It was once the Golden Path Global Sequence’s second-straight weekend within the U.S., the primary yr for the Grindstone through UTMB 100k, and extra tremendous technical racing within the Skyrunner Global Sequence.
Mammoth Path Fest – Mammoth Lakes, California
26k
The race was once the yr’s 6th Golden Path Global Sequence contest, and the closing probability for runners to earn issues to qualify for the finale in October in Italy. The highest 30 runners within the collection are eligible to compete within the finale.
The up-and-down Mammoth run went for 16.1 miles with 3,900 toes of elevation throughout a unmarried loop with a place to begin close to 8,000 toes above sea degree.
There was once a $21,000 prize handbag that delivered $3,000 to every winner with cash stretching 10 deep.
Males
Just a week got rid of from his record-setting run on the Pikes Top Ascent, Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) was once once more victorious. The sector all superstar separated from a chase crew overdue within the climb, and ran on my own over the race’s downhill moment part. Bonnet completed in 1:54:48, organising the path checklist at the first-year path on the second-year tournament.
Rémi Bonnet takes the win on the 2023 Mammoth Path Fest 26k. Picture: Golden Path Sequence | Mammoth Path Fest 26k | The Journey Bakery
Whilst the race win was once apparently by no means doubtful, there was once a large number of motion simply at the back of, after which some end line drama.
Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya), Philemon Kiriago (Kenya), and Chad Corridor (U.S.) hit the 7.5-mile path top level at the back of Bonnet, after which issues were given messy. The 3 bunched up at the downhill moment part, and all 3 went off path. Corridor discovered his as far back as the path, however ignored a checkpoint, whilst Kipngeno and Kiriago backtracked additional. Corridor crossed the end moment, however was once later disqualified. Kipngeno and Kiriago got reliable finishes, although they misplaced a number of puts at the misdirection.
Corridor’s disqualification vaulted Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau (U.S.) into moment in 1:58:48 at the reliable scores. After blitzing the downhill, the path rookie spent a longer period of time on his again on the end from exhaustion.
Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) dipped below the two-hour mark too in 1:59:53 for 1/3.
The total best 10 was once:
1 – Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) – 1:54:48
2 – Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau (U.S.) – 1:58:48
3 – Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 1:59:53
4 – Sam Hendry (Canada) – 2:00:24
5 – Daniel Osanz (Spain) – 2:02:17
6 – Eli Hemming (U.S.) – 2:02:31
7 – Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 2:02:44
8 – Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 2:05:54
9 – Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 2:06:02
10 – Andy Wacker (U.S.) – 2:06:53
Ladies
Monica Mădălina Florea (Romania) hit the top level in first with Judith Wyder (Switzerland) and race native Dani Moreno (U.S.) simply at the back of.
On the end, Wyder, recognized for her downhill prowess, leaped around the line first in 2:18:20. Moreno was once not up to a minute again in 2:19:13. Wyder was once moment in closing weekend’s race, and earned her moment Golden Path Global Sequence win of the yr.
Florea overcame a late-race flawed flip of her personal and hung on for 1/3 in 2:23:06.
Judith Wyder, the 2023 Mammoth Path Fest 26k champion. Picture: Golden Path Sequence | Mammoth Path Fest 26k | The Journey Bakery
The total best 10 was once:
1 – Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 2:18:20
2 – Dani Moreno (U.S.) – 2:19:13
3 – Monica Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 2:23:06
4 – Anna Gibson (U.S.) – 2:23:35
5 – Malen Osa (Spain) – 2:24:06
6 – Sylvia Nordskar (Norway) – 2:24:36
7 – Tabor Hemming (U.S.) – 2:26:31
8 – Elise Poncet (France) – 2:27:34
9 – Allie Ostrander (U.S.) – 2:27:50
10 – Rachel Tomajczyk (U.S.) – 2:28:46
(In 2023, Ostrander was once suspended for 4 months after trying out certain for canrenone, a metabolite of spironolactone, after it was once decided that she mistakenly took the drug with out first acquiring a Global Anti-Doping Company Healing Use Exemption.)
50k
It wasn’t a part of the Golden Path Global Sequence, however Saturday’s lengthy path race winners every earned $1,400.
Nick Handel were given out entrance in 4:22 for the boys’s win, and Patrick Wachter edged out Chris Myers through simply over a minute for moment. The 2 ran 4:33 and four:34.
Ladies’s winner EmKay Sullivan in a similar way gapped her chasers in 5:13, and moment and 1/3 ran shut. Keelah Barger was once two mins quicker than Selena Langner because the pair ran 5:26 and 5:28 to get at the podium.
Grindstone through UTMB – Herbal Chimneys, Virginia
It was once the longtime race’s first yr as a part of the UTMB Global Sequence, and the newly added 100k was once a Western States 100 Golden Price ticket race. That supposed that the primary two finishers within the 100k earned an automated access into the Western States 100.
