August 5, 2024 – iRunFar
There have been longtime races and first-year races identical to the Quito Path by UTMB, and temporary stuff identical to the FlettaTrail and 100 milers like Angeles Crest.
It’s one different numerous set for our weekly rundown.
FlettaTrail Malonno – Malonno, Italy
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The uphill race climbed 1,000 meters over 3.4 kilometers in distance, and nobody does it larger than Andrea Mayr (Austria). Mayr obtained proper right here for the seventh time, topping out in 38:28. She was a bit over a minute once more from her private course doc from 2023. Third in 2023, Philaries Kisang (Kenya) moved up one spot to finish second in 40:20, and Susanna Saapunki (Finland) was third in 40:45.
Josphat Kiprotich (Kenya) obtained the boys’s race in 34:42. That’s over two minutes once more of Patrick Kipngeno’s course doc run from 2023. Italian runners Tiziano Moia and Henri Aymonod went up second and third in 33:26 and 33:43.
FlettaTrail
A day later, the up-and-down race went 21k with 1,100 meters of elevation obtain, and celebrated its 61st 12 months. Orienteering skilled Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) led the women 1:38 and took 30 seconds off the sooner course biggest. Philaries Kisang doubled once more from the vertical race to as soon as extra finish second in 1:41, and Vivien Bonzi (Italy) was third in 1:43.
Michael Selelo Saoli (Kenya) raced for the third weekend in a row, and equivalent to ultimate week, obtained as soon as extra. He champed the boys’s race in 1:27, and Alric Petit (France) and Marco Moletto (Italy) have been second and third in 1:31 and 1:32.
Angeles Crest 100 Mile – Wrightwood, California
The longtime race had taken a few cancellations in latest instances, along with ultimate 12 months when harm from the 2020 Bobcat Hearth and subsequent rainstorms left the course out of attain.
Megan Eckert was the class of the sector. She ripped by the use of the course in 22:02. Sarah McMahon and Yumi Vielpeau have been second and third in 26:25 and 27:49.
Second in 2022, Michael Eastburn was awarded bib #1, and he backed it up with a first-place 18:49 males’s finish. Clark Messman and Rene Dorantes have been second and third in 19:11 and 19:54.
Waldo 100k – Oakridge, Oregon
Air prime quality from regional wildfires threatened the race’s twenty third model, nevertheless it absolutely went off in a large loop from the Willamette Cross Ski House. 5 climbs totaled better than 11,000 toes of elevation obtain.
The very best seven ladies all obtained right here by the use of beneath 13 hours. On the doorway, Molly Schmelzle overtook Brianna Grigsby merely over mile 50 and obtained in 12:04. Grigsby stayed shut and was second in 12:13. Third-place Mandi Goudie was correct there too in 12:23.
Molly Schmelzle on her resolution to worthwhile the 2024 Waldo 100k. Image courtesy of Waldo 100k
Males’s winner Casey Weinman put a large gap on the sector and accomplished in 10:18, 36 minutes ahead of all people else. Second- and third-place Maxwell Atkins and Eric Colton ran 10:54 and 10:56. Colton merely edged out Luke Garten by 53 seconds for that ultimate podium spot.
Casey Weinman, the 2024 Waldo 100k males’s winner. Image: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Photos
KAT 100 by UTMB – Fieberbrunn, Austria
Endurance Path
The 50 miler totaled virtually 16,000 toes of elevation obtain on muddy trails inside the Kitzbühel Alps. German runners took 4 of the first 5 spots with solely the host nation Austria breaking up that group. Sylvie Geißler (Germany) was victorious in 11:50, Michaela Pilat (Austria) and Karola Rennhack (Germany) have been second and third in 11:57 and 12:31.
Males’s winner Daniel Jung (Italy) accomplished in 9:40. Tomas Macecek (Czech Republic) and Goar Lopetegui (Spain) have been second and third in 9:59 and 10:06, respectively.
