Sorry mates, we’re solely going to speak in regards to the Western States 100, after which skip the whole lot else. That okay?
Pfff, I jest. We’ll go fast, however there was the Lavaredo Extremely Path in Italy, the Path Andorra 100 by UTMB, and Canada’s Minotaur Skyrace, all amongst different huge adventures. And we’ve bought to speak about all of it.
Marathon du Mont Blanc – Chamonix, France
90k
The 90-kilometer (56 miles) race was run on Friday on a giant loop that gained 6,330 meters (20,767 toes). Each the ladies’s and males’s races noticed a detailed entrance two break free from the remainder of the sector.
Within the ladies’s race that meant that Jennifer Lemoine (France) and Lucie Jamsin (France) had been solely 5 minutes aside on the end. Lemoine ran 13:32 and Jamsin clocked out at 13:37. Jamsin was closing arduous within the ultimate stretch. At 80k she was 14 minutes again of the chief and made a giant chunk of that deficit up on the downhill end.
Third-place Laura Van Vooren (Belgium) completed in 14:02.
After which within the males’s race solely 98 seconds separated race winner Germain Grangier (France) and runner-up Louison Coiffet (France). Grangier bought there first in 10:36 and Coiffet completed in 10:37. Grangier took the race lead close to 60k, and the 2 stayed shut the remainder of the best way.
Hugo Deck made it an all-France podium with a third-place 10:47.
42k
The occasion’s namesake distance was on Sunday morning and was the yr’s second Golden Path World Sequence contest. Its loop course totaled 2,540 meters (8,333 toes) of elevation and completed in entrance of massive crowds in downtown Chamonix.
Girls
Nordic ski season is over and Sophia Laukli (USA) is once more on foot on the paths. Laukli was manner out in entrance for a 4:12 win. That’s two minutes higher than what Sara Alonso (Spain) ran to win right here in 2022, and it was 11 minutes higher than Laukli’s closest competitors this yr.
Sophia Laukli, the 2023 Marathon du Mont Blanc 42k ladies’s winner. Picture: Golden Path Sequence|Marathon du Mont Blanc|@the.journey.bakery
Second-place Miao Yao (China), maybe in her first Golden Path World Sequence race, completed in 4:24, simply over a minute higher than Oihana Kortazar (Spain). These two dueled for place and so to did fourth- and fifth-place Theres Leboeuf (Switzerland) and Sylvia Nordskar (Norway). Leboeuf bought the higher of this one in 4:30 for fourth, and that was one minute higher than Nordskar. Nordskar although seems to have fallen and was badly bloodied on the end.
Daniela Oemus (Germany) and Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) had been first and second on the Zegama Marathon in Could to begin the Golden Path World Sequence, however the pair had been simply sixth and eighth right this moment, respectively. Each had been maybe nonetheless recovering from the current Path World Championships Brief Path race, the place they completed sixth and twelfth. Leboeuf was third in that very same race too.
Tabor Hemming was the primary American in tenth.
Males
Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) had a little bit of a breakout final yr and was the star of the 2022 Golden Path World Sequence. That is the primary time we’ve seen him this yr, and he appears actually good once more. Bonnet was out entrance in 3:35. He didn’t race right here in 2022, however his 2023 profitable time was 16 seconds higher than what 2022 winner Jon Albon (U.Okay.) ran. And as with ladies’s winner Laukli, Bonnet too was away from any chasers. Nobody was inside 5 minutes of him.
Rémi Bonnet wins the 2023 Marathon du Mont Blanc 42k. Picture: Golden Path Sequence|Marathon du Mont Blanc|@the.journey.bakery
Second-place Eli Hemming (USA) was spectacular on the worldwide stage in 3:40, and third-place Petter Engdahl (Sweden) completed in 3:46. It was Hemming’s second race in as many weeks, after he gained the Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k final weekend. And Engdahl was earlier thirteenth on the Path World Championships 40k two weekends again.
The 2023 Zegama Marathon winner Manuel Merillas (Spain) completed in 3:48, and Bartłomiej Przedwojiewski (Polish) was fifth in 3:49.
The subsequent Golden Path World Sequence race is the July 15 Dolomyths Run in Italy.
