Settle in, we’ve received loads to speak about. It doesn’t get a lot greater than this previous week and weekend.
The World Mountain and Path Operating Championships, The Bear 100 Mile, and the Mammoth 200 Mile had been among the many many races, and we’ve received all of the quick-hit highlights right here.
For deeper race recaps, you may take a look at our race protection from earlier within the week:
World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill – Canfranc, Spain
The Uphill race was the primary occasion of the mixed World Mountain and Path Operating Championships. Racing on Thursday, September 25, the race went 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) in distance and 990 meters (3,248 toes) up.
Ladies
All 4 Ugandan ladies jumped to the lead in the beginning, however by the point they received to treeline, they had been gone from the entrance. Nina Engelhard (Germany) had established a lead over the primary half that she’d maintain the remainder of the way in which. Engelhard received in 45:33.
Second-place Susanna Saapunki (Finland) equally held her runner-up spot for a lot of the race and completed in 45:59.
Anna Gibson (U.S.) handed Martha Chemutai (Uganda) on the mountain’s higher slopes to earn a person bronze medal in 46:07.
Italy received the workforce race, with France and Canada second and third.
The highest 5 ladies had been:
- Nina Engelhard (Germany) – 45:33
- Susanna Saapunki (Finland) – 45:59
- Anna Gibson (U.S.) – 46:07
- Martha Chemutai (Uganda) – 46:44
- Francesca Ghelfi (Italy) – 47:13
Germany’s Nina Engelhard received the 2025 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Males
Racing on the occasion for the primary time, Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) squashed a showdown with two-time defending Uphill world champion Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya). Bonnet went to the entrance instantly and Kipngeno by no means caught up. Bonnet was over a minute quicker than anybody else and received in 37:50.
Kipngeno’s countryman Richard Omaya Atuya received between the 2 favorites for a second-place 39:04 end, and Kipngeno was third in 39:20.
Kenya received the workforce race, with Switzerland and the U.S. taking workforce silver and bronze.
The highest 5 males had been:
- Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) – 37:50
- Richard Omaya Atuya (Kenya) – 39:04
- Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 39:20
- Christian Allen (U.S.) – 39:28
- Jacob Adkin (Nice Britain) – 39:34
Switzerland’s Rémi Bonnet, the 2025 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Path World Championships Quick Path – Canfranc, Spain
Friday’s motion went 45k (28 miles) on a difficult, single-loop course with 3,657 meters (12,000 toes) of acquire. As with the entire week’s championships occasions, the prize purse was 24,000 Euro, with 5,000 Euro going to the winners and money payouts by means of fifth place.
Ladies
Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) didn’t simply win, however she dominated the ladies’s subject. Alexandersson delivered an all-time efficiency and her profitable margin was one of many occasion’s largest storylines. She received the ladies’s race by practically 34 minutes and completed seventeenth general in 5:04.
Behind the race winner, Sara Alonso (Spain) and Naomi Lang (Nice Britain) waged a race-long duel for second. Each completed in 5:38, however with Alonso 39 seconds in entrance.
Buoyed by Alexandersson’s quick time, Sweden took gold within the ladies’s workforce race, and Spain and France had been second and third.
The highest 5 ladies had been:
- Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) – 5:04:20
- Sara Alonso (Spain) – 5:38:15
- Naomi Lang (Nice Britain) – 5:38:54
- Ida Amelie Robsahm (Norway) – 5:44:54
- Anna Plattner (Austria) – 5:45:40
Tove Alexandersson of Sweden, the 2025 Path World Championships Quick Path ladies’s champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Males
Frédéric Tranchand (France) climbed with the lead group early after which broke free from Manuel Merillas (Spain) on the primary downhill. He created an early hole that may stick the remainder of the way in which. Tranchand received the boys’s race in 4:42 and Merillas was second in 4:45.
Tranchand was maybe a shock winner. He’s raced within the Skyrunner World Collection 5 occasions this yr and completed second twice however by no means received. He was on the right track right here nevertheless.
Andreu Blanes (Spain) was within the lead early, fell exterior the highest 5 throughout the center of the race, after which ran again onto the rostrum to complete third in 4:51.
Spain received the boys’s workforce race, and France and Italy had been the second- and third-place groups.
