Course information fell at Spartathlon and The Bear, a world champion struggled at Extremely Pirineu, and world champions have been topped at XTERRA. We seemed throughout and rounded it up right here.
The Bear 100 Mile – Logan, Utah
The purpose-to-point race celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary. The course climbed 22,816 from northern Utah to southern Idaho, ending at Bear Lake.
Girls
Kathryn Graham gained the ladies’s crown in 22:25. She was fifth right here in 2020 in 26:14.
Current Barkley Fall Basic winner Kris Rugloski, who’s an impediment course-racer exterior of path working, got here subsequent in 25:28, and Rebekah Rose was an in depth third in 25:34.
Males
It’d been over a decade since anybody had run beneath 18 hours at The Bear, and Christopher Kollar’s 17:50 course document had stood since 2012. That mark got here approach down this yr although.
23-year-old Zack Garner hit a homerun in his 100-mile debut. Garner received in 17:11. He was nearly two hours higher than everybody else on this yr’s race too. Beforehand, the BYU scholar was fifth on the Speedgoat by UTMB 50k every of the final two years.
Lower than 4 minutes separated the following two finishers. Jake Krong edged out Jesse Wealthy for second in 19:09, and Wealthy was third in 19:13.
Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB – Good, France
The 115k (71 miles) race was the yr’s third Golden Ticket race with the highest two finishers incomes an computerized entry to subsequent yr’s Western States 100.
Girls
Eleanor Davis (U.Ok.) led the whole thing of the ladies’s race. She completed first in 13:49, and was nearly an hour higher than everybody else.
Marjo Liikanen (Finland) was second in 14:44 and Giulia Vinco (Italy) ran 15:28 for third.
Eleanor Davis, the 2023 Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB 115k champion. Picture: Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB
Males
Jim Walmsley goes again to Western States. The three-time winner and course document holder earned his approach again in with a first-place end in 11:21. Walmsley’s win right here comes lower than a month after additionally profitable UTMB.
Walmsley’s coaching mate Simon Gosselin (France) was second in 11:46 and accepted his Golden Ticket too.
The remainder of the highest 5 included Philipp Ausserhofer (Italy), Thibaut Baronian (France), and Sylvain Camus (France) in 11:55, 12:24, and 12:35.
Jim Walmsley on his strategy to profitable the 2023 Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB 115k. Picture: Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB
Spartathlon – Athens, Greece
The historic run goes 153 miles from Athens to Sparta. It was the race’s fortieth yr.
Girls
Camille Herron (U.S.) received and set a brand new course document in 22:35. She bettered Patrycja Bereznowska’s former 24:48 greatest that had stood since 2017. Herron’s win avenged a drop finally yr’s race, and she or he did it with some late race energy. Herron was simply third as late as mile 88, over midway into the race, and took the lead close to mile 106. She was significantly sooner than her competitors over the past roughly 30 miles.
Flying Finns Noora Honkala (Finland) and Satu Lipiäinen (Finland) each ran sooner than the previous course document too. Honkala was second in 23:22, bettering on her third-place end from 2021, and Lipiäinen was third in 23:48.
What a yr for the highest ladies at Spartathlon.
Camille Herron takes the win on the 2023 Spartathlon in a brand new course document. Picture: Sparta Pictures Membership/Flickr
Males
It was a three-peat for Fotis Zisimopoulos (Greece), and he did it by beating a Yiannis Kouros (Greece) course document. Fotis ran 19:55, and that was higher than Kouros’s 20:25 from approach again in 1984.
Simen Holvik (Norway), this yr’s Badwater winner, was second in 22:17, and Fernando Andrés Martínez (Spain) was third in 23:32.
Fotis Zisimopoulos (heart) celebrates profitable the 2023 Spartathlon. Picture: Sparta Pictures Membership/Flickr
Extremely Pirineu – Bagà, Spain
100k
The 100k was the occasion’s longest and premier race, and Marta Molist (Spain) was victorious in 12:30. María Mercedes Pila (Spain) was a distant second in 13:04, and Ragna Debats (Netherlands) was subsequent in 13:12. 2022 race winner Núria Picas (Spain) was fifth in 14:38.
Marta Molist takes the win on the 2023 Extremely Pirineu 100k. Picture: GRAVACS/ Sergi Colome
Miguel Arsénio (Portugal) led for the ultimate 20k towards a ten:37 first-place end. 48-year-old Miguel Heras (Spain) was second in 10:53. Heras received the race a yr in the past when ending in 10:38. Rodrigo Monasor (Spain) was third in 10:59. Trying to step up in distance, two-time 40k Path World Champion and up to date OCC 55k winner Stian Angermund (Norway) dropped from the race at 88k with abdomen issues.
