Wow, that was an enormous weekend of racing! There was lots taking place, with many runners utilizing the multitude of occasions as preparation races for UTMB. We’re touring to Colorado and Oregon within the U.S., Austria, Romania, Sweden, and a whole lot of different locations to examine in on this week in racing. Let’s go!
Excessive Lonesome 100 Mile — Nathrop, Colorado
Males
John Herrick handed Gabe Joyes with about 25 miles to go and carried on to win in 21:23. Joyes was second in 22:29. The instances rank second and fourth finest within the race’s 4 years. Paul Terranova ran 23:39 for third.
John Herrick, the lads’s winner of the 2021 Excessive Lonesome 100 Mile. Picture: Rick Mayo/Mile 90 Pictures
Girls
Salynda Heinl ran 25:06 to win the ladies’s race, main your entire approach. She set a brand new course document, 22 minutes higher than the earlier finest. Heinl is registered for September’s Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile, a race the place she positioned fifth in 2019.
Kaci Lickteig and 2019 winner Silke Koester had been second and third in 26:40 and 26:41, simply over a minute aside. Koester was comfortably in second for a lot of the race, however Lickteig made up a 24-minute hole within the final eight miles to maneuver in entrance. In keeping with Koester’s social media, their race got here right down to the ultimate 200 meters.
Salynda Heinl, the ladies’s champion, working the 2021 Excessive Lonesome 100 Mile. Picture: Rick Mayo/Mile 90 Pictures
Kaci Lickteig on the 2021 Excessive Lonesome 100 Mile. Lickteig completed second girl. Picture: Kristi Mayo/Mile 90 Pictures
Fletta Path – Malonno, Italy
This yr marked the 58th Fletta Path race, and the weekend opened with the PizTri Vertical, which served because the Italian Vertical Ok championship.
Males
Within the PizTri 3.5k uphill race, Henri Aymonod (Italy) received for the third consecutive yr. He completed in 34:27, solely six seconds forward of Tiziano Moia (Italy).
A day later within the 21k race, 2016 race winner Petro Mamu (Eritrea) sprinted for the win forward of Geoffrey Ndungu (Kenya). The 2 completed two seconds aside in 1:26. Timothi Kirui (Kenya) was third in 1:27, simply lower than a minute again of the race winner. Aymonod, the Vertical Ok winner, was sixth in 1:30.
In 2017, Mamu failed two doping checks, after each the World Mountain Operating Championships and the World Lengthy Distance Mountain Operating Championships. He was given a nine-month ban beginning in September of 2017 by the IAAF for testing optimistic for fenoterol.
Girls
Within the uphill PizTri, 3.5km in size with 1,000 meters of vertical acquire, Andrea Mayr (Austria) needed to chase Joyce Njeru (Kenya) early, however by the point they topped out, it wasn’t shut. Mayr completed in 38:54 to Njeru’s 41:16. Erica Ghelfi was the primary Italian, ending fourth in 41:54.
Njeru upstaged Mayr within the longer race, working 1:38 for the 21k to Mayr’s 1:40. Mayr pushed arduous on the entire uphills and led till 18k, when Njeru descended faster. Francesca Ghelfi (Italy) was third in 1:42.
Every week away from the aggressive Sierre-Zinal race, previous winner Lucy Wambui Murigi (Kenya) was simply seventh right here.
Grossglockner Extremely Path – Weißsee Gletscherwelt, Austria
Grossglockner is often a 110k journey across the prime of Austria, however anticipated thunderstorms all through the day pushed the lengthy course course right down to 80k.
Males
Daniel Jung (Italy) was approach out in entrance, successful the 80k in 8:52. He’s registered for TDS in only a few weeks. Gerald Fister and Christian Stern ran 9:10 and 9:29 for second and third, respectively.
Within the 57k race, Andreas Reiterer (Italy) received away from Hannes Namberger (Germany) and Jacob Herrmann (Austria) for a fast win in 5:22. His chasers adopted in 5:40 and 5:54.
Girls
Esther Felhofer gapped the sphere within the 80k, successful in 11:13. Tatiana Mikitina and Ildiko Wermescher (Hungary) had been second and third in 11:31 and 12:03.
