=14286
Helpers are needed for each of these for drink stations, marshalling points and the start-finish and will be rewarded with wine, chocolate or another award. Please register to volunteer athttp://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/index.php?module=Home&action=volunteer
- Other events
These include the Running Wild mountain running series in the Blue Mountains. See http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/
- Some important mountain running dates in 2015:
31 May – Australian Mountain Running Championships, Brisbane;
4 July – World Long Distance Championship, Zermatt Marathon, Switzerland (http://www.zermattmarathon.ch/);
12 Sept – World Masters Championships, Wales (http://wmrcwales.org/);
19 Sept – World Mountain Running Championships (up/down courses), Wales (http://wmrcwales.org/).
- Congratulations
Australians have excelled at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Austria, with Canberra’s Sue Archer winning the W65 gold medal and Catherine Hanley finishing 10thin W55. See http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/index.php?module=News&action=ShowNews&id=445
The Australian mountain running team also competed strongly at the World Mountain Running Championships in September in Italy and World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship at the Pike’s Peak Ascent in the USA in July. See reports at
http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/index.php?module=News&action=ShowNews&id=446
http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/index.php?module=News&action=ShowNews&id=439
John Harding
Australian Mountain Running Association