2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Champs: Reflections on Growth and Continued Challenges
A look at the relevance of and the challenges federation-based events face.
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A look at the relevance of and the challenges federation-based events face.
Jade Belzberg (Canada) and Hans Troyer win the historic 2025 JFK 50 Mile.
Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) and Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) won the 2025 Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100k via two very different races.
Ireland’s Caitriona Jennings talks about setting a new women’s 100-mile world record at the 2025 Tunnel Hill 100 Mile.
Anne Flower talks about the lead-up and details of her record-setting run at the 2025 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile.
Sarah Perry of the U.K. sets a new women’s backyard ultra record with 95 yards, or 395.8 miles.
An interview with Sarah Webster after her 24-hour world record, set at the 2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships in Albi, France.
Great Britain’s Sarah Webster set a new women’s world record, and Ukraine’s Andrii Tkachuk dominated the men’s race.
Sarah Webster of Great Britain smashes the previous women’s 24-hour world record.
Some of the top contenders at the 2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships, to be held on October 18 and 19 in France.
Results of the 2025 World Mountain Running Championships Up and Down in Canfranc, Spain.
A video interview (with transcript) with Katie Schide after her win at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Jim Walmsley after his win at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Sunmaya Budha after her second-place finish at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Benjamin Roubiol and Louison Coiffet after their second-place tie at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Fabiola Conti after her third-place finish at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
Results of the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail in Canfranc, Spain.
Results of the 2025 Trail World Championships Short Trail in Canfranc, Spain, won by Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson and France’s Frédéric Tranchand.
Results of the 2025 World Mountain Running Championships Uphill in Canfranc, Spain, won by Rémi Bonnet and Nina Engelhard.
A video interview (with transcript) with Marion Delespierre before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Hillary Gerardi before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Fracesco Puppi before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Andreas Reiterer before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Caleb Olson before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
A video interview (with transcript) with Katie Schide before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
To celebrate the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, The North Face and iRunFar have teamed up to give away three pairs of Summit VECTIV Pro 3 trail racing shoes.
Follow iRunFar’s live coverage of the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Champs from Thursday, September 25, through Sunday, September 28.
A video interview (with transcript) with Sylvia Nordskar before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail.
