November 25, 2024 – iRunFar

The weekend included course information on the JFK 50 Mile, the tip of this yr’s World Path Majors in South Africa, and the USATF 24-Hour Nationwide Championships. Doesn’t it really feel like nearly each weekend brings an thrilling development in path operating and ultrarunning as of late?

You may as well try our race protection from earlier within the week:

JFK 50 Mile – Boonsboro, Maryland

Reset the report books. Each the ladies’s and males’s course information fell, and the race’s all-time top-10 charts look approach completely different after this weekend!

All of it occurred within the race’s 62nd yr, on the distinctive point-to-point course that mixes Appalachian Path, towpath, and highway segments. The race had about 1,000 runners.

Ladies

Rachel Drake rolled the competitors and the course report. Drake completed in 5:57. That’s a full eight minutes higher than Sarah Biehl’s previous course report from 2022 and 14 minutes quicker than Ellie Greenwood’s 2012 mark that earlier stood for a decade.

Wanting again on 2024, Drake’s yr of ultrarunning included wins on the Black Canyon 100k and Tillamook Burn 50 Mile, in addition to an eighth-place end on the Western States 100. This may certainly result in every kind of votes within the upcoming “UltraRunning Journal” (North American) Ultrarunner of the 12 months awards.

Mary Denholm, this yr’s Silver Rush 50 Mile and Leadville 100 Mile winner, additionally went beneath the previous course report. She was second in 6:04.

The report redo doesn’t cease there, although.

Third-place Valérie Arsenault (Canada) completed in 6:15, the race’s fifth-fastest run ever. Fourth-place Robyn Lesh ran 6:21, the sixth-fastest run ever.

The ladies’s prime 5 had been:

1. Rachel Drake – 5:57:32
2. Mary Denholm – 6:04:15
3. Valérie Arsenault (Canada) – 6:15:59
4. Robyn Lesh – 6:21:55
5. Britta Clark – 6:44:25

Males

David Sinclair and Eli Hemming dueled by means of the race’s first half, however Hemming bumped into bother late and Sinclair was on their own on the finish.

Sinclair completed in 5:08. That’s over 10 minutes higher than Hayden Hawks’s previous course report from 2020. And for better context on Sinclair’s run towards historical past, Adam Peterman and Jim Walmsley are actually third- and fourth-fastest ever on the longtime race.

Although by no means racing 100 miles, Sinclair has had a standout yr additionally worthy of upcoming “UltraRunning Journal” (North American) Ultrarunner of the 12 months votes — and so too has Hemming. Sinclair gained the Damaged Arrow Skyrace 46k and set a course report on the Speedgoat by UTMB 50k — two occasions wildly completely different from the JFK 50 Mile — and was second on the Silver State 50k.

Ryan Sullivan and Matt Seidel had been second and third in 5:27 and 5:29. Sullivan’s run ranks the sixth-best ever, and Seidel’s is the eighth-fastest ever.

The boys’s prime 5 had been:

1. David Sinclair – 5:08:26
2. Ryan Sullivan – 5:27:40
3. Matt Seidel – 5:29:34
4. Tracen Knopp – 5:31:15
5. Eli Hemming – 5:33:09

Full outcomes.

Extremely-Path Cape City – Cape City, South Africa

The occasion, which celebrated its tenth version, included six races, with 2,800 runners from 66 international locations. The race programs took within the trails of Desk Mountain Nationwide Park. There was lots of prize cash on the road, and the 100-kilometer race was a part of the World Path Majors.

UTCT

The 100-mile race winners, Kerry-Ann Marshall (South Africa) and Aleksei Tolstenko (Russia), ran 25:38 and 21:06, respectively. Every earned R60,000, or about $3,300. It was Tolstenko’s second-straight win at UTCT.

UT100

The 98k race was the yr’s final World Path Majors contest. The 61-mile course crossed sandy seashores and went up steep climbs for 4,972 meters (16,312 toes) of achieve. Prize cash went three deep, with R40,000 ($2,200) to the race winners.

