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Damaged Arrow Skyrace – Olympic Valley, California
Vertical Okay
The Friday morning race went up 3,000 ft over 3 miles, completing on the most sensible of 9,000-foot Washeshu Height. It used to be the yr’s first International Mountain Operating Affiliation (WMRA) International Cup race.
Patrick Kipngeno and Joyce Muthoni Njeru, the 2024 Damaged Arrow Skyrace Vertical Okay winners. Picture: 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 moment Golden Path International Sequence race. And he or she ruled this race too. Muthoni Njeru used to be just about two mins forward of everybody else with a forty five:29 end. Conceivable route adjustments apart, that’s 11 seconds higher than Morgan Arritola’s 2019 match document.
The 2023 winner Anna Gibson got here again to complete moment in 47:25. And the 2022 and 2021 winner Allie McLaughlin got here again to complete 0.33 in 47:40.
The entire most sensible 10 used to be:
- 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
Prior to this yr the development document used to be 41:16. The entire most sensible 15 beat that mark this yr.
The 2023 International Mountain Operating Uphill champion Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) led the right way to the highest in 36:11, and it wasn’t in point of fact shut.
Jim Walmsley used to be the most efficient of the remainder. Whether or not to problem Kipngeno or to simply get a tune-up for subsequent week’s Western States 100, Walmsley stepped approach down in distance and went up moment in 37:39.
3rd-place Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau driven arduous to complete in 37:53.
The entire most sensible 10 used to be:
- 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 hiking.
Girls
Toni McCann (South Africa, residing in France) is at the up and up too. She gained ultimate yr’s OCC race, ultimate yr’s Extremely-Path Cape The city 55k, and used to be unequalled on the entrance of the ladies’s box right here. She completed in 4:52, and as with the Vertical Okay there may be the possibility of other lessons, however McCann’s mark is 2 mins again of what Helen Mino Faukner ran to win ultimate yr.
2nd- and third-place Klaire Rhodes and Amanda Basham completed in 5:07 and 5:16, respectively.
The ladies’s most sensible 10 used to be:
- Toni McCann (South Africa, residing 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 used to be twelfth within the Vertical Okay race and gained the 46k. And in 2024 at Damaged Arrow, David Sinclair used to be twelfth within the Vertical Okay race and gained the 46k.
Sinclair dropped his ultimate hanger-on, Cam Smith, and cruised to the end with a large lead. The route has most likely modified a little, however his 4:00 end this yr used to be 22 mins higher than his personal 2022 successful time.
Jeff Mogavero and Adam Peterman moved up on the second one lap, and Mogavero outgunned Peterman for moment. He used to be virtually a minute higher in 4:11.
The lads’s most sensible 10 used to be:
- 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 unmarried loop route that installed 4,700 ft of achieve. It too used to be a WMRA International Cup contest. For extra main points than laid out underneath, you’ll be able to learn iRunFar’s complete take a look at the Damaged Arrow Skyrace 23k.
Girls
Joyce Muthoni Njeru dominated the ladies’s race, however this one used to be shut on the end. Muthoni’s successful margin used to be simply 37 seconds. She completed in 2:11 and Jade Belzburg rocketed up the ranks with a 2:12 second-place run. Tabor Hemming used to be 0.33 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. Picture: Scott Rokis Pictures
Males
Lots of the most sensible finishers had been doubling again from the Vertical Okay on Friday. Patrick Kipngeno jumped to a large lead early, and Eli Hemming made up time past due. Kipngeno gained for the second one time at the weekend, however the time hole used to be shorter right here than within the Vertical Okay. Kipngeno completed in 1:45 and Hemming used to be moment in 1:47. The 2023 Sierre-Zinal winner Philemon Ombogo Kiriago used to be 0.33 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.Okay.) – 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. Picture: Scott Rokis Pictures
Minotaur Skyrace – Crowsnest Cross, Alberta, Canada
The race used to be the yr’s 8th Skyrunner International Sequence race and went 33k with 2,900 meters of achieve throughout 3 large climbs. That’s 20 miles and 9,500 ft.
Emma Prepare dinner-Clarke (Canada) gained for the second one time right here. She dropped Elise Poncet (France) with about 5k to move and set a brand new route document in 4:52. Poncet used to be moment in 4:56, and Karina Carsolio (Mexico) used to be 0.33 in 5:10.
The lads’s race got here all the way down to the overall “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 used to be 0.33 in 4:18.
