The U.S. Mountain Working Championships starred in Utah, the Hardrock 100 climbed in Colorado, and longtime races like Maryland’s Catoctin 50k once more introduced a neighborhood in combination.
It was once a most commonly U.S. time table of races this weekend, and it was once crimson sizzling.
U.S. Mountain Working Championships – Snowbird, Utah
The Cirque Collection race at Utah’s Snowbird Lodge ski space hosted this yr’s U.S. Mountain Working Championships. The 8.7-mile path climbed and descended 3,610 ft, crossing two 11,000-foot top issues.
There is not any Global Mountain Working Championships this yr, however the best finisher will sign up for the highest two finishers from closing week’s U.S. Vertical Mountain Working Championship to race on the Lagunc Kilometer Verticale race in Italy in October 2024, the overall for the 2024 Global Mountain Working Affiliation (WMRA) Global Cup.
Males
Utah runners swept the highest 3 spots within the males’s race. Christian Allen earned his 3rd directly win in this path with a 1:18 end. That’s as regards to a minute slower than his 2022 best possible for the path. This win was once a go back to shape after a Thirteenth-place end on the Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k in June.
2d-place Hawk Name completed in 1:19. Name, the son of impediment racing pioneer Hobie Name, was once 6th in that very same Damaged Arrow Skyrace. 3rd-place Zachary Erikson was once simply over two mins in the back of Name in 1:21.
All 3 of the rostrum getters ran collegiately in Utah. Allen competed at Weber State College, Name at Utah Valley College, and Erickson at Brigham Younger College.
The highest 10 males had been:
- Christian Allen – 1:18:17
- Hawk Name – 1:19:05
- Zachary Erikson – 1:21:07
- Mason Coppi – 1:21:16
- Taylor Stack – 1:21:41
- Anthony Williams – 1:21:46
- Seth DeMoor – 1:22:20
- David Kennedy – 1:22:38
- Cole Campbell – 1:23:17
- Cam Smith – 1:23:36
Girls
Grayson Murphy is only a degree higher than everybody else within the U.S. presently. She completed in 1:36, a complete 4 mins forward of her closest chaser. Murphy received each the U.S. Mountain Working Championship and the U.S. Vertical Mountain Working Championships in 2023.
2d-place Rachel Tomajzyk completed in 1:40, and he or she was once 2d finally weekend’s U.S. Vertical Mountain Working Championships.
Laurel Moyer, who received the Cirque Collection Brighton race on the finish of June, was once 3rd in 1:40 and handiest 12 seconds in the back of 2d position.
The ladies’s best 10 was once:
- Grayson Murphy – 1:36:17
- Rachel Tomajczyk – 1:40:23
- Laurel Moyer – 1:40:35
- Alexa Aragon – 1:40:45
- Emkay Sullivan – 1:42:02
- Sydney Petersen – 1:42:39
- Giselle Slotboom – 1:42:41
- Andie Cornish – 1:46:23
- Oakley Olson – 1:46:28
- Flannery Davis Love – 1:46:51
Hardrock 100 – Silverton, Colorado
Probably the most iconic 100 milers within the U.S., the top altitude run totaled 33,000 ft of elevation achieve on its 102-mile loop, and in an indication of the days, each total path data had been damaged. iRunFar previous reported better element on how the development performed out.
Males
Possibly a win, however no person may just’ve predicted a brand new path report for Ludovic Pommeret (France). The 48-year-old surprised with a fantastic 21:33 total path report, 3 mins higher than Kilian Jornet’s former path usual from 2022.
Diego Pazos (Switzerland) and 2016 co-winner Jason Schlarb had been 2d and 3rd in 24:39 and 24:48.
From proper to left, it’s Ludo Pommeret, François D’Haene, and Diego Pazos within the early miles of the 2024 Hardrock 100. Pommeret and Pazos would end one-two, whilst D’Haene could be compelled to drop after halfway. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Girls
If Pommeret’s report run was once a marvel, girls’s winner Courtney Dauwalter’s report run wasn’t. Dauwalter received for the 3rd yr in a row, completing in 26:11 and making improvements to her personal total path report from 2023. This yr’s time was once 3 mins quicker than in 2023 when the run went the wrong way at the loop, and it was once 33 mins quicker than what Dauwalter did on this similar clockwise route in 2022.
2d-place Camille Bruyas (France) and Katharina Harmuth (Germany, residing in Switzerland) completed the large mountain loop in 29:28 and 30:29, respectively.
Katharina Hartmuth and Courtney Dauwalter taking part in the early miles of the 2024 Hardrock 100. Dauwalter received the race, and Hartmuth took 3rd. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Montemuro Vertical Run – Castro Daire, Portugal
The ten-kilometer race was once the yr’s fourth Global Mountain Working Affiliation Global Cup contest and climbed 1,090 meters (3,576 ft).
