Wow, that was loads! There was in fact the World Mountain and Path Operating Championships in Austria, after which the largest extremely on this planet — the Comrades Marathon — and the prize-money heavy GoPro Video games in Colorado, all amongst different summer time enjoyable this weekend.
Take a breath after which let’s dive in!
Comrades Marathon – Durban, South Africa
Nicknamed the Human Race, it was extremely the occasion’s 96th 12 months (however that doesn’t even make it the oldest race on this week’s column!) The course path alternates every year and this 12 months’s run went 89 kilometers (55 miles) downhill from Pietermarizburg to Durban, South Africa. It’s each the largest ultramarathon and the richest ultramarathon on this planet. There was a discipline of 17,000 runners and a prize purse totaling 4.31 million South African rand, or roughly $230,000.
South Africans Gerda Steyn and Tete Dijana each broke course data, and pulled course-record bonus cash and first South African cash into their prize purse. Every winner earned 1.2 million South African rand, and that’s about $64,214.
The ladies’s race wasn’t shut with Steyn method out entrance, however Dijana was barely forward on the finish of the boys’s race.
The race doesn’t seize a 50-mile break up, however Steyn was method underneath the world’s greatest 50-mile time, and Dijana only a bit quicker too.
Ladies
Steyn shattered a course file that dated again to 1989 by nearly 10 minutes. She completed in 5:44. Steyn gained the race in 2019 too, and is a three-time winner of South Africa’s Two Oceans Marathon.
The total prime 10 included:
1 – Gerda Steyn (South Africa) – 5:44
2 – Adele Broodryk (South Africa) – 5:56
3 – Carla Molinaro (U.Okay., lives in South Africa) – 6:00
4 – Dominika Stelmach (Poland) – 6:06
5 – Caitriona Jennings (Eire) – 6:10
6 – Alexandra Morozova (Russia) – 6:14
7 – Petra Pastorova (Czech Republic) – 6:22
8 – Noora Honkala (Finland) – 6:25
9 – Camille Chaigneau (France) – 6:25
10 – Jenet Mbhele (South Africa) – 6:27
Males
Males’s winner Dijana repeated as victor, including to his 2022 uphill crown, and his 5:13 end was 4 minutes higher than the file that had stood since 2019. Dijana broke free from the pack with 15k to go, and barely held off a fast-closing Piet Wiersma from The Netherlands. Wiersma was third on the final IAU 100k World Championships.
Nearly all the prime 10 was from South Africa.
1 – Tete Dijana (South Africa) – 5:13
2 – Piet Wiersma (Netherlands) – 5:14
3 – Edward Mothibi (South Africa) – 5:17
4 – Gordon Lesetedi (South Africa) – 5:20
5 – Rufus Photograph (South Africa) – 5:21
6 – Johannes Makgetla (South Africa) – 5:23
7 – Teboho Sello (South Africa) – 5:24
8 – Aleksei Beresnev (Russia) – 5:24
9 – Present Kelehe (South Africa) – 5:27
10 – Joseph Manyedi (South Africa) – 5:29
World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill Race – Innsbruck, Austria
The second-ever mixed World Mountain and Path Operating Championships ran over 4 days from Wednesday, June 7, to Saturday, June 10, and we beloved following alongside!
iRunFar earlier coated every race (uphill, 40k path, 80k path, up and down) in higher depth, and so we’re going to shortly spotlight the highest finishers, the highest groups, and the American runners right here. It’s a whole lot of information unexpectedly, so let’s break it up.
First, the uphill race, which was run on Wednesday, June 7. It climbed 1,020 meters over 7.1k. That’s 3.346 toes over 4.4 miles.
Ladies’s Outcomes
Andrea Mayr (Austria) fought off a late problem from Philaries Kisang (Kenya) to win in entrance of her house nation. It was Mayr’s seventh world championships title.
1 – Andrea Mayr (Austria) – 48:14
2 – Philaries Kisang (Kenya) – 48:51
3 – Grayson Murphy (U.S.) – 49:22
The 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race girls’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Philaries Kisang, 1. Andrea Mayr, and three. Grayson Murphy. Photograph: Marco Gulberti
Ladies U.S.
