Clear your morning. There’s lots right here to make amends for! The final weekend of June at all times hits onerous with the Western States 100, the Marathon du Mont Blanc, and the Lavaredo Extremely Path by UTMB.
Sufficient chit chat, let’s get proper to it.
Marathon du Mont Blanc – Chamonix, France
90k du Mont Blanc
The lengthy course went for 92 kilometers and with 6,330 meters of achieve. That’s 57 miles and 20,767 toes.
It was a double win for married couple Dmitry Mityaev (Andorra) and Ekaterina Mityaeva (Andorra). Each had been dominant with 10:44 and 12:40 end instances that gapped their chasers by 18 and 29 minutes, respectively.
Behind males’s winner Mityaev’s 10:44 mark, second-place Thibaut Baronian (France) completed in 11:02 and Baptiste Petit Jean (France) was third in 11:13.
Ladies’s finest Mityaeva ran 12:40, and was adopted by Julie Roux (France) and Laure Rebuffet (France) in 13:09 and 13:51.
42k du Mont Blanc
The marathon distance race was the yr’s fourth Golden Path World Collection (GTWS) contest.
Males
On the entrance of the race it was a duel between final yr’s GTWS finale double-winner Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morrocco) and final yr’s Marathon du Mont Blanc winner Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland). Solely 46 seconds separated the pair, and each in 3:30, however Elazzaoui was in entrance. It was Bonnet’s first GTWS race of the yr.
Third-place Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) adopted three minutes later.
Elhousine Elazzaoui, 2024 Marathon du Mont Blanc champion. Picture: Golden Path Collection | Marathon du Mont Blanc | Mathis de Croux
The highest-10 males had been:
- Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morrocco) – 3:30
- Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) – 3:30
- Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 3:33
- Kevin Kibet (Kenya) – 3:35
- Ezekiel Rutto (Kenya) – 3:37
- Robert Pkemoi Matayango (Kenya) – 3:38
- Frédéric Tranchand (France) – 3:39
- Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 3:42
- Miguel Corbera (Spain) – 3:43
- Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 3:45
Ladies
The ladies’s race wasn’t that completely different. Similar to Elazzaoui, on the finish of final yr’s GTWS, Mădălina Florea (Romania) emerged as a world-class star. And similar to Bonnet, final yr’s Marathon du Mont Blanc winner Sophia Laukli (U.S.) was racing within the GTWS for the primary time this yr too.
Judith Wyder (Switzerland) beat each Florea and Laukli although, and everybody else too. She gained in 4:11. Florea was second in 4:13, and Miao Yao (China) was third in 4:18.
Judith Wyder, 2024 Marathon du Mont Blanc champion. Picture: Golden Path Collection | Marathon du Mont Blanc | Mathis de Croux
The highest-10 ladies had been:
- Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 4:11
- Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 4:13
- Miao Yao (China) – 4:18
- Sophia Laukli (U.S.) – 4:19
- Rosa Lara Feliu (Spain) – 4:25
- Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) – 4:25
- Maude Mathys (Switzerland) – 4:26
- Anna-Stiina Erkkilä (Finland) – 4:26
- Theres Lebouef (Switzerland) – 4:29
- Ikram Rharsalla Laktab (France) – 4:29
[In 2015, Maude Mathys received a warning without suspension from the Disciplinary Chamber for Doping Cases of Swiss Olympic for two positive tests for clomifene (previously clomiphene) after it was determined that she was mistakenly taking the drug without first obtaining a World Anti-Doping Agency Therapeutic Use Exemption.]
Lavaredo Extremely Path by UTMB – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Lavaredo 120k
Males
Hannes Namberger (Germany) outgunned Tom Evans (U.Ok.) on the entrance of the lads’s race. The 75-mile run went for 19,000 toes of elevation achieve, and Namberger grew to become a three-time winner. His 11:57 end this yr was lower than a minute off his 2022 course finest. Evans was actually shut in 12:00 for second, and Yannick Noël (France) was third in 12:12.
The highest 5 males had been:
- Hannes Namberger (Germany) – 11:57
- Tom Evans (U.Ok.) – 12:00
- Yannick Noël (France) – 12:12
- Jonas Russi (Switzerland) – 12:27
- Thibaut Garrivier (France) – 12:33
Hannes Namberger, 2024 Lavaredo Extremely Path by UTMB champion. Picture: Lavaredo Extremely Path/Alexis Berg
Ladies
As shut as the lads’s race was, the ladies’s was under no circumstances. Rosanna Buchauer (Germany, dwelling in Austria) was over an hour higher than everybody else. She completed in 14:09. Giuditta Turini (Italy) edged out Michaela Wolf (Germany) for second, 15:19 to fifteen:22.
