October 21, 2024 – iRunFar

It took 4 days to do the Golden Path World Sequence Finals. Will the still-happening Massive Canine’s Yard Extremely take longer than that?

These championships and races just like the Grand Path des Templiers and Diagonale Des Fous are up on this week’s rundown.

Golden Path World Sequence Finals – Ascona, Switzerland

The 2024 Golden Path World Sequence (GTWS) got here to an finish over 4 days of racing in Switzerland. The ladies raced a 7-kilometer Prologue on Thursday, October 17 and a 23k race on Saturday, October 19. The boys did the identical two programs, however on Friday, October 18 and on Sunday, October 20.

Males

Prologue

Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) is on a sizzling streak. He gained his third GTWS race in a row, and this one didn’t take a dash end to get there both. Elazzaoui completed in 25:48, splitting the 7k course and its time trial racing format 24 seconds higher than anybody else. Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) was the closest with a 26:12 second-place end and Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) ran 26:39 for third.

The total high 10 was:

1. Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) – 25:48
2. Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) – 26:12
3. Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 26:39
4. Kevin Kibet (Kenya) – 27:06
5. Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 27:34
6. Christian Allen (U.S.) – 27:52
7. Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 27:59
8. Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) – 27:59
9. Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 28:07
10. Manuel Innerhofer (Italy) – 28:08

Remaining

Totally different day, similar story. Elhousine Elazzaoui pulled away from everybody else late to win once more. Elazzaoui had a small lead 100 minutes into the race and opened that up over the ultimate 10 minutes. He completed in 1:50:18, 39 seconds higher than everybody else.

Rémi Bonnet continued his robust end-of-season run and was second in 1:50:57, and Patrick Kipngeno was third for the second race in a row. Kipngeno was simply behind Bonnet in 1:51:00.

Elazzaoui was the general Golden Path World Sequence champion.

The total high 10 for the Remaining race was:

1. Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) – 1:50:18
2. Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) – 1:50:57
3. Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 1:51:00
4. Timothy Kibet (Kenya) – 1:53:06
5. Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 1:54:03
6. Robert Pkemoi (Kenya) – 1:55:44
7. Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 1:55:46
8. Christian Allen (U.S.) – 1:55:50
9. Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 1:58:21
10. Alain Santamaria (Spain) – 1:58:30

Girls

Prologue

She hasn’t gained each race this 12 months, however Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) has gained greater than anybody else and been a step up from the competitors this 12 months. She gained the Prologue race in 31:37, 30 seconds higher than second-place Lauren Gregory (U.S.). Mădălina Florea (Romania) was third in 32:14.

Gregory was one in every of 4 U.S. girls inside the highest 10, and three uniquely competed on the June 2024 U.S. Monitor & Discipline Olympic Trials too. On the Olympic Trials, Gregory was a finalist within the 5,000 meters. Seventh-place Allie Ostrander was a finalist within the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and eighth-place Anna Gibson was a semifinalist within the 1,500-meter run. Additional, fourth-place U.S. lady Sophia Laukli contested the 2022 Winter Olympics as a Nordic skier. That’s positively some distinctive crossover between disciplines and sports activities among the many high U.S. girls.

The total high 10 was:

1. Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 31:37
2. Lauren Gregory (U.S.) – 32:07
3. Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 32:14
4. Sophia Laukli (U.S., lives in Norway) – 32:18
5. Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 32:38
6. Sara Alonso (Spain) – 33:10
7. Allie Ostrander (U.S.) – 33:36
8. Anna Gibson (U.S.) – 34:29
9. Naomi Lang (U.Okay.) – 34:33
10. Eef Van Dongen (The Netherlands) – 34:41

(In 2023, Ostrander was suspended for 4 months after testing optimistic for canrenone, a metabolite of spironolactone, after it was decided that she mistakenly took the drug with out first acquiring a World Anti-Doping Company Therapeutic Use Exemption.)

Remaining

Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya), this 12 months’s Sierre-Zinal shock winner, and Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya), this 12 months’s collection chief, went at it early, nevertheless it wasn’t actually that shut. Chepngeno, who didn’t race the 2 days earlier Prologue, was seconds forward of Muthoni Njeru simply minutes into the race, and opened an enormous lead within the race’s second half. Chepngeno gained the race in 2:08:39.

Lauren Gregory ran down Muthoni Njeru late to earn one other second-place end. She got here in at 2:13:00 and Muthoni Njeru was third in 2:13:30.

Muthoni Njeru was the general collection winner.

The total high 10 within the Remaining race was:

1. Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya) – 2:08:39
2. Lauren Gregory (U.S.) – 2:13:00
3. Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 2:13:30
4. Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 2:13:57
5. Sara Alonso (Spain) – 2:14:07
6. Sophia Laukli (U.S., lives in Norway) – 2:14:39
7. Naomi Lang (U.Okay.) – 2:17:51
8. Oria Liaci (Switzerland) – 2:18:26
9. Malen Osa (Spain) – 2:20:04
10. Rachel Tomajczyk (U.S.) – 2:20:13

Full outcomes.