3 – Grayson Murphy – 49:22
13 – Allie McLaughlin – 52:27
38 – Rachel Tomajczyk – 55:47
94 – Alex Lawson – 71:58
Philaries Kisang (left) and Grayson Murphy (center) run shut collectively within the early kilometers of the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race. Kisang would end second, and Murphy third. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Ladies’s Groups
1 – Kenya – Philaries Kisang, Valentine Rutto, Joyce Muthoni Njeru
2 – Germany – Laura Hottenrott, Domenika Mayer, Hanna Gröber
3 – United Kingdom – Scout Adkin, Sara Willhoit, Phillipa Williams
Males’s Outcomes
Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) dominated with a 93-second win over second-place Levi Kiprotich (Uganda). For Kipngeno, it was his second win alongside victory final 12 months in Thailand.
1 – Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 40:18
2 – Levi Kiprotich (Uganda) – 41:51
3 – Josphat Kiprotich (Kenya) – 42:04
The 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race males’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Levi Kiprotich, 1. Patrick Kipngeno, and three. Josphat Kiprotich. Photograph: Marco Gulberti
Males U.S.
5 – Joseph Grey – 42:32
41 – Dan Curts – 47:06
52 – Liam Meirow – 48:03
72 – Morgan Elliott – 49:48
Joseph Grey, first U.S. male within the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race. Photograph: iRunFar/Sarah Brady
Males’s Groups
1 – Kenya – Patrick Kipngeno, Josphat Kiprotich, Philemon Kiriago
2 – Uganda – Levi Kiprotich, Eliud Cherop, Dismas Yeko
3 – Switzerland – Roberto Delorenzi, Dominik Rolli, Jonas Soldini
Path World Championships 40k – Innsbruck, Austria
Run on Thursday, June 8, the Path World Championships 40k race really coated 45k — simply longer than the marathon distance — however with 3,132 meters (10,275 toes) of elevation achieve on a web uphill course via the mountains.
Ladies
Clémentine Geoffray (France) ran down longtime chief Judith Wyder (Switzerland) close to the course excessive level, after which parachuted — figuratively, in fact — down the lengthy descent to win the race two minutes in entrance of Wyder.
Clémentine Geoffray, of France, 2023 Path World Championships 40k winner. Photograph: Roast Media/World Mountain and Path Operating Championships
1 – Clémentine Geoffray (France) – 4:53
2 – Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 4:55
3 – Theresa Leboeuf (Switzerland) – 5:09
Ladies U.S.
4 – Jennifer Lichter – 5:11
9 – EmKay Sullivan – 5:19
16 – Kimber Mattox – 5:22
21 – Klaire Rhodes – 5:29
DNF – Brittany Charboneau
DNF – Bailey Kowalczyk
Ladies’s Groups
1 – France – Clémentine Geoffray, Louise Serban-Penhoat, Lucille Germain
2 – Switzerland – Judith Wyder, Theresa Leboeuf, Nina Zoller
3 – United States – Jennifer Lichter, Emkay Sullivan, Kimber Mattox
The 2023 Path World Championships 40k girls’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Judith Wyder, 1. Clémentine Geoffray, and three. Theres Leboeuf. Photograph: Roast Media/World Mountain and Path Operating Championships
Males
Stian Angermund (Norway) repeated as males’s winner, matching his victory from a 12 months in the past in Thailand. He was alone on the entrance for many of the race, however not by an excessive amount of. Angermund completed in 4:19, and runner-up Thomas Roach (U.Okay.) was two minutes again at 4:21.
Stian Angermund, of Norway, on his approach to profitable the 2023 Path World Championships 40k. Photograph: Roast Media/World Mountain and Path Operating Championships
[Editor’s Note: Thomas Roach served a three-month World Athletics doping ban from October 2021 to January 2022 after testing positive for Carboxy-THC at the 2021 World Masters Mountain Running Championships, also held in Stubai, Austria.]
1 – Stian Angermund (Norway) – 4:19
2 – Thomas Roach (U.Okay.) – 4:21
3 – Luca del Pero (Italy) – 4:22
Males U.S.
14 – Garrett Corcoran – 4:35
19 – Max King – 4:41
30 – Jackson Brill – 4:46
37 – Craig Hunt – 4:53
58 – Jon Aziz – 5:05
Males’s Groups
1 – United Kingdom – Thomas Roach, Jon Albon, Kristian Jones
2 – Italy – Luca Del Pero, Francesco Puppi, Cristian Minoggio
3 – France – Thibaut Baronian, Frédéric Tranchard, Thomas Cardin
Path World Championships 80k – Innsbruck, Austria
The lengthy day despatched runners from the Stubai Valley to Innsbruck, and on a wildly difficult course that truly pushed 87k with 6,500 meters of elevation achieve. That’s 54 miles and 21,325 toes. France gained each particular person titles, and each crew titles too.
