Neglect concerning the eclipse, we’ve acquired your totality proper right here — a totality of ultrarunning outcomes. Istria by UTMB, the Skyrunner World Sequence, and the Paris Marathon are among the many numerous highlights from the previous weekend.
Istria 100 by UTMB – Umag, Croatia
The occasion dates again to 2013, first often known as the 100 Miles of Istria. This yr it was anticipated to host some 2,000 runners throughout its 5 distances on Croatia’s northwestern peninsula.
168 Kilometers (105 miles)
The occasion’s longest race packed in 21,620 ft of elevation acquire for 376 starters.
Two Czechs have been the primary to complete. Marek Causidis and Jan Procházka completed in 18:58 and 19:21. Juuso Simpanen (Finland) was third in 19:35.
Every of the primary three girls completed below 24 hours. Alessandra Boifava (Italy) led the group in 20:51. Ida Sophie Hegemann (Germany) was runner-up in 21:27, and the indefatigable Claire Bannwarth (France) ran 22:26 for third. Bannwarth is thought for her frequent additional long-distance race outcomes. In January, she received the Backbone Race within the U.Okay. and in March she received Spain’s 301k TrailCat200. These finishes took 92 and 59 hours every, respectively.
A springtime view from alongside the 100-mile course at Istria 100 by UTMB. Photograph: UTMB/Ian Corless
110k (68 Miles)
Janosch Kowalczyk (Germany) beat out a pair of robust Spaniards for the race win. Kowalczyk completed in 9:52, and Pablo Villa (Spain) and Pau Capell (Spain) got here subsequent in 10:19 and 10:31. It was solely two weeks in the past that Capell was seventh on the Extremely-Path Chianti by UTMB 100k race in Italy.
Girls’s winner Monika Stejskalová (Czech Republic) squeaked below the half-day mark with an 11:59 end, beating the buzzer by 17 seconds. Inês Marques (Portugal) and Biborka Krisztina Fazakas (Romania) podiumed in 12:13 and 12:36, respectively.
The beginning of the 2024 Istria 100 by UTMB 110k. Photograph: UTMB/Goran Jakus
Calomorro Skyrace – Benalmádena, Spain
The yr’s second Skyrunner World Sequence went 27.5k and with 2,270 meters of elevation acquire. That’s 17 miles and seven,448 ft.
It’s going to be Roberto Delorenzi’s yr in skyrunning. The Swiss all-star received for the second-straight race, and this one wasn’t in any respect shut. Delorenzi stormed the course in 2:25. Antonio Martinez (Spain) and Luca del Pero (Italy) have been second and third in 2:34 and a couple of:36, respectively. Spanish runners took six of the highest 10 positions.
The Spanish girls did even higher. They swept the rostrum with Sara Alonso edging out Julia Font for the highest spot. Alonso ran 2:59 to Font’s 3:00, solely 50 seconds aside. Naiara Irigoyen ran 3:09 for third. In whole, seven Spanish girls completed within the prime 10.
Sara Alonso clawing her approach to the win on the 2024 Calomorro Skyrace: Photograph: Antton Guaresti
Patagonia Run – San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
For the Spartan Path occasion, there was a $15,000 prize purse for the 100 miler and $10,000 for the marathon.
100 Mile
Solely 17 minutes cut up the highest three males after 20 hours of working within the 100 miler. Sergio Gustavo Pereyra (Argentina) earned the victory in 20:25, and Cristofer Clemente (Spain) was second in 20:31. Maximiliano Vazquez (Mexico) was third in 20:42.
The ladies have been significantly shut, too, and after 26 hours of competitors. The three leaders, all from Argentina, have been Claudia Veronica Ramirez, Maria Eugenia Gabrielli, and Magdalena Aristi in 26:01, 26:25, and 26:32, respectively.
Marathon
The host nation swept each the lads’s and ladies’s podiums.
Joaquin Narvaez, Hugo Rodriguez, and Ignacio Reyes completed in 3:22, 3:35, and three:42.
And for the ladies, it was Roxanna Paola Flores, Florencia Soledad Iuorno, and Ruth Irene Oñate Guerrero all in 4:16, 4:37, and 4:43.
French Path Championships – Buis Les Baronnies, France
The nationwide crown was selected a 57k course, and Benjamin Roubiol received in 4:44. Roubiol received the 80k race on the Path World Championships final yr in Austria. Hugo Deck and Thomas Cardin have been each barely two minutes again, and solely 12 seconds aside. Each completed in 4:46 and with Deck forward of Cardin.
Blandine L’Hirondel was the very best of the ladies’s discipline in 5:35. Julie Roux ran 5:41 for second and Adeline Martin was third in 5:49.
Extra Races and Runs
Paris Marathon – Paris, France
Twelfth finally yr’s Sierre-Zinal race, Swiss orienteer Mathias Kyburz did manner higher on the highway on the Paris Marathon. He was seventh general in 2:07:44, and it was his debut marathon. Full outcomes.
