We’re into July, and it’s a bummer about how briskly the summer season goes. This week, although, we’ve bought extra from the Skyrunner World Collection, the World Mountain Operating Affiliation World Cup, the Cirque Collection, Minnesota, and Montana.
Cordillera Blanca Skyrace – Huaraz, Peru
Issues occur fast within the Skyrunner World Collection. This was the yr’s sixth collection race and this painmaker went for 26 kilometers and with 2,000 meters of elevation. Peru swept practically the whole thing of the rostrum on their house course.
Males
The lads ran shut. Jose Manuel (Peru) launched to the end in 2:27, solely 32 seconds forward of runner-up Gustavo Buitrago (Colombia). It was solely one other 96 seconds earlier than third-place Nestor Ruffini (Peru) completed in 2:29.
Girls
Trinidad Aguierre (Peru) escaped off the entrance towards a 3:11 first-place end. Second- and third-place Rosalía Zegarra (Peru) and Ana María Pineda (Peru) dueled to three:19 and three:21 finishes.
Full outcomes (when out there).
Cirque Collection – Snowbird, Utah
The primary Cirque Collection race for 2023 was 8.7 miles with 3,566 toes of elevation acquire on a course that picked up a summit of 11,068-foot Mount Baldy. Race winners every earned $1,000 in money.
Males
Christian Allen topped Mount Marathon Race course-record holder David Norris to win the lads’s race. It was Allen’s second-straight win right here and he completed in 1:19, two minutes slower than in 2022.
Norris completed in 1:22, and Joseph Demoor was third in 1:23, 56 seconds behind Norris. This should imply that Norris isn’t racing Mount Marathon this yr too, on July 4.
The aggressive subject included latest U.S. nationwide crew members Garrett Corcoran and Jackson Brill too in fourth and fifth at 1:26 and 1:27, respectively.
Girls
Janelle Lincks led the skilled subject with a 1:39 end. She was second final yr when operating six minutes sooner. Annie Dube and Megan Drake ran 1:42 and 1:45 for the opposite two podium spots.
It was an in depth race behind Lincks. Gabrielle Orie and Sarah Carter had been simply off the rostrum in 1:47 and 1:49.
The subsequent Cirque Collection race is July 15 in Brighton, Utah.
Québec Mega Path – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada
The occasion’s eleventh version included 3,000 runners from 12 totally different international locations throughout 10 totally different races, all on deep-woods trails dipping in and across the Saint Lawrence River.
Kevin Biggs (Canada) received the 100-mile race in 20:17, over 90 minutes higher than second place. Girls’s winner Kelsey Hogan (Canada) completed in 24:34, efficiently defending her crown from final yr and breaking her personal course report.
After a sluggish begin, Urko Larranaga (France) overtook Sylvain Camus (France) and received the 110k in 13:51. Camus was second in 14:14. Geneviève Asselin (Canada) was alone on the entrance of the ladies’s race in 15:14.
Over 80k, it was Ryan Patteson (Canada) and Mylene Sansoucy (Canada) in 9:08 and 10:09.
Mylene Sansoucy, the 2023 Québec Mega Path 80k ladies’s winner. Picture: Québec Mega Path
Jean-Philippe Thibodeau (Canada) and Amélie Simard (Canada) received the 50k race in 4:55 and 5:54, respectively. Thibodeau broke his personal course report with the run.
The 25k was a part of the Golden Path Nationwide Collection for Canada and the U.S. males’s winner Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau (U.S.) was practically seven minutes in entrance at 1:48, and Anne-Marie Comeau (Canada) grew to become a repeat winner in 2:07.
Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau, the 2023 Québec Mega Path 25k males’s winner. Picture: Francis Fontaine
Anne-Marie Comeau, the 2023 Québec Mega Path 25k ladies’s winner. Picture: Francis Fontaine
Zermatt Marathon – Zermatt, Switzerland
Marathon
The marathon ran nearly completely uphill, passing Zermatt close to midway, and ending larger up for 1,944 meters (6,378 toes) of acquire.
Benedikt Hoffmann (Germany) was a five-plus minute winner within the males’s race at 3:05, and Laura Hottenrott (Germany) was even additional forward. Hottenrott completed in 3:26, nearly quarter-hour higher than her closest chaser. Hottenrott was fourth within the World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race final month.
