Argentina and Australia, Thunderbunny and Hellbender.
It was a world weekend with otherworldly performances, and we’re operating it down.
Transvulcania – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Ultramarathon 72k
iRunFar was fast on the sooner race particulars.
The island traverse went for 45 miles on an up-and-down course that accrued 14,000 ft of elevation achieve.
Girls
Ruth Croft (New Zealand) went to the entrance early and outpaced a aggressive chase from three-time winner Ida Nilsson (Sweden, lives in Norway). Croft completed in 8:02 and it was a brand new course document.
Nilsson edged out Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) for second, as the 2 ran 8:16 and eight:20. Croft gapped Nilsson and Budha, and Nilsson and Budha, in flip, gapped the remainder of the sector, too. Nilsson has seven weeks till the Western States 100, the place she was seventh a yr in the past.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
- Ruth Croft (New Zealand) – 8:02
- Ida Nilsson (Sweden, lives in Norway) – 8:16
- Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) – 8:20
- Ekaterina Mityaeva (Andorra) – 8:40
- Hannah Allgood (U.S.) – 8:43
- Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 8:51
- Katharina Hartmuth (Germany) – 8:57
- Azara García (Spain) – 9:14
- Marina Cugnetto (Italy) – 9:18
- Keely Henninger (U.S.) – 9:23
Ruth Croft celebrating her win on the 2024 Transvulcania Ultramarathon. Picture courtesy of Transvulcania.
Males
Jon Albon (U.Okay., lives in Norway) ran away from the lads’s chasers on the best way to the 50-kilometer excessive level, and he was out of attain the remainder of the best way. Albon completed in 7:03, and he too is seven weeks away from the Western States 100. It’ll be his debut for the 100-mile distance.
Dmitry Mityaev (Andorra) and Tom Evans (U.Okay.) charged late, however when Albon couldn’t be caught, the 2 completed collectively in 7:05.
The entire males’s high 10 was:
- 1. Jon Albon (U.Okay., lives in Norway) – 7:03
- T-2. Dmitry Mityaev (Andorra) – 7:05
- T-2. Tom Evans (U.Okay.) – 7:05
- 4. Jeshurun Small (U.S.) – 7:10
- 5. Ionel Manole (Spain) – 7:19
- 6. Ben Stout (U.S.) – 7:19
- 7. Manuel Anguita (Spain) – 7:20
- 8. Pere Aurell (Spain) – 7:27
- 9. Antoine Thiriat (France) – 7:39
- 10. Tobias Geiser (Italy) – 7:39
Jon Albon within the lead in La Palma’s excessive nation. Picture courtesy of Transvulcania.
Marathon 43k
The ladies’s marathon ran shut on the high. Barely three minutes separated ladies’s one and two Gemma Arenas (Spain) and Ines Astrain (Spain). The pair completed in 4:35 and 4:38, respectively. Kim Schreiber (Germany) was third in 4:44.
And the lads’s podium was much more tightly packed. Francisco Jose Anguita (Spain) beat Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) for the win, 3:44 to three:48, and Milly Dos Santos Lopes (Cape Verde) was solely 42 seconds behind Fraňo in third additionally in 3:48.
Extremely-Path Snowdonia by UTMB – Wales, U.Okay.
UTS 100 Mile
The occasion’s longest race went 104 miles with 31,167 ft of elevation achieve, and that problem led to nicely over half of the 260 starters dropping earlier than the end. How cool should the uncommon Northern Lights incidence in a single day have been although, for the lucky group capable of catch sight.
The tough course significantly unfold out the ladies. Rachel Fawcett (U.Okay.) gained in 34:10, Maria Pijoan (Spain) was second in 39:47, with Corine Kagerer (Switzerland) and Nikki Arthur (U.Okay.) each ending in 41:12 for a third-place tie.
Mark Darbyshire (U.Okay.) was nicely away from his chasers within the males’s run. Darbyshire completed in 23:41, and second- and third-place Andy Berry (U.Okay.) and Michael Dunstan (Australia) got here subsequent in 25:18 and 25:45.
UTS 100k
The 64-mile race totaled a burly 20,997 ft of elevation achieve. These programs are powerful.
Girls’s winner Aleksandra Narkowicz (Poland) outpaced the remainder of the ladies by 50 minutes in 16:16. Tess Elias (U.Okay.) and Georgina Lewis (U.Okay.) trailed in 17:06 and 17:57, respectively.
Italians Philipp Ausserhofer and Daniel Jung tied for the win in 12:41. Gautier Bonnecarrere (France) was third in 12:55.
UTS 50k
The 34 miler was fairly aggressive too. There have been 10,826 ft of elevation achieve on this one.
Henriette Albon (Norway) dominated the ladies’s race. She was practically an hour forward of everybody else in 6:39. Twin sisters Lina and Sanna El Kott (Sweden) had been subsequent in 7:35 and seven:36, respectively.
It was shut, however nobody acquired in beneath six hours within the males’s race. Brennan Townshend (U.Okay.) was first in 6:01. Michele Meridio (Italy) and Harry Jones (U.Okay.) podiumed with 6:08 and 6:11 marks.
