Golden Tickets and Golden Path, Madeira and Mount Fuji, and rain and snow. It was one other massive, massive weekend of worldwide racing and we’re excited for this rundown.
You can even take a look at our race protection from earlier within the weekend:
Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB – Auburn, California
100 Mile
The lengthy race went off on Friday, April 25.
Fourth at February’s Black Canyon 100k, Lin Chen (China) received an in depth one towards Aroa Sío (Spain). Chen completed in 18:33 to Sío’s 18:39, and Madeleine Hawkins (Canada) was third in 20:11. Chen will probably be again on a few of these identical trails in June for the Western States 100.
For the lads, Ferdinand Airault (France) ran down longtime chief Tommy Sullivan late to win in 16:18. Fourth at midway, Airault moved into second close to mile 75 after which gained the lead within the closing 10 miles. Sullivan led for some 60 miles in the midst of the race and completed second in 16:24. Ben Quatromoni was third in 17:02.
100k
Saturday’s 100k was the occasion’s premier race. It was an excellent Golden Ticket race with three ladies’s and three males’s automated entries to the Western States 100 up for grabs. Whereas your complete weekend occasion skilled wet situations, it was a mixture of rain and snow on the 100k’s before-sunrise begin line.
Frequent podium-getter Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) scored a signature win towards a deep ladies’s discipline. Hawgood shined with a 9:46 win, simply edging out Marianne Hogan (Canada).
Emily Hawgood successful the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Picture: FinisherPix
Hogan was precisely 4 minutes behind in 9:50, and Keely Henninger and Erin Clark each dipped underneath the 10-hour mark with 9:58 and 9:59 third- and fourth-place runs. Lower than 20 minutes separated the primary 5 ladies.
Hawgood’s already in for the Western States 100, and the three Golden Ticket entries went to Hogan, Henninger, and Clark.
Regardless of being run on a mile shorter course than in 2024, nobody threatened Katie Schide’s sensational 9:10 successful time from final yr.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) – 9:46
Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 9:50
Keely Henninger – 9:58
Erin Clark – 9:59
Careth Arnold – 10:05
Sarah Biehl – 10:33
Arden Younger (Canada) – 10:51
Abigail West – 10:59
Madison Liechty – 11:01
Anna Louden – 11:06
Francesco Puppi (Italy) was going longer than he ever has earlier than, however he completely rolled. Puppi completed in 8:04, 22 minutes higher than anybody else. That pushed his win streak to 6, relationship again to final yr’s Julian Alps by UTMB 50k.
Francesco Puppi successful the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Picture: FinisherPix
Extremely upstart Hans Troyer was second in 8:27 and Lavaredo Extremely Path course document holder Hannes Namberger (Germany) was third in 8:32.
Puppi declined his Golden Ticket entry to the Western States 100, and fourth-place Jeff Mogavero is already in. The three Golden Tickets are pending for Troyer, Namberger, and Ryan Montgomery.
Partially benefitting from a mile shorter course, the primary 4 males all bettered Rod Farvard’s 8:44 successful time from final yr. Farvard was simply ninth on this yr’s race.
The boys’s high 10 was:
Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 8:04
Hans Troyer – 8:27
Hannes Namberger (Germany) – 8:32
Jeff Mogavero – 8:38
Ryan Montgomery – 8:45
Gavin Prior – 8:48
Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) – 8:57
Cody Lind – 8:57
Rod Farvard – 9:04
Eric LiPuma – 9:08
Ryan Montgomery identifies as non-binary, and competes within the males’s race.
50k
Canyon vibes and quick occasions, Hannah Allgood caught each on her solution to a 3:57 win. She’s received the Western States 100 up subsequent in June. Allgood was 5 minutes again of Dani Moreno’s course document from 2024.
