It’s Memorial Day within the U.S. and that quieted the race quantity only a bit. Elsewhere although, we’ve obtained the Golden Path World Sequence in Spain, the Skyrunner World Sequence in Mexico, and the UTMB World Sequence in South Africa, all amongst different racing.
Zegama Marathon – Zegama, Spain
After two new races in Asia, the Golden Path World Sequence got here dwelling to Europe, and to the longtime Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon. iRunFar earlier recapped the larger race dynamics.
Ladies
Late within the race’s first half, Sylvia Nordskar (Norway) moved to the entrance and put time on the chase group the remainder of the way in which. In the long run, Nordskar was over six minutes higher than everybody else. It was a dominating efficiency towards the world-class discipline. After Nordskar, barely two minutes separated the subsequent 4 finishers.
Malen Osa (Spain) led the chase group with a second-place 4:35 end, and Marta Martínez (Spain) was third and likewise in 4:35, however 20 seconds behind.
Sylvia Nordskar on her option to successful the 2024 Zegama Marathon. Picture: Zegama Marathon/Igor Quijano
The complete high 10 was:
- Sylvia Nordskar (Norway) – 4:29:12
- Malen Osa (Spain) – 4:35:19
- Marta Martínez (Spain) – 4:35:39
- Theres Leboeuf (Switzerland) – 4:36:16
- Lide Urrestarazu (Spain) – 4:37:20
- Elisa Desco (Italy) – 4:40:28
- Daniela Oemus (Germany) – 4:41:21
- Rosa Lara (Spain) – 4:42:54
- Ida Robsahm (Norway) – 4:44:31
- Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) – 4:46:02
[From 2010 to 2012, Elisa Desco served a two-year doping ban from the IAAF after she tested positive for EPO at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.]
Males
Kilian Jornet (Spain, lives in Norway) received for an unbelievable eleventh time, and it wasn’t in any respect shut. Jornet, now 36 years previous, was eight minutes higher than everybody else. It was his eleventh win in 12 begins on the race, and he was solely two minutes again from his personal course file.
As with the ladies’s race, the group behind the frontrunner was a lot nearer. Lower than two minutes separated the second- by means of fifth-place finishers.
Golden Path World Sequence regulars Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) and Bartłomiej Przedwojewski (Poland) have been the subsequent greatest. Each completed in 3:46 and 38 seconds aside.
Kilian Jornet, the king of the Zegama Marathon, received once more in 2024. Picture: Zegama Marathon/Igor Quijano
The entire males’s high 10 was:
- Kilian Jornet (Spain, lives in Norway) – 3:38:07
- Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco) – 3:46:16
- Bartłomiej Przedwojewski (Poland) – 3:46:54
- Luca Del Pero (Italy) – 3:47:25
- Manuel Merillas (Spain) – 3:47:42
- Robert Pkemoi Matayango (Kenya) – 3:50:02
- Marcin Kubica (Poland) – 3:53:24
- Alain Santamaría (Spain) – 3:54:11
- Loïc Robert (France) – 3:55:52
- Léonard Mitrica (Romania) – 3:56:28
The following Golden Path World Sequence race is the June 30 Marathon du Mont-Blanc in France.
Mexico Sky Problem – Orizaba, Mexico
The fifth Skyrunner World Sequence race was one in every of simply two North American races this yr, alongside Canada’s Minotaur Skyrace on June 22. The Mexico mountain run was 35k with 3,200 meters of elevation acquire. That’s just a bit lower than a standard marathon in distance, however with 10,500 ft of climbing.
Official end instances haven’t but hit the online, however social media revealed the rostrum finishers.
Karina Carsolio (Mexico) took the ladies’s crown forward of Kelly Wolf (U.S.) and Emma Cook dinner-Clarke (Canada).
And for the lads, Abraham Hernandez of the host nation was the race winner. He’s a 1:04 half marathoner as lately as November 2023. Miguel Perez (Mexico) was second and Johnny Luna Lima (Brazil, lives in U.S.) was third.
The following Skyrunner World Sequence race is subsequent weekend’s Hochkönig Skyrace in Austria.
Ruby Lindquist was the fourth girl on the 2024 Mexico Sky Problem 35k. Picture: Skyrunner World Sequence
Mountain Extremely Path by UTMB – George, South Africa
The yr’s solely UTMB World Sequence occasion in South Africa introduced 2,000 runners to the Backyard Route Nationwide Park and wild Outeniqua Mountain Vary. The sphere was largely South African, with 95% of the race entrants coming from the host nation.
MUT Miler
The occasion’s longest distance totaled 23,963 ft of elevation acquire after 101 miles and had simply 54 starters. Maria Marincowitz (South Africa) and Douglas Pickard (South Africa) scored wins. Marincowitz received the ladies’s race by slightly below half an hour in 32:15, whereas Pickard was over two hours higher than everybody else in 22:25.
MUT 100k
Natalia Mastrota (Italy) and Axel Sleebus (Belgium) completed the 61-mile route and its practically 16,000 ft of climbing first in 13:29 and 11:48.
Natalia Mastrota on her option to successful the 2024 MUT 100k. Picture: UTMB
MUT 60
The race went for 36 miles with simply over 10,000 ft of climbing. Race winners Emily Djock (U.S.) and Andreas Lundegård (Sweden) completed in 7:17 and 6:08, respectively.
MUT Marathon
Rebecca Kohne (South Africa) bested the ladies’s discipline in 4:52, and South African legend Ryan Sandes received for the lads in 4:12.
The 2024 MUT Marathon getting underway with Ryan Sandes already out in entrance. Picture: UTMB
Extra Races and Runs
Leavenworth Path Competition – Leavenworth, Washington
Kelly MacDonald and Carter Shae earned victory over 55k in 6:39 and 5:14. Full outcomes.
Nanny Goat 100 Mile – Riverside, California
A small group was led by Melanie Boone and Alexis Magill in 22:26 and 20:07, respectively. The race had a number of mounted time contests too. Full outcomes.
Crown of the Crest 100 Mile – Fremont, Nebraska
Stacey Buckley and Dayton Rabe received the ten x 10 mile race in 29:53 and 25:42. For Rabe, it was a brand new course file on the course at Calvin Crest Camp. Full outcomes (when accessible).
Stacey Buckley after successful the 2024 Crown of the Crest 100 Mile. Picture courtesy of race.
Sugar Badger 50/50 – Belleville, Wisconsin
The races run out and again on the Badger Path and Sugar River Path. Amelia Driscoll and Jonathon Noll received the 50 miler in 7:24 and 6:23, and Alexandra Sielaff and Aaron Fearing have been quickest over 50k in 4:56 and 4:12. Full outcomes.
Fools 50k – Peninsula, Ohio
The race moved to a 5k loop course on personal trails at Camp Manatoc, close to the Cuyahoga Valley Nationwide Park. It added new distances too. Linda Orr and John Fabianich McClay received the 100k in 16:57 and 11:33, and Virginia Bibb-Golden and Mike Duma have been greatest to 50 miles in 11:05 and 9:14. The race’s traditional 50k distance topped Angie Darbyson and Heath Goshorn as its winners in 5:09 and three:47. Full outcomes.
Capital Yard Extremely – Lorton, Virginia
They could be going for some time nonetheless on the 4.16-mile loop. On the time of this writing on Sunday night time, 4 runners had accomplished 39 laps totaling 162-plus miles. Levi Yoder, Jennifer Russo, Jeremy Shantz, and Scott Snell have been all nonetheless working. Monitoring.
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