Marion Delespierre, 2023 Path World Championships 80k winner. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Ladies
1 – Marion Delespierre (France) – 11:22
2 – Katharina Hartmuth (Germany) – 11:29
3 – Manon Bohard (France) – 11:34
Ladies U.S.
6 – Allison Baca – 11:56
7 – Emily Schmitz – 11:58
24 – Sarah Keyes – 12:51
33 – Shea Aquilano – 13:09
65 – Clare Gallagher – 14:46
DNF – Hannah Allgood
Ladies’s Groups
1 – France – Marion Delespierre, Manon Bohard, Audrey Tanguy
2 – Germany – Katharina Hartmuth, Rosanna Buchauer, Ida-Sophie Hegemann
3 – Italy – Martina Valmassoi, Guiditta Turini, Martina Cugnetto
Manon Bohard Cailler of France climbs out of the Axamer Lizum ski space at 41 kilometers into the 2023 Path World Championships 80k. She would finally take third. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Males
1 – Benjamin Roubiol (France) – 9:52
2 – Andreas Reiterer (Italy) – 10:00
3 – Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) – 10:02
Benjamin Roubiol, 2023 Path World Championships 80k winner. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Males U.S.
5 – Drew Holmen – 10:15
6 – Zach Miller – 10:15
7 – Eric LiPuma – 10:16
89 – Caleb Olson – 12:58
DNF – Preston Cates
Males’s Groups
1 – France – Benjamin Roubiol, Thibaut Garrivier, Baptiste Chassagne
2 – United States – Drew Holmen, Zach Miller, Eric LiPuma
3 – Italy – Andreas Reiterer, Davide Cheraz, Philipp Ausserhofer
World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down Race – Innsbruck, Austria
The up and down race ran over two laps, out and in of city, for a 15k whole that gained 751 meters of elevation. That interprets to 9.3 miles and a pair of,463 toes.
The beginning of the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down girls’s race. Photograph: iRunFar/Sarah Brady
Ladies
Grayson Murphy (U.S.) doubled again from the Uphill race three days earlier and broke free from a problem by Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) within the second lap for an enormous win. Murphy was the one runner to win two particular person medals throughout the occasion’s 4 days.
1 – Grayson Murphy (U.S.) – 64:29
2 – Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) – 65:26
3 – Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 66:40
Ladies U.S.
1 – Grayson Murphy – 64:29
25 – Allie McLaughlin – 72:36
35 – Rachel Tomajczyk – 73:58
Grayson Murphy, 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down race winner. Photograph: iRunFar/Sarah Brady
Ladies’s Groups
1 – Kenya – Joyce Muthoni Njeru, Valentine Rutto, Philaries Kisang
2 – United Kingdom – Alice Goodall, Scout Adkin, Philippa Williams
3 – France – Cecile Jarousseau, Christel Dewalle, Elise Poncet
[Editor’s Note: Christel Dewalle previously served a four-month doping ban after a positive test for the stimulant Heptaminol at the 2016 Skyrunning World Championships.]
Males
Leonard Chemutai (Uganda) improbably gained the senior race a 12 months after profitable the junior race in Thailand.
1 – Leonard Chemutai (Uganda) – 56:14
2 – Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 56:22
3 – Filimon Abraham (Germany) – 56:27
Leonard Chemutai of Uganda wins the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down race. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Males U.S.
Simply eighth on the U.S. championships choice race, Casey Campbell definitely outperformed expectations right here.
13 – Liam Meirow – 60:26
26 – Casey Campbell – 61:38
65 – Morgan Elliott – 66:31
DNF – Dan Curts
Males’s Groups
Kenya gained each the Uphill and Up and Down crew races, for each women and men.
1 – Kenya – Philemon Kiriago, Patrick Kipngeno, Josphat Kiprotich
2 – Italy – Cesare Maestri, Xavier Chevrier, Alberto Vender
3 – Spain – Alejandro García, Andreu Blanes, Ibai Larrea
GoPro Mountain Video games – Vail, California
20k Path Run
Run on Saturday evening, the 20k race had an $11,500 prize purse that paid 5 deep and awarded the winners $2,500.
