Backcountry, Headlands, and Mid Mountain, this weekend’s races coated some geography.
And we’re overlaying these races, the Leadville 100 Mile, and a number of other others too. Pleased Monday, let’s dig in.
Leadville 100 Mile – Leadville, Colorado
It’s been a 12 months of milestone anniversaries and for the Leadville 100 Mile, it was 12 months 40. The longtime “Race Throughout the Sky” went out and again from downtown Leadville, elevation 10,200 ft, to the Winfield ghost city and again. The double crossing of 12,600-foot Hope Go, and climbs up Powerline and Sugarloaf, totaled 15,744 ft of elevation achieve.
Girls
Jacqui Mannhard moved into the ladies’s lead after the second checkpoint, close to mile 24, and led for the following 76 miles. She completed first in 21:24. She was practically two hours higher than everybody else. Mannhard was seventh at 2021’s Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile.
Jacquie Mannhard celebrates profitable the 2023 Leadville 100 Mile. Picture: Life Time
The subsequent 4 ladies all completed beneath 24 hours too. Lucie Hanes got here in second at 23:16, and Madeline Wighardt was third in 23:32. Wighardt, simply 22 years previous, moved up significantly all through the race. She was way back to thirtieth at mile 12 and nonetheless solely sixth at mile 88 earlier than getting onto the rostrum.
The total prime 10 was:
1 – Jacquie Mannhard – 21:24
2 – Lucie Hanes – 23:16
3 – Madeline Wighardt (Canada) – 23:32
4 – Colleen Noonan – 23:33
5 – Carrie Stafford – 23:48
6 – Kate LeVasseur – 24:10
7 – Summer time Frazier – 24:39
8 – Emma Wooden – 24:50
9 – Cecelia Williams – 25:40
10 – Kristina Chang – 25:49
Devon Yanko, the race’s 2017 winner, dropped early on with harm.
Males
JP Giblin was second to midway, seven minutes behind race chief Matthew Vira. Vira didn’t go any additional and dropped from the race, and Giblin led the return journey again to Leadville. He completed first in 17:07 and was over an hour sooner than his personal 2022 runner-up 18:07 end. Giblin was 18th on the Western States 100 earlier this summer time too.
JP Giblin, the 2023 Leadville 100 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Life Time
Second- and third-place Luke Paulson and Scott Traer got here in beneath 18 hours too at 17:47 and 17:54. This would possibly’ve been Paulson’s 100-mile debut, whereas Traer was fifteenth on the Western States 100 again in June.
The entire prime 10 was:
1 – JP Giblin – 17:07
2 – Luke Paulson – 17:47
3 – Scott Traer – 17:54
4 – Ry Webb (U.Okay.) – 18:38
5 – Patrick Cade – 19:34
6 – Paul Terranova – 19:43
7 – Corey Kallembach – 19:53
8 – Reid Burrows (Canada) – 20:12
9 – Daniel Metzger – 20:31
10 – Sean Bowman – 20:40
It was difficult day for a lot of that had been anticipated to problem on the entrance. Mario Mendoza was twelfth in 20:58. Rob Krar, who gained the race in 2018 and 2014, dropped at midway. Tyler Andrews, fourth in 2022, and Matt Flaherty, runner-up in 2021, each dropped close to mile 40.
Ultravasan 90k – Sälen, Sweden
Girls
Ida Nilsson (Sweden) took a unsuitable flip early, following a bunch of about 13 main males down a unsuitable path. The group collectively ran an additional 4 kilometers. It wasn’t till 15k to go that Nilsson gained the lead, however Sophia Sundberg (Sweden) barely ceded any floor. Nilsson completed first in 7:23 and Sundberg was second in 7:25. Simply over two minutes separated the pair. The race was Nilsson’s final tune-up earlier than the CCC.
Malin Barrulf (Sweden) was third in 7:31.
Males
It took a sub-7-hour run to get on the boys’s podium. Olle Meijer (Sweden) did it for the house nation in 6:46. Andzej Piotrowski (Poland) and Elov Olsson (Sweden) had been second and third in 6:35 and 6:58.
Further Races and Runs
Squamish 50/50 – Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
The race popularly has 50-mile and 50k races throughout back-to-back days throughout the weekend. Emilie Mann (Canada) and race native Karl Augsten (Canada) gained Saturday’s 50 miler in 8:38 and seven:14, and Robyn Mildren (USA) and Brandon Gardiner gained the 50k in 5:30 and 4:45. Full outcomes.
