The World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (from 2004 up to 2014 the name was World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge), is an annual international mountain running competition organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA).
The race is a one-day long-distance running contest for both sexes which has individual and national team aspects. The host for the event changes on an annual basis, with the minimum requirements for the challenge being that the course is no longer than in distance, includes an uphill ascent of at least 1.6 km (1 mile), and has a rough duration of between one hour and forty-five minutes and four hours for the elite men. The challenge does not take place on specially-made courses, but rather it is incorporated into pre-existing, traditional races.WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge Regulations . WMRA. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
The competition was first held in 2004 on a course from Sierre to Zinal.World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-06-23. Since its inception, the challenge has been hosted at competitions including the Three Peaks Race in the United Kingdom, Switzerland's Jungfrau Marathon, and the Pikes Peak Marathon in the United States.World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge: Results . WMRA. Retrieved on 2011-06-23. The event has significant variance in its level of participation: the 2007 race at the Jungfrau Marathon attracted over 4200 runners of fifty nationalities, while at the 2011 of the competition there were 405 runners representing a total of 18 countries.Hughes, Danny (2007-09-08). Wyatt dominates World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge ...of course!. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.Kosovelj and Maddams take World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge titles. IAAF (2011-06-19). Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
The 2020 edition was canceled. Beginning in 2021, the event was merged into the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.
Editions Edition Year Race Location Country Date Male Winner Female Winner1st2004Sierre-ZinalValais8 August Ricardo Mejía Angeline Joly2nd2005Marathon du VignemaleCauterets24 July Helmut Schiessl Emma Murray3rd2006Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs, Colorado20 August Matt Carpenter Emma Murray4th2007Jungfrau MarathonBernese Oberland7 September Jonathan Wyatt Anita Haakenstad-Evertsen5th2008Three Peaks RaceYorkshire26 April Jethro Lennox Anna Pichrtová6th2009KaisermarathonSöll10 October Marc Lauenstein Anna Pichrtová7th2010Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs, Colorado21 September Glenn Randall Brandy Erholtz8th2011Gorski MaratonPodbrdo18 June Mitja Kosovelj Philippa Maddams9th2012Jungfrau MarathonBernese Oberland8 September Markus Hohenwarter Stevie Kremer 10th2013Maraton KarkonoskiSzklarska Poreba3 August Mitja Kosovelj Antonella Confortola 11th2014Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs, Colorado16 August Sage Canaday Allie McLaughlin12th2015Zermatt MarathonZermatt4 July Tommaso Vaccina Martina Strahl 13th2016Gorski MaratonPodbrdo18 June Alessandro Rambaldini Annie Conway14th2017Giir di MontPremana6 August Francesco Puppi Silvia Rampazzo15th2018 Ultramarathon GorskiKarpacz24 June Alessandro Rambaldini Charlotte Morgan16th2019 K42 Adventure MarathonVilla La Angostura16 November Jim Walmsley Cristina Simion17th2020 Haría Extreme LanzaroteHaria14 November
Winners Individual Men Year 2004 Ricardo Mejía Helmut Schiessl Billy Burns 2005 Helmut Schiessl Anton Vencelj Daniel Bolt 2006 Matt Carpenter Galen Burrell Zac Freudenburg 2007 Jonathan Wyatt Hermann Achmüller Gerd Frick 2008 Jethro Lennox Tom Owens Mitja Kosovelj 2009 Marc Lauenstein Jonathan Wyatt Ricky Lightfoot 2010 Glenn Randall Marc Lauenstein Rickey Gates 2011 Mitja Kosovelj Tom Owens Robbie Simpson 2012 Markus Hohenwarter Mitja Kosovelj Hosea Tuei 2013 Mitja Kosovelj Andrew Davies Ionut Zinca 2014 Sage Canaday Azerya Teklay Andy Wacker 2015 Tommaso Vaccina Andy Wacker Francesco Puppi 2016 Alessandro Rambaldini Marco De Gasperi Mitja Kosovelj 2017 Francesco Puppi Pascal Egli Tayte Pollman 2018 Alessandro Rambaldini Robert Krupička Joseph Gray 2019 Jim Walmsley Francesco Puppi Oriol Cardona Coll 2020 None None None Cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 Stian Angermund Francesco Puppi Jonathan Albon 2022 Stian Angermund Thomas Roach Luca Del Pero
Women Year 2004 Angéline Joly Maria Rodriguez Isabelle Guillot 2005 Emma Murray Marion Kapuscinski Isabelle Guillot 2006 Emma Murray Danielle Ballengee Keri Nelson 2007 Anita Håkenstad Evertsen Yelena Kaledina Zhanna Malkova 2008 Anna Pichrtová Angela Mudge Angela Bateup 2009 Anna Pichrtová Evgeniya Danilova Anna Frost 2010 Brandy Erholtz Kim Dobson Anna Frost 2011 Philippa Maddams Karen Alexander Helen Fines 2012 Stevie Kremer Sabine Reiner Kim Dobson 2013 Antonella Confortola Ornella Ferrara Anna Celińska 2014 Allie McLaughlin Morgan Arritola Shannon Payne 2015 Martina Strähl Aline Camboulives Catherine Bertone 2016 Annie Conway Antonella Confortola Lucija Krkoč 2017 Silvia Rampazzo Kasie Enman Denisa Dragomir 2018 Charlotte Morgan Dominika Stelmach Silvia Rampazzo 2019 Cristina Simion Adeline Roche Blandine L'Hirondel 2020 None None None Cancelled due to COVID-19
Team Men Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Emanuele ManziTommaso VaccinaMassimiliano Zanaboni 2014 Tommaso VaccinaXavier ChevrierMassimo Mei 2015 Tommaso VaccinaFrancesco PuppiMassimo Mei 2016 Alessandro RambaldiniMarco De GasperiFabio Ruga 2017 Francesco PuppiAlessandro RambaldiniLuca Cagnati 2018 Alessandro RambaldiniDaniele De ColoEmanuele Manzi 2019 Francesco PuppiGabriele BacchionLuca Cagnati 2020 None None None Cancelled due to COVID-19
Women Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Antonella ConfortolaOrnella FerraraIvana Iozzia 2014 Catherine BertoneAntonella ConfortolaIvana Iozzia 2015 Catherine BertoneIvana IozziaFrancesca Iachemet 2016 Antonella ConfortolaFrancesca IachemetDebora Cardone 2017 Silvia RampazzoAntonella ConfortolaStéphanie Jiménez 2018 2019 2020 None None None Cancelled due to COVID-19
See also World Mountain Running Championships European Mountain Running Championships Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships NACAC Mountain Running Championships South American Mountain Running Championships
References
External links Event page at WMRA