Adrian Walsh led the ladies across the winding, Aspen-tree lined course. She completed in 1:51, and was adopted by Grace Morgan in 1:57 and Kasey Sutherlin in 2:05.
Males’s chief Mason Coppi got here via in 1:31. He was a part of the U.S. crew on the World Mountain Operating Championships final 12 months. Justin Grunewald was second in 1:34, and Robby Hass ran 1:37 for third.
There have been solely 65 finishers, and in order that was an enormous prize purse for such a small discipline.
10k Spring Runoff
Sometimes the important thing working race of the occasion, this 12 months’s 10k went off on Sunday morning. Just like the 20k, it too had an $11,500 purse.
Janelle Lincks raced in entrance of Dani Moreno and Nicole Mericle within the girls’s race. The three completed in 49:24, 50:58, and 51:09, respectively. Final 12 months Moreno gained simply forward of Lincks.
Prolific marathoner Tyler McCandless stepped again on the paths and gained the boys’s race in 42:43. Joseph Demoor and Ace Brown have been subsequent in 43:13 and 44:06. Demoor and Brown have been second and third in 2022 too, then behind Joseph Grey.
Extra Races and Runs
SAMO 100 Mile – Malibu, California
The title’s an acronym for the Santa Monica Mountains 100 Mile, and this 12 months’s winners Megan Zdancewic and Jesse Haynes completed in 25:44 and 19:34. Full outcomes.
Dipsea Race – Mill Valley, California
The age- and gender-graded race is the oldest path race in America. It goes again to 1905 and it was the 112th working. The race is held on a 7.4-mile path from Mill Valley to Stinson Seaside with numerous stairs. Paddy O’Leary (Eire, lives within the U.S.) clocked a run break up that was practically three minutes quicker than everybody else, and that permit him cross everybody in entrance to get to the end in 47:23. Julia Maxwell Bailey reached the end second in 48:07, and previous winner Chris Lundy was third in 48:17. Full outcomes.
Cool Moon Path Races – Cool, California
Nadia Haas and Jake Jackson gained the 100-mile race in 25:12 and 19:24. Jackson ran 15:52 on the Nanny Goat 100-miler two weeks earlier. Full outcomes.
Flagstaff Excessive Huge Pine – Flagstaff, Arizona
Abby Corridor set a brand new course file on the entrance of the ladies’s 53k race in 4:13, and Austin Anderson gained the boys’s race in 4:47. Full outcomes.
Sinks Canyon 50k – Lander, Wyoming
Lillie Romeiser Rodgers clipped the course file on the eighth-year race, ending in 5:37. Males’s winner Samuel Collins ran 4:36 and was 41 minutes in from his closest competitors. Full outcomes.
Kettle Moraine 100 Mile – La Grange, Wisconsin
It was the race’s twenty sixth 12 months. One-hundred-mile winners Rachel Burke and Reese Slobodianuk ran 22:03 and 15:32, and 100k leaders Jill Wojta and Phil Younger completed in 10:23 and 9:22. Full outcomes.
Summer season Sasquatch Path Run 50k – Lore Metropolis, Ohio
Salt Fork State Park is the place for Bigfoot in Ohio, and race winners Kaitlyn Yerger and Max Haiss completed in 5:24 and 4:19. Full outcomes.
Laurel Highlands 70.5 Mile – Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
Sophie McDonald and Eric Kennedy gained the race, which dates again to 1980, in 14:59 and 11:27, respectively. Full outcomes.
Drummer Hill Path 50k – Keene, New Hampshire
First-place finishers Elisa Gardner and Peter Bonito got here via with 5:49 and 4:30 on the clock. Full outcomes.
Name for Feedback
Did you observe the World Mountain and Path Operating Championships? The U.S. got here away with a person gold, a person bronze, a crew gold, and a crew bronze. What do you assume, was that proper about what you anticipated for the U.S. groups?
I had just a few takeaways from the occasion too. The primary was age. Uphill race winner Andrea Mayr is 43 years previous and 40k path race runner-up Thomas Roach is 42 years previous, and their success was fairly outstanding. After which simply a number of the shock finishers. The 40k path race winner Clémentine Geoffray was comparatively unknown on the worldwide stage previous to this race, and the identical with 80k path winner Benjamin Rouibal too, for me. And I would’ve anticipated Patrick Kipngeno to complete larger within the up and down race.
