For the previous 12 years, I’ve posted some year-end ultrarunning awards. I wish to introduce the thirteenth annual AJW’s Taproom Yr in Ultrarunning Awards for 2024.
You’ll be able to try my awards from the tip of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023. I did one thing just a little completely different in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
These will not be scientific in any approach, and the standards are made up fully by me. They symbolize a collection of North American athletes competing in ultramarathons in the USA and overseas. In making these picks I adhered to the standards spelled out within the “UltraRunning Journal” annual awards.
“To be eligible, an athlete should be a full-time North American resident (no matter their citizenship), or be a U.S., Canadian or Mexican citizen (no matter the place they dwell).”
My rankings by no means symbolize an exhaustive examine, nor do they faux to be totally consultant of all that occurred in 2024 — so take them or depart them. Right here goes!
Ladies’s Ultrarunner of the Yr
Katie Schide
Courtney Dauwalter
Courtney Olson
Katie Schide, 2024 Western States 100 champion. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Males’s Ultrarunner of the Yr
Hayden Hawks
David Roche
David Sinclair
Ladies’s Efficiency of the Yr
Katie Schide’s win on the 2024 Western States 100
Courtney Dauwalter’s course document on the 2024 Hardrock 100
Katie Schide’s course document on the 2024 UTMB
Males’s Efficiency of the Yr
David Roche’s course document on the 2024 Leadville 100 Mile
David Sinclair’s course document on the 2024 JFK 50 Mile
Jim Walmsley’s win on the 2024 Western States 100
David Roche profitable the 2024 Leadville 100 Mile and setting a brand new course document. Picture: Life Time
Ladies’s Rookie of the Yr
[Author’s Note: For the purposes of my Rookie of the Year award, I consider a runner to be a rookie if 2024 was their first season racing ultra distances at a highly competitive level. In most cases, the candidates considered for this award have completed a few races in prior years and/or at shorter distances, but 2024 marked the first time they made an impact on the national or international scene beyond a race or two. For me, my “rookie” litmus-test example is Anton Krupicka in 2006 when he came out of nowhere and won the Leadville 100 Mile.]
Males’s Rookie of the Yr
Ladies’s Shock of the Yr
Males’s Shock of the Yr
Ladies’s FKT of the Yr
Tara Dower, after setting an total supported quickest identified time on the Appalachian Path. Picture: Pete Schreiner/@schreinertrailphotography
Males’s FKT of the Yr
Finest Path Working Movie of the Yr
Most Inspirational Particular person of the Yr
Bottoms up!
William Barkan ending the 2024 Western States 100 simply 31 seconds after the cutoff. Picture: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
AJW’s Beer of the Week
This week’s beer of the week comes from Fogtown Brewing Firm in Ellsworth, