Running

Katie Schide crushes course document at UTMB

September 1, 2024
Ibrahim

This yr’s UTMB 176K noticed American runner Katie Schide delivering a masterclass of endurance, as she grew to become the quickest girl to ever full the race. Schide led from begin to end and set a brand new course document of twenty-two:09:31, surpassing Courtney Dauwalter’s earlier finest of twenty-two:30:55. On the boys’s aspect, reigning champion Jim Walmsley shocked followers by dropping out simply earlier than the midway level, opening the door for a brand new victor. France’s Vincent Bouillard seized the chance, charging forward to say victory in 19:54:23—the fifth quickest time in UTMB historical past.

Ladies’s race

2022 champion Katie Schide (who completed second final yr) secured a uncommon double victory, including the UTMB crown to her current Western States 100 (WSER) win, the place she clocked the second-fastest time ever. Schide dominated the race from the outset, main early and sustaining a gentle tempo that stored her properly forward of her opponents. Regardless of robust performances by prime runners like France’s Blandine L’Hirondel and Canada’s Marianne Hogan, who fought via a dislocated finger to remain close to the lead, Schide remained untouchable.

Ruth Croft of New Zealand, who was aiming to change into the primary girl to win OCC, CCC, and UTMB, made a robust push within the last levels to overhaul Hogan and end second, however Schide’s commanding lead was by no means in jeopardy, and she or he crossed the road in thirteenth place general. Croft captured second place in  22:48:37, with Hogan sustaining her third-place place, ending in 23:11:15.

Prime girls

Katie Schide (USA) 22:09:31
Ruth Croft (New Zealand) 22:48:37
Marianne Hogan (Canada) 23:11:15
Lin Chen (China) 24:16:33
Blandine L’Hirondel 24:35:54

Males’s race

Bouillard’s victory was all of the extra shocking given his under-the-radar standing main as much as the race—his excessive bib quantity and lack of a photograph on the official web site underscored his low profile. However when Walmsley was pressured to withdraw with a knee damage, Bouillard seized the chance and by no means seemed again, displaying regular and relentless pacing all the way in which to the end. His countryman, Baptiste Chassagne, completed second in 20:22:45, with Ecuador’s Joaquin Lopez securing third in 20:26:26.

A second of suspense arose as Bouillard approached the ultimate support station at La Flégère, the place a compulsory package test required all runners to current a second water provider because of the sizzling climate situations. Although Bouillard initially struggled to find the merchandise in his pack, he ultimately discovered it and continued on to say his well-deserved victory. Bouillard, a 30-year-old senior supervisor in product engineering and innovation for UTMB’s sponsor HOKA, had been missed as a possible winner, regardless of his prime finishes on the 100-mile Kodiak Extremely Marathons by UTMB and the Gorge Waterfalls 100K in 2023.

The boys’s race had a surprisingly excessive fee of attrition, largely attributed to the nice and cozy climate. Canada’s Mathieu Blanchard, who was second in 2022, the U.Ok.’s Tom Evans, who took third in 2022 however had a DNF in 2023, and former champion Pau Caupell (who received in 2017), have been among the many group of prime males who pulled out of the race.

Fernie, B.C.’s Ethan Peters delivered a robust efficiency and was in thirty sixth general and thirty second male on the time of publication.

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Vincent Bouillard UTMB 2024. Picture: UTMB/Nils Charles Oddoux

Prime males

Vincent Bouillard (France) 19:54:23
Baptiste Chassagne (France) 20:22:45
Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador) 20:26:26
Hannes Namberger (Germany) 20:31:54
Ludovic Pommeret (France) 20:58:18

For full outcomes of the 2024 version of UTMB, click on right here.