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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. [1] In this it differs from fell running ; also its courses are more clearly marked and avoid dangerous sections. [ 2 ]
The book has received attention in the sporting world for McDougall's description of how he overcame injuries by modeling his running after the Tarahumara. [ 3 ] He asserts that modern cushioned running shoes are a major cause of running injury, pointing to the thin sandals worn by Tarahumara runners, and the explosion of running-related ...
Woman Running in the Mountains (山を走る女, Yama o hashiru onna) is a 1980 novel by Yūko Tsushima, published by Kodansha. [1] In 1991, an English translation by Geraldine Harcourt was published by Pantheon Books. [2] In 2022, Harcourt's English translation was reissued by New York Review Books as a classic with an introduction by Lauren ...
Fell running is often known as hill running, particularly in Scotland. [5] It is sometimes called mountain running, as in the name of the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association [6] although the term mountain running often has connotations of WMRA races which tend to be on smoother, drier trails and lack the route choice which may be available in fell races.
For World Athletics purposes, mountain running takes place on terrain that is mainly off-road, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. Courses involve considerable amounts of ascent (for mainly uphill races), or both ascent and descent (for up and down races with the start and finish at similar heights).
The Pikes Peak Ascent race has twice incorporated the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge competition, first in 2006 then again in 2010. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 2020 edition of the ascent was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic , with all registrants given the option of either transferring their entry to 2021, [ a ] obtaining a partial ...
Under his coaching, his athletes have achieved top finishes at the Leadville Trail 100, World Mountain Running Championships, and Barkley Marathons and competed in the 2024 US Olympic Trials. [8] [10] [11] Roche and his wife published a book, The Happy Runner: Love the Process, Get Faster, Run Longer, in 2019. [12]
Mountain running competitions (7 C, 30 P) S. Skyrunning (2 C, 4 P) T. Trail running (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Mountain running" The following 7 pages are in this ...