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June 17, 2024 – iRunFar

This Week in Running Justin Mock TWIRFrom Andorra to Zugspitz, and the dome to the divide, we’re working down the weekend’s outcomes.

Let’s hip hop to it.

Path 100 Andorra by UTMB – Ordino, Andorra

The occasion introduced 2,800 runners to the gorgeous Pyrenees mountain vary, and it was the Extremely Path 105-kilometer (65 miles) race that was the premier distance.

Males

The world is waking as much as Zachary Garner (U.S.). Simply 24 years outdated and the Bear 100 Mile course document holder, Garner gained an enormous worldwide win over defending champion Ben Dhiman (U.S., lives in France), all-time nice François D’Haene (France), and large mountain man Daniel Jung (Italy).

Garner completed in 13:17, and Dhiman was second in 13:25. Each bettered Dhiman’s 13:36 course document run from 2023, however snow impacted this yr’s route. As a substitute of a 107k run, a very quick distance was reduce off, however 325 meters of high-point climbing was axed.

Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador) was third in 13:34. Additional again, D’Haene was fifth in 14:26 and Jung was a late drop after 85k (53 miles) of working.

Matthieu Durand - 2024 Trail 100 Andorra - 15th man

A competitor working alongside through the Path 100 Andorra. Picture: UTMB

Girls

Katharina Hartmuth (Germany), the 2023 UTMB runner-up, dominated the ladies’s run. She completed in 15:28, method up on the remainder of the group. It was a unique course, however that point’s nonetheless method quicker than the 17:13 run by Esther Fellhofer (Austria) eventually yr’s race.

Second- and third-place Claudia Tremps (Spain) and Lucie Jamsin (France) completed in 17:10 and 17:47, respectively.

Full outcomes.

Madeira Sky Race – Madeira, Portugal

Not too many weeks go by with out a race in both Madeira or the Canary Islands. This week, the Skyrunner World Collection dropped onto the Portuguese island for a 45-kilometer race that went up 3,600 meters. That’s 28 miles and 11,811 ft of elevation achieve.

Loïc Robert (France) scored a brand new males’s course document with a 4:59 successful time. Andres Rodrigues (Portugal) gained three spots after the course excessive level to maneuver into second in 5:05, and Luka Kovačič (Slovenia) was third in 5:07.

Loïc Robert - 2024 Madeira Sky Race - first man

Loïc Robert on his strategy to successful the 2024 Madeira Sky Race. Picture: Antton Guaresti

Girls’s winner Lucille Germain (France) was a runaway champ, and hit a brand new course document too. Germain completed in 5:33, over 18 minutes higher than anybody else. Oihana Kortazar (Spain) and Kalie McCrystal (Canada) have been second and third in 5:51 and 6:04, respectively.

Full outcomes.

Lucille Germain - 2024 Madeira Sky Race - first woman

Lucille Germain successful the 2024 Madeira Sky Race. Picture: Antton Guaresti

Six Days within the Dome – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The occasion contains a number of fixed-time and multi-day races, going so long as 10 days, starting on June 13 and ending June 23.

Zach Bitter ran 11:51 for 100 miles. Hat tip to the U.S. Nationwide 24-Hour Working Staff statisticians for the recordkeeping. It was the fourth-best all-time within the U.S. and fifteenth greatest on the planet ever. Bitter’s private greatest is 11:19 again in 2019.

And over 24 hours, Chris Roberts and Jenny Hoffman totaled 149.62 and 147.77 miles, respectively. However a lot of runners moved up on the qualifying ranks towards the U.S. staff for the IAU 24-Hour World Championships in October 2025.

The minimal commonplace for staff choice is 140 miles for males and 125 miles for girls.

Roberts ran 144.62 miles on the 2023 IAU 24-Hour World Championships, and so this 149.62-mile complete is greater, whereas he nonetheless ranks third amongst present qualifiers. Second-place within the dome, Don Reichelt ran 144.63 miles to surpass the 140-mile line to change into eligible for choice.

Girls’s winner Hoffman’s 147.77-mile complete presently sits second on the qualifying chart, bettering on her earlier 138.72-mile qualifier. Neringa Kaulinaite ran 141.97 miles within the dome to rank third amongst present qualifiers, and Gina Slaby totaled 125.65 miles to simply hit the benchmark to be eligible for choice.

Full outcomes.

Mount Washington Highway Race – Gorham, New Hampshire

The all-uphill race goes up the auto highway 4,650 ft over 7.6 miles, hitting a most grade of twenty-two% and with 40-mile-per-hour winds up excessive. It was the race’s 63rd yr, and it paid out $1,000 to every winner.

Per week after successful the GoPro Mountain Video games 10k final week for the ninth time, Joseph Grey gained right here for the eighth time. Grey bought to the highest in 1:02:21. Remi Leroux (Canada) was second in 1:03:55, and four-time winner Eric Blake was third in 1:05:26.

Kayla Lampe outlasted the ladies’s subject towards a 1:15:09 successful time. Laura Manninen (Finland) and 2023 champ Amber Ferreira have been second and third in 1:17:02 and 1:18:25.

Full outcomes.

Montane Summer time Backbone Race – Pennine Manner, U.Okay.

It was the twelfth version for the summer time model of this race, on the 268-mile point-to-point Pennine Manner. The lengthy course continues to be underway, however shorter distance races have concluded.

