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Damaged Arrow Skyrace – Olympic Valley, California
Vertical Ok
The Friday morning race went up 3,000 ft over three miles, ending on the high of 9,000-foot Washeshu Peak. It was the yr’s first World Mountain Operating Affiliation (WMRA) World Cup race.
Patrick Kipngeno and Joyce Muthoni Njeru, the 2024 Damaged Arrow Skyrace Vertical Ok winners. Photograph: Jonathan Wyatt
Girls
Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) is crushing this yr. She’s the present WMRA #1 and in April 2024 gained the yr’s second Golden Path World Collection race. And she or he dominated this race too. Muthoni Njeru was almost two minutes forward of everybody else with a forty five:29 end. Attainable course modifications apart, that’s 11 seconds higher than Morgan Arritola’s 2019 occasion report.
The 2023 winner Anna Gibson got here again to complete second in 47:25. And the 2022 and 2021 winner Allie McLaughlin got here again to complete third in 47:40.
The complete high 10 was:
- Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 45:29
- Anna Gibson – 47:25
- Allie McLaughlin – 47:40
- Hali Hafeman – 48:40
- Jessica Brazeau – 48:49
- Rachel Tomajczyk – 49:59
- Abby Lock – 50:16
- Tabor Hemming – 50:24
- Jade Belzberg – 50:27
- Ellyse Tingelstad – 50:40
Males
Earlier than this yr the occasion report was 41:16. All the high 15 beat that mark this yr.
The 2023 World Mountain Operating Uphill champion Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) led the way in which to the highest in 36:11, and it wasn’t actually shut.
Jim Walmsley was the perfect of the remaining. Whether or not to problem Kipngeno or to only get a tune-up for subsequent week’s Western States 100, Walmsley stepped method down in distance and went up second in 37:39.
Third-place Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau pushed laborious to complete in 37:53.
All the high 10 was:
- Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 36:11
- Jim Walmsley – 37:39
- Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau – 37:53
- Christian Allen – 37:58
- Eli Hemming – 38:39
- Remi Leroux (Canada) – 39:15
- Philemon Ombogo Kiriago (Kenya) – 39:19
- Ryan Becker – 39:23
- Cam Smith – 49:55
- Darren Thomas – 40:18
46k
The 2-loop race on Saturday went for 26.4 miles with 9,100 ft of climbing.
Girls
Toni McCann (South Africa, dwelling in France) is on the up and up too. She gained final yr’s OCC race, final yr’s Extremely-Path Cape City 55k, and was unmatched on the entrance of the ladies’s discipline right here. She completed in 4:52, and as with the Vertical Ok there may be the potential for various programs, however McCann’s mark is 2 minutes again of what Helen Mino Faukner ran to win final yr.
Second- and third-place Klaire Rhodes and Amanda Basham completed in 5:07 and 5:16, respectively.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
- Toni McCann (South Africa, dwelling in France) – 4:52
- Klaire Rhodes – 5:07
- Amanda Basham – 5:16
- Lindsay Allison – 5:21
- Sarah Guhl – 5:23
- Emilie Mann (Canada) – 5:34
- Heather Henry (Canada) – 5:35
- Barrett Grey – 5:38
- Carmen Bango – 5:47
- Lauren Williams – 5:53
Males
In 2022 at Damaged Arrow, David Sinclair was twelfth within the Vertical Ok race and gained the 46k. And in 2024 at Damaged Arrow, David Sinclair was twelfth within the Vertical Ok race and gained the 46k.
Sinclair dropped his final hanger-on, Cam Smith, and cruised to the end with a giant lead. The course has seemingly modified a bit, however his 4:00 end this yr was 22 minutes higher than his personal 2022 profitable time.
Jeff Mogavero and Adam Peterman moved up on the second lap, and Mogavero outgunned Peterman for second. He was virtually a minute higher in 4:11.