Vertical Okay
Christel Dewalle (France), sixth on the current World Mountain Working Championships Uphill race, bought to the highest first right here in 42:00. It was an all-French podium with Candice Fertin and Lucille Germain second and third in 46:08 and 46:29.
[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’s winner Alexandre Ricard (Canada) doubled again from worlds too. He was sixteenth within the uphill race and seventeenth within the traditional race, and gained the vertical Okay right here in 35:39. His teammate Remi Leroux (Canada) was second in 36:20 and 2023 Path World Championships 80k winner Benjamin Roubiol (France) was third in 37:33.
Lavaredo Extremely Path by UTMB – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
120k
At 1,551 starters, the traditional distance was nonetheless the occasion’s greatest, and the group began at 11:00 pm. The famed route gained 5,800 meters (19,029 toes) on a giant loop across the inspiring Tre Cime peaks.
Fiona Porte (France) was almost an hour higher than second-place Maryline Nakache (France) on the entrance of the ladies’s race. The 2 ran 14:57 and 15:43. Third-place Emma Stuart (Eire) bought in underneath 16 hours too at 15:54. 2018 winner Kelly Wolf (USA) was within the subject, however didn’t end as a consequence of harm. For perspective on the main occasions, Caroline Chaverot‘s course file from 2017 nonetheless stands at 14:05.
The highest three males all got here in underneath 13 hours, however nobody approached Hannes Namberger’s 11:56 course file from final yr. Race winner Jonas Russi (Switzerland) completed in 12:13, runner-up Robert Hajnal (Romania) in 12:31, and third-place Georg Piazza (Italy) in 12:54. Russi was ninth at Transgrancanaria earlier this yr, and Hajnal is a UTMB mainstay who was ninth there final yr.
50k
The 50k was on Friday and went for two,600 meters (8,530 toes) in a single loop.
Barely three minutes separated the primary three ladies, and the primary six ladies had been solely 11 minutes aside. Irene Fuertes (Spain) was the primary finisher among the many close-packed group in 5:38. Romana Lojková (Czech Republic) was second in 5:41, and Raluca Burtea (Romania) ran 5:44 for third.
Irene Fuertes on her method to profitable the 2023 Lavaredo Extremely Path 50k. Picture: @revistatrailrun/@josemiguelmunoze
The lads’s first two had been shut too, however gapped the remainder of the sector. Francesco Puppi (Italy), sixth on the current Path Working Championship 40k, edged Nadir Maguet (Italy) for the win by simply over a minute. The 2 completed in 4:02 and 4:03 with Puppi breaking the course file. Third-place Jan Margarit Sole (Spain) completed in 4:27.
Francesco Puppi, the 2023 Lavaredo Extremely Path 50k male winner. Picture: @revistatrailrun/@josemiguelmunoze
Path 100 Andorra by UTMB – Ordino, Andorra
All the pieces in landlocked Andorra is basically mountainous, and this 105k gained some 6,900 meters (22,637 toes).
Austrian runner Esther Fellhofer put over 90 minutes on everybody else. She gained in 17:13 for a brand new course file. Yuan-Yuan Wu (China) and 2022 race winner Ildikó Wermescher (Hungary) had been second and third in 18:44 and 18:49.
And for the lads, Ben Dhiman (USA) completed in a first-place tie at 13:36 with Jean-Philippe Tschumi (Switzerland). Dhiman is one in every of America’s finest huge mountain runners, and I don’t know something about him aside from it seems he’s primarily based in Spain. Dhiman gained Spain’s Penyagolosa Trails 106k this yr and was third on the 2022 Diagonale des Fous on Réunion Island.
Third-place Pau Capell (Spain) completed in 13:49. For perspective, Zach Miller (USA) gained final yr’s inaugural race in 14:20.
Minotaur Skyrace – Crowsnest Cross, Alberta, Canada
The yr’s fifth Skyrunner World Sequence race went for 32k with 2,817 meters of achieve. Typical of the Skyrunning World Sequence, the race was on a technical observe with slender ridges and steep descents.
Girls
Simply two weeks in the past Marcela Vašínová (Czech Republic) raced longer than she ever had earlier than, ending twelfth on the Path World Championships 80k. Restoration should’ve gone properly. She gained right here in 5:01, six minutes higher than 2022 race winner Emma Cook dinner-Clarke (Canada). Third-place Karina Carsolio (Mexico) was third in 5:11. 2022 Skyrunner World Sequence winner Lindsay Webster (Canada) missed the rostrum once more in her second collection race this yr. She was fifth in 5:12.