Valhöll by UTMB – Belgrano, Argentina
The roughly 76-mile mountain run went up and down for 16,473 ft of achieve.
The fields had been largely from the host nation, however Tara Fraga (U.S.) scored the ladies’s win in 20:12. Belen Barrera (Argentina) and Laura Gordiola (Argentina) had been second and third in 20:36 and 20:51.
As with the ladies’s race, a lot of the high males’s finishers got here from Argentina too. Gabriel Rueda (Argentina) gained in 14:27, 10 minutes higher than Ludovic Pommeret (France). Sergio Gustavo Pereyra (Argentina) was third in in 14:46.
Cocodona 250 Mile – Flagstaff, Arizona
Dang, that was good! The practically 250-mile race with 40,000 ft of climbing got here all the way down to the ultimate miles and hours. iRunFar earlier wrote concerning the thrilling end.
Girls
The 2023 third-placer and 200-mile all-star Mika Thewes pushed to a giant lead on the race’s second day and led as late as mile 233 earlier than operating into bother. Rachel Entrekin regained the lead on night time three and bumped into Flagstaff in 73:31 because the first-place finisher. Entrekin had earlier gained a bunch of 100 milers, and totaled 212 miles on the December 2023 Throughout the Years 48-hour race.
Manu Vilaseca (Brazil, lives in Spain) acquired previous Thewes too and was second in 78:04. Thewes recovered sufficient to carry onto third in 79:30.
It may very well be a fast turnaround for Thewes. She’s signed up for the Tahoe 200 Mile in June.
Rachel Entrekin on her solution to profitable the 2024 Cocodona 250 Mile. Picture: Howie Stern
Males
The boys left it ’until late too. Harry Subertas ran down longtime chief Jeff Browning within the last miles and completed in 59:50. Browning was second in 60:19, and Arlen Glick was third in 61:46.
As with Thewes, Subertas too is registered for the June Tahoe 200 Mile however he additionally has each the August Bigfoot 200 Mile and October Moab 240 Mile on his calendar.
It was barely a yr in the past that Glick was greatest identified for his frequent 12- and 13-hour 100-mile runs, and he’s actually modified that up with finishes on the Western States 100, Hardrock 100, Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile, and now the super-long Cocodona 250 Mile.
Harry Subertas gained the 2024 Cocodona 250 Mile through a come-from-behind efficiency the place he solely took over the race lead with just a few miles left within the race. Picture: Howie Stern
Extra Races and Runs
European Masters Off-Street Working Championships – Madeira, Portugal
I swear, Madeira versus the Canary Islands is among the greatest geographic rivalries in path operating. This occasion had an 8k mountain run, a vertical kilometer race, and a 33k path run unfold throughout three days.
Barbara Taibon (Austria) gained the mountain race in 1:01, with outcomes for the lads’s race not but posted.
The Vertical race was the second of the weekend and Monica Carl (Germany) acquired to the highest first in 46:40. Males’s winner Martin Alvarez-Espinar (Spain) hit the excessive level in 41:04.
Sunday’s lengthy course noticed a small ladies’s area led by Karen Freitag (Austria) in 3:58 and Shaban Mustafa (Bulgaria) forward of the lads in 2:55.
Margaret River Ultramarathon – Wilyabrup, Australia
The 50-mile course goes point-to-point alongside the coast in western Australia. Up entrance, it was all Australians. Jayme Bergman and Josh Tighe gained in 7:45 and seven:19. Kate Baker and Ben Leeson gained the accompanying marathon in 4:07 and three:48. Full outcomes.
Not a foul trying spot for an ultramarathon on the 2024 Margaret River Ultramarathon. Picture: Speedy Ascent/Photos4Sale
Elk Beaver Ultras – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Rosheen Lord and Matt Houlzet made it round 10 laps of the 10k course quicker than anybody else to win the 100k races in 12:53 and 9:46, respectively. Katrina Sawan and Cole Czuchnicki went rather less crazy in profitable the 50-mile occasion in 9:40 and seven:51.
Within the 50k, Catrin Jones bettered Beverly Anderson-Abbs’ ladies’s 45-49 age group Canadian document of three:44:13 with a time of three:42:27 en path to an total win. Riley Johnson bested the lads’s area in 4:08.
Catrin Jones after setting a ladies’s 45-49 age group Canadian document on the 2024 Elk Beaver 50k. Picture: Darcy Kernel
Tiger Claw – Issaquah, Washington
The Tiger Claw 50k has 9,000 ft of climb and options three totally different ascents and a standard descent, and runners get to decide on the order wherein they sort out the ascents. The Tiger Claw Ascent is a 2.5-mile, 2,500-foot uphill race.
Audrey Lawrence and Andrew Bachman gained the 50k in 6:00 and 4:54, respectively. Within the Ascent, Ladia Albertson-Junkans and Joseph Grey gained in 36:10 and 28:31. It was Grey’s second straight win on the race. Full outcomes.