The boys’s high 10 was:
- David Sinclair – 4:01
- Jeff Mogavero – 4:11
- Adam Peterman – 4:12
- Cam Smith – 4:21
- Guang-Fu Meng (China) – 4:27
- Cole Campbell – 4:29
- Nick Handel – 4:36
- Gregory Krathwohl – 4:37
- Gordon Gianniny – 4:41
- Ja Shua Ried – 4:42
23k
Sunday’s race ran 13.5 miles on a single loop course that put in 4,700 ft of achieve. It too was a WMRA World Cup contest. For extra particulars than laid out beneath, you possibly can learn iRunFar’s full take a look at the Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k.
Girls
Joyce Muthoni Njeru dominated the ladies’s race, however this one was shut on the end. Muthoni’s profitable margin was simply 37 seconds. She completed in 2:11 and Jade Belzburg rocketed up the ranks with a 2:12 second-place run. Tabor Hemming was third in 2:13.
The highest-10 ladies had been:
- Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 2:11
- Jade Belzburg – 2:12
- Tabor Hemming – 2:13
- Allie McLaughlin – 2:14
- Dani Moreno – 2:17
- Rachel Tomajczyk – 2:21
- Sydney Petersen – 2:23
- Abby Lock – 2:24
- Sarah Carter – 2:26
- Karley Rempel – 2:30
Joyce Muthoni Njeru, 2024 Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k ladies’s champion. Photograph: Scott Rokis Pictures
Males
Many of the high finishers had been doubling again from the Vertical Ok on Friday. Patrick Kipngeno jumped to a giant lead early, and Eli Hemming made up time late. Kipngeno gained for the second time on the weekend, however the time hole was shorter right here than within the Vertical Ok. Kipngeno completed in 1:45 and Hemming was second in 1:47. The 2023 Sierre-Zinal winner Philemon Ombogo Kiriago was third in 1:50.
The highest-10 males had been:
- Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 1:45
- Eli Hemming – 1:47
- Philemon Ombogo Kiriago (Kenya) – 1:50
- Taylor Stack – 1:51
- Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau – 1:52
- Hawk Name – 1:54
- Andrew Douglas (U.Ok.) – 1:54
- Remi Leroux (Canada) – 1:55
- Sam Hendry – 1:55
- Cade Michael – 1:55
Patrick Kipngeno, 2024 Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k males’s champion. Photograph: Scott Rokis Pictures
Minotaur Skyrace – Crowsnest Cross, Alberta, Canada
The race was the yr’s eighth Skyrunner World Collection race and went 33k with 2,900 meters of achieve throughout three huge climbs. That’s 20 miles and 9,500 ft.
Emma Cook dinner-Clarke (Canada) gained for the second time right here. She dropped Elise Poncet (France) with about 5k to go and set a brand new course report in 4:52. Poncet was second in 4:56, and Karina Carsolio (Mexico) was third in 5:10.
The boys’s race got here all the way down to the ultimate “shoe shredder” descent and Scott Patterson powered previous longtime chief Jackson Cole. Patterson gained in 4:08 to Cole’s second-place 4:10. John Luna-Lima was third in 4:18.
The 2024 Minotaur Skyrace males’s podium (left to proper): 2. Jackson Cole, 1. Scott Patterson, 3. John Luna-Lima. Photograph: Philipp Reiter/The Journey Bakery
Skyrace du Mercantour – Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France
This was a part of the Skyrunner World Collection race too. The 30k race packed in 2,150 meters of climbing inside Mercantour Nationwide Park. That’s 18 miles and seven,050 ft.
Ariadna Fenes (Andorra) took the ladies’s race in 3:13. Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) and Holly Wootten (U.Ok.) had been second and third in 3:18 and three:23.
Males’s winner Alain Santamaria (Spain) overtook early chief Ruy Ueda (Japan) late and completed a minute higher. Santamaria ran 2:38 to Ueda’s 2:39. Lorenzo Beltrami (France) was third in 2:41.
Ariadna Fenes profitable the 2024 Skyrace du Mercantour. Photograph: Antton Guaresti
Extra Races and Runs
Montane Summer time Backbone Race – Pennine Approach, U.Ok.
The 268-mile point-to-point race was underway final week and has now wrapped. Sue Straw (U.Ok.) gained the ladies’s race in 122:43, and Chris Cope (U.Ok.) gained the boys’s race in 79:10. Cope was extremely over 21 hours higher than anybody else. Full outcomes.