Miguel Arsénio, the 2023 Extremely Pirineu 100k males’s champion. Picture: GRAVACS/ Sergi Colome
42k
Julia Font (Spain) stormed the ladies’s marathon with a 4:17 profitable time. Ines Moreno (Spain) was simply in entrance of Ruth Croft (New Zealand) for second. The 2 completed in 4:24 and 4:26, respectively, and the highest 9 ladies all completed beneath 5 hours on the mountainous route.
Males’s chief Robert Pkemboi (Kenya) was a repeat winner. He completed in 3:28, 9 minutes higher than a yr in the past. Racing for the third straight weekend, Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) was second in 3:32, and Victor Pellicer (Spain) was third in 3:42.
XTERRA Path World Championships – Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine
The occasion left its longtime Hawai’ian course for one in Maine centered across the Sugarloaf Mountain ski space, and cut up its area between marathon and half marathon races. The longer race paid out $6,800 with $2,000 to the winners, and the half marathon awarded $3,200 with $1,000 to every winner.
Marathon
Caitlin Patterson stored the ladies’s win in state. The Maine runner edged out Vermont’s Joanna Fortier 4:02 to 4:06. Britta Clark took the ultimate cash spot at 4:13.
Males’s marathon winner Mason Coppi clocked 3:17 for his payday, and Eric LiPuma was second in 3:22. Third-place Thomas Bartoli (France) was fairly a methods again at 3:51.
Half Marathon
Rachel Tomajczyk and Andy Wacker have been every tenth finally weekend’s Mammoth 26k, and each moved to the highest spot right here. Tomajczyk received in 1:50, outpacing Hannah Rowe and Corey Dowe. Rowe and Dowe completed in 1:55 and 1:56.
Wacker’s 1:31 run was three minutes higher than second-place Dan Curts, and Phil Royer was a distant third in 1:41.
Extra Races and Runs
Primiero Dolomiti Path – Primiero, Italy
The primary-year race was a part of the World Mountain Working Affiliation’s World Cup. Susanna Saapunki (Finland) led a small elite ladies’s area with a 51:00 end time. Lucy Wambui Murigi (Kenya) and Sara Willhoit (U.Ok.) have been second and third in 52:33 and 52:42. Males’s champ Xavier Chevrier (Italy) was out entrance in 43:22, and Remi Leroux (Canada) and Henri Aymonod (Italy) have been subsequent in 43:56 and 43:58. Full outcomes.
EcoTrail Wicklow – Wicklow, Eire
It was an excellent soaker day in Eire. Runners have been drenched in rain. Deidre O’Gorman (Eire) and Yoann Caught (France) received the 80k in 8:36 and 6:34, and Hillary Allen (USA) and Enda Cloake (Eire) led the 47k in 4:56 and three:58. Full outcomes.
Hillary Allen takes the win within the 2023 EcoTrail Wicklow 47k. Picture: EcoTrail Wicklow/ Go to Wicklow
Enda Cloake, the 2023 EcoTrail Wicklow 47k males’s winner. Picture: EcoTrail Wicklow/ Go to Wicklow
Perpetua Coast 50k – Yachats, Oregon
Lindsay Eysenbach and Dylan Humberger received the race in 4:38 and 4:07. Full outcomes.
Dick Collins Firetrails – Castro Valley, California
The longtime 50-mile race celebrated winners Katherine Track and Zachary Speno in 7:52 and seven:17. Full outcomes.
Bogus 50/50 – Boise, Idaho
50-mile winners Jenna Maffey and Anthony Jacobs completed in 9:00 and seven:42, and Mindy Kaufman and Ben Holland have been tops within the 50k in 4:39 and 4:48. Full outcomes.
Crested Butte Extremely – Crested Butte, Colorado
The Mad Moose Occasions race noticed Lauren Bruns Buchheit and Justin Watkins completed the 50-mile race first in 10:46 and eight:29, and 55k frontrunners Chloe Dodge and Emilio Anaya Happel come by means of in 5:34 and 4:37. Full outcomes.
Yeti 100 Mile – Abingdon, Virginia
2021 winner Mary Cates received once more, this time in 17:06, and Barry Thomas was out entrance in 15:12 for the boys’s lead. Full outcomes.
Cat’s Tail Marathon – Shandaken, New York
The race’s ninth working went level to level by means of the Slide Mountain Wilderness Space of the Catskill Mountains. It was wet with slick and sloppy trails, and Amy Demarco received in 5:45 alongside males’s greatest Alex Faravich in 5:04. Full outcomes (when obtainable.)
Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock – Pinnacle, North Carolina
The race connects its two namesake state parks. Tiffany Bjornstad and Marshall Daniels received the 50 miler in 10:38 and 9:37, and Julia Draughn and Samuel Haynes took the 50k in 5:56 and 4:28. Full outcomes.
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