It was the 12 months’s final Golden Path World Collection contest, the Kodiak Ultramarathons was a UTMB World Collection Main, and the Skyrunner World Collection went to Northern Eire.
These are the large highlights for this week.
Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale – Trentino, Italy
The occasion was the Golden Path World Collection (GTWS) remaining. Many high runners have been doubling again from the World Mountain Working Championships two weeks in the past. However whether or not as a result of they have been as a substitute prioritizing the GTWS finale or didn’t have the chance to race at worlds, others have been contemporary, and that made for some intriguing match-ups.
Prologue
The three-day occasion began with the Prologue, a 6.9-kilometer race that went up from the seashores of Lake Ledro to the forests of San Martino, and again downhill, gaining and shedding 500 meters of elevation within the course of. It was staged in a time trial format with runners leaving the beginning line individually one minute aside.
Girls’s Race
Mădălina Florea (Romania) entered the race because the collection chief, and she or he was a notable absence on the aforementioned World Mountain Working Championships. Florea as a substitute raced final weekend’s Brasov Working Competition 10k and received the ladies’s novice race in 35:23. That should’ve been the ultimate tune-up she wanted as a result of Florea blasted from the beginning line and climbed to the excessive level with a minute lead on the sphere. Lauren Gregory (U.S.) ate into that hole on the second-half descent, however Florea’s early lead caught for a first-place 39:55 end. Gregory was second in 40:06, and Joyce Njeru (Kenya) was third in 41:17.
Girls’s High 10
- Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 39:55
- Lauren Gregory (U.S.) – 40:06
- Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 41:17
- Sara Alonso (Spain) – 41:19
- Rosa Lara (Spain) – 42:04
- Malen Osa (Spain) – 42:16
- Naomi Lang (U.Okay.) – 42:36
- Céline Aebi (Switzerland) – 42:56
- Marie Nivet (France) – 43:09
- Courtney Coppinger (U.S.) – 43:12
Madalina Florea, the 2025 Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale Prologue girls’s winner. Photograph: GTWS/Justin Galant
Males’s Race
This 12 months’s GTWS has belonged to Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco). Identified for his downhill talent, Elazzaoui outclimbed everybody right here, too. He hit the excessive level 41 and 86 seconds higher than his chief rivals, Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) and Philemon Kiriago (Kenya). Already forward on the high, Elazzaoui was predictably uncatchable on the downhill. He received the lads’s Prologue in 32:24, over two minutes higher than anybody else.
Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) and Taylor Stack (U.S.) have been second and third in 34:38 and 34:54, respectively.
Males’s High 10
- Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) – 32:24
- Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) – 34:38
- Taylor Stack (U.S.) – 34:54
- Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 34:55
- Christian Allen (U.S.) – 34:57
- Paul Machoka (Kenya) – 35:05
- Theo Burgeois (France) – 35:18
- Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 35:24
- Manuel Innerhofer (Austria) – 25:33
- Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 35:43
Elhousine Elazzaoui, the 2025 Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale Prologue males’s winner. Photograph: GTWS/Justin Galant
Sky Trentino
On Saturday and Sunday, the ladies and men moved to a 21k race with 1,600 meters of elevation achieve. The Prologue was a little bit of a warm-up or undercard, and this was the final likelihood to shine on the 12 months’s collection.
Girls’s Race
Florea once more moved to the entrance early, however because the lead group neared the highest of the climb, Gregory moved to the entrance and outclassed the sphere the remainder of the best way. Gregory, who was fifth on the 2025 World Mountain Working Championships Up and Down race two weeks in the past, received in 2:22.
Early chief Florea held on for second in 2:25, 32 seconds higher than third-place Sara Alonso (Spain).
Florea was the general collection winner with 958 factors. She received the Il Golfo Dell Isola Path race in Italy in Could and was second in two different GTWS races, and third in but two others earlier than the finale. Alonso and Gregory have been second and third within the collection with 913 and 878 factors, respectively.
