Might 13, 2024 – iRunFar

Argentina and Australia, Thunderbunny and Hellbender.

It was a world weekend with otherworldly performances, and we’re working it down.

Transvulcania – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Ultramarathon 72k

iRunFar was quick on the earlier race particulars.

The island traverse went for 45 miles on an up-and-down course that gathered 14,000 toes of elevation purchase.

Girls

Ruth Croft (New Zealand) went to the doorway early and outpaced a aggressive chase from three-time winner Ida Nilsson (Sweden, lives in Norway). Croft accomplished in 8:02 and it was a model new course doc.

Nilsson edged out Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) for second, as the two ran 8:16 and eight:20. Croft gapped Nilsson and Budha, and Nilsson and Budha, in flip, gapped the rest of the sphere, too. Nilsson has seven weeks until the Western States 100, the place she was seventh a 12 months previously.

The women’s excessive 10 was:

1. Ruth Croft (New Zealand) – 8:02
2. Ida Nilsson (Sweden, lives in Norway) – 8:16
3. Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) – 8:20
4. Ekaterina Mityaeva (Andorra) – 8:40
5. Hannah Allgood (U.S.) – 8:43
6. Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 8:51
7. Katharina Hartmuth (Germany) – 8:57
8. Azara García (Spain) – 9:14
9. Marina Cugnetto (Italy) – 9:18
10. Keely Henninger (U.S.) – 9:23

Males

Jon Albon (U.Okay., lives in Norway) ran away from the boys’s chasers on the best way by which to the 50-kilometer extreme degree, and he was out of attain the rest of the best way by which. Albon accomplished in 7:03, and he too is seven weeks away from the Western States 100. It’ll be his debut for the 100-mile distance.

Dmitry Mityaev (Andorra) and Tom Evans (U.Okay.) charged late, nevertheless when Albon couldn’t be caught, the two accomplished collectively in 7:05.

Your entire males’s excessive 10 was:

• 1. Jon Albon (U.Okay., lives in Norway) – 7:03
• T-2. Dmitry Mityaev (Andorra) – 7:05
• T-2. Tom Evans (U.Okay.) – 7:05
• 4. Jeshurun Small (U.S.) – 7:10
• 5. Ionel Manole (Spain) – 7:19
• 6. Ben Stout (U.S.) – 7:19
• 7. Manuel Anguita (Spain) – 7:20
• 8. Pere Aurell (Spain) – 7:27
• 9. Antoine Thiriat (France) – 7:39
• 10. Tobias Geiser (Italy) – 7:39

Marathon 43k

The women’s marathon ran shut on the excessive. Barely three minutes separated women’s one and two Gemma Arenas (Spain) and Ines Astrain (Spain). The pair accomplished in 4:35 and 4:38, respectively. Kim Schreiber (Germany) was third in 4:44.

And the boys’s podium was way more tightly packed. Francisco Jose Anguita (Spain) beat Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) for the win, 3:44 to 3:48, and Milly Dos Santos Lopes (Cape Verde) was solely 42 seconds behind Fraňo in third moreover in 3:48.

Full outcomes.

Extraordinarily-Path Snowdonia by UTMB – Wales, U.Okay.

UTS 100 Mile

The event’s longest race went 104 miles with 31,167 toes of elevation purchase, and that drawback led to properly over half of the 260 starters dropping sooner than the top. How cool ought to the unusual Northern Lights prevalence in a single day have been though, for the fortunate group able to catch sight.

The powerful course enormously unfold out the women. Rachel Fawcett (U.Okay.) gained in 34:10, Maria Pijoan (Spain) was second in 39:47, with Corine Kagerer (Switzerland) and Nikki Arthur (U.Okay.) every ending in 41:12 for a third-place tie.

Mark Darbyshire (U.Okay.) was properly away from his chasers throughout the males’s run. Darbyshire accomplished in 23:41, and second- and third-place Andy Berry (U.Okay.) and Michael Dunstan (Australia) bought right here subsequent in 25:18 and 25:45.

UTS 100k

The 64-mile race totaled a burly 20,997 toes of elevation purchase. These packages are highly effective.

Girls’s winner Aleksandra Narkowicz (Poland) outpaced the rest of the women by 50 minutes in 16:16. Tess Elias (U.Okay.) and Georgina Lewis (U.Okay.) trailed in 17:06 and 17:57, respectively.

Italians Philipp Ausserhofer and Daniel Jung tied for the win in 12:41. Gautier Bonnecarrere (France) was third in 12:55.

UTS 50k

The 34 miler was pretty aggressive too. There have been 10,826 toes of elevation purchase on this one.

Henriette Albon (Norway) dominated the women’s race. She was nearly an hour ahead of everyone else in 6:39. Twin sisters Lina and Sanna El Kott (Sweden) have been subsequent in 7:35 and 7:36, respectively.

