July 06, 2014 – Entries for the 2015 Marcialonga, Italy’s most popular ski-marathon scheduled for January 25, officially opened on July 1, 2014. The only way to register is through the Registration Area on the Marcialonga website with mandatory payment via credit card. Once the card is authorized and the transaction completed, the registration will be valid.

Marcialonga features 7,000+ skiers © Nordic Focus

Around 7,000 skiers from all corners of the planet joined last season’s Marcialonga and the first to cross the finish line after 70 km was Simen Østensen of Norway ahead of his countrymen John Kristian Dahl and Jørgen Aukland. On the women’s side, Russian Julia Tikhonova took the win over local favourite Seraina Boner (SUI) while Sweden’s Loefstroem came in third.

Next January’s Marcialonga is the 42nd running of the legendary marathon race. There are more events  scheduled for the 42nd edition, such as the ‘Marcialonga Stars’ charity event, the ‘Minimarcialonga’ and ‘Marcialonga Young’ races for kids and young skiers, plus the Marcialonga Story vintage event.

On July 8th the Marcialonga Cycling Craft road race was organized through the Italian Dolomites and over 2,200 cyclists from all over the world showed up at the start in Predazzo. This September the Marcialonga Running event will also roll down the streets of Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa, while the clock keeps ticking until the ski-marathon.

More info here