The highest 5 ladies had been:
- Rosannna Buchauer (Germany, dwelling in Austria) – 14:09
- Giuditta Turini (Italy) – 15:19
- Michaela Wolf (Germany) – 15:22
- Britta Clark (U.S.) – 15:58
- Ingrid Lid (Norway) – 16:32
Cortina 50k
Males
Antonio Martínez (Spain) gained for the second time right here. This yr’s end was in 4:15, two minutes higher than when he gained in 2021. Luca Del Pero (Italy) was solely 50 seconds again in 4:16, and Mattia Gianola (Italy) was third in 4:19. The course totaled 8,530 toes of climbing.
Ladies
Ladies’s winner Elisa Desco (Italy) broke free from the sector with a 4:54 end. It was lots nearer behind her, solely three minutes separated the following three ladies. Sofiia Porokhnavets (Ukraine) was the perfect of the chase group in 5:08, and Andreea Alina Piscu (Romania) was third in 5:09.
[From 2010 to 2012, Elisa Desco served a two-year doping ban from the IAAF after she tested positive for EPO at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.]
Western States 100 – Auburn, California
iRunFar went deep earlier and individually on the race dynamics. It was one other thriller with ever-increasing performances for each the women and men.
Males
Three-time winner Jim Walmsley dueled with latest Canyons by UTMB 100k winner Rod Farvard late into the race. Walmsley lastly gained the final word lead some 15 miles from the end and hit the tape in 14:13. It was the race’s second-fastest end ever, trailing solely Walmsley’s 2019 14:09 course file.
Farvard held on for second, sprinting the ultimate 300 meters to carry off hard-charging Hayden Hawks. Each Farvard and Hawks completed in 14:24, and solely 16 seconds aside. Farvard and Hawks grew to become the second- and third-fastest males ever at Western States, with the third- and fourth-fastest end instances ever.
Jim Walmsley at mile 94 of the 2024 Western States 100, on his technique to profitable the race. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
You’ve most likely already seen the highest 10, however the iRunFar preview included some 25 males and we chased every’s end result down.
1 – Jim Walmsley – 14:13
2 – Rod Farvard – 14:24
3 – Hayden Hawks – 14:24
4 – Dan Jones (New Zealand) – 14:32
5 – Caleb Olson – 14:40
6 – Jon Albon (U.Ok., dwelling in Norway) – 14:57
7 – Tyler Inexperienced – 15:05
8 – Jia-Sheng Shen (China) – 15:09
9 – Jonathan Rea – 15:13
10 – Chris Myers – 15:18
11 – Blake Slattengren – 15:18
12 – Ji Duo (China) – 15:35
13 – Petter Engdahl (Sweden, dwelling in Norway) – 16:22
14 – Guo-Min Deng (China) – 16:37
15 – Cole Watson – 16:44
16 – Simon Gosselin (France) – 17:04
17 – Jupiter Carera (Mexico) – 17:14
18 – Dakota Jones – 17:41
20 – Ryan Montgomery – 18:34
23 – Caleb Bowen – 19:02
24 – Robert Hajnal (Romania) – 19:06
25 – Harvey Lewis – 19:21
29 – Paul Jacobs – 19:51
92 – Nick Coury – 25:14
Jeff Colt didn’t end and Drew Mueller will need to have been a late scratch and didn’t begin the race.
The primary man to complete who was not highlighted within the pre-race preview was Nineteenth-place Devin Vennard at 18:22.
Rod Farvard would go on to take second on the 2024 Western States 100. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Ladies
Pre-race favourite Katie Schide (U.S., dwelling in France) led for all the race, and was forward after all file tempo for many of the means. She completed first in 15:46. That’s 17 minutes again of Courtney Dauwalter’s 15:29 course file from final yr, however nearly an hour higher than her personal 16:43 mark from final yr. Schide’s 15:46 now ranks because the race’s second-fastest ever.
Behind her, everybody else ran quick too. Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) was second in 16:20. That’s the race’s third-fastest end ever, and Eszter Csillag (Hungary, dwelling in Hong Kong) repeated because the race’s third-place finisher. Csillag ran 16:42, simply forward of Schide’s 2023 time.
Katie Schide on her technique to profitable the 2024 Western States 100. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Twenty-six ladies made the preview article. How’d all of them do?