100 Mile
Ace photographer Mike McMonagle was once in center of attention overdue. He received without equal lead best within the closing 10 miles and gained in 19:10. Grant Barnette and Joey Miller had been moment and 1/3 in 19:50 and 20:54.
Mike McMonagle, the 2023 Grindstone through UTMB 100 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Grindstone through UTMB
Ladies’s winner Alissa St Laurent (Canada) was once out entrance in 24:39 at the path and its 21,000 toes of elevation acquire. Shelby Johnson and Serena Eley had been subsequent at the podium at 26:17 and 27:53, respectively.
Alissa St Laurent takes the win on the 2023 Grindstone through UTMB 100 Mile. Picture: Grindstone through UTMB
100k
Caleb Olson and Caleb Bowen dueled for the 100k crown. Olson led the overall 13 miles, however Bowen slightly surrendered any time. The 2 completed in 8:54 and eight:59, respectively. Olson and Bowen each approved their Western States 100 Golden Tickets. Justin Grunewald was once 1/3 in 9:12. The path received 11,000 toes of elevation.
The ladies’s race was once just about as shut. Lotti Brinks and Devon Yanko had been on the entrance in 10:37 and 10:43, simply over six mins aside, and third-place Anna Fisher trailed in 11:11. Each Brinks and Yanko approved the Western States 100 Golden Tickets too.
Gorbeai Suzien Skyrace – Zeanuri, Spain
The Skyrunner Global Sequence race went 32k with 2,400 meters of elevation acquire. It was once the race’s tenth yr, and each the boys’s and ladies’s path data fell.
Males
Slightly a minute separated the entrance 3. Alain Santamaría (Spain) completed in 2:57 for the win. Antonio Martínez (Spain) was once best 56 seconds again at 2:58 for moment, and third-place Frédéric Tranchand (France) additionally ran 2:58 and was once best 26 seconds at the back of Martínez.
Alain Santamaría takes victory on the 2023 Gorbeai Suzien Skyrace. Picture: Brian Sharp
Ladies
Clementine Geoffray (France), this yr’s Path Global Championships 40k winner, can run tremendous technical races too. She simply edged out Iris Pessey (France) for the ladies’s win. Geoffray completed in 3:34 and Pessey in 3:35 with best 85 seconds in between the 2. 3rd-place Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) completed in 3:39.
Clementine Geoffray win the 2023 Gorbeai Suzien Skyrace. Picture: Brian Sharp
Further Races and Runs
Berlin Marathon – Berlin, Germany
Again in June, Laura Hottenrott (Germany) was once fourth within the Global Mountain Operating Championships Uphill race. On the Berlin Marathon, she was once twenty fourth in 2:29:38. Her private highest is two:28:02 from 2021. On the entrance of the race, Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) defended his identify with a 2:02:42 win, whilst Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) reset the ladies’s international checklist for the marathon in 2:11:53. Complete effects.
3 Sisters Skyline 50k – Sisters, Oregon
The Alpine Operating tournament took in perspectives of the 3 Sisters, 3 shut in combination peaks (North, Heart, and South Sisters). The race climbed 3,700 toes, all within the first 10 miles. Todd Simpson and Heather Jackson gained in 4:08 and four:10, and Jackson’s time was once a brand new path checklist. Complete effects.
The beginning of the 2023 3 Sisters Skyline. Picture: James Holk
West Line Winder 50k – Buena Vista, Colorado
Bradley Stroz pulled clear of Nico de Vries overdue and gained in 4:16. De Vries did simply sufficient to stick in entrance of a faster-closing Ryan Kaiser, and the 2 had been moment and 1/3 in 4:22 and four:24. Ladies’s frontrunners Whitney Barrett and Sarah Area had been along with 5 miles to head, however on the end Barrett scored an precisely one-minute win in 4:44. Area clocked 4:45, and Gwen Golaszewski was once 1/3 in 4:54. Megan Sand was once best non-binary runner in 6:28. Complete effects.
Sawatch Ascent 50k – Nathrop, Colorado
Down 5 mins at mile 26, Jeason Murphy hit the fuel and overtook longtime chief Zachary Smith. Murphy gained in 5:45 and Smith was once moment in 5:48. Kristopher Mendoza ran 5:51 for 1/3. Ladies’s winner Lauren Puretz was once in entrance of everybody with a 5:42 profitable time. Imogen Ainsworth and Sarah Area had been moment and 1/3 in 5:53 and six:09, with Area working the double.
Shoutout to longtime TWIR reader Jon Teisher. He pulled off the Pikes Top Ascent-Pikes Top Marathon double and West Line Winder 50k-Sawatch Ascent 50k double on back-to-back weekends. Complete effects.
Vermont 50 Mile – Brownsville, Vermont
The 50-mile winners Benjamin Lane and Lila Gaudrault ran 7:31 and seven:54, and 50k champs Ansel Dickey and Crystal Ross completed in 4:34 and six:00. Complete effects.
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