Emilie Mann, the 2023 Squamish 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: Scott Robarts
Karl Augsten, the 2023 Squamish 50 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Scott Robarts
Backcountry Rise Path Run – Toutle, Washington
Hannah Erdy and Evan Moreau led the 50 miler in 11:07 and 9:20, and Abbigale Forsman and Talon Hull gained the 50k in 5:58 and 4:33. Hull’s mark was a brand new course file. Full outcomes.
Tamalpa Headlands 50k – Muir Seashore, California
The revived occasion awarded a $3,500 prize purse with $1,000 to every of its winners. The highest-four ladies obtained in beneath 5 hours, however Jennifer Schmidt was a runaway winner out entrance in 4:22. Sarah Biehl edged out Sylvie Abel for second, 4:40 to 4:43. Within the males’s race, Preston Cates and Paddy O’Leary (Eire, lives in USA) dueled to three:55 and three:56 finishes, simply over a minute aside, and Drew Macomber obtained on the rostrum in third at 4:08. Full outcomes.
Bulldog 50k – Calabasas, California
Rosa Kwak and Scott Munson ripped by way of the course in 4:39 and 4:00 to complete first. Full outcomes.
Rosa Kwak on the way in which to profitable her extremely debut on the 2023 Bulldog 50k. Picture: Noah Klabin
Scott Munson on his strategy to profitable the 2023 Bulldog 50k. Picture: Noah Klabin
Lean Horse 100 Mile – Custer, South Dakota
The race is held on the Mickelson Path by way of the Black Hills. Race winners Sarah Graves and Austin Baade completed in 21:38 and 18:34. Full outcomes.
Mid Mountain 50k – Park Metropolis, Utah
Leah Lange and Spencer Strohm had been victorious in 5:16 and 4:12. Full outcomes.
Leah Lange on her strategy to profitable the 2023 Mid Mountain 50k. Picture: SLRC Occasions
Spencer Strohm, the 2023 Mid Mountain 50k males’s winner. Picture: SLRC Occasions
Cirque Collection – Alta, Utah
The 12 months’s fourth collection race went 7.1 miles and with 2,545 ft of elevation achieve. As with all Cirque Collection races, the winners took dwelling $1,000. Lower than three minutes separated the first-three ladies. Giselle Slotboom completed in 1:03, 48 seconds sooner than second-place Janelle Lincks. Third-place Megan Drake chased to the road in 1:06. Collection regulars Christian Allen and David Norris had been once more on the entrance of the boys’s race, and Allen was once more first. He broke the tape in 52:54, nearly two minutes higher than Norris and his 54:53 end. Sam Hendry was third in 55:17. Full outcomes.
Cloudcroft Extremely 53k – Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Sophia Torres set a brand new course file in 6:30, and Josh Torres gained the boys’s race in 5:14. Full outcomes.
Marquette Path 50 – Marquette, Michigan
The race was means up on Michigan’s Higher Peninsula. Elaine Sheikh and Charles Hornburg had been finest over 50 miles in 9:26 and 9:08, and 50k champs Gretchen Metsa and Nick Arndt ran 5:05 and 4:12, respectively. Full outcomes.
Jigger Johnson Ultras – Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
I needed to look it up. Wikipedia studies that Jigger Johnson “was a legendary logging foreman, trapper, and hearth warden.” His actual identify was Albert Lewis Johnson and he additionally glided by nicknames of Wildcat Johnson, Jigger Jones, or The Jigger. And his namesake races should’ve been tremendous difficult. The 100 miler gained 32,000 ft of elevation, the 100k was good for 20,000 ft, and the 50 miler went for 17,000 ft. The 100-mile champs Lee Conner and Justin Kousky ran 52:13 and 31:06. The 100k winners Mark Younger and Adeline Casali completed in 17:35 and 27:32. And 50-mile leaders Claudine Soucie and Ryan Grimaldi got here again in 16:56 and 17:50, respectively. Full outcomes.
Twisted Department Path Run – Finger Lakes, New York
Danielle Snyder and Benjamin Linne gained the point-to-point 100k run in 13:36 and 10:36. Full outcomes.
Fahnestock Races – Chilly Spring, New York
The inaugural occasion was held in its namesake state park within the Hudson Valley. Working on a 50k route with 5,000 ft of elevation achieve, Shannon Capps and Richard Chmielecki had been race winners in 5:50 and 6:11. Full outcomes.
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