The season’s closing ski mountaineering world cup and a have a look at subsequent week’s Mad Metropolis 100k are among the many column’s large highlights, plus loads of racing round the USA. Completely satisfied Monday!
American River 50 Mile – Folsom, California
50 Mile
Males’s chief Adam Kimble received approach out entrance. He received in 6:40, and Christopher Wehan and Nate Hoe have been subsequent in 7:19 and seven:37.
Girls’s winner Heather Van Sickle was practically an hour higher than everybody else. She dominated the ladies’s race in 8:28. Second- and third-place Carrie Peterson-Kirby and Kassandra Dimaggio completed in 9:18 and 9:25, respectively.
Adam Kimble, the 2026 American River 50 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Keith Facchino
Heather Van Sickle, the 2026 American River 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: Keith Facchino
25 Mile
Going half the gap, the boys’s group was led by Zachary Heberlein in 3:58, and Benjamin Crew and Mike Turner have been second and third in 4:09 and 4:27.
Anna Olsen, Jen Cornelison, and Chantra Siggard received on the ladies’s podium in 4:44, 5:02, and 5:15.
Full outcomes.
Worldwide Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup – Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
It was the 12 months’s final Worldwide Ski Mountaineering Federation World Cup race, and there have been loads of 2026 Olympians competing throughout the occasion’s 4 disciplines.
Vertical
Whether or not on foot or on skis, Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) excels going up. He received the boys’s Vertical race in 23:31. Aurélien Homosexual (Switzerland) was second in 24:00, and Paul Verbnjak (Austria) was third in 24:06.
Axelle Mollaret (France) topped Emily Harrop (France) within the ladies’s race, 27:19 to 27:34, and Johanna Hiemer (Austria) was third in 28:25.
Particular person
Bonnet doubled again to win the lengthy course in 1:27:43. William Bon Mardion (France) was subsequent in 1:28:58, and Verbnjak was third once more, this time in 1:29:56.
Mollaret once more topped Harrop within the ladies’s race. The 2 completed in 1:30:53 and 1:31:51. Hiemer was third once more, too, ending in 1:34:52.
Dash
Only a second separated the highest two males. Jon Kistler (Switzerland) and Thibault Anselmet (France) completed in 2:32 and a couple of:33. Oriol Cardona (Spain) was third in 2:42.
Harrop received the ladies’s race in 2:56, with Margot Ravinel (France) and Giulia Murada (Italy) snowboarding to three:00 and three:07 second- and third-place finishes.
Blended Relay
Cardona teamed with Ana Alonso (Spain) to win the mixed-gender race in 33:55. Alba De Silvestro (Italy) and Michele Boscacci (Italy) have been second in 34:08, and the French group of Anselmet and Célia Perillat-Pessey was third in 34:13.
Full outcomes.
Extra Races and Runs
Marathon des Sables Legendary – Sahara Desert, Morocco
It’s the fortieth version of the self-supported desert stage race, and there are virtually 1,500 runners signed up. The 35k first stage is within the books on Sunday, April 5, and brothers Mohamed and Rachid El Morabity (Morocco) are on the entrance of the boys’s race in 2:26:29 and a couple of:26:50. Ludovic Pommeret (France) is fifth and eight minutes behind the leaders. Maryline Nakache (France) and Aziza El Amrany (Morocco) lead the ladies in 3:04 and three:09. Olympian Des Linden (U.S.) is fourth however 21 minutes behind Nakache. The race runs six phases over seven days and can cowl round 250k, wrapping up on Saturday, April 11. Full outcomes.
The beginning of the primary stage of the 2026 Marathon des Sables. Picture: Antonio Miranda
Diablo Trails Problem 50k – Walnut Creek, California
The Brazen Racing contest had Justin Marsh and Megan Kono as its winners in 4:58 and 6:01. Full outcomes.
Justin Marsh, the 2026 Diablo Trails Problem 50k males’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Megan Kono, the 2026 Diablo Trails Problem 50k ladies’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Arizona Monster 300 Mile – Superior, Arizona
They have been nonetheless going throughout final week’s publication time, however when the cross-Arizona journey ended, it was Michael McKnight and Selene Mallone (Canada) who completed first. McKnight prevailed within the males’s race in 82 hours and 49 minutes, or three days and practically 11 hours. McKnight’s really big 12 months retains going with the Cocodona 250 Mile, Tahoe 200 Mile, Hardrock 100, Bigfoot 200 Mile, and Moab 240 Mile on his schedule. Girls’s winner Mallone completed in 99:55. That’s simply over 4 days. She was fourth total and 6 hours forward of second-place and defending champ Anne Tisdell. Full outcomes.
Hell’s Hills Path Race – Smithville, Texas
The race at Rocky Hill Ranch had Terry Palmer and Lydia Rios run 8:34 and 13:01 within the 50 miler, and Walter Flocke and Nicole Bitter received the 50k in 5:14 and 4:51. Full outcomes.
Terry Palmer, the 2026 Hell’s Hills 50 Mile males’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Lydia Rios, the 2026 Hell’s Hills 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Capitol Yard Extremely – Lorton, Virginia
One of many world’s extra aggressive yard occasions, this one hadn’t but stopped at publication time final week. Ultimately, Haroldas Subertas received total with 64 loops and 266.66 miles in 64 hours, and Joelle Fenton was the final lady operating with 48 loops and 200 miles in 48 hours. Full outcomes.
