March 24, 2025 – iRunFar

This was the 12 months’s first huge, huge weekend. We’ll begin it with the ABCs – Argentina, Barkley, and Chianti – and we’ve bought the Skyrunner World Sequence, Massive Alta, and extra too.

You can too take a look at our race protection from earlier within the week:

Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB – Chianti, Italy

Extremely Path Chianti Castles

Males

A 12 months after solely recording one extremely end, Jim Walmsley (U.S.) gained an extremely for the second time in three weeks. On the 120-kilometer (74 miles) course, Walmsley pulled away from chasers Kilian Jornet (Spain) and Vincent Bouillard (France) over the second half to complete in 9:59. Walmsley beat the 10-hour mark by 12 seconds and turned the early 12 months showdown right into a blowout.

On a course maybe flatter than he likes, Jornet rallied to run down Bouillard late. Jornet pushed the uphills to complete second in 10:27 and Bouillard was third, additionally in 10:27 however 30 seconds again.

The race was a Golden Ticket race with two automated entries to this 12 months’s Western States 100. Walmsley is already entered, having gained final 12 months’s Western States 100, and so the automated entries fell to second- and third-place Jornet and Bouillard. Jornet will return to the Western States 100 for the primary time since 2011 when he gained as a 23 12 months previous.

The lads’s prime 5 was:

1. Jim Walmsley (U.S.) – 9:59:48
2. Kilian Jornet (Spain) – 10:27:27
3. Vincent Bouillard (France) – 10:27:57
4. Aubin Ferrari (France) – 11:16:11
5. Lambert Santelli (France) – 11:36:57

Girls

Transferring powerfully over the late race climbs, Fiona Pascall (U.Okay.) gained the ladies’s win in 12:34. She gained her approach into the Western States 100 the place her older sister Beth Pascall gained in 2021.

Johanna Antila (Finland) was second in 12:53, additionally incomes a Western States 100 Golden Ticket, and 2024 race winner Azara García (Spain) was third in 13:12.

The ladies’s prime 5 was:

1. Fiona Pascall (U.Okay.) – 12:34:59
2. Johanna Antila (Finland) – 12:53:22
3. Azara García (Spain) – 13:12:31
4. Abby Corridor (U.S.) – 13:31:25
5. Stephanie Howe (U.S.) – 13:34:56

Chianti Extremely Path

Males

The race ran 73k, or 45 miles, and it was shut! Simply eight minutes separated the primary 5 males. Germain Grangier (France) bought out entrance in 6:11, after which it was a dogpile for the subsequent 4 spots. Davide Cheraz (Italy) was second in 6:17 and Dimitri Morel-Jean (France) was third in 6:18. The 2 had been solely 21 seconds aside. Robin Juillaguet (France) and Lucien Epiney (Switzerland) had been fourth and fifth, each in 6:19 and solely 25 seconds aside.

The lads’s prime 5 was:

1. Germain Grangier (France) – 6:11:26
2. Davide Cheraz (Italy) – 6:17:39
3. Dimitri Morel-Jean (France) – 6:18:00
4. Robin Juillaguet (France) – 6:19:22
5. Lucien Epiney (Switzerland) – 6:19:47

Girls

The ladies’s race ran actually shut on the prime too. Gemma Hillier Moses (U.Okay.) outran Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) for first. The 2 completed in 7:02 and seven:04, respectively.

After which the subsequent three had been intently packed too. Emily Schmitz (U.S.) bought the road third in 7:27, and Anete Svilpe (Latvia) and Eleanor Davis (U.Okay.) had been fourth and fifth, each in 7:31 and solely 18 seconds aside.

The ladies’s prime 5 was:

1. Gemma Hillier Moses (U.Okay.) – 7:02:09
2. Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) – 7:04:27
3. Emily Schmitz (U.S.) – 7:27:58
4. Anete Svilpe (Latvia) – 7:31:02
5. Eleanor Davis (U.Okay.) – 7:31:20

Chianti Marathon Path

Race winners Francesco Puppi (Italy) and Judith Wyder (Switzerland) gained in 3:16 and three:43. They had been seven- and eight-minute winners, respectively.

Full outcomes.