The 46-mile Montane Summer time Backbone Dash took off with 100 runners in pouring rain. Stephen Earle (U.Okay.) carried an early lead via the course towards an 8:21 end time, and Molly Browne (U.Okay.) gained the ladies’s lead after six hours of working and completed in 8:30. It was a brand new course document, and it was Browne’s extremely debut.

The Montane Summer time Backbone Challenger South race coated the underside 108 miles of the Pennine Manner. Rupert Allison (U.Okay.) completed within the early morning and with a course document in 22:31. It was about half-hour higher than the outdated course greatest. Allison additionally holds the Summer time Dash and Winter Dash course data. Ursula Sullivan (U.Okay.) led the entire ladies’s race and gained in 31:05.

Monitoring.

Molly Browne - 2024 Montane Summer Spine Sprint - first woman

Molly Browne, the 2024 Montane Summer time Backbone Dash winner. Picture courtesy of race.

Further Races and Runs

Zugspitz Ultratrail – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Germany’s largest path working occasion hosted six races across the nation’s highest peak. Within the 106k Ultratrail race, Alexandre Pierre-Emmanuel (Germany) gained in 10:59, and the earlier-mentioned Esther Fellhofer (Austria) took the ladies’s crown in 13:56. Benedikt Ritter (Germany) and Ida-Sophie Hegemann (Germany) gained the 86k race in 9:47 and 10:39, and Sebastian Jägerfeld (Germany) and Ruth Croft (New Zealand) have been greatest over 68k in 6:40 and 6:49, respectively. Full outcomes.

Path du Saint-Jacques by UTMB – Le Puy, France

It was one other massive occasion with 5,700 runners from 62 totally different nations throughout the three days of racing. Over 80 miles and with 18,000 ft of climbing, Sylvain Court docket (France) and Maëlle Deruaz (France) gained in 14:22 and 17:25, and within the 50k, Remy Brassac (France) gained alongside Adeline Martin (France) in 4:10 and 4:44. Full outcomes.

Monte Rosa SkyMarathon – Alagna Valsesia, Italy

Dangerous climate pushed the race begin again a full day, and even then 174 two-person groups, roped collectively, raced in knee-deep snow.

William Boffelli (Italy) and Tadei Pivk (Italy) efficiently defended their victory from a yr in the past. The pair completed the 35k race and its 3,500 meters (11,500 ft) of climbing in 4:41. Second-place Daniel Antonioli (Italy) and Lorenzo Rota Martir (Italy) teamed to complete in 5:10, and Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) and Edoardo Albrighi (Italy) have been third in 5:38.

William Boffelli - Tadei Pivk - 2024 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon - first mens team

Teammates William Boffelli and Tadei Pivk on the way in which to successful the 2024 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon. Picture: Ian Corless

Girls’s winners Giuditta Turini (Italy) and Martina Valmassoi (Italy) did the journey in 6:13. Hillary Gerardi (U.S., lives in France) and Marina Cugnetto (Italy) have been second and in 6:37, and third-place Iris Pessey (France) and Dimitra Theocharis (Greece) made it in 7:16.

Full outcomes.

Giuditta Turini - Martina Valmassoi - 2024 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon - first womens team

Giuditta Turini and Martina Valmassoi collectively gained the 2024 Monte Rosa SkyMarathon. Picture: Ian Corless

Tiger Mountain Path Run 50k – Issaquah, Washington

At Tiger Mountain State Park within the Issaquah Alps, Francisco Jose Martin Garcia and Iliana Sach gained the 50k race in 4:40 and 6:44. Full outcomes.

Francisco Jose Martin Garcia - 2024 Tiger Mountain 50k - first man

Francisco Jose Martin Garcia, the 2024 Tiger Mountain 50k males’s winner. Picture: Somer Kreisman

Tahoe 200 Mile Endurance Run – Homewood, California

Current Cocodona 250 Mile winner and third-placer Haroldas Subertas and Mika Thewes doubled again and gained right here in 53:46 and 57:05. Full outcomes.

Previous Gabe 50k – Bozeman, Montana 

The race shares the nickname for mountaineer Jim Bridger. Each race winners have been from the host state, and it was Zachary Sayre and Marilee Woyth in 6:09 and eight:09. Full outcomes.

The Divide 50k – Butte, Montana

Kelly Sandefer and Elizabeth Peabody led the way in which in 5:42 and 5:51. Full outcomes.

Bighorn 100 Mile – Dayton, Wyoming

Solely 18 minutes separated the entrance three males within the 100 miler. Anthony Lee escaped the group for a 21:36 first-place end. Charlie Michaletz was second solely 12 minutes again in 21:48, and Andrew Pavek bought on the rostrum too at 21:54. The ladies have been even nearer with solely 13 minutes from first to 3rd. Charissa Kenny bought the road first in 23:35. Christina Richards completed in 23:42 and Kallie Smith was third in 23:56. Full outcomes.

Charissa Kenny - 2024 Bighorn 100 Mile - first woman

Charissa Kenny having fun with the day 10 miles into her win on the 2024 Bighorn 100 Mile. Picture: Kristi Mayo/Mile 90 Images

Rose Canyon 50k – Herriman, Utah

The primary-year race gave the prizes to Denver Blatter and Amanda Kimiko for his or her 4:50 and 5:59 runs. Full outcomes.

Amanda Kimiko - 2024 Rose Canyon 50k - first woman

The 2024 Rose Canyon 50k ladies’s champ, Amanda Kimiko. Picture: Brett Pelletier

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