April 28, 2025 – iRunFar

Golden Tickets and Golden Path, Madeira and Mount Fuji, and rain and snow. It was one other large, large weekend of world racing and we’re excited for this rundown.

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Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB – Auburn, California

100 Mile

The lengthy race went off on Friday, April 25.

Fourth at February’s Black Canyon 100k, Lin Chen (China) gained a detailed one towards Aroa Sío (Spain). Chen completed in 18:33 to Sío’s 18:39, and Madeleine Hawkins (Canada) was third in 20:11. Chen will probably be again on a few of these similar trails in June for the Western States 100.

For the lads, Ferdinand Airault (France) ran down longtime chief Tommy Sullivan late to win in 16:18. Fourth at midway, Airault moved into second close to mile 75 after which gained the lead within the remaining 10 miles. Sullivan led for some 60 miles in the midst of the race and completed second in 16:24. Ben Quatromoni was third in 17:02.

100k

Saturday’s 100k was the occasion’s premier race. It was an excellent Golden Ticket race with three ladies’s and three males’s computerized entries to the Western States 100 up for grabs. Whereas your complete weekend occasion skilled wet circumstances, it was a mixture of rain and snow on the 100k’s before-sunrise begin line.

Frequent podium-getter Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) scored a signature win towards a deep ladies’s subject. Hawgood shined with a 9:46 win, simply edging out Marianne Hogan (Canada).

Hogan was precisely 4 minutes behind in 9:50, and Keely Henninger and Erin Clark each dipped beneath the 10-hour mark with 9:58 and 9:59 third- and fourth-place runs. Lower than 20 minutes separated the primary 5 ladies.

Hawgood’s already in for the Western States 100, and the three Golden Ticket entries went to Hogan, Henninger, and Clark.

Regardless of being run on a mile shorter course than in 2024, nobody threatened Katie Schide’s sensational 9:10 successful time from final 12 months.

The ladies’s prime 10 was:

1. Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) – 9:46
2. Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 9:50
3. Keely Henninger – 9:58
4. Erin Clark – 9:59
5. Careth Arnold – 10:05
6. Sarah Biehl – 10:33
7. Arden Younger (Canada) – 10:51
8. Abigail West – 10:59
9. Madison Liechty – 11:01
10. Anna Louden – 11:06

Francesco Puppi (Italy) was going longer than he ever has earlier than, however he completely rolled. Puppi completed in 8:04, 22 minutes higher than anybody else. That pushed his win streak to 6, courting again to final 12 months’s Julian Alps by UTMB 50k.

Extremely upstart Hans Troyer was second in 8:27 and Lavaredo Extremely Path course file holder Hannes Namberger (Germany) was third in 8:32.

Puppi declined his Golden Ticket entry to the Western States 100, and fourth-place Jeff Mogavero is already in. The three Golden Tickets are pending for Troyer, Namberger, and Ryan Montgomery.

Partly benefitting from a mile shorter course, the primary 4 males all bettered Rod Farvard’s 8:44 successful time from final 12 months. Farvard was simply ninth on this 12 months’s race.

The lads’s prime 10 was:

1. Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 8:04
2. Hans Troyer – 8:27
3. Hannes Namberger (Germany) – 8:32
4. Jeff Mogavero – 8:38
5. Ryan Montgomery – 8:45
6. Gavin Prior – 8:48
7. Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) – 8:57
8. Cody Lind – 8:57
9. Rod Farvard – 9:04
10. Eric LiPuma – 9:08

Ryan Montgomery identifies as non-binary, and competes within the males’s race.

50k

Canyon vibes and quick instances, Hannah Allgood caught each on her technique to a 3:57 win. She’s acquired the Western States 100 up subsequent in June. Allgood was 5 minutes again of Dani Moreno’s course file from 2024.

Tabor Hemming deserted plans to race final week’s Boston Marathon and as an alternative chased Allgood to a second-place 4:00 end, and Kim Schreiber (Germany) was third in 4:05.

