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October 9, 2023 – iRunFar


This Week in Running Justin Mock TWIRIt was a little bit quiet on the paths this weekend. South Africa’s Otter African Path Run and smaller World Mountain Operating Affiliation and Skyrunner World Collection races had been among the many highlights. After all we’ll examine in on races round the US, too.

Smarna Gora – Ljubljana, Slovenia

The ten-kilometer race is generally up, however hits its excessive level 4k into the race earlier than dropping after which gaining the last word climb to the end. The longtime race simply outdoors the Slovenian capital was once more a part of the World Mountain Operating Affiliation World Cup.

Males

Lower than a minute separated the primary six males. Isaac Costa (Italy) completed first in 43:13, and Lengen Lorkurrar (Kenya) and Remi Leroux (Canada) had been second and third in 43:21 and 43:31.

Isaac Costa and Lengen Lorkurrar 2023 Smarna Gora men's top two

Isaac Costa (left) and Lengen Lorkurrar (proper) racing to first and second, respectively, within the 2023 Smarna Gora. Picture: Jonathan Wyatt

Girls

Girls’s champ Susanna Saapunki (Finland) beat host nation runners Varineja Drašler and Nuša Mali with a 49:41 end. Drašler and Mali adopted in 52:21 and 53:20. Full outcomes.

Susanna Saapunki 2023 Smarna Gora women's winner

Susanna Saapunki, on her technique to successful the 2023 Smarna Gora. Picture: Jonathan Wyatt

Different Races and Runs

Otter African Path Run – Nature’s Valley, South Africa

The purpose-to-point race goes for roughly 42k, the marathon distance, throughout assorted terrain. Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) ran 4:12 for the lads’s win. Kane Reilly (South Africa) was second in 4:14, and 2022 and 2021 race winner Johardt Van Heerden (South Africa) was third in 4:18. The ladies’s race wasn’t shut, with a podium all from the host nation. Bianca Tarboton was means forward in 4:52. Lijan Burger and Ruth Cozien had been second and third in 5:25 and 5:31, respectively. Full outcomes.

LouzanSkyrace – Lousã, Portugal

The Skyrunner World Collection contest went 25k and with 2,250 meters (7,382 ft) of elevation achieve. Shoma Otagiri (Japan) and Ikram Rharsalla (Spain) had been race winners in 2:56 and three:31. Full outcomes.

Shoma Otagiri 2023 LouzanSkyrace men's champion

Shoma Otagiri on the way in which to successful the 2023 LouzanSkyrace. Picture: Pedro Seiça

Ikram Rharsalla 2023 LouzanSkyrace women's champion

Ikram Rharsalla, the 2023 LouzanSkyrace champion. Picture: Twenty4Media

Grizzly Extremely 50k – Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Race winners Zach Pezderic and Kate Storey completed in 4:56 and 5:06. Full outcomes.

Cuyamaca 100k – Julian, California

Nick Stenger and Jade Belzberg gained the longtime race in 10:30 and 11:38. Full outcomes.

2023 Cuyamaca 100k men's podium

The 2023 Cuyamaca 100k males’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Orion Feist, 1. Nick Stenger, and three. Evan Goodwin. Picture: Scott Crellin/Jose Sosa

2023 Cuyamaca 100k women's podium

The 2023 Cuyamaca 100k ladies’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Brittany McPhee, 1. Jade Belzberg, (and lacking, 3. Elizabeth Helland). Picture: Scott Crellin/Jose Sosa

Flagstaff Sky Peaks – Flagstaff, Arizona

The 50-mile winners Scott Traer and Katalin Nagy gained in 7:18 and 9:05, and Arrick Nietert and Claire Rogan took the 50k crowns in 5:07 and 6:02. Full outcomes.

Bear Entice 50k – Tooele, Utah

In opposition to a small discipline of simply 15 finishers, it was Samuel Collins and Juliet Fletcher on the entrance in 5:06 and seven:59. Full outcomes.

Arches Marathon – Moab, Utah

Nathan Kovarik and Cristina Regalado had been on the entrance of the 50k in 4:45 and 4:59, and Colin Gill and Heidi Booher gained the marathon in 3:03 and 4:10. Full outcomes.

Above the Clouds Extremely – Woodland Park, Colorado

Course information fell on the second-year 50k. Matthew Galle and Emily Stahl had been the race’s greatest in 4:37 and 5:15. Full outcomes.

Hennepin Hundred – Sterling, Illinois

Taggart VanEtten broke the course document with a 12:45 end. Chris Stayman was simply off the previous course greatest with a second-place 13:09. Rachel Ragona was ladies’s winner in 14:37, and Lauren Mitchell was second in 16:04. Phil Younger and Jaclyn Dziewior gained the 50-mile race in 5:44 and eight:21. Full outcomes.

Chicago Marathon – Chicago, Illinois

Sam Chelanga was second at this yr’s Mount Washington Highway Race, and ran an enormous private greatest in Chicago, at age 38, with a 2:08:50 end. That’s six minutes higher than his earlier greatest marathon. He was ninth total. Common Speedgoat by UTMB 28k racer Molly Seidel had a robust return to the marathon distance too. She scored a brand new private greatest in 2:23:07 for eighth place. The 50k world document holder Des Linden was seventeenth in 2:27:35, and that was a brand new American’s masters document. On the entrance of the race, Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya) set a brand new world document for the marathon in 2:00:35, the primary time anybody has damaged 2:01. Sifan Hassan (The Netherlands) gained the ladies’s race in 2:13:44. Full outcomes.

Shawnee 50/50 Path Runs – West Portsmouth, Ohio

In southern Ohio, Mike Cooper and Hannah Roberts gained the 50-mile race in 9:23 and 11:29, and Jared Hites and Claire Barker gained the 50k in 5:02 and 6:29. Full outcomes.

Canal Hall 100 Mile – Akron, Ohio

The highest three males all completed underneath 16 hours. Ryan WitkoJacob Conrad, and Nilesh Shah got here by means of in that order in 15:12, 15:49, and 15:53. Josephine Weeden gapped the remainder of the ladies’s group with a 16:54 win. Jenny Metzler and Melissa Terwilliger got here subsequent in 18:01 and 20:32. Full outcomes.

Ryan Witko 2023 Canal Corridor 100 Mile men's winner

Ryan Witko on his technique to successful the 2023 Canal Hall 100 Mile. Picture: Joe Viger

Josephine Weeden 2023 Canal Corridor 100 Mile women's winner

Josephine Weeden, the 2023 Canal Hall 100 Mile champion. Picture: Joe Viger

Oil Creek 100 Mile – Titusville, Pennsylvania

There have been solely 10 finishers, however Jr Schlabach and Rebecca Kosek received it achieved in 20:27 and 23:35. Full outcomes.

Naturalist 50k – Franklin, North Carolina

We’ll make certain to get this proper. It’s Naturalist, not naturist. Matt Koons and Laurel Awald gained the race in 4:58 and 5:18. Full outcomes.

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