Arc of Attrition, Arches, and Alabama are on the prime this weekend. It’s nonetheless early within the path operating yr, however let’s compensate for some extra January outcomes.
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Arc of Attrition by UTMB – Cornwall, U.Ok.
The occasion dates again to 2015, however this was its first yr within the UTMB World Collection. The races had been on coastal however muddy trails on England’s far southwestern tip.
Arc 100 Mile
The lengthy course stats put it simply six-tenths of a mile in need of 100 miles, and with practically 14,000 ft of climbing. The sphere had 515 starters and the race identify caught, practically half the sphere dropped earlier than the end. On the finish although, it was Noor Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) and Lewis Ryan (U.Ok.) in first in 22:30 and 19:22. Van Der Veen acquired to seventh total among the many 261 finishers.
Arc 50 Mile
Eleanor Davis and Tom Evans received the 50-mile race for the house nation in 7:55 and 6:54, respectively. Each marks had been new course data.
Final yr’s winner Poppy Collingwood (U.Ok.) completed in 9:21 for second and solely third-place Amanda Basham (U.S.) prevented a British sweep. Basham ran 9:42.
Hugh Chatfield and Keith Wigley, each from the U.Ok. too, had been second and third man in 7:01 and seven:13.
Arc 25 Mile
Sara Alonso (Spain) and Kristian Jones (U.Ok.) had been finest over 25 miles with 3:04 and a pair of:41 successful instances.
Mountain Mist 50k – Huntsville, Alabama
It was the race’s thirty first yr adventuring by way of Monte Sano State Park.
Luci Searels led the ladies in 5:32. Rachel Biber-Brewer ran 5:35 for a very shut second, and three-time U.S. 1,500-meter Olympian Jenny Simpson was third in 5:43. Simpson raved in regards to the race on social media afterward, “This race is unhinged … I hands-and-feet climbed UP A WATERFALL, crawled by way of a cave, hopped a fence, and ran till my legs felt like my quads had been detaching from my femurs. I’ve by no means, in my life, stated so many instances, ‘what the precise f*ck is going on proper now!’”
Luci Searels, the 2025 Mountain Mist 50k feminine winner. Picture: Mountain Mist 50k
No man approached a sub-four-hour mark to get near the all-time chart, however James Outland led the group in 4:28, Max Simpson — son of legendary ultrarunner Billy Simpson — got here subsequent in 4:35, and Brandon Sullivan acquired on the rostrum third in 4:38.
James Outland, the 2025 Mountain Mist 50k males’s winner. Picture: Mountain Mist 50k
Further Races and Runs
Oman Desert Marathon – Oman
The five-day stage race totaled 165k, or 102 miles. Aziza Raji (Morocco) gained the ladies’s crown in 22:39, and males’s winner Mohamed El Morabity (Morocco) beat out brother Rachid El Morabity (Morocco) with 15:44 and 15:56 marks. It was Mohamed’s third win right here. Full outcomes.
Fort Ord 50k – Monterey, California
Race winners had been Mathilde Giroud and Owen Firebaugh in 5:15 and 4:19. Full outcomes.
Mathilde Giroud celebrates successful the 2025 Fort Ord 50k. Picture: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
Owen Firebaugh, the 2025 Fort Ord 50k males’s winner. Picture: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
La Cuesta Ranch 50k – San Luis Obispo, California
A small subject adopted Nicole Rice and Travis Madden and their 7:23 and 6:24 end instances. Full outcomes.
Wilson Creek Frozen 50k – Melba, Idaho
Ellyse Tingelstad and Cole Campbell had been champs with 5:07 and three:56 on the clock. Campbell is racing the Black Canyon 100k in two weeks. Full outcomes.
Arches Extremely – Moab, Utah
Casey Brady took the ladies’s 50-mile crown in 8:55, and Devin Pancake was practically an hour higher than the second-best man in 6:24. Anna Fisher and Tyler Inexperienced received the 50k in 4:23 and three:39. Full outcomes.
Chehaw Problem – Leesburg, Georgia
The occasion was held at its namesake park in southwest Georgia with a number of distances raced. A small group of 50k runners was led by Melissa Jerry and Beau Camp in 6:30 and 5:35. Full outcomes.
Snow Fowl Problem 50k – Seneca, South Carolina
Kaitlyn Martin went sub-four hours for the ladies’s win in 3:56, and Luis Fuentes led the lads in 3:20. Full outcomes.
Monroe Cross Path – DeBary, Florida
It was the race’s fourth yr, all on point-to-point programs. Jordyn Osterland and Arron Ocheltree had been victorious over 50 miles in 9:08 and eight:18, and Rachel Alexander and Peter Christopher had been tops within the 50k in 5:27 and three:52. Full outcomes.
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