The ladies’s prime 10 was:

1. Hannah Allgood – 3:57
2. Tabor Hemming – 4:00
3. Kim Schreiber (Germany) – 4:05
4. Heather Jackson – 4:08
5. Nicole Lacis (Canada) – 4:11
6. Pauline Loulier-Welch (France) – 4:22
7. Carol-Ann Rolle (Canada) – 4:27
8. Emma McCune Handel – 4:28
9. Ariane Hendrix – 4:33
10. Nora Serres (Norway) – 4:33

Defending males’s champ Eli Hemming exited the race early and Seth Ruhling outran coaching mate Matt Daniels for the win.

Ruhling, this 12 months’s Black Canyon 100k champ and final 12 months’s fourth-place finisher right here, ran 3:24. That’s a minute higher than Hemming’s file from a 12 months in the past. As with so many Canyons runners, Ruhling too will probably be again right here in June for the Western States 100.

Daniels was second in 3:27, and Finnian Jacobson-Schulte took third in 3:31.

The lads’s prime 10 was:

1. Seth Ruhling – 3:24
2. Matt Daniels – 3:27
3. Finnian Jacobson-Schulte – 3:31
4. Coleman Cragun – 3:32
5. Drew Holmen – 3:32
6. Nick Handel – 3:33
7. Cade Michael – 3:35
8. Sven Koch (Germany) – 3:35
9. John Luna-Lima – 3:36
10. Jeshurun Small – 3:39

25k

Even the brief course 15-mile race had a star-studded subject.

Anika Kimme led the ladies in 1:55, and Taylor Nowlin and Zoey Crosby (Canada) had been subsequent in 2:05 and a couple of:11.

Males’s winner Dan Curts took the course in 1:33, and Eddie Owens and Adrian MacDonald had been second and third in 1:35 and 1:39.

Full outcomes.

Madeira Island Extremely-Path – Madeira, Portugal

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The occasion’s programs had been altered after August 2024 wildfire’s impacted the island trails, however the race nonetheless went for 118k with 6,700 meters (73 miles, 21,981 ft) and it was nonetheless a World Path Majors occasion. It, too, had unhealthy climate for an extended a part of the race, with rain, wind, and dust, till the skies broke later within the race.

No shock, Katie Schide (U.S.) mauled the ladies’s subject. She completed in 14:20 and that was over 2.5 hours higher than anybody else. Schide completed seventh general. Martina Klančnik Potrč (Slovenia) was second in 16:58 and Mathilde Dujon (France) was third in 18:26.

The ladies’s podium was particularly unfold out, however the males ran it shut. Paul Cornut-Chauvinc (France) edged out defending champ Miguel Arsénio (Portugal) on the entrance. The 2 ran 12:54 and 13:00, and Raul Butaci (Romania) was a detailed third in 13:03.

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The World Path Majors brief collection contest went for 56k. Race winners Stephanie Howe (U.S.) and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos (Greece) ran 6:47 and 5:24.

Full outcomes.

Jinshanling Nice Wall Path Race – Chengde Metropolis, Hebei Province, China

It was the second Golden Path World Sequence race in as many weeks, and it was on a wild course with a 6k part really on the Nice Wall itself. The entire race went for 24k with 1,489 meters of climbing (15 miles, 4,885 ft) and a few loopy steep downhill stair sections. The ladies’s race had a day 2:00 p.m. begin and the lads took off 20 minutes later.

Ladies

The Nice Wall won’t ever fall, however Caroline Kimutai (Kenya) will need to have. Her singlet was all soiled on the end. It didn’t matter although, she slayed the ladies’s subject in 2:39. That was two minutes higher than 2024 Sierre-Zinal winner Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya) and her 2:41 mark. Kimutai gained the lead 40 minutes into the race and ran on the entrance the remainder of the way in which.

Mădălina Florea (Romania) was second final weekend in Japan and third right here in 2:43.