Males
Thank you to 2 flight cancelations, Lukas Ehrle (Germany) were given to the town at 2:00 a.m. the morning of the race. After which he outran everybody to the highest in 52:31. Ehrle ran 29:09 for 10,000 meters at the monitor previous this yr.
Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) edged out Andrea Elia (Italy) for 2d 53:29 to 53:40.
The entire best 5 had been:
- Lukas Erhle (Germany) – 52:31
- Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 53:29
- Andrea Elia (Italy) – 53:40
- Cesare Maestri (Italy) – 54:27
- Henri Aymonod (Italy) – 55:20
Lukas Ehrle, 2024 Montemuro Vertical Run champion. Picture: Global Mountain Working Affiliation/Marco Gulberti
Girls
It was once shut on the best, however Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) repeated as girls’s winner with 60:52 at the clock. 3rd and 2d finally weekend’s WMRA Global Cup race, Gloria Chebet (Kenya) and Philaries Kisang (Kenya) flipped their order this week. Chebet completed 2d in 61:02, and Kisang was once 3rd in 63:18.
The ladies’s best 5 had been:
- Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) – 60:52
- Gloria Chebet (Kenya) – 61:02
- Philiares Kisang (Kenya) – 63:18
- Susanna Saapunki (Finland) – 64:07
- Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 65:24
Scout Adkin with a repeat win on the 2024 Montemuro Vertical Run. Picture: Global Mountain Working Affiliation/Marco Gulberti
Further Races and Runs
XTERRA Snowdonia Path Marathon – Wales, U.Ok.
The development was once the sixteenth prevent at the XTERRA Path Run Global Collection, and the marathon incorporated a summit of Snowdon Top. Sean Merryweather (U.Ok.) kicked arduous to run down Emily Cowper-Coles (U.Ok.) for the full win. Each completed in 4:09 with Merryweather 10 seconds in entrance. Harry Jones (U.Ok.) and Rebecca Sleath (U.Ok.) received the 57k extremely in 5:06 and six:56. Complete effects.
Surroundings on the XTERRA Snowdonia Path Marathon in Wales. Picture: XTERRA
Sinister 7 Extremely – Crowsnest Cross, Alberta, Canada
The race is called for the Sinister Seven Mountain that looms across the path. Brendan Morphet (Canada) and Émile Vogel-Nakamura (Canada) had been quickest within the 50 miler in 9:18 and 10:45. Complete effects.
Knee Knackering North Shore Path Run – North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Race locals Brandon Gardiner and Jessie Collison received in 4:55 and six:02, respectively. The purpose-to-point race runs from the Baden-Powell Centennial Path in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver to Deep Cove, North Vancouver. Complete effects.
Siskiyou Out Again – Ashland, Oregon
Authentic effects with end occasions aren’t but on-line, however social media issues to Nate Trimble and Anne Behrend because the race’s 50k winners. Complete effects (when to be had).
Mount Hood Races – Timothy Lake, Oregon
Ryan Maize received the boys’s 50 miler in 6:46, and Michelle Buncke was once the full winner in 6:39. Buncke set a brand new path report too. Lots of the race path was once at the Pacific Crest Path within the shadow of Mount Hood. Complete effects.
Beaverhead Staying power Runs – Salmon, Idaho
“Please come ready,” the race steered runners of its difficult, true mountain lessons. Ben Saelens and JT Wynn had been fastest across the 100k in 9:34 and 12:06, and Ben Hathaway and Amy Kramer slayed the 55k in 6:40 and seven:20. Complete effects.
Teton Mountain Runs – Teton Village, Wyoming
The races ran above Jackson Hollow Mountain Lodge. The 50k winners earned $300 each and every, and the 30k winners $200 each and every. Luke Galloway ran away with the boys’s 50k in 5:37, and Meridyth Moore received the ladies’s race in 6:55. An afternoon previous, Timmy Parr and Amy King received the 30k in 2:40 and three:21. Hat tip to Parr for his longevity. Fifteen years previous he as an alternative would’ve been competing on the best of the U.S. Mountain Working Championships. Complete effects.
Queen Town Path Scramble 50k – Waynesville, Ohio
A small box contested the race within Caesar Creek State Park, and Spencer Olds and Kate Gordon received in 4:34 and 5:50. Complete effects.
Catoctin 50k – Frederick, Maryland
The out-and-back run dates again to 1995. Patrick Blair and Kristen Kelman had been this yr’s quickest in 4:54 and six:33. Complete effects.
Nice Hill Extremely – Middlesex, New York
The second one-year 100k is going all over the Finger Lakes. Carson Albanese and Allison Jacquemont (Canada) led the small box in 11:36 and 13:48. Complete effects.
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