It was shut, nevertheless no one obtained in beneath six hours throughout the males’s race. Brennan Townshend (U.Okay.) was first in 6:01. Michele Meridio (Italy) and Harry Jones (U.Okay.) podiumed with 6:08 and 6:11 marks.

Full outcomes.

Valhöll by UTMB – Belgrano, Argentina

The roughly 76-mile mountain run went up and down for 16,473 toes of purchase.

The fields have been largely from the host nation, nevertheless Tara Fraga (U.S.) scored the women’s win in 20:12. Belen Barrera (Argentina) and Laura Gordiola (Argentina) have been second and third in 20:36 and 20:51.

As with the women’s race, most of the excessive males’s finishers bought right here from Argentina too. Gabriel Rueda (Argentina) gained in 14:27, 10 minutes larger than Ludovic Pommeret (France). Sergio Gustavo Pereyra (Argentina) was third in in 14:46.

Full outcomes.

Cocodona 250 Mile – Flagstaff, Arizona

Dang, that was good! The just about 250-mile race with 40,000 toes of climbing bought right here all the best way right down to the last word miles and hours. iRunFar earlier wrote regarding the thrilling finish.

Girls

The 2023 third-placer and 200-mile all-star Mika Thewes pushed to an enormous lead on the race’s second day and led as late as mile 233 sooner than working into hassle. Rachel Entrekin regained the lead on evening time three and ran into Flagstaff in 73:31 as a result of the first-place finisher. Entrekin had earlier gained a bunch of 100 milers, and totaled 212 miles on the December 2023 All through the Years 48-hour race.

Manu Vilaseca (Brazil, lives in Spain) obtained earlier Thewes too and was second in 78:04. Thewes recovered enough to hold onto third in 79:30.

It might probably be a quick turnaround for Thewes. She’s signed up for the Tahoe 200 Mile in June.

Males

The lads left it ’till late too. Harry Subertas ran down longtime chief Jeff Browning throughout the final miles and accomplished in 59:50. Browning was second in 60:19, and Arlen Glick was third in 61:46.

As with Thewes, Subertas too is registered for the June Tahoe 200 Mile nevertheless he moreover has every the August Bigfoot 200 Mile and October Moab 240 Mile on his calendar.

It was barely a 12 months previously that Glick was most interesting acknowledged for his frequent 12- and 13-hour 100-mile runs, and he’s really modified that up with finishes on the Western States 100, Hardrock 100, Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile, and now the super-long Cocodona 250 Mile.

Full outcomes.

Additional Races and Runs

European Masters Off-Freeway Working Championships – Madeira, Portugal

I swear, Madeira versus the Canary Islands is among the many most interesting geographic rivalries in path working. This event had an 8k mountain run, a vertical kilometer race, and a 33k path run unfold all through three days.

Barbara Taibon (Austria) gained the mountain race in 1:01, with outcomes for the boys’s race not however posted.

The Vertical race was the second of the weekend and Monica Carl (Germany) obtained to the best first in 46:40. Males’s winner Martin Alvarez-Espinar (Spain) hit the extreme degree in 41:04.

Sunday’s prolonged course seen a small women’s self-discipline led by Karen Freitag (Austria) in 3:58 and Shaban Mustafa (Bulgaria) ahead of the boys in 2:55.

Full outcomes.

Margaret River Ultramarathon – Wilyabrup, Australia

The 50-mile course goes point-to-point alongside the coast in western Australia. Up entrance, it was all Australians. Jayme Bergman and Josh Tighe gained in 7:45 and 7:19. Kate Baker and Ben Leeson gained the accompanying marathon in 4:07 and three:48. Full outcomes.

Elk Beaver Ultras – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Rosheen Lord and Matt Houlzet made it spherical 10 laps of the 10k course faster than anyone else to win the 100k races in 12:53 and 9:46, respectively. Katrina Sawan and Cole Czuchnicki went moderately much less loopy in worthwhile the 50-mile event in 9:40 and 7:51.

Inside the 50k, Catrin Jones bettered Beverly Anderson-Abbs’ women’s 45-49 age group Canadian doc of three:44:13 with a time of three:42:27 en path to an whole win. Riley Johnson bested the boys’s self-discipline in 4:08.

Tiger Claw – Issaquah, Washington

The Tiger Claw 50k has 9,000 toes of climb and choices three completely completely different ascents and an ordinary descent, and runners get to determine on the order by way of which they cope with the ascents. The Tiger Claw Ascent is a 2.5-mile, 2,500-foot uphill race.

Audrey Lawrence and Andrew Bachman gained the 50k in 6:00 and 4:54, respectively. Inside the Ascent, Ladia Albertson-Junkans and Joseph Gray gained in 36:10 and 28:31. It was Gray’s second straight win on the race. Full outcomes.