Valhöll by UTMB – Belgrano, Argentina

The occasion’s on the far southern finish of Argentina and runs by means of Patagonia’s spectacular end-of-the-world landscapes.

Epic 130k

Beñat Marmissolle (France) rolled to the boys’s win within the 80-mile race, ending in 13:46. Aleksei Tolstenko (Impartial) and Pablo Nadalez (Argentina) got here in subsequent at 14:21 and 14:38.

Girls’s winner Mariana Hammond (Argentina) was approach forward of everybody else in 19:54. Barbara Gassmann (Argentina) and Leticia Da Silva Saltori (Brazil) got here subsequent in 21:34 and 21:41, respectively.

Advance 85k

Males’s champ Alejandro Mayor (Spain) squeaked below the 9-hour mark at 8:59:57. Race veterans Gediminas Grinius (Lithuania) and Jason Schlarb (U.S.) bought on the rostrum second and third in 9:16 and 9:36.

Anabel Oviedo gave the host nation the ladies’s win in 10:14. Ariane Wilhem (Switzerland) chased to second in 10:21, and Cristina Santurino (Spain) was a bit additional again in 11:04.

Problem 50k

Males’s frontrunners Antonio Martínez (Spain) and Joaquin Narvaez (Argentina) pulled to 4:46 and 4:56 end occasions, and Nicolas Ignacio Benavides (Chile) was third in 5:04.

Alison McPherson (Canada) led the ladies in 5:58, and second- and third-place Maria Jose Saavedra (Chile) and Noelie Lucia Fantin (Argentina) had been solely 5 seconds aside each in 6:11.

Full outcomes.

Acantilados del Norte – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

It’s already present time for the Skyrunner World Sequence. The primary of the 12 months’s 24 races ran 29k all around the island’s northern cliffside trails. The primary eight males and first ten ladies all bettered the earlier course information.

Males

Luca Del Pero (Italy) and Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) gapped the sector, and Del Pero scored an 11-second win over Delorenzi. Del Pero gained the lead over Delorenzi 18k into the race and held off a late cost for the win.

Lorenzo Beltrami (Italy) adopted the entrance two three minutes later for a second-place 2:33 end.

The lads’s prime 5 was:

1. Luca Del Pero (Italy) – 2:30:08
2. Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 2:30:17
3. Lorenzo Beltrami (Italy) – 2:33:26
4. Miguel Benítez (Spain) – 2:34:04
5. Alejandro Forcades (Spain) – 2:34:34

Girls

Barely a minute separated the second- by means of fifth-place finishers, however Marta Martínez (Spain) ran down early chief Denisa Dragomir (Romania) 20k into the race and was minutes higher than everybody on the ultimate uphill part. Martinez gained in 3:02.

Dragomir and Oihana Kortazar (Spain) got here out of the chase group to get on the rostrum in 3:07.

The ladies’s prime 5 was:

1. Marta Martínez (Spain) – 3:02:06
2. Denisa Dragomir (Romania) – 3:07:24
3. Oihana Kortazar (Spain) – 3:07:57
4. Lide Urrestarazu (Spain) – 3:08:15
5. Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) – 3:08:27

Full outcomes.

The Massive Alta – Marinwood, California

50k

Males

The second-year race ran as a single loop, however on a unique course than final 12 months. It was nonetheless the identical on the prime of the leaderboard although. Eli Hemming gained for a second-straight 12 months. Hemming’s 3:19 end was 19 minutes higher than final 12 months’s profitable time on a course with extra climbing.

Eddie Owens was second in 3:26 and Rémi Leroux (Canada) was third in 3:28.

Counted on as a pre-race contender, David Roche dropped from the race close to midway with an ankle damage.

The lads’s prime 5 was:

1. Eli Hemming – 3:19:30
2. Eddie Owens – 3:26:36
3. Rémi Leroux (Canada) – 3:28:30
4. John Luna-Lima – 3:38:30
5. Joshua Park – 3:41:50

Girls

Tabor Hemming gave the Hemming family a sweep. Hemming stepped up in distance after profitable final 12 months’s 28k race and took the 50k crown in 4:04.

Lindsay Allison caught Erin Moyer late for a second-place 4:11 end. Moyer was third in 4:13.