Half Marathon
The accompanying half marathon began in Zermatt and shared the marathon’s end line. It climbed 1,336 meters, or 4,383 toes. The half marathon too was a part of the Golden Path Nationwide Collection for the Germany-Austria-Switzerland subset.
Males’s winner Jonas Soldini (Switzerland) topped out in 1:33 for first. Sven Koch (Germany) and Fabian Aebersold (Switzerland) had been second and third in 1:36 and 1:37, respectively.
Emma Pooley (U.Ok.) received the ladies’s race in 1:52, outpacing second-place Anja Kobs (Germany) by seven minutes. Franziska Althaus (Germany) was simply over a minute again of Kobs in third at 2:00.
Montemuro Vertical Run – Castro Daire, Portugal
The 10k race with 1,090 meters of acquire was a World Mountain Operating Affiliation World Cup race. Runners from 14 totally different international locations took half.
Males
Canadian runners Alexandre Ricard and Remi Leroux stored their European tour going, and completed first and second for the second-straight week. Ricard took the win in 54:54 and his countryman was second in 56:07. Alex Baldaccini (Italy) was third in 57:26.
Alexandre Ricard wins the 2023 Montemuro Vertical Run. Picture: WMRA/Marco Gulberti
Girls
When the true climbing began late, Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) outpaced defending champ Joyce Njeru (Kenya) for the ladies’s win. Adkin completed in 64:08 and Njeru was second in 66:20. Third-place Lucy Wambui (Kenya) topped out in 69:13.
Scout Adkin takes the win on the 2023 Montemuro Vertical Run. Picture: Marco Gulberti
Further Races and Runs
Olympus Legendary Path – Lotochoro, Greece
The 110k race was restricted to a small subject of simply 150, and was run on a loop round Mount Olympus totaling 7,200 meters (23,622 toes) of elevation acquire. Antoine Guillon (France) is right here yearly. Second in 2022, third in 2021, and first in 2018, the now 53-year-old received once more, closing the loop in 16:24. Panagiota Dimakakou (Greece) received the ladies’s race in 24:24. Full outcomes.
Balcons De Cauteret – Cauterets, France
Robin Bonduelle (France) and Jocelyn Pauly (France) had been victors in 4:37 and 5:17. Neither race was significantly shut. Bonduelle received by half-hour, and Pauly was over an hour sooner than the second-place lady. Full outcomes.
Stubai Ultratrail – Stubai, Austria
Stubai, we all know that place! It was simply final month that the world’s finest raced right here on the 2023 World Mountain and Path Operating World Championships. Over 68k this weekend within the native race, Christian Stern (Austria) and Marie-Luise Mühlhuber (Germany) received in 8:05 and 9:16. Full outcomes.
Australian 24-Hour Observe Invitational – Bruce, Australia
They put some massive numbers up down below. Michael Hooker totaled 260.400 kilometers, or 161.8 miles, and ladies’s winner Alicia Heron ran 225.200 kilometers, or 139.9 miles. Full outcomes.
Bob Marshall Path 50k – Seeley Lake, Montana
The race takes place simply exterior of the distant Bob Marshall Wilderness. Hunter Machus and Cara Uribe received the tour in 3:58 and 5:18. Full outcomes.
Vail Hill Climb – Vail, Colorado
Ryan Sederquist and Maggie Berry received the 7.7-mile race in 55:31 and 67:29, respectively. Full outcomes.
Afton Path 50k – Hastings, Minnesota
Alex Forte ran a fast 3:39 for 50k, and ladies’s winner Erica Mitchell completed in 4:36 for the Afton State Park course. Tyler Jermann and Erin Inexperienced received the 25k in 1:31 and a couple of:09. Full outcomes.
Name for Feedback
In baseball, gamers have walk-up songs. Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” is the league’s hottest alternative, however I believe Charlie Blackmon from the Colorado Rockies utilizing “Your Love” is one of the best. So what if we did that in ultrarunning, at main occasions, perhaps at UTMB? Whether or not on the beginning line or at a pre-race media occasion, what are some walk-up songs you’d prefer to see for ultrarunning’s high stars? Can we agree that this query must be part of the iRunFar interview collection for the Hardrock 100? What would Courtney Dauwalter’s walk-up tune be for Hardrock? What about Dylan Bowman?
