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Jun 29, 2023
Emily Geldard

Trail Running Film Festival 2024 – Call for Applications

Run the Alps is excited to announce that we’re now accepting applications for four film grants of up to €4000 each. Our theme this year is exploring boundaries.

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Hillary Gerardi Mont Blanc new FKT for just 7 hours, 25 minutes, 28 seconds.
Jun 19, 2023
Doug Mayer

Hillary Gerardi Resets the Fastest Known Time on Mont Blanc

Hillary Gerardi set a remarkably fast new record, running and then climbing, from the St Michel church in the heart of Chamonix to the 4,809 meter high summit of Mont Blanc.

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George Foster at 2023 WMTRC, trying to get the perfect frame of Jon Alban.
Jun 16, 2023
George Foster

World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2023: And a World Class DNF

The combined World Mountain and Trail Running Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria in June 2023. UK team member, George Foster, shares his thoughts from the races.

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Courtney Dauwalter running through Vallorcin on the UTMB®
Jun 13, 2023
Kim Strom

The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of UTMB®

Twenty years ago, when a small band of runners decided to hold a trail race around the Alps’ highest peak, running was changed forever.

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Meg Mackenzie racing the Gran Trail Courmayeur in Italy
Jun 6, 2023
Kim Strom

How to Create the Life You Want: Ultra Runner Meg Mackenzie Talks to Acclaimed Coach Mareli Kruger

Ultrarunner Meg Mackenzie and acclaimed coach Mareli Kruger talk about the internal and external obstacles preventing us from living the life we want and what we can do about them.
Meg and Mareli will be co-hosting a special women’s retreat in Chamonix this fall for the chance to dig deeper into these topics.

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