[Editor’s Note: Photographer and Vert.Run co-founder Kirsten Kortebein created these images at the 2024 UTMB. Enjoy!]
With Katie Schide setting a brand new girls’s course report and the boys’s podium turning out to be a serious shock, together with a win by Vincent Bouillard (France), there have been loads of massive storylines to comply with on the 2024 UTMB. Nonetheless, greater than 2,500 runners took to the massive loop round Mont Blanc, and there are numerous tales and experiences — ranging far past these of the elites — of individuals taking over the problem of the 109-mile route.
Kristen Kortebein was in Chamonix and out on target in the course of the race, capturing pictures of the wide selection of feelings that this occasion brings to the floor, in addition to all the small moments that make it particular not just for the runners and crews, but additionally for the spectators and followers of the occasion. To search out out extra about how the elite race ended up, you may learn our detailed 2024 UTMB outcomes article.
Claudia Tremps (Spain), who went on to take eighth in UTMB, will get a hug from good friend and member of the media, Mauri Pagliacci, at the beginning line. All images: iRunFar/Kristen Kortebein
Amy Palmiero-Winters (U.S.) soaks up the emotion as she arrives to the UTMB begin line.
Emily Hawgood enters the UTMB begin line chute.
A glimpse of one in every of Chamonix, France’s imposing peaks from the valley’s standard (and free!) prepare route.
The solar units in Chamonix on Friday night because the UTMB racers head into the night time.
Ruth Croft’s energetic assist crew cheers her on by means of Trient with “Bloody good mate Ruth” indicators and cheers. Ruth went on to complete second in UTMB.
Canada’s Marianne Hogan, who completed third in UTMB, drenches herself at an assist station to battle the warmth.
Kamil Leśniak of Poland runs previous Trient’s iconic pink church in excessive spirits throughout UTMB.
Because the temperature started to crank up, Guillaume Deneffe takes benefit of Trient’s fountain to chill off on Saturday morning of UTMB.
Katie Schide runs previous her The North Face assist crew and teammates on her technique to her UTMB victory.
Drew Holmen of the U.S. rests on the bottom subsequent to the end line after finishing his first UTMB.
A UTMB finisher and his media crew take a nap steps away from the UTMB end line.