Tillamook Burn Path Run – Timber, Oregon
The three-day occasion included 20-mile, 50-mile, and 50k races on consecutive days within the Tillamook State Forest. Kaitlyn Peale and Andrew Bumbalough gained the opening day’s 20-mile race in 3:13 and a pair of:40.
Married couple Rachel Drake and Tyler Inexperienced gained the Saturday 50 miler in 8:13 and 6:51.
And in Sunday’s 50k, it was Barrett Grey and Justin Grunewald that ran 5:00 and 4:12 for victory.
Quiksilver 100k – San Jose, California
Race winners Teresa Kaiser and Steven Kool completed in 11:35 and 9:06, respectively. It was the tenth yr for the 100k, run by means of the Santa Clara Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Full outcomes.
Monitor Fest – Los Angeles, California
Anna Gibson ran 4:10 in her warmth of the 1,500 meters to complete third, and Allie Ostrander was fourth within the high warmth of the three,000-meter steeplechase in 9:32. Full outcomes.
(In 2023, Ostrander was suspended for 4 months after testing optimistic for canrenone, a metabolite of spironolactone, after it was decided that she mistakenly took the drug with out first acquiring a World Anti-Doping Company Therapeutic Use Exemption.)
Pauite Meadows 50k – Susanville, California
Cara Sullivan scored victory for the ladies in 5:45 and Connor Fisher set a brand new males’s course document in 3:55. Full outcomes.
Sedona Canyons 125 Mile – Flagstaff, Arizona
The race ran alongside the again half of the Cocodona 250 Mile. Katherine Edwards and Michael Greer acquired to the end first in 30:21 and 26:36. Full outcomes.
Jemez Mountain – Los Alamos, New Mexico
The 2024 Jemez Mountain Runs 50 miler, 50k, and 15 miler will probably be remembered for his or her loopy storms, which introduced lightning, rain, and hail, forcing the occasion to halt the 50 miler and lots of runners to drop as a way to keep protected. Although official outcomes aren’t on-line because the race group types out the weather-induced chaos, we all know that Sarah Gage and Dustin Simoens championed the 50 miler, whereas Isabella Poulos and Joshua Mirth gained the 50k. We’ll replace this as we be taught extra. Full outcomes (when out there).
The ladies’s podium on the 2024 Jemez Mountain 50k. Picture: Tom Stockton
Quad Rock – Fort Collins, Colorado
Leah Yingling and Tyler Fox gained the 50 miler in 9:00 and seven:39, respectively. Fox gained with lower than a minute lead on defending champ Ryan Montgomery. The course climbs 11,000 ft throughout six main climbs.
Imogen Ainsworth and Kyle Leto had been tops within the 25 miler at 3:55 and three:29. Ainsworth’s time was the race’s second-fastest in its 14-year historical past, and Leto solely gained the lead on the ultimate climb.
Flower Moon – Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Nicole Laughton was first girl and first total within the 50 miler at 8:48. Steve Kohler was the lads’s winner in 9:23. Full outcomes.
Ice Age Path – La Grange, Wisconsin
The longtime race noticed Katia Wanish and Sidney Noble win over 50 miles in 7:38 and 6:17. For Noble, it was a repeat victory after final yr’s 6:32 end. The 50k champs Caroline Inexperienced and Dana Riederer completed the path in 4:58 and 4:13. Full outcomes.
Sidney Noble profitable the 2024 Ice Age 50 Mile. Picture: Kris Hinrichs Images
Thunderbunny 50k – Athens, Ohio
The seventh-year race exhibits off Strouds Run State Park within the Appalachian foothills. Becca Holtkamp gained the ladies’s race in 5:53 and Joshua Park scored a brand new course document in 3:44. Full outcomes.
Becca Holtkamp having fun with a lovely spring day on her solution to profitable the 2024 Thunderbunny 50k. Picture: Standing Rock Media
Glacier Ridge 50/50 – Portersville, Pennsylvania
The races occur within the inexperienced foliage and spring wildflowers of the Moraine State Park and Jennings Environmental Schooling Heart. The 50k winners Anna Balouris and Dean Banko completed in 4:55 and 4:52, and 50-mile leaders Melissa Goodman and Jeffrey Adams got here by means of in 10:30 and seven:53. Full outcomes.
Daybreak to Nightfall Monitor Race – Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
Nora Jodrey and Michael DeGeorge gained the 24-hour observe race with 127.25 and 140.92 miles. Full outcomes.
Hoof It on the Hill 52k – Cherry Creek, New York
The second-year race had a small area led by Allayva Stier and Luke Wolfling in 5:41 and 5:00. Full outcomes.
Hellbender 100 Mile – Previous Fort, North Carolina
Meg Landymore and Sondre Stier Thorbergsen (Norway) gained the Black Mountain journey in 26:54 and 20:44, a brand new course document. Full outcomes.
Meg Landymore stepping her solution to victory on the 2024 Hellbender 100 Mile. Picture: Pete Schreiner
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