Marathon Path
The 31-mile race gained over 10,000 toes of elevation on its mountain route. Valerie Arsenault (Canada) escaped Claudia Chmielowska (Poland) for the women’s win in 6:16. Chmielowska was second in 6:20, and Anke Friedl (Germany) was extra once more in third at 6:37.
Throughout the males’s race, Hayden Hawks (U.S.) obtained a squeaker over Fredrik Bruseth (Norway) and Stian Dahl (Norway). The three frontrunners have been decrease than six minutes apart on the tip. Hawks obtained in 5:00, Bruseth was second in 5:02, and Dahl was third in 5:06.
A runner amidst the luxurious environment at one in all many 2024 KAT 100 by UTMB races. Image: UTMB
Additional Races and Runs
Fjällmaraton – Vålådalen, Sweden
It was the event’s twentieth 12 months, and it’s as soon as extra occurring over eight days. Lina El Kott (Sweden) and Eskil Kinneberg (Sweden) obtained the 45k race in 4:58 and three:47. Full outcomes.
Quito Path by UTMB – Quito, Ecuador
The event’s prolonged race went 46 miles with almost 15,000 toes of elevation obtain, and every the women’s and males’s contests have been shut. Fernanda Maciel (Brazil) led the women in 11:13, and Carolina Tania Diaz (Argentina) and Lidia Chalacan (Colombia) every ran 11:20 nevertheless with Diaz 22 seconds in entrance. Tyler Andrews (U.S.) obtained the boys’s race ahead of Remigio Huaman (Peru). Andrews and Quispe ran 8:32 and eight:38, respectively. Marcelo Segovia (Ecuador) was a distant third in 9:45. Full outcomes.
Canadian Lack of life Race – Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
Last 12 months, Kim Cameron obtained the 42k Near Lack of life Marathon proper right here, and this 12 months she led the 118k (73 mile) race in 15:25. Matthew Schneider was the first man on the 118k course in 14:01. The prolonged course hits three mountain summits, crosses a big river, and 17,000 toes of elevation obtain. Amanda Phillips and Justin Watkins obtained the Near Lack of life Marathon in 4:58 and 4:07. Watkins’s time was a model new course doc. Full outcomes.
The start of the 2024 Canadian Lack of life Race. Image: Canadian Lack of life Race
Volcanic 50k – Cougar, Washington
The race traversed the paths spherical Mt. St. Helens. Sarah Allaben dominated the women’s run in 6:10. Jaclyn Noshay and Jessica Collentine have been second and third in 6:58 and 7:03. The lads’s race was considerably shut with decrease than eight minutes splitting the first three. Kyle Bodnyk was the simplest of the group in 6:00, and Nathan Morgan and Chris McQuivey have been second and third in 6:04 and 6:08. Full outcomes.
Sarah Allaben, the 2024 Volcanic 50k ladies’s winner. Image: Full Ship Media
Kyle Bodnyk, the 2024 Volcanic 50k males’s winner. Image: Full Ship Media
Hood Hundred – Mt. Hood, Oregon
The race was run lollipop sort on the simplest of Mt. Hood’s trails, and with virtually 18,000 toes of elevation obtain. Race leaders Catherine LeClair and Jace Ives knocked it out in 23:44 and 17:25. Full outcomes.
Badger Path Races – Belleville, Wisconsin
The event included 4 extraordinarily distances from 100 miles to 5ok, partially on the Badger State Path. 100-mile winners Julie Uychiat and Steve Byhre accomplished in 23:31 and 20:31, and inside the 100k Rachel Ragona was the overall winner in 9:11. Males’s 100k champ Ian Krynski accomplished in 12:31. Full outcomes.
Race the Cog – Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
The race went 2.75 miles to the best of Mt. Washington in opposition to a put together. Amber Ferreira scored an upset win over this 12 months’s U.S. Vertical nationwide champ Lauren Gregory. Ferreira topped out in 50:24 and Gregory was second in 52:35. Remi Leroux (Canada) obtained the boys’s race ahead of Eric Blake. The two hit the best in 41:28 and 43:55. Full outcomes.
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