The ladies’s prime 10 was:

1. Caroline Kimutai (Kenya) – 2:39:14
2. Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya) – 2:41:26
3. Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 2:43:15
4. Sara Alonso (Spain) – 2:44:19
5. Miao Yao (China) – 2:50:26
6. Takako Takamura (Japan) – 2:54:21
7. Marie Nivet (France) – 2:58:33
8. Ling-Jie Chi (China) – 3:02:58
9. Courtney Barnes (U.S.) – 3:05:05
10. Rachel Tomajczyk (U.S.) – 3:06:08

Per week after ending sixth, 2024 collection winner Joyce Njeru (Kenya) didn’t end this one.

Males

Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) pushed his 2025 file to two-for-two on the Golden Path World Sequence. It’s the second 12 months in a row that he gained each opening races. It was shut although, Kipngeno took the lead close to midway and on the end was solely 43 seconds higher than coaching mate and frequent runner-up Philemon Kiriago (Kenya). The pair ran 2:13:05 and a couple of:13:48.

Nobody downhills higher than Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) and the orienteer all-star used that talent to complete third in 2:14:03. Hadorn was one spot higher than per week in the past in Japan.

Kenyan runners took three of the highest 4 finishes, and 5 of the highest 10 end spots.

The lads’s prime 10 was:

1. Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 2:13:05
2. Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 2:13:48
3. Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) – 2:14:03
4. Timothy Kibett (Kenya) – 2:17:42
5. Cesare Maestri (Italy) – 2:20:38
6. Samuel Kiprotich (Kenya) – 2:21:22
7. Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 2:23:23
8. Pierre Galbourdin (France) – 2:24:15
9. Ezekiel Rutto (Kenya) – 2:24:19
10. Sylvian Cachard (France) – 2:27:19

Full outcomes (when obtainable).

Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB – Malaucène, France

It was the primary version of the race within the Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park.

GRV 100m

The 77-mile race had a midnight begin and noticed Ida-Sophie Hegemann (Germany) on prime for the ladies in 15:57. Laura Berruer (France) and Sara Ammann (Switzerland) trailed in 17:30 and 18:00.

French runners took the primary six males’s finishes with Matthieu Simon beating Ludovic Pommeret and Alex Molin Pradel for the win. The three completed in 12:33, 12:39, and 12:55, respectively.

GRV 100k

Going for 55 miles, Laure Paradan (France) was 5 minutes higher than Mari Klakegg Fenre (Norway) on the entrance. The 2 ran 9:14 and 9:19, and third-place Camille Bruyas (France) clocked a 9:46 end.

Ben Dhiman (U.S.) was victorious within the males’s race in 7:35. He beat out French all-stars Baptiste Chassagne and Thibaut Garrivier and their 7:44 and eight:00 end instances.

GRV 50k

After 30 miles, Adeline Martin (France) scored a ladies’s win in 4:19. Sarah Bergeron Larouche (Canada) and Noémie Vachon (France) had been second and third in 4:24 and 4:37.

Solely 34 seconds separated males’s first and second place Thomas Cardin (France) and Antoine Charvolin (France) in 3:38 and three:39. Professional cyclist-turned-trail runner Loïc Rolland (France) was third in 3:42.

Full outcomes.

Mt. Fuji 100 Mile – Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

The World Path Majors occasion introduced some 3,800 runners from 34 completely different international locations to the bottom of its namesake peak.

Fuji 100 Mile

The occasion’s marquee distance took off from a 5:00 p.m. native time begin on a 168k route that totaled 6,254 meters of acquire (104 miles, 20,500 ft).

Ladies’s winner Man Yee Cheung (Hong Kong) caught the Mount Fuji magic with a win in 23:42. Hui-Ping Zhang (China) was subsequent in 24:35, and Ariko Ito (Japan) acquired on the rostrum third in 24:59.

Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador), final 12 months’s shock UTMB third placer, took the lads’s crown in 17:48. It was a brand new course and occasion file. Lopez broke free from 2024 winner Guomin Deng (China) within the race’s second half for the runaway win. Deng overcame an enormous fallacious flip to complete second in 18:56, solely 38 seconds in entrance of third-place Yuya Kawasaki (Japan). Tyler Inexperienced (U.S.) was with Deng on that fallacious flip too and completed fourth in 19:05.

KAI 70k

Run on the again half of the 100 miler, the 70k had Anna Tarasova (Spain) and Jia-Sheng Shen (China) as its winners in 7:44 and 6:38.

ASUMI 40k

The primary-year 40k race was the World Path Majors brief course choice. Race winners Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) and Guang-Fu Meng (China) had been Fuji-tastic in 3:37 and three:03.

Full outcomes.

Further Races and Runs

London Marathon – London, U.Okay.

Stella Chesang (Uganda), the 2015 World Mountain Operating champion, was sixth in 2:22:42. What different path and extremely athletes did you see within the outcomes? Depart a remark to share. Full outcomes.

Dusseldorf Marathon – Dusseldorf, Germany

Fourth on the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Uphill Race, Laura Hottenrott (Germany) ran 2:26:56 for second right here. Full outcomes.

Penang Skyrace – Georgetown, Malaysia

The Skyrunner World Sequence went for 30k by the jungle. Malaysian runners took 4 of the top-10 spots for the ladies, and 7 of the top-10 for the lads. Sequence common Iris Pessey (France) gained for the ladies in 4:48, and Simone Brick (Australia) and Dulamsuren Myagmar (Mongolia) had been second and third in 4:56 and 5:01. Marcos Villamuera (Spain) led the lads’s race in 3:45 and Luvsansharav Natsagdorj (Mongolia) and Milton Amat (Malaysia) got here subsequent in 4:00 and 4:03. Full outcomes.

Zane Gray 50 Mile – Payson, Arizona

It was the occasion’s thirty fifth 12 months and Sandi Nypaver smashed a 21-year-old occasion file. Nypaver ran 8:52 to win the ladies’s race and end fourth general. Males’s winner Avinoam Maier ran 8:16. Enjoyable truth, I used to be born in the identical city because the race’s namesake Western creator, nowhere near Arizona. Full outcomes.

Weiser River Path 50k – Boise, Idaho

Amanda Lettner and David Faught had been on prime in 4:17 and three:53. Full outcomes.

Thelma and Louise 50k – Moab, Utah

Avery Hill gained the ladies’s occasion in 4:50. Full outcomes.

Cheyenne Mountain Path Race 50k – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Race winners Erin Doughan and David Roche completed in 5:00 and three:42. Full outcomes.

Royal Gorge Groove – Cañon Metropolis, Colorado

Catherine Huyett and David Norris gained the 50k in 5:28 and 4:04. Full outcomes.

Troublesome Hole 50k – Bristol, Virginia

The third-year race had Audrey Carter set a brand new ladies’s course file in 4:09 and Chris Weissmann repeat as males’s winner in 3:57. Weissmann’s time was a brand new course file too. Full outcomes.

C&O Canal 100 Mile – Knoxville, Maryland

Whitney Richman and Karen Smith each went sub-18 for the ladies with 17:28 and 17:59 marks and Oleksandr Skorokhod, Adam Kimble, and Michael Stevens ran 14:03, 14:18, and 14:57 in a fast males’s race. Full outcomes.

Boston Marathon – Boston, Massachusetts

The race was on Monday, April 21. In her remaining skilled marathon, ladies’s 50k world record-holder Des Linden ran 2:26:19 for seventeenth. Within the males’s race, 2017 World Mountain Operating champion Victor Kiplangat (Uganda) was thirteenth in 2:10:12 and 50k world record-holder CJ Albertson was 14th in 2:10:16. As a part of her retirement announcement, Linden indicated she’d subsequent consider racing trails. Full outcomes.

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