The ladies’s 57k was notably shut. Emmiliese Von Clemm (USA) edged Julia Kessler (Italy) and Rosanna Buchauer (Germany). The trio completed in 6:55, 6:58, and 6:58 with solely six seconds between second and third.
Extra Races
Elkhorn Crest 50 Mile – Sumpter, Oregon
Ryan Kaiser set a brand new course document at Alpine Operating’s fifth Elkhorn Crest 50 Mile. Kaiser completed in 8:53, and he’s received September’s Wasatch Entrance 100 Mile up subsequent. Girls’s winner Allison Macsas was fifth total in 11:03. Each Matt Palilla and Megan Myers set new course data for the 50k race. The 2 winners completed in 4:29 and 5:32. The race director referred to as it a wild weekend of warmth and thunderstorms that led to a whole lot of drops.
A runner making their approach up a hill in the course of the Elkhorn Crest 50 Mile. Picture: James Holk
Runners climbing by means of the forest in the course of the Elkhorn Crest 50 Mile. Picture: James Holk
Fjällmaraton – Vålådalen, Sweden
Fjällmaraton interprets to “mountain marathon,” however the occasion actually has 9 races over eight days and the marathon-distance race isn’t till subsequent weekend. A 27k with 1,050 meters of elevation acquire highlighted the opening weekend, and Kilian Jornet (Spain, dwelling in Norway) received in 1:52. He was over three minutes forward of the second-place finisher. Ida Nilsson (Sweden) received the ladies’s race in 2:11. She has received the marathon-distance race right here thrice. Full outcomes.
Bucovina Extremely Rocks – Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
The Bucovina Extremely Rocks guarantees a tour of a distant a part of Romania throughout a number of race distances. Romanian runners took many of the prime ending locations. Within the 180k (112 miles), Bálint Bartha and Rodica Bogdan received the lads’s and girls’s races in 29:39 and 41:49. Within the 110k (63 miles) Ioan Contiu and Martina Dvořáková (Czech Republic) received in 17:10 and 20:39, and within the 88k, Robert Hajnal prepped for UTMB with a dominant 10:56 win, whereas Cristina Santurino topped the ladies’s race in 13:42. Full outcomes.
Trails des Lacs d’Orcières – Orcières, France
Many races proper now are simply prep for UTMB, CCC, and OCC, together with this one. That’s true for Nicolas Martin (France). Forward of racing this yr’s OCC, he received the 24k right here in 2:12. Corinne Favre (France) received the ladies’s group in 3:14. Full outcomes.
Cursa per Muntanya de Vistabella – Vistabella del Maestrazgo, Spain
Inside Penyagalosa Pure Park, Luis Alberto Hernando (Spain) snuck previous Adil Moussaoui to win a short-course race that was each a membership championship and a part of the Skyrunner Spain-Andorra sequence. Hernando ran 2:14, simply over a minute higher than his chaser. María Fuentes received the ladies’s race in 2:50. Full outcomes.
Canadian Loss of life Race 125k – Grande Cache, Alberta
Alex Petrosky (Canada) raced by means of the Canadian Rockies in 13:28, successful the Canadian Loss of life Race for the second time. Priscilla Forgie (Canada) received the ladies’s race in 14:22. Full outcomes.
Resurrection Cross 100 Mile – Cooper Touchdown, Alaska
Lara Zoeller was first girl on the Resurrection Cross 100 Mile in Alaska. She completed in 23:49. Males’s finest Tony Covarrubias completed in 25:53. Full outcomes (when obtainable).
Tiger Peak 50k – Issaquah, Washington
Washington’s Tiger Peak 50k topped Keith Laverty and Audrey Lawrence as winners in 5:05 and 6:02. Full outcomes.
Tushars Mountain Runs – Eagle Level Ski Resort, Utah
Aravaipa Operating’s Tushars Mountain Run 100k is excessive altitude, nearly all of it above 9,500 toes. Within the 100k, Shawn Smith and Laura Stamp received in 12:36 and 15:55. Eli White and Leah Yingling led the 70k in 8:46 and 10:07. White’s time was a brand new course document. Full outcomes.