The highest 5 males had been:
- Frédéric Tranchand (France) – 4:42:10
- Manuel Merillas (Spain) – 4:45:33
- Andreu Blanes (Spain) – 4:51:52
- Alain Santamaria (Spain) – 4:55:48
- Marcin Kubica (Poland) – 4:56:38
Frédéric Tranchand of France on his option to profitable the 2025 Path World Championships Quick Path race. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Path World Championships Lengthy Path – Canfranc, Spain
The Saturday, September 27 race went for 81k (50 miles) on an enormous mountain loop that took in components of the sooner race programs.
The success of runners with an orienteering background — Alexandersson and Tranchand, amongst others — within the day prior’s Quick Path race added some intrigue to the Lengthy Path too, however as an alternative, all-time run legends received out over the longer distance.
Ladies
Katie Schide (U.S.) led all of it and ran 9:57 to win by 25 minutes. It was the most recent victory in a two-year stretch that’s seen Schide win the Western States 100, UTMB, and Hardrock 100.
Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) shook free from Fabiola Conti (Italy) late to attain a second-place 10:23 end, and Conti was third in 10:35.
Italy received the workforce gold medal, with the U.S. and France second and third.
The highest 5 ladies had been:
- Katie Schide (U.S.) – 9:57:59
- Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) – 10:23:03
- Fabiola Conti (Italy) – 10:35:51
- Jazmine Lowther (Canada) – 10:45:18
- Rosa Lara (Spain) – 10:47:15
The U.S.’s Katie Schide, the 2025 Path World Championships Lengthy Path ladies’s champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Males
Jim Walmsley (U.S.), defending Lengthy Path champion Benjamin Roubiol (France), and Louison Coiffet (France) broke free from everybody else early, after which Walmsley received away from his French chasers late.
Solely 4 weeks after profitable OCC, Walmsley was once more on the right track. He received in 8:35.
Roubiol briefly fell a number of minutes behind Coiffet in the course of the race however recovered, and the 2 completed collectively in 8:46.
France received the workforce race, with the U.S. and Italy second and third.
The highest 5 males had been:
- 1. Jim Walmsley (U.S.) – 8:35:11
- 2. Benjamin Roubiol (France) – 8:46:05
- 2. Louison Coiffet (France) – 8:46:05
- 4. Cristian Minoggio (Italy) – 8:57:16
- 5. Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) – 9:01:37
Jim Walmsley of the U.S., the 2025 Path World Championships Lengthy Path males’s champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down – Canfranc, Spain
The final race of the occasion went 14.3k (8.9 miles) with 767 meters (2,516 toes) of climbing on a two-lap course.
Ladies
About 9 minutes into the race, Uphill race winner Nina Engelhard (Germany) moved to the lead and was uncatchable the remainder of the way in which. Engelhard received her second gold medal of the championships in 71:00, with no ladies in sight for nearly two minutes.
Second-place Ruth Gitonga (Kenya) equally held her end spot for a lot of the race to complete second in 72:54.
Oria Liaci (Switzerland) moved up by means of the second half to get on the rostrum third in 73:15.
Kenya received workforce gold, with the U.S. and Switzerland second and third.
The highest 5 ladies had been:
- Nina Engelhard (Germany) – 71:00
- Ruth Gitonga (Kenya) – 72:54
- Oria Liaci (Switzerland) – 73:15
- Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 73:37
- Lauren Gregory (U.S.) – 73:38
Germany’s Nina Engelhard, the 2025 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Males
Martin Kiprotich (Uganda), a 2024 Olympian over 10,000 meters, set a quick early tempo and nonetheless led 10k into the 14k race. Race favourite Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) flew down the race’s final downhill although to get the ultimate lead. Kiriago received in 62:30 and Kiprotich, visibly combating off a aspect sew late, held on for second in 63:14.
Paul Machoka (Kenya) was third in 63:25.
Kenya received the workforce race right here too, and Uganda and Italy had been second and third.
The highest 5 males had been:
- Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 62:30
- Martin Kiprotich (Uganda) – 63:14
- Paul Machoka (Kenya) – 63:25
- Dominik Rolli (Switzerland) – 63:56
- Ken Koros (Kenya) – 64:08
Kenya’s Philemon Kiriago, the 2025 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Extra Races and Runs
Spartathlon – Athens, Greece
The longtime 153-mile highway race ran from Athens to Sparta, they usually completed within the rain. Andrea Mórocza (Hungary), Despoina Simantrakou (Greece), and Natasa Robnik (Slovenia) crammed the ladies’s podium in 25:09, 25:37, and 26:09, respectively. Robnik was third right here in 2019 too. It’d been 5 occasions on the rostrum earlier than this for Radek Brunner (Czech Republic), however he’d by no means received earlier than. That modified with victory in 21:24. Brunner earlier was third in 2016, second in 2017 and 2018, third in 2019, and second in 2021. Francesco Perini (Italy) and 2018 race winner Yoshihiko Ishikawa (Japan) had been second and third in 22:05 and 23:54. Full outcomes.
Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB – Good, France
It was solely the occasion’s fourth yr, nevertheless it was an enormous one with greater than 5,000 runners from 81 completely different international locations throughout its races. Michaela Lishakova (Slovakia) and Paul Cornet-Chauvinc (France) received the 100 miler in 25:16 and 18:52, and Cornet-Chauvinc’s mark was a brand new course report by over two hours. Chloe Souvigne and Virgile Moriset had been finest within the accompanying 100k race in 15:08 and 11:54, respectively. Full outcomes.
Chloe Souvigne, 2025 Good Côte d’Azur 100k ladies’s champion. Photograph: UTMB
Virgile Moriset, the 2025 Good Côte d’Azur 100k males’s champion. Photograph: UTMB
Kaçkar by UTMB – Ayder, Türkiye
Jasmine Nunige (Switzerland) and Cole Campbell (U.S.) received the 50k race in 5:21 and 4:29. Full outcomes.
Gorbeia Suzien – Zeanuri, Spain
Spanish runners dominated the 31k Skyrunner World Collection race. The primary 5 ladies had been all Spanish, and the primary six males had been from the host nation. Lide Urrestarazu and native runner Aitor Ajuria received in 3:34 and three:01, respectively. Full outcomes.
Lide Urrestarazu, the 2025 Gorbeia Suzien ladies’s winner. Photograph: Skyrunner World Collection
Aitor Ajuria, the 2025 Gorbeia Suzien males’s winner. Photograph: Skyrunner World Collection
World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down Beneath 20 – Canfranc, Spain
Uganda practically swept each the woman’s and boy’s under-20 podium. Solely Julia Ehrle (Germany) saved the double sweep from occurring. Ehrle received the woman’s race in 38:47, ending forward of Uganda’s Nancy Chepkwurui and Felister Chekwemoi and their 39:24 and 39:29 runs. It was all Uganda for the boys with Titus Musau, Enos Chebet, and Abraham Cherotich going 33:09, 33:26, and 33:32 on the prime of the rankings. Full outcomes.
Dick Collins Firetrails – Castro Valley, California
It was the long-time race’s forty second version. Caitlin Boldt received a detailed ladies’s race in 9:46, and males’s winner, Kellen Scott, was over an hour forward of everybody else in 7:43. Amy Cameron and Jaden Evans received the accompanying path marathon in 3:32 and three:30. Full outcomes.
The Mammoth 200 Mile – Mammoth Lakes, California
The primary-year race went for 214 miles on an enormous loop that totaled practically 31,000 toes of elevation acquire. There was a $20,000 prize purse, too, that paid $5,000 to the winners. A possible showdown between 200-mile queen Rachel Entrekin and Appalachian Path quickest recognized time-holder Tara Dower didn’t actually occur when Dower dropped after 15 hours of operating. Entrekin was sensational. She pushed her extremely win streak to 18! Entrekin completed the journey in 46:50. Males’s winner Jimmy Elam was the one individual in entrance of Entrekin, and he led in 45:16. Full outcomes.
Flagstaff Sky Peaks – Flagstaff, Arizona
The Aravaipa Operating race confirmed off fall colours within the Coconino Nationwide Forest. Maia Detmer and Nathan Renn championed the 50 miler in 9:20 and eight:35, and Mary Mickler and Ryan Wolff topped the 50k in 5:44 and 4:34. Full outcomes.
The 2025 Flagstaff Sky Peaks 50 Mile ladies’s podium (left-to-right): 3. Kristen Krahulik, 1. Mary Mickler, 2. Alexis Aguiar. Photograph courtesy of the race.
The 2025 Flagstaff Sky Peaks 50 Mile males’s podium (left-to-right): 3. James Morrison, 1. Ryan Wolff, 2. Jacob Blais. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Bogus 50/50 – Boise, Idaho
The 50-mile winners Lauri Thompson and Evan Flach ran 9:29 and eight:12, and Lauren Schmidt and Isaac Bostrom had been quickest within the 50k in 5:09 and 4:56. Full outcomes.