Historical Lakes Path Run – Quincy, Washington
Within the 50 miler, the longest of the occasion’s 4 races, David and Kayla Dierdorff received in 7:50 and 9:06. Mr. Dierdorff set a brand new course document by 2 minutes.
Kayla Dierdorff having fun with herself on her approach to successful the 2024 Historical Lakes 50 Mile. Photograph: Juan Montermoso
American River 50 Mile – Folsom, California
The highest 4 males completed below seven hours within the long-time race. Jayson Hefner was first in 6:46, and Kat Seeba scored the ladies’s crown in 8:40. Anthony Fagundes and McKayla Lally championed the accompanying 25-mile race in 2:47 and three:45, respectively. Full outcomes.
Diablo Trails Problem 50k – Walnut Creek, California
Adam Zastrow and Isabel Diaz received the Brazen Racing occasion in 4:58 and 5:50. Full outcomes.
Brazos Bend – Needville, Texas
The Path Racing Over Texas occasion noticed Artwork Hurtado and Martina Dujic win the 50 miler, in its 1oth working, in 6:21 and seven:05, and Zach and Nicole Bitter received the 50k in 3:19 and three:55. Full outcomes.
RD Cal Neff (left) with 2024 Brazos Bend 50k winners Nicole and Zach Bitter. Photograph: Path Racing Over Texas/Jeremiah Justis
Ozark Foothills Endurance Runs – Wildwood, Missouri
Zach Boyle and Gibson Kelley received the 100 miler, the longest of the weekend’s seven races, in 20:42 and 26:53. Full outcomes (when out there).
Gibson Kelley placing within the miles on her approach to successful the 2024 Ozark Foothills 100 Miler. Photograph: Elaine Collins
Crimson River Gorge 25k – Pine Ridge, Kentucky
Crimson River Gorge isn’t only for climbing. Run Bum race director Sean Blanton received the race in 2:10 and Kyla Daniels was first girl in 2:54. Full outcomes.
Kanawha Hint 50k – Oma, West Virginia
Alex Minor scored a brand new course document in 3:46, and Raegan Good received the ladies’s race in 5:41. Full outcomes.
Eagleton Path Problem 50k – Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Joshua Hayes and Sophie Kotok fronted a small discipline of 42 finishers in 4:41 and 5:09, respectively. Full outcomes.
Mt. Toby Extremely 50k – Sunderland, Massachusetts
Matt Pacheco and Britta Clark have been the quickest in 5:16 and 5:23. Full outcomes.
Bull Run Run 50 Mile – Clifton, Virginia
It was the race’s thirtieth yr and nearly 200 runners began the 50-mile race. The race acknowledges the Civil Conflict battles that occurred within the space. Lower than two minutes separated Brandon Fogarty and Linford Fritz on the end, however Fogarty scored the win in 7:30 to Fritz’s 7:32. Walt Barnett was third in 7:56. The primary two girls had a detailed end too with Nora Jodrey edging out Steph Hill for the victory, 8:12 to eight:16. Nelle Fox was third in 8:56. Full outcomes.
The 2024 Bull Run Run 50 Mile winners: Brandon Fogarty and Nora Jodrey. Photograph: Keith Knipling
Umstead 100 Mile – Raleigh, North Carolina
They went quick on the multi-lap state park course. Jim Sweeney and Tara Dower got here via in 15:23 and 14:58 to win the lads’s and ladies’s races, respectively. Sweeney was second final yr and fourth in 2022. Full outcomes.
Jim Sweeney successful the 2024 Umstead 100 Mile. Photograph: Hope Squires
Working Up for Air Moab – Moab, Utah
The Working Up For Air fundraising race sequence expanded to Moab for its inaugural occasion on Saturday. The occasion raised cash for 2 nonprofits, Clear Air Utah and the native Youth Backyard Mission. Runners skilled a peaceful, cool morning that gave approach to unstable afternoon climate together with excessive winds and passing snow squalls.
Roughly 45 members throughout the occasion’s three races, 12-hour, 6-hour, and 3-hour races, ran 1.8-mile counterclockwise loops in town’s well-known Stairmaster and Moab Rim Trails, racking up about 940 ft of climbing per lap.
Whereas lap tallies are but to be finalized, the 12-hour race noticed Kyle Curtin and Kaylie Knoles as victors. Mike McMonagle and Stacey Dorais received the 6-hour race, and Griffin Briley and Leah Yingling took house wins within the 3-hour race.
Kaylie Knoles (left), 2024 Working Up For Air Moab 12 Hours girls’s winner. Knoles is pictured with different 12-hour members (l-to-r): Taylor Wall, Courtney Bowen, and Jessica Wiigham. Photograph courtesy of the occasion.
Griffin Briley on his approach to successful the 2024 Working Up For Air Moab 3 Hours males’s race. Photograph courtesy of the occasion.
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