Grand Path des Templiers – Millau, France

The large occasion included some 14 totally different races. Of these, the 80k (50 miles) Grand Path des Templiers is the premier race.

Thomas Cardin (France) ran away with the boys’s crown in 6:38. Miguel Arsénio (Portugal) got here in underneath seven hours too for a second-place 6:57 end, and Andreu Simón (Spain) was third in 7:02.

The ladies ran nearer with lower than six minutes separating the entrance three. Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) gained in 7:42, Sylvia Nordskar (Norway) was second in 7:45, and Blandine L’Hirondel (France) was third in 7:48.

Clémentine Geoffray (France) and Jennifer Lichter (U.S.) have been fourth and fifth in 7:49 and eight:00 among the many aggressive entrance girls’s group.

Full outcomes.

Diagonale des Fous – Réunion Island, France

The longtime Indian Ocean island traverse stretched 102 miles and with 32,800 ft of elevation achieve.

Mathieu Blanchard (France) avenged a drop at this 12 months’s UTMB to win right here in 23:25. Jean Philippe-Tschumi (Switzerland) and Ben Dhiman (U.S., lives in France) have been second and third in 24:08 and 24:42. Philippe-Tschumi was third right here in 2023.

French girls dominated the race taking eight of the highest 10 end spots, and sweeping the rostrum. Manon Bohard led Maryline Nakache and Pauline Grardel with 31:49, 33:01, and 33:46 end occasions.

Full outcomes.

Massive Canine’s Yard Extremely – Bell Buckle, Tennessee

This 12 months’s race was the Yard Extremely World Workforce Championships. U.S. runners raced on the standard 4.16-mile course and practically 1,000 others from 63 international locations raced at different places around the globe.

On the time of this writing on late Sunday night, 11 U.S. runners, together with world record-holder Harvey Lewis, had run for 41 hours and 170 miles, and Belgium led the crew rankings.

U.S. outcomes.

Worldwide outcomes.

Extra Races and Runs

Marathon Des Sables Morocco – Saharan Desert, Morocco

This was the third version for a three-day stage race totaling 120k. Barely a minute separated the primary three males and solely 4 seconds separated Rachid El Morabity (Morocco) and Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco). The 2 totaled 9:37:12 and 9:37:16, and Thomas Benjamin Bertin (Italy) was third in 9:38:21. French runners swept the ladies’s podium. Lucie Matt, Emilie Garcia, and Carine David completed in 13:01, 13:30, and 13:58, respectively. Full outcomes.

Rogue Gorge – Union Creek, Oregon

The Dawn Racing occasion occurred alongside the higher Rogue River. Casey Campbell beat Max King within the 50k, 3:50 to three:53, and Dominique Stasulli gained the ladies’s race in 4:30. Full outcomes.

SAMO Path Runs – Pacific Palisades, California

The 50-mile winners Travis Burleson and Anne Delmarre ran 8:58 and 9:10, and 50k champs Rocco Addante and Laura Liedle completed in 4:29 and 5:33. Full outcomes.

California Fall Basic – Healdsburg, California

Temperatures peaked at 92 levels Fahrenheit on the 100k course. Kevin Stewart overcame the new circumstances to enhance on final 12 months’s third-place end with a first-place 9:59. Girls’s winner Charlotte Cox slipped into the highest 10 general with a 12:22 run. Matt Seidel and Pauline Loulier gained the accompanying 55k race in 4:23 and 5:00, respectively. Full outcomes.

Metropolis to Sky 50k – Missoula, Montana

Adam Peterman was over an hour higher than everybody else at his hometown extremely. Peterman gained in 4:13 and Caroline Hardin championed the ladies’s race in 5:20. Full outcomes.

Bobcat Path Race 50k – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Race leaders Stefan Schuster and Salynda Heinl clocked 4:47 and 5:37 end occasions on the Palmer Park course. Full outcomes.

Mines of Spain 100 Mile – Dubuque, Iowa

Nathan Shaffer gained the boys’s race in 18:49 and Mary Namestnik scored a brand new girls’s course document in 22:05. Full outcomes.

Des Moines Marathon – Des Moines, Iowa

The 2023 and 2020 UTATF 50k nationwide champion Kallin Khan gained the boys’s street race in 2:22:59, whereas Angela Chaney took the ladies’s title in 2:52:29. Full outcomes.

Stone Steps 50k – Cincinnati, Ohio

The course is held on a collection of loops inside Mount Ethereal Forest. Frontrunners Johathan Pahren and Molly Kash completed the circuit in 4:56 and 5:21. Full outcomes.

Laurel Highlands Extremely 50k – Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

Jesse Irwin and Sara Zambotti gained the race in 4:42 and 5:35. Full outcomes.

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