Tillamook Burn Path Run – Timber, Oregon

The three-day event included 20-mile, 50-mile, and 50k races on consecutive days throughout the Tillamook State Forest. Kaitlyn Peale and Andrew Bumbalough gained the opening day’s 20-mile race in 3:13 and a few:40.

Married couple Rachel Drake and Tyler Inexperienced gained the Saturday 50 miler in 8:13 and 6:51.

And in Sunday’s 50k, it was Barrett Gray and Justin Grunewald that ran 5:00 and 4:12 for victory.

Full outcomes.

Quiksilver 100k – San Jose, California

Race winners Teresa Kaiser and Steven Kool accomplished in 11:35 and 9:06, respectively. It was the tenth 12 months for the 100k, run by way of the Santa Clara Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Full outcomes.

Observe Fest – Los Angeles, California

Anna Gibson ran 4:10 in her heat of the 1,500 meters to finish third, and Allie Ostrander was fourth throughout the excessive heat of the three,000-meter steeplechase in 9:32. Full outcomes.

(In 2023, Ostrander was suspended for 4 months after testing optimistic for canrenone, a metabolite of spironolactone, after it was determined that she mistakenly took the drug with out first buying a World Anti-Doping Firm Therapeutic Use Exemption.)

Pauite Meadows 50k – Susanville, California

Cara Sullivan scored victory for the women in 5:45 and Connor Fisher set a model new males’s course doc in 3:55. Full outcomes.

Sedona Canyons 125 Mile – Flagstaff, Arizona

The race ran alongside the once more half of the Cocodona 250 Mile. Katherine Edwards and Michael Greer obtained to the top first in 30:21 and 26:36. Full outcomes.

Jemez Mountain – Los Alamos, New Mexico

The 2024 Jemez Mountain Runs 50 Mile, 50k, and 15 Mile will seemingly be remembered for his or her crazy storms, which launched lightning, rain, and hail, forcing the event to halt the 50 miler and many runners to drop as a approach to preserve safe. Though official outcomes aren’t on-line as a result of the race group varieties out the weather-induced chaos, everyone knows that Isabella Poulos and Joshua Mirth gained the 50k in 5:55 and 4:53, respectively. We’ll change this as we examine further. Full outcomes (when accessible).

Quad Rock – Fort Collins, Colorado

Leah Yingling and Tyler Fox gained the 50 miler in 9:00 and 7:39, respectively. Fox gained with decrease than a minute lead on defending champ Ryan Montgomery. The course climbs 11,000 toes all through six important climbs.

Imogen Ainsworth and Kyle Leto have been tops throughout the 25 miler at 3:55 and three:29. Ainsworth’s time was the race’s second-fastest in its 14-year historic previous, and Leto solely gained the lead on the last word climb.

Full outcomes.

Flower Moon – Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Nicole Laughton was first woman and first whole throughout the 50 miler at 8:48. Steve Kohler was the boys’s winner in 9:23. Full outcomes.

Ice Age Path – La Grange, Wisconsin

The longtime race seen Katia Wanish and Sidney Noble win over 50 miles in 7:38 and 6:17. For Noble, it was a repeat victory after remaining 12 months’s 6:32 finish. The 50k champs Caroline Inexperienced and Dana Riederer accomplished the trail in 4:58 and 4:13. Full outcomes.

Thunderbunny 50k – Athens, Ohio 

The seventh-year race reveals off Strouds Run State Park throughout the Appalachian foothills. Becca Holtkamp gained the women’s race in 5:53 and Joshua Park scored a model new course doc in 3:44. Full outcomes.

Glacier Ridge 50/50 – Portersville, Pennsylvania

The races happen throughout the inexperienced foliage and spring wildflowers of the Moraine State Park and Jennings Environmental Education Coronary heart. The 50k winners Anna Balouris and Dean Banko accomplished in 4:55 and 4:52, and 50-mile leaders Melissa Goodman and Jeffrey Adams bought right here by way of in 10:30 and 7:53. Full outcomes.

Dawn to Dusk Observe Race – Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania

Nora Jodrey and Michael DeGeorge gained the 24-hour observe race with 127.25 and 140.92 miles. Full outcomes.

Hoof It on the Hill 52k – Cherry Creek, New York

The second-year race had a small self-discipline led by Allayva Stier and Luke Wolfling in 5:41 and 5:00. Full outcomes.

Hellbender 100 Mile – Outdated Fort, North Carolina 

Meg Landymore and Sondre Stier Thorbergsen (Norway) gained the Black Mountain journey in 26:54 and 20:00, a model new course doc. Full outcomes.

Title for Suggestions

Was that good for you too? I adore it when there’s such a mix of races on the weekend.