Jim Walmsley delivered one other podium-topping efficiency scorching off his latest win at Extremely-Path du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), ending the 115K Roubion-Good at Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB in 11:21:05 and securing his spot for subsequent yr’s Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run within the course of.
Walmsley, who final month completed the famed Extremely-Path du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix in 19:37:43 to turn into the primary American man to win the occasion in its 20-year historical past, confirmed he’s on a roll together with his commanding victory this weekend over second-place Simon Gosselin of France (11:46:29) and third-place Philipp Ausserhofer (11:55:13).
Though their finishes safe spots at Western States in 2024 for each Walmsley and Gosselin, the 33-year-old Walmsley hasn’t introduced whether or not he’ll be toeing the beginning line on the legendary California extremely. Nevertheless, he did submit on social media Monday afternoon that the golden ticket “is opening up some enjoyable potentialities for the schedule subsequent yr and I’m completely happy to nonetheless be dreaming of future beginning strains.” Walmsley is a three-time Western States champion, setting the course file (14:09:28) in 2019. He hasn’t competed at Western States since he final received it in 2021.
Additionally choosing up golden tickets had been British runner Eleanor Davis (13:49:20), the highest lady finisher and ninth-place finisher general within the 115K, and Finland’s Marjo Liikanen (14:44:22). Italy’s Giulia Vinco ran 15:28:58 to spherical out the ladies’s podium.
Full outcomes from Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB may be discovered right here.
Primiero Dolomiti Path race
Canada’s Rémi Leroux ran 43:56 to take second place within the 10.2-km Premiero Dolomiti Path race in northern Italy on Saturday. The runner from Bromont, Que., wrote in a submit after the race that whereas he was initially disillusioned that the course “wouldn’t attain any epic summit above tree line,” he added that, having run it, he now considers it “one of many coolest programs I’ve raced on.”
Held in Fiera di Primiero, the Primiero Dolomiti Path race consists of three 3.4-km loops, every with 230 metres of elevation achieve, on the slopes of Mount Bedolè within the Dolomites.
Becoming a member of Leroux on the boys’s podium had been winner Xavier Chevrier (43:22) and fellow Italian Henri Aymonod (43:58). Within the ladies’s subject, Finland’s Susanna Saapunki ran 51:00 for first, adopted by Kenya’s Lucy Wambui Murigi (52:33) and Britain’s Sara Willhoit (52:42).
Full outcomes may be discovered right here.