Tabor Hemming deserted plans to race final week’s Boston Marathon and as an alternative chased Allgood to a second-place 4:00 end, and Kim Schreiber (Germany) was third in 4:05.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
Hannah Allgood – 3:57
Tabor Hemming – 4:00
Kim Schreiber (Germany) – 4:05
Heather Jackson – 4:08
Nicole Lacis (Canada) – 4:11
Pauline Loulier-Welch (France) – 4:22
Carol-Ann Rolle (Canada) – 4:27
Emma McCune Handel – 4:28
Ariane Hendrix – 4:33
Nora Serres (Norway) – 4:33
Defending males’s champ Eli Hemming exited the race early and Seth Ruhling outran coaching mate Matt Daniels for the win.
Ruhling, this yr’s Black Canyon 100k champ and final yr’s fourth-place finisher right here, ran 3:24. That’s a minute higher than Hemming’s document from a yr in the past. As with so many Canyons runners, Ruhling too will probably be again right here in June for the Western States 100.
Daniels was second in 3:27, and Finnian Jacobson-Schulte took third in 3:31.
The boys’s high 10 was:
Seth Ruhling – 3:24
Matt Daniels – 3:27
Finnian Jacobson-Schulte – 3:31
Coleman Cragun – 3:32
Drew Holmen – 3:32
Nick Handel – 3:33
Cade Michael – 3:35
Sven Koch (Germany) – 3:35
John Luna-Lima – 3:36
Jeshurun Small – 3:39
25k
Even the brief course 15-mile race had a star-studded discipline.
Anika Kimme led the ladies in 1:55, and Taylor Nowlin and Zoey Crosby (Canada) had been subsequent in 2:05 and a couple of:11.
Males’s winner Dan Curts took the course in 1:33, and Eddie Owens and Adrian MacDonald had been second and third in 1:35 and 1:39.
Full outcomes.
Madeira Island Extremely-Path – Madeira, Portugal
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The occasion’s programs had been altered after August 2024 wildfire’s impacted the island trails, however the race nonetheless went for 118k with 6,700 meters (73 miles, 21,981 toes) and it was nonetheless a World Path Majors occasion. It, too, had unhealthy climate for a protracted a part of the race, with rain, wind, and dirt, till the skies broke later within the race.
No shock, Katie Schide (U.S.) mauled the ladies’s discipline. She completed in 14:20 and that was over 2.5 hours higher than anybody else. Schide completed seventh general. Martina Klančnik Potrč (Slovenia) was second in 16:58 and Mathilde Dujon (France) was third in 18:26.
Katie Schide, the 2025 Madeira Island Extremely-Path 115k ladies’s winner.
The ladies’s podium was particularly unfold out, however the males ran it shut. Paul Cornut-Chauvinc (France) edged out defending champ Miguel Arsénio (Portugal) on the entrance. The 2 ran 12:54 and 13:00, and Raul Butaci (Romania) was an in depth third in 13:03.
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The World Path Majors brief sequence contest went for 56k. Race winners Stephanie Howe (U.S.) and Konstantinos Paradeisopoulos (Greece) ran 6:47 and 5:24.
Full outcomes.
Jinshanling Nice Wall Path Race – Chengde Metropolis, Hebei Province, China
It was the second Golden Path World Collection race in as many weeks, and it was on a wild course with a 6k part truly on the Nice Wall itself. The entire race went for 24k with 1,489 meters of climbing (15 miles, 4,885 toes) and a few loopy steep downhill stair sections. The ladies’s race had a day 2:00 p.m. begin and the lads took off 20 minutes later.
Girls
The Nice Wall won’t ever fall, however Caroline Kimutai (Kenya) will need to have. Her singlet was all soiled on the end. It didn’t matter although, she slayed the ladies’s discipline in 2:39. That was two minutes higher than 2024 Sierre-Zinal winner Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya) and her 2:41 mark. Kimutai gained the lead 40 minutes into the race and ran on the entrance the remainder of the best way.
Caroline Kimutai takes the win on the 2025 Nice Wall Path Race. Picture: Golden Path Collection/Nice Wall Path Race/@rising.story/@antho.dx
Mădălina Florea (Romania) was second final weekend in Japan and third right here in 2:43.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
Caroline Kimutai (Kenya) – 2:39:14
Joyline Chepngeno (Kenya) – 2:41:26
Mădălina Florea (Romania) – 2:43:15
Sara Alonso (Spain) – 2:44:19
Miao Yao (China) – 2:50:26
Takako Takamura (Japan) – 2:54:21
Marie Nivet (France) – 2:58:33
Ling-Jie Chi (China) – 3:02:58
Courtney Barnes (U.S.) – 3:05:05
Rachel Tomajczyk (U.S.) – 3:06:08
Per week after ending sixth, 2024 sequence winner Joyce Njeru (Kenya) didn’t end this one.