Ouray Endurance Runs – Ouray, Colorado
The Ouray 100 Mile (really, 102.1 miles) has an unbelievable, possibly ridiculous, 42,000 toes of elevation acquire. The 50-mile race (additionally a bit lengthy at 51.9 miles) has 23,600 toes of elevation acquire too, geez! Anthony Lee and Alyssa Clark received the 100-mile journey in 31:52 and 37:21, respectively. The race paid $1,000 to the highest man and $1,250 to the highest girl. For the 50-mile distance, Graham Shalvoy received for the lads in 14:28, and Monique Van Den Boogart for the ladies in 16:48. Full outcomes (when obtainable).
Anthony Lee, winner of the 2021 Ouray 100 Mile, stands together with his household. Picture: Chris Marcinek
Alyssa Clark, girls’s winner of the 2021 Ouray 100 Mile, lays down after her race. Picture: Chris Marcinek
Pikes Peak Extremely 50 Mile – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mad Moose Occasions’s Pikes Peak Extremely noticed Mark Marzen and Meghan Heneghan win the 50-mile race in 9:05 and 10:11. Full outcomes.
By no means Summer time 100k – Gould, Colorado
It’s been raining in Colorado, a lot in order that the native search-and-rescue group was on excessive alert for flash flooding. That meant runners traversed an alternate course and among the race’s iconic, huge climbs had been reduce. The lads’s race was shut. Kyle Leto did simply sufficient to carry off a hard-charging Jack Daly. The pair ran 11:19 and 11:23. Addie Bracy was first girl in 11:53. Stephen Pretak and Rea Kolbl had been finest within the 60k at 6:15 and seven:21. Full outcomes.
Energy of 4 50k – Aspen, Colorado
Jonathan Aziz, a 2:16 marathoner, received the Energy of 4 50k in 5:21. The race good points 9,000 toes of elevation whereas going over the peaks for 4 ski areas. Race locals and coaching companions Kristin Layne and Tara Richardson dueled within the girls’s race, ending in 6:02 and 6:06. Timmy Parr and Lauren Warkentin received the 25k in 1:49 and a pair of:23. Full outcomes.
Berry Picker Path Run – Vail, Colorado
Eli Hemming and Janelle Lincks received the most recent from the Vail Path Operating Collection, ending the 4.6-mile uphill race in 40:44 and 46:02. Full outcomes.
Badger Path Races – Belleville, Wisconsin
The Ten Junk Miles Badger Path Races held six distances on the Badger State Path between Wisconsin and Illinois. Martin Erl went quick for the 100-mile win in 14:05, and Kim Bueno took dwelling the win within the girls’s race at 23:44. Alexander Van Bormann and Colleen Jay received the 100k in 9:27 and 9:54, and within the 50-mile race, Kaitlyn McDaniel was the ladies’s winner in 6:57. Patrick Klein received the lads’s 50-mile race in 7:12. Full outcomes.
The Stevest 42 Mile – Harmony, North Carolina
Drew Coombes and Ashley Marques received The Stevest 42-mile race in 7:33 and eight:17. Marques is a two-time winner. Full outcomes (when obtainable).
Race Cancelations, Adjustments
Extremely-Path World Tour
It might have been a part of the Extremely-Path World Tour, however the Whaler’s Nice Route Extremely-Path occasion within the Azores, Portugal was canceled.
Golden Path World Collection
Journey restrictions led the Golden Path World Collection to exchange Scotland’s Ring of Steall race with France’s Skyrhune race this September. Equally, the ultimate race of the sequence was to be in Argentina, however now will likely be a specifically organized race within the Canary Islands of Spain in October.
Name for Feedback
- I’ve been watching the Olympics lots, even the opening dash rounds. I’m struggling to get my thoughts round international journey for a single race. For a 100m, 800m, or within the case of the Angolan males’s 100m runner, disqualification and not using a single step raced. However the geographic range is so enjoyable. Who knew about Nauru, the least visited nation on the planet?
- My canines and I took the east ridge up 13er Rosalie Peak yesterday, a new-to-us summit. What good things are you able to share out of your weekend within the feedback under?
