Clearwater and Mountain Mist, and Oman and Orcas. I like the contradictions, the variety, and alliteration. There weren’t any main races this weekend, however there was a full set of occasions to rundown, largely across the U.S. Let’s get this Monday rolling!
Mountain Mist 50k – Huntsville, Alabama
It was the race’s thirtieth 12 months inside Monte Sano State Park, and this 12 months’s race was run in heavy rain.
Jeffrey Stern mastered the muddy monitor in 4:13 for the win. That was nicely away from second- and third-place Michael Loutzenheise and Jack Martin and their 4:27 and 4:30 finishes.
Jeffrey Stern takes the win on the 2024 Mountain Mist 50k. Picture: Spencer Cox
Girls’s champ Deanna Doane upset defending champ Sara Gibson. The 2 frontrunners got here via in 5:52 and 5:58, and Kimberley Friberg was third in 6:24.
Full outcomes (when accessible).
Deanna Doane wins the 2024 Mountain Mist 50k. Picture: Spencer Cox
Arches Extremely – Moab, Utah
The Mad Moose Occasions desert season bought underway simply exterior of the race’s namesake nationwide park.
Within the 50 miler, Joel Shores dipped below the seven-hour mark with a 6:55 first-place end. David Eik wasn’t too far behind in 7:11, and Christian Labeck capped the rostrum at 7:46. Solely seven seconds separated the entrance two girls. Maggie Shafer and Kaitie Sloan each got here in at 8:21, however Shafer was in entrance for the victory. Kayde Anderson was third in 9:21.
The boys’s 50-kilometer race was an early season burner. Brian Whitfield and Caleb Olson got here able to race and Whitfield was nearly two minutes in entrance on the finish. He completed in 3:31 and Olson was second in 3:32. Alex Johnson was off the lead tempo however on the rostrum at 3:49.
Girls’s winner Anne Flower completed in 4:12. Moira O’Connor Lenth and Madeline Hirschfeld had been second and third in 4:23 and 4:41, respectively.
The 2024 Arches Extremely 50k girls’s podium (l-to-r): 3. Madeline Hirschfeld, 1. Anne Flower, and a pair of. Moria O’Connor Lenth. Picture: Mad Moose Occasions
Oman Desert Marathon – Oman
The stage race was run within the model of Marathon des Sables. In Oman, the desert run totaled 165k (102 miles) over 4 days. Runners had been self-sufficient on meals and equipment, and took shelter in race-provided tents every evening.
Rachid El Morabity (Morocco) gained the boys’s race with a 16:06 end. He completed first on days one and two, third on day three, and second on day 4 towards his total win. El Morabity is a nine-time Marathon des Sables winner. Oman runners Saleh Al Saidi and Ghaith Al Saidi had been second and third in 16:27 and 17:23.
A small girls’s discipline was led by Aziza Raji (Morocco) in 23:13. Aziza El Amrany (Morocco) was second in 23:40, and Veronique Messina (France) completed third in 25:38.
Aziza Raji (proper), the 2024 Oman Desert Marathon girls’s winner. On the left, second place Aziza El Amrany chases. Picture: Oman Desert Marathon/Ian Corless
Extra Races and Runs
La Llanera – Barcelona, Spain
Abel Carretero (Spain) scored a brand new course report in 3:21 on the marathon distance course. Pau Capell (Spain) was second in 3:26, and Aniol Riba (Spain) was third in 3:33. Capell celebrated working pain-free on social media afterward. Girls’s winner Raquel Picón (Spain) led in 4:27. Irene Picón (Spain) and Manuela Vilaseca (Brazil, lives in Spain) got here subsequent in 4:31 and 4:48, respectively. Full outcomes.
Orcas Island 50k – Orcas Island, Washington
Lon Freeman and Taylor Nowlin gained the Rainshadow Operating race in 5:12 and 5:30. Freeman gained final 12 months’s Orcas Island 50 Mile too. Full outcomes.
Sean O’Brien 100k – Malibu, California
The 100k frontrunners Max Jolliffe and Kenzie MacPhail got here via in 10:00 and 11:59, and 50-mile winners Walter Escalante and Barbara Thomson completed in 9:05 and 10:37. Jeff Colt and Catherine Leclair gained the 50k in 4:06 and 5:29. Full outcomes.
Monterey Extremely 50 Mile – Monterey, California
The Inside Path occasion occurred inside Fort Ord Nationwide Monument. Kevin Stewart ran 6:52 to win the boys’s 50 miler, and Jenny Jacox gained the ladies’s race in 9:33. Within the 50k, Matt Ledoux and Emily Flynn had been champs in 4:41 and 5:00, respectively. Full outcomes.
Wildcatter Extremely 50k – Graham, Texas
A small discipline led by Pieter Steenkamp and Katherine Crouse toured the Wildcatter Ranch and Resort. Steenkamp and Crouse gained in 4:37 and 5:44. Full outcomes.
Willis River 50k – Cumberland, Virginia
The small occasion had simply 18 finishers, however Alex Shtogren and Alivia Sorah did it in 6:16 and seven:29. Full outcomes.
South Mountains Marathons – Connelly Springs, North Carolina
Climate compelled an earlier postponement of the 50k and marathon inside South Mountains State Park. There’s waterfalls, creek crossings, and about 600 stairs on the course. Miller Groome and Valerie Matena gained the 50k in 4:49 and 6:06, and Mark Rebholz and Aly Pagano led the marathon in 4:18 and 5:38. Full outcomes.
Snow Chook 50k – Seneca, South Carolina
Race winners Nhan Nguyen and Jennifer Lybrand ringed the two.62-mile loop 12 instances to get to 50k, they usually did it in 3:43 and three:36. Full outcomes.
Southern Freeze 50/50 – Columbus, Georgia
The 50-mile winners Ross Alvaro and Robin Powers ran 8:02 and 9:43, and 50k leaders Alex Rivera and Erin Karara completed in 4:21 and 4:22. Full outcomes.
Clearwater Operating Competition 50k – Clearwater, Florida
Jon Lindenauer and Sophie Emond caught some sunshine and Gulf of Mexico views on their strategy to 3:11 and three:56 profitable instances. Full outcomes.
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