For the previous 11 years, I’ve posted some year-end ultrarunning awards. I wish to introduce the twelfth annual AJW’s Taproom Yr in Ultrarunning Awards for 2023. You possibly can try my awards from the tip of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. I did one thing just a little completely different in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
These will not be scientific in any method, and the scoring system is made up completely by me, however I borrowed among the standards from the “Ultrarunning Journal” awards, which state: “It is a North American award. To be eligible for consideration, an athlete have to be a full-time North American resident (no matter their citizenship), or be a U.S., Canadian or Mexican citizen (no matter the place they reside.)”
My rankings on no account symbolize an exhaustive examine, nor do they fake to be totally consultant of all that occurred in 2023 — so take them or depart them. Right here goes!
Girls’s Ultrarunner of the Yr
- Courtney Dauwalter
- Katie Schide (U.S., lives in France)
- Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, lives within the U.S.)
- Tara Dower
Courtney Dauwalter climbs amongst the 2023 Hardrock 100 wildflowers. Photograph: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Males’s Ultrarunner of the Yr
- Jim Walmsley (U.S., lives half time in France)
- Zach Miller
- Tyler Inexperienced
- Mathieu Blanchard (Canada, lives in France)
Girls’s Efficiency of the Yr
- Courtney Dauwalter’s course file on the Western States 100 (interview)
- Katie Schide’s second place and below the prior course file on the Western States 100 (interview)
- Camille Herron’s course file on the Spartathlon
Males’s Efficiency of the Yr
- Charlie Lawrence’s 50-mile world file on the Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (interview)
- Jim Walmsley’s course file at UTMB (interview)
- Jonathan Rea’s course file on the Javelina 100 Mile
On his fifth try, Jim Walmsley put collectively all of the items of UTMB for a win and new course file. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Girls’s Rookie of the Yr
[Author’s Note: For the purposes of my Rookie of the Year award, I consider a runner to be a rookie if 2023 was their first season racing at a highly competitive level. In most cases, the candidates considered for this award have completed a few races in prior years, but 2023 marked the first time they made an impact on the national or international scene beyond a race or two. For me, my “rookie” litmus-test example is Anton Krupicka in 2006, when he came out of nowhere and won the Leadville 100 Mile.]
Males’s Rookie of the Yr
Girls’s Shock of the Yr
- The margin by which Courtney Dauwalter set a course file on the Western States 100
Males’s Shock of the Yr
- Charlie Lawrence’s 50-mile world file on the Tunnel Hill 50 Mile
A fast second of assist for Charlie Lawrence en path to a brand new 50-mile world file on the 2023 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile. Photograph: Zack Lever/@TrailLive
Girls’s FKT of the Yr
- Nina Bridges’s girls’s supported FKT on the Colorado Path within the east to west course, utilizing the Collegiate East variant
Males’s FKT of the Yr
Finest Path Working Movie of the Yr
Most Inspirational Particular person of the Yr
Bottoms up!
AJW’s Beer of the Week
This week’s Beer of the Week comes from Stone Brewing in San Diego, California. Their Stone Smoked Porter is a deep, darkish, smoky porter with a creamy head and a scrumptious end. With a touch of the everyday chocolate and low flavors of most porters, Stone Smoked is exclusive and acquainted .
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