1 – Katie Schide (U.S., dwelling in France) – 15:46
2 – Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) – 16:20
3 – Eszter Csillag (Hungary, dwelling in Hong Kong) – 16:42
4 – Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, dwelling within the U.S.) – 16:48
5 – Yngvild Kaspersen (Norway) – 16:50
6 – Ida Nilsson (Sweden, dwelling in Norway) – 16:56
7 – Heather Jackson – 17:16
8 – Rachel Drake – 17:28
9 – Priscilla Forgie (Canada) – 17:30
10 – Leah Yingling – 17:33
11 – Anna Louden – 17:53
12 – Emily Schmitz (U.S., dwelling in France) – 18:39
13 – Lauren Puretz – 18:52
14 – Careth Arnold – 18:53
15 – Lotti Brinks – 18:53
16 – Becca Windell – 19:38
17 – Kellie Angel (Australia) – 19:47
18 – Kaci Lickteig – 20:45
19 – Giulia Vinco (Italy) – 20:46
21 – Ragna Debats (The Netherlands, dwelling in Spain) – 22:00
23 – Jo Meek (U.Ok.) – 23:28
24 – Madeline Wighardt (Canada) – 23:39
31 – Sally McRae – 23:24
Drops included Lin Chen (China), Eleanor Davis (U.Ok.), and Anna Li (China).
The primary finisher not named within the pre-race preview was Twentieth-place Alina Edwards at 21:59.
Fu-Zhao Xiang took second on the 2024 Western States 100. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Further Races and Runs
XTERRA Garmin Mountain Competition – Vall de Boí, Spain
The pageant was set amidst the Aigüestortes and Lake Sant Maurici Nationwide Park. The marathon distance race put in 5,600 meters, or 18,370 toes, of elevation achieve. Marc Pinsach Rubirola (Spain) took first place with a time of 4:16. Within the ladies’s race, Noelia González Pérez (Spain) led the pack with a time of 6:19. Full outcomes.
Kaiserkrone Skyrace – Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria
It’s already the tenth race of this yr’s Skyrunner World Collection. This one went 25k and with 2,770 meters, or 15.5 miles and 9,087 toes, and it was actually sizzling on the market. It was 86 levels Fahrenheit in the beginning. And on the end it was Manuel Merillas (Spain) and Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) had been first in 3:29 and 4:04. Full outcomes.
Guide Merillas and Anastasia Rubtsova, 2024 Kaiserkrone Skyrace champions. Picture: Antton Guaresti
U.S. Olympic Trials – Eugene, Oregon
Let’s take a look at path runners who competed within the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. On Monday, June 24, Allie Ostrander ran 9:29 to complete fifth in her warmth of the three,000-meter steeplechase preliminary spherical. That point certified her for the ultimate. And in that remaining on Thursday, June 27, Ostrander ran a 9:21 private finest to complete seventh. The race went quick with the primary 9 ladies all working a private finest.
(In 2023, Ostrander was suspended for 4 months after testing optimistic for canrenone, a metabolite of spironolactone, after it was decided that she mistakenly took the drug with out first acquiring a World Anti-Doping Company Therapeutic Use Exemption.)
On June 24, Lauren Gregory was thirteenth within the 5,000-meter remaining in 15:44.
Six days after ending second within the Damaged Arrow Vertical Kilometer, Anna Gibson raced the primary spherical of the 1,500-meter run. She completed in 4:10 for seventh place in her warmth, and that superior her to the semifinal spherical the following day. And in that semifinal spherical Gibson bettered her time to 4:09, however completed eleventh and didn’t qualify for the ultimate.
Cirque Collection – Brighton, Utah
The yr’s first Cirque Collection race went 6.7 miles and with 3,015 toes of elevation achieve. It paid $1,000 to every winner. Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) was nearly three minutes forward within the males’s race with a 1:04 end, and Laurel Moyer gained a more in-depth ladies’s race in 1:25. Full outcomes.
Leadville Marathon and Heavy Half – Leadville, Colorado
The out-and-back marathon went up 6,167 toes to a 13,185-foot excessive level earlier than ripping again to Leadville, and the Heavy Half stretched 15.4 miles with 3,421 toes of elevation achieve. Marathon winners Jacob Skraba and Mary Denholm completed in 3:47 and three:59, and Heavy Half leaders Seth Demoor and Chrissy Lofgren clocked 1:52 and a couple of:30. Full outcomes.
Black Hills 100 Mile – Sturgis, South Dakota
The Black Hills 100 Mile has 4 race distances from 30k to 100 miles. Whereas the outcomes aren’t but on-line on the time of this text’s writing on Sunday night, we all know Dalton Struck and Jill Dennes gained the 100 miler in 21:41 and 21:50, respectively. Full outcomes (when obtainable).
Jill Dennes, 2024 Black Hills 100 Mile champion. Picture: Michael Durkan Photograhy
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That was a giant weekend! What say you about all of it?
