3×3 2014 Race Preview
Over 4000m (13,000ft) of ascent await participants of this weekend’s 3x3Ultra providing every participant an opportunity to cover three classic Lakeland peaks in an accumulative distance of 80km’s....
View ArticleNEW RACE for 2015 – GLENCOE SKYLINE
Skyrunning will be coming to Scotland in 2015. The GLENCOE SKYLINE is designed to capture the most alpine like running experience on the UK mainland. Never before has there been a mountain race that...
View ArticleMourne Skyline MTR – 2015 Entries Open
The inaugural 2014 Mourne Skyline MTR did not disappoint and received attention from a worldwide audience. Let’s face it, when 2014 winner and Skyrunner World Series Champion, Stevie Kremer says,...
View ArticleGlen Coe Skyline on UKC
Glen Coe Skyline and Shane Ohly (RD for the race) speak to UKC about Skyrunning UK’s new addition to the 2015 calendar… as Shane says: ‘We are not creating another mass participation fell or trail...
View ArticleSkyrunning UK announce LAKES SKY ULTRA™
Skyrunning UK is pleased to announce a new race for 2015, the LAKES SKY ULTRA™. A 50km+/- course with 4300m+/- ascent that includes soaring ridgelines, rock scrambling and a course that will test the...
View ArticleGlen Coe Skyline™ – Skyrunning comes to Scotland
Skyrunning will be coming to Scotland in 2015 with a world-class course based around Glen Coe. Aptly named the ‘Glen Coe Skyline™’ this race has already caused a storm of speculation as rumours of its...
View ArticleNew Entry Criteria for True Mountain Lakes Sky Ultra
Following feedback and discussions with our Chief Safety Officer, the Race Directors at True Mountain Lakes Sky Ultra have decided that we will add a fixed rope, for the duration of the race, to...
View ArticleEs Tresidder to race True Mountain Lakes Sky Ultra™
Es Tresidder has confirmed his intention to race at the inaugural True Mountain Lakes Sky Ultra™. Speaking with Charles Sproson, Race Director and course planner, Es said: “The True Mountain Lakes Sky...
View ArticleSkyrunning World & European champion to run Salomon Glen Coe Skyline
Skyrunning UK and the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline is pleased to announce that Emelie Forsberg (Salomon International), world renowned Skyrunning™ World Champion (ultra) and recently crowned Skyrunning™...
View ArticleEirik Haugsness to run Lakes Sky Ultra
Eirik Haugsness, winner of the inaugural Tromsø SkyRace will race the Lakes Sky Ultra in 2015. Eirik took third place at the Mont Blanc Vertical KM in 2013, only 30 seconds behind the eventual...
View ArticleLakes Sky Ultra – The Movie
I was told 2-years ago that Skyrunning in the UK was not possible. You don’t have the mountains… You don’t have the technical terrain… Ridges – pah! Climbing – pah! You have nothing over a 1000m… and...
View ArticleGarmin Mourne Skyline MTR 2015 Preview
Ryan Maxwell, race director for the Garmin Mourne Skyline MTR provides an insight into the racing that will take place in the Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland this weekend. The Skyrunning UK...
View ArticleUIAA and ISF partnership
The UIAA announced its partnership with the International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) which signals the arrival of the ISF as the first sport federation to become a unit member of the UIAA. The ISF –...
View ArticleLakes Sky Ultra Race Preview 2016
“Towering above each other, or lifting themselves in ridges like the waves of a tumultuous sea, and in the beauty and variety of their surfaces and colours, they are surpassed by none.” – Wordsworth...
View ArticlePeak SkyRace 2016 Preview
The peak District is a large national park that stretches from the Midlands to the northern areas of England and is renowned for its abundance of natural beauty. The terrain is very diverse, wild and...
View ArticlePEAK SKYRACE 2016 SUMMARY and IMAGES
This year saw 180 people register for the Peaks SkyRace the third race in the 2016 Skyrunning UK National Series. From the 180 entrants, 147 showed up at the start-line on Sunday of which 136 runners...
View ArticleSkyline Scotland 2016 – VK, SKY and EXTREME
What an incredible weekend for Skyrunning and Skyrunning UK! Skyline Scotland did more than place the UK on the map, it blew the Skyrunning world apart. On Friday it was the Salomon Mamores VK (a UK...
View ArticleLakes Sky Ultra and Scafell Sky Race 2017
Following on from the V3K, a double bill weekend is ahead as the Scafell Sky Race and the Lakes Sky Ultra will take place. 40km and 2800m of vertical gain and 56km with 4500m respectively make the two...
View ArticleScafell Sky Race Reports and Images 2017
The Scafell Sky Race (SSR) brought an international field to the Lake District for the inaugural event. Runners came from Australia, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, the US and all over Britain for the race...
View ArticleGreatest mountain runners in the world head to Scotland
The greatest mountain runners in the world head to Scotland for the final race of the Migu Run Skyrunner® World Series EXTREME category, the Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™. The rise of the 55km Salomon Glen...
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