Jazmine Lowther (Canada) stretched the ladies’s discipline out with a runaway win in 12:04. That was 46 minutes higher than second-place Antonina Iushina (Russia). Eva Sperger of Germany rounded out the ladies’s podium in 13:07.

Hugo Deck (France) and Miguel Arsénio (Portugal) gapped the boys’s discipline with breakaway 10:31 and 10:45 first- and second-place runs. Michelino Sunseri (U.S.) ran 11:16 for the third podium spot.

PT55

Prize cash was awarded right here, too, with R20,000, which is about $1,100, going to the winners.

Anna Tarasova (Spain) was victorious within the girls’s race at 6:02, and Louise Serban (France) and Landie Greyling (South Africa) had been second and third in 6:14 and 6:27, respectively.

Race veterans Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) and Jeshurun Small (U.S.) had been once more on the entrance, and Simpson gained for the third yr in a row. Simpson clocked 5:18 to Small’s 5:23. Ryan Sandes (South Africa) took third in 5:41.

Full outcomes.

Extra Races and Runs

Grampians Peaks Path 100 Mile – Gariwerd, Australia

The brand new race went north to south by means of the Grampian Mountains, however a lot of the discipline was stopped close to mile 80 for warmth and security issues. Lucy Bartholomew (Australia) and Sange Sherpa (Nepal, lives in France) had been main on the time of the stoppage. Full outcomes.

Duncan Ridge Path 50k/30k – Blairsville, Georgia

Within the 50k, Wendy Mader took the ladies’s win in 9:28, whereas Callan Hasling gained for the boys in 6:57. Within the 30k, it was Aden St Charles for the ladies in 3:53 and Zac Wilson for the boys in 3:31. Full outcomes (when accessible).

Golden Gate Spartan Path – San Francisco, California

The occasion hosted three race distances, a 50k, 25k, and 15k. Sara Bagnell and Marc Bernades (Spain) gained the 50k race in 4:55 and three:56. Over 25k, Olivia Amber and Kyle Fox took the wins in 1:54 and 1:38, respectively. Full outcomes.

Fats Ox – Buckeye, Arizona

A lot of completely different races occurred at this occasion! The 24-hour race was once more the USATF 24-Hour Nationwide Championships. Janelle Stark and Philip Sebastiani gained with 139- and 142-mile totals, respectively. Full outcomes.

2025 Skyrunner World Collection

Subsequent yr’s Skyrunner World Collection will embody 24 races in 16 international locations and throughout 4 international locations.

• March 22 – Acantilados Del Norte (Spain)
• March 29 – Mexico Sky Problem (Mexico)
• April 5 – Calamorro Skyrace (Spain)
• April 12 – Andes Mountain Skyrace (Chile)
• April 20 – Skyrace Des Matheysins (France)
• April 26 – Penang Skyrace (Malaysia)
• Might 4 – Ueda Skyrace (Japan)
• Might 10 – Corendon Tahtali Run To Sky (Turkey)
• Might 18 – Monte Zerbion Skyrace (Italy)
• Might 31 – Hochkönigman Skyrace (Austria)
• June 7 – Skyraces Des Gorges Du Tarn (France)
• June 21 – Minotaur Skyrace (Canada)
• June 29 – Ibarra Skyrace (Ecuador)
• July 6 – Cordillera Blanca Skyrace (Peru)
• July 27 – Tatra SkyMarathon (Poland)
• August 22 – Matterhorn Ultraks Excessive (Switzerland)
• September 6 – Saint-Jeoire Skyrace (France)
• September 20 – Grigne SkyMarathon (Italy)
• September 27 – Gorbeia Suzien (Spain)
• October 11 – Mourne Skyline (Eire)
• October 19 – Mount Kinabalu Worldwide Climbathon (Malaysia)
• October 25 – 2 Peaks Skyrace (South Korea)
• October 25 – Sobrescobio Skyrace (Spain)
• November 8 – SkyMasters Marató Dels Dements (Spain)

Name for Feedback

The earlier JFK 50 Mile girls’s course report stood for 2 years, and the boys’s for 4 years. How lengthy will Rachel Drake and David Sinclair’s information final?