September 18, 2023 – iRunFar

Ah geez, buddies, there’s rather a lot right here. We’ve bought the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon, the Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile, The Rut 28k and 50k, the NACAC Mountain and Path Working Championships, the Skyrunner World Sequence, and a bunch extra. Get comfortable!

Pikes Peak Ascent – Manitou Springs, Colorado

iRunFar earlier shared outcomes from the 13.3-mile Pikes Peak Ascent, and in better element. The race climbed 7,800 ft to complete on the 14,115-foot summit.

Sophia Laukli received her third Golden Path World Sequence race of the yr. She topped out in 2:35:54, separating from Judith Wyder (Switzerland) solely within the final two miles. Wyder was second in 2:39:35, and path upstart Anna Gibson impressed with a third-place 2:43:59.

Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) repeated as males’s winner, however did it seven minutes quicker than a yr in the past and have become the quickest individual ever up Pikes Peak. Bonnet’s 2:00:20 end beat Matt Carpenter’s longstanding 2:01:06 document. Carpenter ran his time in 1993 as a part of the Pikes Peak Marathon, then setting what’s been extensively thought to be an nearly unbeatable mountain operating document — till now. As with ladies’s winner Laukli, Bonnet too earned a $3,000 first-place prize.

Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) was second in 2:04:09, and that’s the third-best time ever up the mountain. Eli Hemming was third to the highest, first American, in 2:07:40.

Full outcomes.

Pikes Peak Marathon – Manitou Springs, Colorado

Sunday’s Marathon was a roundtrip from city to the 14,115-foot summit after which again down, and it was a full 26.2 miles. Race winners every collected a $2,000 first-place prize.

Girls

Kristina Mascarenas hit the highest in 2:56, seven minutes higher than everybody else, and the professional downhiller wouldn’t be caught from there. Mascarenas didn’t let up and got here down in 1:34, the race’s sixth-fastest descent. She received in 4:31, putting eighth total, and cartwheeled throughout the end. Mascarenas received right here in 2022 and 2017 too.

Second- and third-place Sarah Guhl and Gabriella Brinkley completed in 4:51 and 5:05, respectively.

Males

The boys’s marathon was a showdown between the final two race winners. Jonathan Aziz received in 2022, and Seth DeMoor received in 2021 and 2020. DeMoor’s successful instances had been 4 minutes quicker than Aziz’s, however DeMoor got here into this yr’s race having simply completed fourth in 2:09 within the day prior’s Ascent.

Aziz led to the highest in 2:19, and DeMoor was sizzling on his heels solely 21 seconds again. DeMoor’s finest descent from 2020 was over seven minutes again of Aziz’s 2022 downhill although, and that was the inform for the 2023 race.

Aziz outpaced his chaser on the way in which down and received this yr’s race in 3:43, three minutes slower than in 2022.

DeMoor was second in 3:51, and naturally was the weekend’s quickest doubler.

Mark Schenberger was third throughout the end in 4:08.

Full outcomes.

Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile – Steamboat Springs, Colorado

It’s the richest race in path operating with an nearly stunning quantity of prize cash. This yr there was once more a $75,000 prize purse that despatched a whopping $15,000 to every of the 100-mile winners. However nonetheless, the race doesn’t draw a deep aggressive discipline to match that enormous money haul.

Girls

Kristi Knecht had a 13-minute lead at midway, however Tara Dower jumped in entrance simply 10 miles later. At mile 70, Dower’s lead was lower than two minutes, and solely after that did she begin to acquire separation. Dower completed first in 20:32 and Knecht was second in 20:53. Dower was second a yr in the past in 23:08, whereas this was Knecht’s first-ever 100 miler.

Karen Holland was third in 22:14, and earned $5,000.

Males

The 2021 race winner Dave Stevens (Canada) was once more victorious.

Stevens fought off a problem from Jimmy Elam to win this yr’s race in 17:22. He received in 2021 in 18:01. Elam was with Stevens by midway, and solely gave up just a little time within the second half towards a 17:45 runner-up end.

The 2022 second-placer Arlen Glick capped off a three-100-mile summer season with a third-place 18:43. Glick earlier ran the Western States 100 and the Hardrock 100. His end was 21 minutes higher than a yr in the past.

Full outcomes.

The Rut Mountain Runs – Huge Sky, Montana

Tram building stored runners off the standard Lone Peak excessive level and runners as a substitute topped out on the ridge near the summit.

Vertical Okay

The 5k race went up 3,623 ft. The winners pocketed $1,000.

Brian Eimstad led the lads up in 37:04, and Michelino Sunseri and Griffin Briley adopted subsequent in 37:50 and 38:20.

The highest three ladies had been much more intently bunched. Danielle Marquette edged out Leah Lange and Katie Follett. Marquette was first in 45:50, Lange was second in 46:07, and Follett took third in 46:39. Earlier than this transfer to the paths, in July, Follett raced within the 1,500-meter race on the USA Outside Observe and Area Championships.

28k

The 17.6-mile run gained 7,800 ft of elevation. Race winners earned $3,000.

Bailey Kowalczyk led the ladies from the beginning and completed in 3:19. She received in 2022 too. Kelly Wolf and Brittany Charboneau bought on the rostrum with 3:37 and three:44 marks.

Males’s winner Johnny Luna-Lima pulled away late towards a 3:01 end. Logan Greydanus and Davin Grapentine ran 3:08 and three:11, respectively, for second and third.

