skyrunning

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noun

An extreme sport involving running on mountains or at high altitude.

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Meanings

nounskyrunning (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehobbiesAn extreme sport involving running on mountains or at high altitude.

    I was photographing two of the best mountain runners in the world in a race that would soon become legendary in the world of trail, mountain, ultra and skyrunning: Transvulcania.

    2016, Ian Corless, “Introduction”, in Running Beyond: Epic Ultra, Trail and Skyrunning Races, →ISBN

Origin

From sky + running.

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APA

skyrunning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyrunning

MLA

“skyrunning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyrunning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skyrunning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyrunning.

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