Marcela Vašínová on her method to profitable the 2023 Minotaur Skyrace. Picture: Nikos Schwelm
Males
The 2022 runner-up Jackson Cole bought forward early, after which barely held off Peter Fraňo (Slovakia). Fraňo was third on the current Path World Championships 80k and like Vašínová, was engaged on quick restoration. Fraňo was three minutes again of Cole 46 minutes into the race, seven minutes behind on the two-hour mark, and nonetheless 5 minutes in arrears 3:15 into the race. After which solely 36 seconds separated the 2 on the end as each registered 4:21 however with Cole in first and Fraňo second.
Third-place Jessie McAuley (Canada) completed in 4:31.
Jackson Cole, the 2023 Minotaur Skyrace males’s winner. Picture: Nikos Schwelm
Western States 100 – Auburn, California
iRunFar earlier dug into the larger race dynamics, and right here in TWIR on the Monday after the races we cowl in individual, we prefer to dig into larger end outcomes. That’s, we’re once more going to listing out the outcome for every of the runners included within the pre-race males’s and ladies’s previews.
Girls
Courtney Dauwalter was within the lead for the whole lot of the race, and squeezed the whole lot she may from the file books. Dauwalter’s 15:29 end was remarkably 78 minutes higher than Ellie Greenwood‘s 2012 course file. Second-place Katie Schide saved Dauwalter shut by way of the race’s first half and completed second in 16:43, additionally underneath the previous course file. Eszter Csillag (Hungary, lives in Hong Kong) had a robust second half and completed third in 17:09. The highest 9 ladies all ran underneath 18 hours. Earlier than this, solely three ladies in the identical race had ever completed that.
Courtney Dauwalter setting a brand new course file on the 2023 Western States 100. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
1 – Courtney Dauwalter – 15:29
2 – Katie Schide – 16:43
3 – Eszter Csillag (Hungary) – 17:09
4 – Katie Asmuth – 17:21
5 – Emily Hawgood – 17:26
6 – Taylor Nowlin – 17:40
7 – Ida Nilsson (Sweden) – 17:43
8 – Priscilla Forgie (Canada) – 17:46
9 – Leah Yingling – 17:49
10 – Meghan Morgan – 18:11
11 – Jenny Quilty (Canada) – 18:49
12 – Kaci Lickteig – 19:47
13 – Stephanie Auston (Australia) – 19:58
14 – Riley Brady – 20:59
22 – Wen-Fei Xie (China) – 23:46
23 – Nancy Jiang (New Zealand) – 23:57
29 – Mandie Holmes – 26:43
Drops included Nicole Bitter, Keely Henninger, Camille Herron, and Heather Jackson.
The primary ladies’s finisher not within the pre-race preview was Fifteenth-place Christine Mosley in 21:10.
Males
The 2019 third-placer Tom Evans (U.Okay.) dumped his chasers after Foresthill, mile 62, and raced to Auburn in 14:40. It was the race’s fourth-fastest end ever. Tyler Inexperienced outran Anthony Costales for second and third in 15:04 and 15:09. It was Inexperienced’s second runner-up end right here, and third top-four end within the final three years.
Tom Evans profitable the 2023 Western States 100 in 14:40. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
1 – Tom Evans (U.Okay.) – 14:40
2 – Tyler Inexperienced – 15:04
3 – Anthony Costales – 15:09
5 – Daniel Jones (New Zealand) – 15:22
6 – Mathieu Blanchard (France) – 15:37
7 – Ryan Montgomery – 15:38
8 – Jeff Colt – 15:42
9 – Cole Watson – 15:54
10 – Janosch Kowalczyk (Germany) – 16:09
11 – Rod Farvard – 16:15
12 – Ludovic Pommeret (France) – 16:21
13 – Arlen Glick – 16:37
14 – Jonathan Rea – 16:38
15 – Scott Traer – 16:40
16 – Cody Lind – 16:55
17 – Dakota Jones – 17:00
18 – JP Giblin – 17:15
19 – Can-Hua Luo (China) – 17:23
20 – Adam Merry – 18:28
24 – Reed Breuer – 19:54
25 – Thomas Wagner (Austria) – 20:03
28 – Alex Nichols – 20:33
31 – Ryan Kaiser – 21:07
The most important overachiever — that’s, the primary runner to complete not named within the preview article — was fourth-place Jia-Sheng Shen (China) in 15:19.