Males
Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) pushed his 2025 document to two-for-two on the Golden Path World Collection. It’s the second yr in a row that he received each opening races. It was shut although, Kipngeno took the lead close to midway and on the end was solely 43 seconds higher than coaching mate and frequent runner-up Philemon Kiriago (Kenya). The pair ran 2:13:05 and a couple of:13:48.
Patrick Kipngeno on his solution to successful the 2025 Nice Wall Path Race. Picture: Golden Path Collection/Nice Wall Path Race/@rising.story/@mathisdecroux
Nobody downhills higher than Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) and the orienteer all-star used that talent to complete third in 2:14:03. Hadorn was one spot higher than every week in the past in Japan.
Kenyan runners took three of the highest 4 finishes, and 5 of the highest 10 end spots.
The boys’s high 10 was:
Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) – 2:13:05
Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 2:13:48
Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) – 2:14:03
Timothy Kibett (Kenya) – 2:17:42
Cesare Maestri (Italy) – 2:20:38
Samuel Kiprotich (Kenya) – 2:21:22
Daniel Pattis (Italy) – 2:23:23
Pierre Galbourdin (France) – 2:24:15
Ezekiel Rutto (Kenya) – 2:24:19
Sylvian Cachard (France) – 2:27:19
Full outcomes (when out there).
Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB – Malaucène, France
It was the primary version of the race within the Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park.
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The 77-mile race had a midnight begin and noticed Ida-Sophie Hegemann (Germany) on high for the ladies in 15:57. Laura Berruer (France) and Sara Ammann (Switzerland) trailed in 17:30 and 18:00.
Ida Sophie Hegemann, the 2025 Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB
French runners took the primary six males’s finishes with Matthieu Simon beating Ludovic Pommeret and Alex Molin Pradel for the win. The three completed in 12:33, 12:39, and 12:55, respectively.
Matthieu Simon, the 2025 Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB 100 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB
GRV 100k
Going for 55 miles, Laure Paradan (France) was 5 minutes higher than Mari Klakegg Fenre (Norway) on the entrance. The 2 ran 9:14 and 9:19, and third-place Camille Bruyas (France) clocked a 9:46 end.
Laure Paradan, the 2025 Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB 100k ladies’s winner. Picture: Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB
Ben Dhiman (U.S.) was victorious within the males’s race in 7:35. He beat out French all-stars Baptiste Chassagne and Thibaut Garrivier and their 7:44 and eight:00 end occasions.
Ben Dhiman, the 2025 Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB 100k males’s winner. Picture: Grand Raid Ventoux by UTMB
GRV 50k
After 30 miles, Adeline Martin (France) scored a ladies’s win in 4:19. Sarah Bergeron Larouche (Canada) and Noémie Vachon (France) had been second and third in 4:24 and 4:37.
Solely 34 seconds separated males’s first and second place Thomas Cardin (France) and Antoine Charvolin (France) in 3:38 and three:39. Professional cyclist-turned-trail runner Loïc Rolland (France) was third in 3:42.
Full outcomes.
Mt. Fuji 100 Mile – Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
The World Path Majors occasion introduced some 3,800 runners from 34 totally different international locations to the bottom of its namesake peak.
Fuji 100 Mile
The occasion’s marquee distance took off from a 5:00 p.m. native time begin on a 168k route that totaled 6,254 meters of achieve (104 miles, 20,500 toes).
Girls’s winner Man Yee Cheung (Hong Kong) caught the Mount Fuji magic with a win in 23:42. Hui-Ping Zhang (China) was subsequent in 24:35, and Ariko Ito (Japan) received on the rostrum third in 24:59.
Man Yee Cheung, the 2025 Mt. Fuji 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: World Path Majors
Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador), final yr’s shock UTMB third placer, took the lads’s crown in 17:48. It was a brand new course and occasion document. Lopez broke free from 2024 winner Guomin Deng (China) within the race’s second half for the runaway win. Deng overcame a giant unsuitable flip to complete second in 18:56, solely 38 seconds in entrance of third-place Yuya Kawasaki (Japan). Tyler Inexperienced (U.S.) was with Deng on that unsuitable flip too and completed fourth in 19:05.
Joaquin Lopez (entrance row, proper), the 2025 Mt. Fuji 100 Mile males’s winner. Picture: World Path Majors
KAI 70k
Run on the again half of the 100 miler, the 70k had Anna Tarasova (Spain) and Jia-Sheng Shen (China) as its winners in 7:44 and 6:38.
ASUMI 40k
The primary-year 40k race was the World Path Majors brief course choice. Race winners Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) and Guang-Fu Meng (China) had been Fuji-tastic in 3:37 and three:03.
Full outcomes.
Further Races and Runs
London Marathon – London, U.Ok.
Stella Chesang (Uganda), the 2015 World Mountain Working champion, was sixth in 2:22:42. What different path and extremely athletes did you see within the outcomes? Go away a remark to share. Full outcomes.
Dusseldorf Marathon – Dusseldorf, Germany
Fourth on the 2023 World Mountain Working Championships Uphill Race, Laura Hottenrott (Germany) ran 2:26:56 for second right here. Full outcomes.
Penang Skyrace – Georgetown, Malaysia
The Skyrunner World Collection went for 30k by means of the jungle. Malaysian runners took 4 of the top-10 spots for the ladies, and 7 of the top-10 for the lads. Collection common Iris Pessey (France) received for the ladies in 4:48, and Simone Brick (Australia) and Dulamsuren Myagmar (Mongolia) had been second and third in 4:56 and 5:01. Marcos Villamuera (Spain) led the lads’s race in 3:45 and Luvsansharav Natsagdorj (Mongolia) and Milton Amat (Malaysia) got here subsequent in 4:00 and 4:03. Full outcomes.
Zane Gray 50 Mile – Payson, Arizona
It was the occasion’s thirty fifth yr and Sandi Nypaver smashed a 21-year-old occasion document. Nypaver ran 8:52 to win the ladies’s race and end fourth general. Males’s winner Avinoam Maier ran 8:16. Enjoyable reality, I used to be born in the identical city because the race’s namesake Western creator, nowhere near Arizona. Full outcomes.
Weiser River Path 50k – Boise, Idaho
Amanda Lettner and David Faught had been on high in 4:17 and three:53. Full outcomes.
Thelma and Louise 50k – Moab, Utah
Avery Hill received the ladies’s occasion in 4:50. Full outcomes.
Cheyenne Mountain Path Race 50k – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Race winners Erin Doughan and David Roche completed in 5:00 and three:42. Full outcomes.
Royal Gorge Groove – Cañon Metropolis, Colorado
Catherine Huyett and David Norris received the 50k in 5:28 and 4:04. Full outcomes.
Troublesome Hole 50k – Bristol, Virginia
The third-year race had Audrey Carter set a brand new ladies’s course document in 4:09 and Chris Weissmann repeat as males’s winner in 3:57. Weissmann’s time was a brand new course document too. Full outcomes.
C&O Canal 100 Mile – Knoxville, Maryland
Whitney Richman and Karen Smith each went sub-18 for the ladies with 17:28 and 17:59 marks and Oleksandr Skorokhod, Adam Kimble, and Michael Stevens ran 14:03, 14:18, and 14:57 in a fast males’s race. Full outcomes.
Boston Marathon – Boston, Massachusetts
The race was on Monday, April 21. In her closing skilled marathon, ladies’s 50k world record-holder Des Linden ran 2:26:19 for seventeenth. Within the males’s race, 2017 World Mountain Working champion Victor Kiplangat (Uganda) was thirteenth in 2:10:12 and 50k world record-holder CJ Albertson was 14th in 2:10:16. As a part of her retirement announcement, Linden indicated she’d subsequent think about racing trails. Full outcomes.
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