The Bear 100 Mile – Logan, Utah
A 100-mile rookie, Sarah Humble led the entire ladies’s race and received in 21:12. It was the race’s fifth-fastest time ever. Kathryn Graham and Codie Muthig had been second and third in 22:02 and 23:03 as a part of an all-Utah ladies’s podium. For the boys, course report holder and 2023 winner Zachary Garner got here again, however at the present time belonged to Mike Cappi. Like ladies’s winner Humble, Cappi, too, was a 100-mile rookie, and he received in 18:34. It was the race’s sixth-fastest time ever. Garner was second in 19:27, and up to date Wasatch Entrance 100 Mile winner Jose Cruz was third in 19:40. Full outcomes.
Mt. Taylor 50k – Grants, New Mexico
It was Anna Deleray and Preston Cates within the lead right here in 5:42 and 4:36. Full outcomes.
Purple Feather Path Jamboree 50k – Purple Feather Lakes, Colorado
Lillie Romeiser Rodgers and Clint Anders received the 50k on the Gnar Runners occasion in 4:50 and 4:04. Jo Robbins received the non-binary class in 8:26. Full outcomes.
The 2025 Purple Feather Path Jamboree 50k ladies’s podium (left-to-right): 3. Amanda Ax, 1. Lillie Romeiser Rodgers, 2. Ellie Pell. Photograph courtesy of the race.
The 2025 Purple Feather Path Jamboree 50k males’s podium (left-to-right): 3. Jacob King, 1. Clint Anders, 2. Devon Colegrove. Photograph courtesy of the race.
The 2025 Purple Feather Path Jamboree 50k non-binary winner, Jo Robbins. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Crested Butte Extremely – Crested Butte, Colorado
Ladies’s 50-mile winner Sydney Welch was additionally first general in 9:01. Males’s winner Brennan Fife ran 9:07. Welch’s time was a brand new ladies’s course report for the fourth-year race. Ana McCabe and Sam Baker received the 55k in 5:11 and 4:48. Full outcomes.
Sydney Welch, the 2025 Crested Butte Extremely 50 Mile general and girls’s winner. Photograph: ReddGoat Images
Brennan Fife, the 2025 Crested Butte Extremely 50 Mile males’s winner. Photograph: ReddGoat Images
West Line Winder 50k – Buena Vista, Colorado
Race native Addie Bracy clipped Molly Thomsen by simply over a minute to win the ladies’s race in 4:32. Thomsen was in at 4:33, and each had been quicker than Courtney Dauwalter’s 2021 course report. Males’s winner Chris Leiferman was manner out in entrance and broke Justin Grunewald’s year-old course report with a 3:39 run. Grunewald was second in 3:57. Full outcomes.
Sawatch Ascent 50k – Nathrop, Colorado
A day after profitable the West Line Winder 50k, Addie Bracy moved to the west aspect of city to double up and win once more. This time, Bracy ran 5:35, and that was six minutes again of Dauwalter’s course report from 2021. Justin Grunewald doubled again too and received in 4:41. That took 17 minutes off Kieran Nay’s year-old course report. Full outcomes.
Addie Bracy, the 2025 Sawatch Ascent 50k ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Justin Grunewald, the 2025 Sawatch Ascent 50k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Aspen Golden Leaf Half Marathon – Aspen, Colorado
Solely 11 seconds separated the highest two, Maddie Shove and Stevie Kremer. They completed in 1:46. Johnny Youngs received for the boys in 1:31. Full outcomes.
Gans Creek Traditional – Columbia, Missouri
He wasn’t on the World Mountain Operating Championships because the Workforce Germany roster prompt he’d be, and as an alternative, Lukas Ehrle (Germany) raced alongside his Ole Miss school cross-country workforce. Within the Males’s 8k Gold Race, Ehrle was 141st in 24:07 as his workforce’s third man. He was sixtieth at 1k, however went backward from there. Full outcomes.
Yeti 100 Mile – Abingdon, Virginia
Not simply the ladies’s winner, April Bailey received general too in 15:42. Males’s chief Wayne Capacillo completed in 16:44. Full outcomes.
Cat’s Tail Path Marathon – Shandaken, New York
The race’s eleventh version occurred in stunning climate within the rugged Catskill Mountains. Kehr Davis received the ladies’s race for the third time, ending in 5:28, and Jared Brown received for the boys in 4:38. Full outcomes.
Estes Epic 50k – Estes Park, Colorado
Reese Ruland received the ladies’s race in 5:36, and Jake Klinker completed first for the boys in 5:24.
Reese Ruland, the 2025 Estes Epic 50k ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Jake Klinker, the 2025 Estes Epic 50k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
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