U.S. ultrarunning sensation Courtney Dauwalter has introduced she’ll be toeing the beginning line at Extremely Path du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) in Chamonix, France on Sept. 1, setting the stage for what is bound to be considered one of this yr’s most extremely anticipated ultras, following her latest record-breaking wins on the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run and the Hardrock 100.
The 38-year-old shared on social media Friday morning—with an obvious combine of pleasure and trepidation—her determination to tackle the famed 170-km course, which options 10,000m of vert across the base of Mont Blanc.
“We determined to do UTMB!” she wrote. “I do not know how this can go, or what I’ll have the ability to squeeze out of my physique & mind in yet another 100 mile race this summer season, however that makes it much more fascinating to attempt! Mont Blanc, right here we come! Race date: Sept 1”
The large query surrounding the September race shall be whether or not Dauwalter, who holds the UTMB course report following her 22:30:54 end within the race two years in the past, will have the ability to greatest herself to assert the championships and course information at Western States, Hardrock and UTMB inside a span of lower than three months.
On June 24, Dauwalter not solely demolished the Western States ladies’s course report that had stood for greater than a decade (16:47:19 set by Canadian Ellie Greenwood in 2012), however beat a lot of the males, ending in 15:29:33 and sixth total.
Simply three weeks later, she turned in one other mind-blowing efficiency on the Hardrock 100 in Silverton, Colo., crossing the end line in fourth place total in 26:14:08. Dauwalter’s run was greater than an hour sooner than the counter-clockwise report set by Diana Finkel of South Fork, Colo., in 2009, and half-hour sooner than Dauwalter’s personal total ladies’s course report set final yr.
Along with holding the course information at UTMB, Western States and Hardrock 100, Dauwalter, who relies in Golden, Colo., holds the report at Diagonale des Fous on Reunion Island.