Chris Cope profitable the 2024 Montane Summer time Backbone Race. Photograph: Will Roberts
Mauritius by UTMB – Mauritius
This is likely to be the small East African island’s first entry into TWIR. It was the race’s first version too, and a few 1,000 runners took half. The occasion’s longest race went almost 84 miles with 17,716 ft of elevation achieve. Race winners Xue-Er Shang (China) and Elias Kadi (France) completed in 26:41 and 16:45. Full outcomes.
Tenderfoot Boogie 50k – Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
North of the border, Julie Gill and Matthew Schneider had been the champs on Squamish’s trails this weekend in 6:08 and 4:43, respectively.
Julie Gill on her solution to profitable the 2024 Tenderfoot Boogie 50k. Photograph: Michael Kennedy
U.S. Olympic Trials – Eugene, Oregon
On Friday, 2022 U.S. Mountain Operating Staff member Lauren Gregory ran 15:35 for five,000 meters, ending ninth in her warmth and qualifying for the ultimate. Gregory will contest the ultimate tonight, June 24. Additionally on Friday night time, 2023 Mount Washington Street Race runner-up Sam Chelanga was seventh within the 10,000 meters in 28:04. Full outcomes.
Headwaters Path Runs 56k – Mount Shasta, California
Mila Opalenik set a brand new ladies’s course report in 7:26 and Michael Buyaskas gained the boys’s group in 6:32. Full outcomes.
Mila Opalenik after profitable the 2024 Headwaters Path Runs 56k. Photograph: Carsen Maciag
Flagstaff Excessive Massive Pine – Flagstaff, Arizona
The occasion’s 53k distance winners had been Angie Hodge-Zickerman and Ethan Koza in 5:15 and three:46. Full outcomes.
Bears Ear Extremely – Monticello, Utah
Within the 50 miler, Erin Park and Damon Chavez gained in 8:40 and seven:34 on a course shortened attributable to rain-caused path harm within the previous days. Within the 50k, Madison Andersen and Cal Seneker did it the quickest with 7:09 and 6:42 finishes. Full outcomes.
Ring the Springs – Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Aravaipa Operating race had a number of extremely distances. For 100 miles, it was Taylor Reffett and James Mayuric on the entrance in 27:36 and 24:38. The 100k winners had been Jessica Klein and Nick Care in 15:47 and 11:31. Full outcomes.
Six Days within the Dome – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Within the six-day race, Megan Eckert totaled a large 526 miles. It was the second-best American efficiency ever over six days, and fifth-best ladies’s complete globally. David Johnston gained the boys’s race with 460 miles. Full outcomes.
Two Hearted Path 50k – Paradise, Michigan
With cool temperatures, scorching instances had been run, with each course data falling. Michele Magagna gained in 4:28, whereas William Caldwell did in 3:51. Full outcomes.
Michele Magagna set a brand new course report on the 2024 Two Hearted Path 50k. Photograph courtesy of race.
New River Gorge Path Fest 50k – Fayetteville, West Virginia
Elements of the race course had been in New River Gorge Nationwide Park, America’s latest nationwide park. The 50k winners had been HollyAnn Swann and Heath Goshorn in 4:48 and 4:31. Full outcomes.
The 2024 New River Gorge Path Competition 50K winners, Heath Goshorn and HollyAnn Swann. Photograph: Jennifer Klimchak
Manitou’s Revenge 53 Mile – Windham, New York
Regardless of excessive warmth and thunderstorms, course data fell within the Catskill Mountains and within the race’s eleventh yr. Elizabeth McGurk ran away from everybody in 13:15, and Justin Kousky topped the boys in 10:24. Full outcomes (when out there).
Final Annual Coronary heart of the South Street Race – Fort Rock, Georgia
This one actually will get the creativeness going, for me. The course was unknown till the day earlier than the occasion and runners got 10.5 days to cowl the 384 miles again to their automotive. Meghan Curley and Addison Hendricks did it the quickest. The 2 completed in 9 days, 11 hours, 47 minutes and in six days, six hours, and 25 minutes. That’s 9:11:47 and 6:06:25. Monitoring.
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