50k

The lengthy course had 10,500 ft of elevation acquire. First-place finishers collected $3,000 right here too.

Jennifer Lichter repeated as ladies’s winner, taking the crown in 5:34. Kristina Trygstad-Saari and Klaire Rhodes had been second and third in 5:45 and 5:50.

Vertical Okay runner-up Michelino Sunseri got here again and received the lads’s 50k in 4:59. Tyler Fox edged Tyler Courville for second, 5:25 to five:28.

Full outcomes.

World Masters Mountain Working Championships – Madeira, Portugal

Uphill

Runners age 35 and up competed on the 9.2k uphill-only course, going up 800 meters. That’s 5.7 miles and a couple of,625 ft.

Charlotte Cotton (Belgium) was the primary lady up. Her 52:41 end was over a minute quicker than anybody else. Males’s winner Eric Blake (U.S.) climbed up in 43:11, and that was 52 seconds higher than anybody else.

Lengthy Distance

The occasion’s second race went for 32k (20 miles) and with 1,151 meters (3,776 ft) of elevation acquire. It climbed by the primary half, and the second half went downhill.

Simone Raatz (Germany) led all the ladies’s race and received in 2:45. She was three minutes in entrance of everybody else.

The boys’s race wasn’t in any respect shut. Shaban Mustafa (Bulgaria) completed in 2:11, over seven minutes higher than his closest competitors.

Full outcomes.

Grigne Skymarathon – Pasturo, Italy

The Skyrunner World Sequence race was pushed again from Saturday to Sunday due to unhealthy climate. The 42k race went throughout two peaks of the Grigne Massif with ridge crossings, chains, mounted rope sections, and components that required a helmet.

Hillary Gerardi (U.S., lives in France) repeated as ladies’s winner, main all through towards a 6:12 end. Ainara Urrutia (Spain) and Kalie McCrystal (Canada) had been second and third in 6:36 and 6:37, respectively.

The boys’s race noticed a number of lead modifications and Louison Coiffet (France) upset Manuel Merillas (Spain) for the win. Coiffet was over a minute in entrance in 4:54 to Merillas’s 4:55 end. Cristian Minoggio (Italy) was third in 5:00.

Full outcomes.

Wildstrubel by UTMB – Valais, Switzerland

The 70k (43 miles) went for 4,600 meters (15,091 ft) of elevation acquire, and race winners Anne-Lise Rousset Seguret (France) and Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz (France) completed in 8:32 and seven:36. Dunand-Pallaz, who received this yr’s Hardrock 100, was solely a minute in entrance of second-place Ramon Manetsch (Switzerland).

Sara Escobar-Carron (Switzerland) and Andy Symonds (U.Okay.) had been quickest within the lengthy 113k race at 15:33 and 12:51.

Daniela Oemus (Germany) was simply fifth at OCC, and she or he was again to racing right here within the 50k. She received in 6:05, and males’s chief Benedikt Hoffman (Germany) received in 4:58.

Full outcomes.

Further Races and Runs

Le Grand Path Serre-Ponçon – Embrun, France

Camille Bruyas (France) bought again to racing and received the 49k in 5:57. Males’s winner Sacha Duinat (France) completed in 5:31. Full outcomes.

Tor des Géants – Courmayeur, Italy

The large journey stretched 330 kilometers (205 miles). Emma Stuart (U.Okay.) and Franco Collé (Italy) received in 82:21 and 66:39. It was Collé’s fourth win right here and he broke his personal course document from 2021. Within the accompanying 130k race (80 miles), Enrica Dematteis (Italy) and Dani Jung (Italy) had been tops in 27:56 and 21:11. Jung’s mark too was a brand new course document. Full outcomes.

North America Central America Caribbean Mountain and Path Working Championships – Saskatchewan, Canada

The primary-ever mixed North America Central America Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain and Path Working Championships had an up-and-down 10k race and a 50k race. Gabrielle Orie and Liam Meirow received the 10k in 46:58 and 40:18, and Sarah Biehl and Chris Balestrini received the 50k in 5:10 and 4:11. Full outcomes.

Mountain Lakes 100 Mile – Ollalie Lake, Oregon

Race winners Christine Mosley and Colin Macfarlane completed in 20:30 and 18:49. Full outcomes.

Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach – Flagstaff, Arizona

The 100-mile champs Stephanie Leake and Vasileios Paschalidis ran to the road in 24:07 and 20:35. Full outcomes.

Barkley Fall Basic 50k – Wartburg, Tennessee

Impediment-course professional Christiana Rugloski and Maxime Gauduin (France) received their manner into the Barkley Marathons with 9:44 and 9:13 successful instances at this occasion. Full outcomes.

Georgia Jewel 100 Mile – Dalton, Georgia

Laura Dukes and Alex Dedels stored the victories in state. The 2 winners completed in 25:54 and 19:30. Full outcomes.

Ouray 50 Mile – Ouray, Colorado

With greater than 23,000 ft of elevation acquire by the steep San Juan Mountains, the occasion caters to those that can transfer effectively in that terrain. This yr’s occasion, the primary time the 50 miler was separated from the 100-mile occasion run in mid-July, served up an ideal fall day. Anita Ortiz received the ladies’s race forward of former course document holder Melissa Beaury, with a time of 17:21:58. Erik Sorenson took down the earlier males’s course document by 80 minutes with a time of 12:32:04. Full outcomes (when accessible.)

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