The 2024 Minotaur Skyrace males’s podium (left to proper): 2. Jackson Cole, 1. Scott Patterson, 3. John Luna-Lima. Picture: Philipp Reiter/The Journey Bakery
Skyrace du Mercantour – Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France
This used to be a part of the Skyrunner International Sequence race too. The 30k race packed in 2,150 meters of hiking inside of 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.Okay.) had been moment and 0.33 in 3:18 and three:23.
Males’s winner Alain Santamaria (Spain) overtook early chief Ruy Ueda (Japan) past due and completed a minute higher. Santamaria ran 2:38 to Ueda’s 2:39. Lorenzo Beltrami (France) used to be 0.33 in 2:41.
Ariadna Fenes successful the 2024 Skyrace du Mercantour. Picture: Antton Guaresti
Further Races and Runs
Montane Summer season Backbone Race – Pennine Approach, U.Okay.
The 268-mile point-to-point race used to be underway ultimate week and has now wrapped. Sue Straw (U.Okay.) gained the ladies’s race in 122:43, and Chris Cope (U.Okay.) gained the boys’s race in 79:10. Cope used to be extremely over 21 hours higher than someone else. Complete effects.
Chris Cope successful the 2024 Montane Summer season Backbone Race. Picture: Will Roberts
Mauritius via UTMB – Mauritius
This could be the small East African island’s first access into TWIR. It used to be the race’s first version too, and a few 1,000 runners took section. The development’s longest race went just about 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. Complete effects.
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 four:43, respectively.
Julie Gill on her technique to successful the 2024 Tenderfoot Boogie 50k. Picture: 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, completing 9th in her warmth and qualifying for the overall. Gregory will contest the overall this night, June 24. Additionally on Friday night time, 2023 Mount Washington Street Race runner-up Sam Chelanga used to be 7th within the 10,000 meters in 28:04. Complete effects.
Headwaters Path Runs 56k – Mount Shasta, California
Mila Opalenik set a brand new ladies’s route document in 7:26 and Michael Buyaskas gained the boys’s crew in 6:32. Complete effects.
Mila Opalenik after successful the 2024 Headwaters Path Runs 56k. Picture: Carsen Maciag
Flagstaff Excessive Large Pine – Flagstaff, Arizona
The development’s 53k distance winners had been Angie Hodge-Zickerman and Ethan Koza in 5:15 and three:46. Complete effects.
Bears Ear Extremely – Monticello, Utah
Within the 50 miler, Erin Park and Damon Chavez gained in 8:40 and seven:34 on a route shortened because of rain-caused path harm within the previous days. Within the 50k, Madison Andersen and Cal Seneker did it the quickest with 7:09 and six:42 finishes. Complete effects.
Ring the Springs – Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Aravaipa Operating race had more than one extremely distances. For 100 miles, it used to be 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. Complete effects.
Six Days within the Dome – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Within the six-day race, Megan Eckert totaled an enormous 526 miles. It used to be the second-best American efficiency ever over six days, and fifth-best ladies’s overall globally. David Johnston gained the boys’s race with 460 miles. Complete effects.
Two Hearted Path 50k – Paradise, Michigan
With cool temperatures, scorching occasions had been run, with each route data falling. Michele Magagna gained in 4:28, whilst William Caldwell did in 3:51. Complete effects.
Michele Magagna set a brand new route document on the 2024 Two Hearted Path 50k. Picture courtesy of race.
New River Gorge Path Fest 50k – Fayetteville, West Virginia
Portions of the race route had been in New River Gorge Nationwide Park, The united states’s latest nationwide park. The 50k winners had been HollyAnn Swann and Heath Goshorn in 4:48 and four:31. Complete effects.
The 2024 New River Gorge Path Pageant 50K winners, Heath Goshorn and HollyAnn Swann. Picture: Jennifer Klimchak
Manitou’s Revenge 53 Mile – Windham, New York
Regardless of excessive warmth and thunderstorms, route data fell within the Catskill Mountains and within the race’s eleventh yr. Elizabeth McGurk ran clear of everybody in 13:15, and Justin Kousky crowned the boys in 10:24. Complete effects (when to be had).
Ultimate Annual Middle of the South Street Race – Fortress Rock, Georgia
This one in point of fact will get the creativeness going, for me. The route used to be unknown till the day earlier than the development and runners got 10.5 days to hide the 384 miles again to their automobile. Meghan Curley and Addison Hendricks did it the quickest. The 2 completed in 9 days, 11 hours, 47 mins and in six days, six hours, and 25 mins. That’s 9:11:47 and six:06:25. Monitoring.
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