Drops included Hayden Hawks and early chief Jia-Ju Zhao (China).
Extra Races and Runs
Lifeless Cow Gully Yard Masters – Nanago, Australia
Phil Gore (Australia) set a brand new yard world file. He ran 102 loops for 425 miles throughout 102 hours. Gore and Sam Harvey (New Zealand) each completed 101 loops to higher the earlier world file shared by Belgium runners Merijn Geerts and Ivo Steyaert, after which Harvey stopped to permit Gore to complete the world-record breaking loop alone. Gore totaled 420.83 miles in his 101 hours of working, and Harvey Lewis (USA) bettered his personal private finest for the self-discipline with 375 miles in 90 hours.
Montane Summer season Backbone Race – Pennine Approach, United Kingdom
Jenny Yeo gained the 268-mile self-supported race in 101:39, and Dave Phillips dominated the lads’s race with a 16-hour victory. Phillips completed in 76:59. Phillips slept not than quarter-hour consecutively throughout the race. Full outcomes.
Wy’east Surprise – Parkdale, Oregon
The Go Past Racing occasion runs point-to-point alongside Mount Hood. Hannah Ryder and Matthew Bigman gained the 50-mile race in 8:37 and seven:25, and Rachel Peters and Keith Laverty led the 50k in 5:15 and 4:25. Full outcomes.
Black Hills 100 Mile – Sturgis, South Dakota
Official outcomes haven’t but hit the net, however social media factors to Andrew Simpson profitable the lads’s race in 19:54, and Karl Meltzer taking second in 24:44. Full outcomes (when out there.)
Mt. Evans Ascent – Idaho Springs, Colorado
The race began at 10,600 toes and ran up the highway to the 14,264-foot prime of Mt. Evans. Grace Morgan and Grant Colligan caught the skinny air first in 2:17 and 1:44. Full outcomes (when out there.)
Night time Hawk 50k – Lawrence, Kansas
At Clinton State Park, Amanda Raithel and Michael Bartkoski had been victorious in 6:22 and 5:15, respectively. Full outcomes.
Six Days within the Dome – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
It was early within the occasion final weekend, and now Jenny Hoffman and Jeffrey Urbanski totaled 145.48 and 151.32 miles for twenty-four hours. That jumped Hoffman from eighth to 3rd on the qualifying listing for the six-person U.S. 24-hour workforce. Urbanski’s on the listing too now, rating fifth. Six-day race winners Ella Lombardi and Nicolae Buceanu (Romania) racked up 427- and 499-mile totals. Full outcomes.
Final Annual Coronary heart of the South Highway Race – Fort Rock, Georgia
The 347-mile self-supported run went from Fig, North Carolina, by way of Tennessee to Fort Rock, Georgia. The race was in course of final week, and the highest runners have now completed. Sixty-one-year-old Stephanie Miller completed as first girl in seven days, two hours, 19 minutes, and males’s winner Bob Hearn completed the epic in 4 days, eight hours. Hearn was over a full day sooner than everybody else. Full outcomes.
Race the Cog – Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Every week after the Mount Washington Highway Race, there was one other race up a service highway and towards a cog railway to the highest of 6,288-foot Mount Washington. And for the second week in a row, Amber Ferreira and Joseph Grey had been race winners. The 2 topped out in 50:04 and 35:56. This week’s race to the highest was 2.75 miles in distance and with 3,500 toes of achieve. Full outcomes.
Manitou’s Revenge – Windham, New York
Runners braved heavy rain and slippery rocks within the race’s tenth working of the 53-mile point-to-point run by way of the Catskill Mountains. Kehr Davis gained in 13:49, her fifth win right here, and Daniel Grip led the lads in 10:46. Full outcomes (when out there).
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What was the most important weekend spotlight for you? Dauwalter’s course file was after all extraordinary, however, and it’s been this fashion for the previous few years for me, the yard world file is one which I completely shake my head about. I simply can’t comprehend that period of time with that little sleep.