The ladies’s prime 5 was:

1. Tabor Hemming – 4:04:58
2. Lindsay Allison – 4:11:02
3. Erin Moyer – 4:13:00
4. Keely Henninger – 4:24:12
5. Lindsey Dwyer – 4:30:35

Full outcomes.

28k

Males

Andy Wacker is popping the clock again. At age 36, he’s operating very well and gained right here in 1:47. It wasn’t shut. Darren Thomas was second in 1:55 and Johen Deleon went 2:00 for third.

The lads’s prime 5 was:

1. Andy Wacker – 1:47:15
2. Darren Thomas – 1:55:09
3. Johen Deleon – 2:00:16
4. Paddy O’Leary (Eire) – 2:01:29
5. Alan Kalbfleisch – 2:04:18

Girls

Ruby Lindquist was a runaway winner within the ladies’s race in 2:18. Over eight minutes again, Sylvie Abel was second in 2:26, and Julia Schultz was nearly a minute behind Abel in third at 2:27.

The ladies’s prime 5 was:

1. Ruby Lindquist – 2:18:32
2. Sylvie Abel – 2:26:34
3. Julia Schultz – 2:27:23
4. Rebecca Wheeler – 2:29:54
5. Katie D’Ambrosia – 2:33:13

Full outcomes.

Barkley Marathons – Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee

A 12 months after a file 5 finishers, nobody made it by means of the infamous race’s 5 20-mile laps in time. Solely three-time finisher John Kelly completed the three laps for a “enjoyable run” end.

Tomokazu Ihara (Japan), Maxime Gauduin (France), and Sébastien Raichon (France) all completed two laps.

Kelly Halpin went additional than some other girl however completed with a near-miss of the primary lap inside the cutoff time.

Extra Races and Runs

Ecotrail Paris – Paris, France

The city 83k race finishes half approach up the Eiffel Tower. Andreu Simon (Spain) and Anna Carlsson (Sweden) had been champs in 5:49 and 6:51. Full outcomes.

Badger Mountain Problem – Richland, Washington

Nick Doelman was the boys’s 100-mile winner in 20:55, however Rachel Entrekin gained total in 19:03. Entrekin gained the race in 2024 and 2021 too. Full outcomes.

Crown King Scramble – Phoenix, Arizona

Uphill all-star Eric Blake gained his extremely debut in 4:12, and Courtney Dauwalter tuned up for the Cocodona 250 Mile with a 4:19 ladies’s win. Dauwalter’s win added to a path marathon victory in Colorado three weeks in the past. Full outcomes.

Behind the Rocks 50k – Moab, Utah

If there’s a pleasant Boulder versus Salt Lake Metropolis rivalry, Matt Daniels scored huge for Boulder. Daniels hammered a brand new 3:29 course file. Salt Lake Metropolis’s Anthony Costales was second in 3:44, and Adam Merry and Bryan Kerl tied in third at 3:51. McKendree Hickory and Corinne Shalvoy went 4:42 and 4:47 on the prime of the ladies’s race, and Mara Scallon was third in 5:29. Full outcomes.

Prairie Spirit Path – Ottawa, Kansas

Official outcomes haven’t but hit the online, however social media factors to Pete Kostelnick and Angela Smith going fast within the 100 miler at 14:02 and 15:51. Full outcomes (when out there.)

Ohio’s Yard Extremely – Lucasville, Ohio

They’re nonetheless getting in southeastern Ohio. Some 44 hours into the race on the time of this text’s writing, it’s right down to Jeff Walker and yard legend Harvey Lewis. Lauren Jones was the final girl standing, going 38 yards. Full outcomes.

Cliffs of the Neuse Path 50k – Seven Springs, North Carolina

The race had Matt Patterson and Clarissa Smith atop its podium in 4:37 and 4:46. The fifth annual race was inside a state park of the identical title. Full outcomes.

Blackbeard’s Revenge 100 Mile – Corolla, North Carolina

Shad Mika was over two hours forward of everybody in 16:55, and Christelle Douillet gained for the ladies in 23:32. The race was point-to-point on the Outer Banks. Full outcomes.

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There was a variety of racing this weekend. What didn’t we spotlight that deserves a shout out?