Jim Walmsley delivered any other podium-topping efficiency scorching off his fresh win at Extremely-Path du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), completing the 115K Roubion-Great at Great Côte d’Azur by way of UTMB in 11:21:05 and securing his spot for subsequent yr’s Western States 100-Mile Staying power Run within the procedure.
Walmsley, who remaining month completed the famed Extremely-Path du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix in 19:37:43 to change into the primary American guy to win the development in its 20-year historical past, confirmed he’s on a roll together with his commanding victory this weekend over second-place Simon Gosselin of France (11:46:29) and third-place Philipp Ausserhofer (11:55:13).
Even though their finishes safe spots at Western States in 2024 for each Walmsley and Gosselin, the 33-year-old Walmsley hasn’t introduced whether or not he’ll be toeing the starting point on the mythical California extremely. Alternatively, he did submit on social media Monday afternoon that the golden price tag “is opening up some a laugh probabilities for the time table subsequent yr and I’m satisfied to nonetheless be dreaming of long term beginning strains.” Walmsley is a three-time Western States champion, environment the route report (14:09:28) in 2019. He hasn’t competed at Western States since he remaining gained it in 2021.
Additionally choosing up golden tickets have been British runner Eleanor Davis (13:49:20), the highest lady finisher and ninth-place finisher total within the 115K, and Finland’s Marjo Liikanen (14:44:22). Italy’s Giulia Vinco ran 15:28:58 to spherical out the ladies’s podium.
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Primiero Dolomiti Path race
Canada’s Rémi Leroux ran 43:56 to take moment position within the 10.2-km Premiero Dolomiti Path race in northern Italy on Saturday. The runner from Bromont, Que., wrote in a submit after the race that whilst he used to be to start with upset that the route “would now not achieve any epic summit above tree line,” he added that, having run it, he now considers it “probably the most coolest lessons I’ve raced on.”
Held in Fiera di Primiero, the Primiero Dolomiti Path race is composed of 3 3.4-km loops, every with 230 metres of elevation achieve, at the slopes of Mount Bedolè within the Dolomites.
Becoming a member of Leroux at the males’s podium have been winner Xavier Chevrier (43:22) and fellow Italian Henri Aymonod (43:58). Within the girls’s box, Finland’s Susanna Saapunki ran 51:00 for first, adopted by way of Kenya’s Lucy Wambui Murigi (52:33) and Britain’s Sara Willhoit (52:42).
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