Fort Yargo Extremely 50k – Winder, Georgia
Racing on a 15.6-mile loop, Jake Pittman and Emma Chandler received in 5:30 and 5:47. Full outcomes.
Shotgun Path Blast 50k – Marcola, Oregon
A small 50k discipline on the Shotgun Creek Recreation Space was led by Taylor Spike and Jen Hayworth in 4:36 and 5:28. Full outcomes.
Taylor Spike and Jen Hayworth, the 2026 Shotgun Path Blast 50k winners. Picture courtesy of the race.
Mount Toby Extremely 50k – Sunderland, Massachusetts
Race winners Mead Binhammer and Britta Clark took it in 4:15 and 5:07. Full outcomes.
Weymouth Woods 50k – Southern Pines, North Carolina
The race on the Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Protect had Thad Dabback and Jessica Barkley win in 4:18 and 4:42. Full outcomes.
Operating Up For Air Sequence – Moab, Utah
One of many eight RUFA occasions, the Moab version of the collection held the 3-, 6-, and 12-hour lap races on the Stairmaster path, which beneficial properties 950 ft per 0.95-mile lap. Tyler Inexperienced and Rachel Drake received the boys’s and ladies’s three-hour races with eight and 7 laps, respectively, and Stefan Brenner and Careth Arnold received the six-hour race with 12 and 14 laps. David Herrig and Morgean Orozco received the 12-hour race with 20 and 18 laps. Full outcomes.
Tyler Inexperienced, the 2026 Operating Up For Air Sequence – Moab 3-hour males’s winner. Picture: Buzz Burrell
Morgean Orozco, the 2026 Operating Up For Air Sequence – Moab ladies’s 12-hour winner with collection founder Jared Campbell (left) and race organizer Buzz Burrell (proper). Picture: Jason Keith
Bull Run Run 50 Mile – Clifton, Virginia
The longtime, Civil Warfare-themed race was received by Gabriel Loader and Justyna Wilson in 7:44 and eight:39. This 12 months’s race was contested in unseasonably excessive temperatures. Preliminary outcomes.
Gabriel Loader, the 2026 Bull Run Run 50 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Josh Glazer
Justyna Wilson, the 2026 Bull Run Run 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: Josh Glazer
Subsequent Weekend
Desert RATS by UTMB – Fruita, Colorado
High 100k males’s entrants embrace Dominik Matt (Austria), Rajpaul Pannu, Jonathan Rea, and Adam Merry. Matt was second finally 12 months’s Lavaredo Extremely Path, and Pannu received the USATF 100k Street Nationwide Championships earlier this 12 months. For the ladies, the highest of the listing has Heather Jackson, Corinne Shalvoy, and Seimiya Yukari (Japan).
Eli Hemming, a two-time winner of the 21k race right here, steps as much as 50k this 12 months and might be challenged by Taylor Stack and Remi Leroux (Canada). Within the ladies’s discipline, Sarah Carter, Claudia Tremps (Spain), and Ashley Brasovan ought to be on the entrance of the sector.
Elite entrant listing.
The beginning of 2023 Desert RATS by UTMB 50k. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Istria by UTMB – Umag, Croatia
There are a number of world elites anticipated among the many starters on the race on Croatia’s northwestern tip. Mark Darbyshire (U.Okay.) and Juuso Simpanen (Finland) are the highest males’s entrants on the lengthy course. Martina Klančnik Potrč (Slovenia) dropped on the race’s 43-mile (69k) distance final 12 months, however returns as the highest ladies’s entrant over 104 miles (168k).
Anna-Stiina Erkkilä (Finland) headlines the 68-mile race (110k), and German runners Rosanna Buchauer and Kim Schreiber are each within the 43-mile race (69k). Andrzej Witek (Poland) is predicted to steer the boys over that shorter distance.
Full entrant listing.
Mad Metropolis Ultras – Madison, Wisconsin
The 100k race is the 2026 USATF 100k Street Nationwide Championships, and it’s simply the very best highway extremely discipline we’ve seen within the U.S. in years. First place wins $550 with the potential for extra with course and nationwide document bonuses. The highest two women and men earn spots on Staff USA for the IAU 100k World Championships in September in Spain, too.
Listed below are among the high entrants.
Males
Brogan Austin – 1st 2025 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (5:02), 1st 2018 USATF Marathon Street Nationwide Championships (2:12)
Anthony Fagundes – 1st 2026 Jed Smith Traditional 50 Mile (5:24)
John Decide – seventh 2025 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (5:59), 4th 2024 Mad Metropolis 100k (6:52)
Mike Katsefaras – third 2023 Mad Metropolis 50k (2:56)
Steve Mance – sixteenth 2025 IAU 50k World Championships (2:58)
Ryan Miller – 2nd 2024 Mad Metropolis 100k (6:47)
Ryan Root – 4th 2025 Mad Metropolis 50k (2:53), 2nd 2024 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (5:06)
Phil Younger – 1st 2025 Tunnel Hill 100 Mile (12:03), 1st 2025 Hennepin 50 Mile (5:58)
Girls
Amber Arvidson – 4th 2025 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (6:27)
Camille Herron – 1st 2025 Ice Age Path 50 Mile (7:44), 1st 2024 Soochow 24 Hour (163.42 miles)
Allison Mercer – 4th 2025 Mad Metropolis 50k (3:24), 2nd 2024 Mad Metropolis 100k (7:55)
Sarah Morrison – 2nd 2024 Mad Metropolis 50k (3:25)
Full entrant listing.
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