Girls’s High 10
- Lauren Gregory (U.S.) – 2:22:51
- Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 2:25:22
- Sara Alonso (Spain) – 2:25:54
- Lucija Krkoc (Slovenia) – 2:27:00
- Malen Osa (Spain) – 2:27:45
- Barbora Bukovjan (Czech Republic) – 2:27:46
- Rosa Lara (Spain) – 2:28:37
- Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 2:29:19
- Marie Nivet (France) – 2:33:59
- Anna Gibson (U.S.) – 2:35:40
The 2025 Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale girls’s podium (left to proper): 4. Lucija Krkoc, 2. Mădălina Florea, 1. Lauren Gregory, 3. Sara Alonso, 5. Malen Osa. Photograph: GTWS/Anthony Deroeux
Males’s Race
It was the final GTWS race of the 12 months, however it regarded like so many others. Elhousine Elazzaoui was nonetheless high canine. He began gradual and gained the lead group earlier than the excessive level, after which finally raced previous Paul Machoka (Kenya) for the win with about 5k to race. Elazzoui completed first in 1:58:30.
Patrick Kipngeno overtook early pacesetter Paul Machoka for second, and the 2 completed in 1:58:50 and 1:59:32.
Whether or not he was drained or was merely outrun, latest World Mountain Working Championships Up and Down winner Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) was a non-factor on the weekend. He adopted up an eighth-place end within the Prologue with a fifth-place end right here.
Elazzaoui, after all, received the general GTWS collection too. He dominated this 12 months’s collection, and his solely blip was a ninth-place run at Sierre-Zinal. Kipngeno and Kiriago completed the collection in second and third.
Males’s High 10
- Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) – 1:58:30
- Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 1:58:50
- Paul Machoka (Kenya) – 1:59:32
- Taylor Stack (U.S.) – 1:59:42
- Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 2:00:15
- Michael Selelo Saoli (Kenya) – 2:00:18
- Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) – 2:02:08
- Fabián Venero (Spain) – 2:03:07
- Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 2:03:27
- Ïu Web (Spain) – 2:05:24
Paul Machoka leads Eloussine Elazzaoui in the course of the 2025 Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale. Elazzaoui would draw back for the win. Photograph: GTWS/Anthony Deroeux
Kodiak Ultramarathons – Massive Bear, California
The 2-day occasion in southern California was a UTMB World Collection Main, and that made it a late-in-the-year likelihood for runners to safe entry to subsequent 12 months’s UTMB, CCC, and OCC races.
100 Mile
Lin Chen (China) received the Canyons 100 Mile race in April, missed the Western States 100 in June with harm, dropped from UTMB in August, and got here again right here to win the ladies’s race in 19:31. She’ll be again within the U.S. in February 2026 for the Black Canyon 100k too. It was a detailed race, as Madison Liechty was solely 12 minutes again in 19:43, and Genevieve Harrison was third in 20:15.
Within the males’s race, Hayden Hawks bounced again from a drop at UTMB in August to win right here in 16:40. Joe McConaughy saved it shut in second in 17:01, and Jhon Barrera (Colombia) ran 17:29 for the ultimate podium spot.
100k
The 2024 Leadville Path 100 Mile winner Mary Denholm crushed the ladies’s race with a 9:28 end, and Erin Moyer and Imogen Ainsworth have been subsequent in 10:03 and 10:50.
The boys ran it nearer with Kellen Blumberg beating Guillaume Tiphene (France) for the win by simply 64 seconds. The 2 completed in 8:30 and eight:31. Ryan Raff was third in 8:53.
50k
In her 50k debut, highway marathoner Makena Morley received in 4:03. In June, she ran 2:30 on the Grandma’s Marathon. Alicia Vargo was second in 4:14, and Sofie Schunk was precisely a minute behind in 4:15 for third.
Current Path World Championships Brief Path third-placer finisher Andreu Blanes (Spain) received the lads’s race in 3:30. Alex García (Spain) edged Anthony Costales for second. Each García and Costales ran 3:38, however with García 28 seconds forward.
Mourne Skyline – New Fortress, Northern Eire, U.Okay.
The Skyrunner World Collection moved to the Mourne Mountains for a 35k romp with 2,700 meters of elevation achieve. The course crested the very best level in Northern Eire.
Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) received her third Skyrunner World Collection occasion this 12 months and set a brand new girls’s course document in 4:13. Irigoyen adopted Marta Martínez (Spain) up the race’s first climb, after which led the remainder of the race. Martínez outdueled Natalie Beadle (U.Okay.) for second. The 2 have been solely 55 seconds aside in 4:19 and 4:20.
Simply off a Path World Championships Brief Path second-place end, Manuel Merillas (Spain) received the lads’s race right here in 3:23. It was a brand new course document. A improper flip took Merillas’s closest chasers off beam, and Oier Zubeldia (Spain) and Damien Humbert (France) benefited by transferring as much as second and third, each in 3:36 however 45 seconds aside.
Naiara Irigoyen, the 2025 Mourne Skyline girls’s champion. Photograph: Skyrunner World Collection/Evan Davies
Manuel Merillas, the 2025 Mourne Skyline males’s champion. Photograph: Skyrunner World Collection/Evan Davies
Further Races and Runs
Defiance 50k – Level Defiance, Washington
The race went via the old-growth forests of Level Defiance, and Teresa Makowski and Ben DeMeerleer received in 5:03 and 4:01. Full outcomes.
Mad Meadows 50 Mile – Leavenworth, Washington
Christine Mosley and Ryan Leaming led the race in 11:05 and 9:43. Full outcomes.
Center Fork Path Run 50k – North Bend, Washington
Race winners Carlie Stowe and Charlie Lahud-Zahner took it in 5:00 and 4:06. Full outcomes.
Carlie Stowe, the 2025 Center Fork 50k girls’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Charlie Lahud-Zahner, the 2025 Center Fork 50k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Angel’s Relaxation 50k – Cascade Locks, Oregon
The second-year race had a small group of 50k runners with Amy Robichaux and Grant Farrell profitable in 5:44 and 5:00, respectively. Full outcomes.
Le Grizz 50 Mile – Polebridge, Montana
Rosie Rigas and Oliver Bieser received in 8:08 and 6:05. Full outcomes.
Moab 240 Mile – Moab, Utah
They’re nonetheless going, however on the time of this text’s writing on Sunday night time, Manuela Vilaseca (Brazil) and Rebecca Rick are dueling on the entrance of the ladies’s race, and 200-mile professional Kilian Korth is closing in on one other win within the males’s race. Monitoring.
Rebecca Rick main the 2025 Moab 240 Mile. Two days in, she’s battling with Manuela Vilaseca (Brazi) for the lead. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Kilian North, who leads the lads’s 2025 Moab 240 Mile two days in. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Sage Burner 50k – Gunnison, Colorado
A small 50k area had race locals Hailey Loeffler and Ty Reed on the entrance in 5:26 and 4:58. Full outcomes.
Chicago Marathon – Chicago, Illinois
It slim pickin’s for ultrarunner leads to right here, however 50k world-record holder CJ Albertson was nineteenth in 2:10:38. Full outcomes.
Wolverine State 100 Mile – Petoskey, Michigan
Laura Pahren, Cody Powers, and Eleanor Kallo took house the wins within the girls’s, males’s, and non-binary classes in 21:51, 16:50, and 31:31, respectively. Full outcomes.
Laura Pahren, the 2025 Wolverine State 100 Mile girls’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Cody Powers, the 2025 Wolverine State 100 Mile males’s winner. Photograph: Adam Hughes
Virginia Path Working Competition – Fries, Virginia
The primary-year flat and quick 100 miler had Erica Reinsel and Brian Zickefoose run 17:13 and 13:50 on the very high. Full outcomes.
CanLake 50 Ultras – Canandaigua, New York
The 50-mile winners Liz Chafik and Hunter Tedder received in 8:28 and 6:22, and Alex Steigelfest and Doug Wingate have been finest within the 50k in 4:54 and three:39. Full outcomes.
Name for Feedback
- What do you make of the GTWS finale?
- Is it alright to lament that Elazzaoui wasn’t on the World Mountain and Path Working Championships, too, or that Nina Engelhard (Germany) wasn’t on the GTWS finale?
- What else caught your eye this week in operating?
