Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more clearly marked and avoid dangerous sections. It is a form of trail running if it is run on unpaved surfaces. Mountain running is a combination of running, jogging, and walking, depending on how steep the trail is.
The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA) in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year.
The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) is the global governing body of mountain running.
Samson Kiflemariam Gashazghi is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, cross-country running, but as mountain runner he won 2010 World Mountain Running Championships.
Andrea Mayr is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running and cycling. She set her personal best (2:30:43) in the women's marathon on April 19, 2009, winning the Vienna City Marathon. She holds the Austrian records over the half marathon and marathon distances.
Tommy Manning is an American mountain and distance runner.
The World Mountain Running Championships, is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing body.
The World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, is an annual international mountain running competition organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA).
Ahmet Arslan is a long-distance runner from Turkey competing in mountain running. He is a six time successive champion of European Mountain Running Championships.
The 27th World Mountain Running Championships were held in Tirana, Albania on September 11, 2011. Around 400 athletes from 5 continents were present.
The 2012 World Mountain Running Championships were held on 2 September in Val Camonica in the Italian Alps. The course ran from Temù - Ponte di Legno to Tonale Pass. It was the 28th edition of the championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), and the seventh time that Italy had hosted the competition. The competition featured four races, with senior and junior (under-19) races for both men and women. A total of 343 runners from a record high of 40 nations finished the competition.
The 2013 World Mountain Running Championships were held on 8 September in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. It was the 29th edition of the championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The competition featured four races, with senior and junior (under-19) races for both men and women. A total of 329 runners from 39 nations were present at the start of the races.
The WMRA World Cup is an annual series of mountain running competitions organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) that runs from around May to October. Athletes are awarded points for each performance on the tour. Its predecessor was the Alpine Grand Prix, a 1997 formation including four European races in the Alps region. It formally became the WMRA Grand Prix in 1999 and subsequently expanded to six races in 2001. It reverted to four races in 2007 and from 2008 onwards began to vary between five and seven races. The competition took its current title World Cup in 2014.
The 2017 World Mountain Running Championships was the 33rd edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Premana, Italy on 30 June 2017.
Maria Grazia Roberti is an Italian female mountain runner and snowshoe runner, who won three World Snowshoe Championships.
The 1985 World Mountain Running Championships was the 1st edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in San Vigilio di Marebbe, Italy on 23 September 1985.
The 1996 World Mountain Running Championships was the 12th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Telfes, Austria on 1 September 1996.
Angéline Joly is a former Swiss female mountain runner, world champion at the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (2004).
The 2010 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge was the seventh edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.
The 2019 World Mountain Running Challenge was the 35th edition of the global Mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.
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