Bush Capital Bush Marathon Festival start lists

Entries have closed! No late entries will be accepted. No entries on the day will be taken. Please do not email asking for a late entry to be provided. BUSH CAPITAL BUSH MARATHON FESTIVAL, Canberra SATURDAY  21 October 2017 6.15am          Registration opens to collect race bibs 7.00am          63.3km ultra marathon run; 42.2km bush marathon power Read More …

Australian Mountain Running News October 2017

Australian Mountain Running News October 2017 World Championships results There are news reports on the Australian Mountain Running Association and World Mountain Running websites http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au http://wmra.ch/ In particular, Uganda dominated the World Mountain Running Champions in Premana, Italy in July and 3 Australians achieved top 30 placings. The standard of competition gets higher and higher Read More …

2018 and 2019 World Mountain Running Association Championships

2018: 3 June 2018: WMRA/WMA MASTERS WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Zelezniki, SLOVENIA   24 June 2018: WORLD LONG DISTANCE MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Karpacz, Poland. The course – 36km long with +-2100m elevation. 15 September 2018: WMRA WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Andorra, in the high mountains of the Pyrenees between France and Spain. Senior men and women about Read More …

Chapman, Osmond and Blumstein-Jones complete tough World Long Distance Championship

World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship 32 km, 2400 m elevation gain, 2400 m descent  Premana Italy Sunday 6 August 2017 Three Australians – Michael Chapman, David Osmond and Etienne Blumstein-Jones – backed up from competing in the World Mountain Running Championships a week earlier to contest the World Long Distance Championship and finished 59th, Read More …

Creighton and Smyth take out inaugural Kowen Trail Marathon

Kowen Trail Run Kowen forest ACT Wamboin NSW Saturday 17 June 2017 Photos by John Harding: https://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/Sports/Mountain-running/17-June-2017-Kowen-Trail-Run/ Marathon Female 1. 14 Mandy Smyth 4:18:30 2. 13 Hayley Blease 4:41:41 3. 28 Jessica Robson 4:51:58 4. 20 Amy Currie 4:57:41 5. 8 Bianca Mauch 5:04:53 6. 10 Shay Simpson 5:18:45 7. 6 Elle Knight 5:20:56 8. Read More …

Australian mountain running teams announced

2017 AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN RUNNING TEAMS The Australian Mountain Running Association is pleased to announce the following Australian teams.  World Mountain Running Championships, Premana, Italy, 30 July. http://www.wmrcpremana2017.com/ SENIOR MEN: Michael Chapman (ACT), Robin Whiteley (NSW), Etienne Blumstein-Jones (ACT), David Osmond (ACT). Reserve: David Barton (QLD). SENIOR WOMEN: Elizabeth Humphries (ACT), Jasmine Sargeant (NSW), Micarla Sexton Read More …

Chapman and Humphries win Australian Open Mountain Running Championships

Australian Mountain Running Championships Ambers Ridge Black Hills Conservation Area Adelaide SOUTH AUSTRALIA Sunday 9 April 2017 Weather: 14.3 degrees at 8am, 15 degrees at 9am. Humid and windy at the top of the ridge. A few short showers of light rain. Photos: https://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/9-Apr-2017-Aust-Mtn-Running-Championships/ Thank you: David Close, Murray Waters and the rest of the large Read More …