The Desert Solstice observe race, Hellgate 100k mountain run, and USATF Nationwide Membership Cross Nation Championships made for a various group of three races on the high of this week’s column. There have been numerous 50k races across the U.S. too.
Additionally, now we have the announcement of the Golden Path World Sequence circuit for 2025, with a number of new races added.
The Kobe Path in Japan will kick off the 2025 Golden Path World Sequence. Photograph: @GoldenTrailSeries | @Kobe Path | @Koastal Forest
Desert Solstice – Phoenix, Arizona
A small subject of simply 22 runners began the race on a 400-meter observe. Some went for 100 miles, some for twenty-four hours, and a few chased different intermediate time and distance targets. U.S. runners too chased qualifying marks for the nationwide staff that can compete on the IAU 24-hour World Championships in France in October 2025.
Males
The occasion’s starshine largely belonged to the ladies, however Don Reichelt totaled 154.1 miles over 24 hours to guide the boys. Reichelt’s the 2023 U.S. 24-hour nationwide champion and enormously bettered his nationwide staff qualifying mark. This 154-mile run jumped him to 3rd on the nationwide staff chart.
Chad Lasater and Pat Hasler ran 137.9 and 124.0 miles for second and third.
Girls
Stéphanie Gicquel (France) led the 24-hour runners, women and men. She totaled 154.8 miles. That’s a small miss to her 157.6-mile French nationwide file.
Lauren Jones and Megan Eckert have been extremely shut too with 153.9- and 153.4-mile totals. That vaults Jones and Eckert into the nationwide’s staff third- and fourth-qualifying spots.
Fourth-woman Marisa Lizak ran 151.9 miles and that positions her fifth on the U.S. chart for what may very well be a gold-medal favourite staff for the world championships.
Amongst 24-hour runners, ladies took seven of the top-10 end spots. And amongst 100-mile runners, Line Caliskaner (Norway) did it the quickest with a fast 14:58 mark.
Hellgate 100k – Fincastle, Virginia
The race had a midnight begin and goes 66.6 miles by means of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This yr’s race had 140 runners from 25 states.
Second a yr in the past, Aaron Slabach moved up one spot to win this yr’s race in 10:42. Barret Stanton and Christopher Model have been second and third in 11:19 and 11:27.
A file 10 ladies completed the race below 14 hours, and the primary 4 have been below 13 hours. Rachel Corrigan outpaced Justyna Wilson and Nora Jodrey for the win. The three leaders completed in 12:21, 12:27, and 12:39.
USATF Nationwide Membership Cross Nation Championships – College Place, Washington
The USATF Nationwide Cross Nation Championships have been again in January 2024 and usually have extra of the nation’s greatest runners, however this was the USATF Nationwide Membership Cross Nation Championships and the fields are larger and deeper.
Males’s 10k
The boys’s masters 40-plus race ran separate from the open race, and Joseph Grey received in 33:19. Additionally within the masters race have been path runners and ultrarunners Chad Trammell (thirty second, 36:08), Eric Blake (fiftieth, 36:56), Jesse Lang (71st, 37:48), and Uli Steidl (129th, 39:25).
Within the open race, the highest runner with path operating ties was Liam Meirow in twentieth at 32:29. Different acquainted names included Taylor Stack (103rd, 34:18) and Adrian MacDonald (236th, 36:07).
Girls’s 6k
I didn’t spot any acquainted names within the ladies’s masters race and within the open race, it was simply Courtney Olsen in a hundred and fifteenth at 23:22. That’s an enormous step down in distance. She was tenth on the IAU 100k World Championships simply final weekend.
Further Races and Runs
Deception Cross 50k – Oak Harbor, Washington
Griffin Miller and Isabel Lane have been high man and girl on the Rainshadow Operating race in 4:11 and 4:24. Keaton Blair was the non-binary winner in 5:48. Full outcomes.
Keaton Blair, the 2024 Deception Cross 50k non-binary winner. Photograph: Takao Suzuki
Griffin Miller, the 2024 Deception Cross 50k male winner. Photograph: Takao Suzuki
Isabel Lane on her strategy to profitable the 2024 Deception Cross 50k. Photograph: Takao Suzuki
Frozen Path Run Fest 50k – Eugene, Oregon
Race winners Rodney Williams and Mary Follo clocked 4:37 and 5:07 end occasions. Full outcomes.
Tucson 50k – Oro Valley, Arizona
The race ran point-to-point and with a internet downhill. Simon LeBlanc (Canada) and Madison Hart rolled it in 2:54 and three:42. Full outcomes.
Dallas 50k – Dallas, Texas
The 50k was an extremely distance throughout the better Dallas Marathon weekend. Scott Preston and Sarah Rabourn received in 3:19 and three:39. Full outcomes.
Bigfoot 50k – Lore Metropolis, Ohio
The race is inside bigfoot hotspot Salt Fort State Park. Alec Cline and Anna Balouris have been the quickest in 4:06 and 4:20. Full outcomes.
Bare Nick 50k – Leesport, Pennsylvania
The course ran round Blue Marsh Lake in jap Pennsylvania. A.J. Kelly and Katie Bicksler have been the race’s quickest in 3:47 and 4:26. Full outcomes.
Tallahassee Ultradistance Basic – Wakulla Springs, Florida
It was the race’s forty third yr. A extremely small group of 50-mile finishers have been fronted by Ryan Kunz and Addie Inexperienced in 6:57 and seven:11, and Edward Nabong and Jenny Early led the 50k in 4:07 and 4:42. Full outcomes.
Daytona 100 Mile – Daytona Seaside, Florida
Rafael Villarreal and Caryn Lubetsky led the 100-mile group in 15:42 and 17:31. Within the 50 miler it was Marc Burget and Monica Perrault in 6:57 and 9:00, and Robert Margalis and Salud Cerruti received the 50k in 4:39 and 4:08, respectively. Full outcomes.
2025 Golden Path World Sequence
The Golden Path World Sequence dropped their 2025 calendar.
- April 19 – Kobe Path (Japan)
- April 26 – Jinshanling Nice Wall Path Race (China)
- Could 17 – Il Golfo dell’Isola Path (Italy)
- Could 25 – Zegama Marathon (Spain)
- June 22 – Damaged Arrow Skyrace (U.S.)
- June 29 – Tepec Path (Mexico)
- August 2 – Pitz Alpine Glacier Path (Austria)
- August 9 – Sierre-Zinal (Switzerland)
- October 9 to 12 – Grand Closing (location to be confirmed)
The Damaged Arrow Skyrace might be within the 2025 Golden Path World Sequence. Photograph: @GoldenTrailSeries | @Damaged Arrow Skyrace | @Koastal Forest
Which means that the 4 Sisters Mountain Path race in China was changed by the Jinshanling Nice Wall Path Race in China, and 2024 sequence races Mont-Blanc Marathon (France), Tatra Sky Race (Poland), Headlands 27k (U.S.), and Mammoth Path Fest (U.S.) are all not a part of the 2025 sequence. And that the Jinshanling Nice Wall Path Race, Il Golfo dell’Isola, Damaged Arrow Skyrace, Tepec Path, and Pitz Alpine Glacier Path are all new-to-the-series races.
Final yr, the U.S. races have been in September, however for 2025 the 2 North American races are as an alternative in June. The June 28 to 29, 2025 weekend is at all times an enormous one in path operating and ultrarunning and now consists of not simply the Western States 100, the Lavaredo Extremely Path, and the Mont-Blanc Marathon, but in addition one other Golden Path World Sequence race in Mexico.
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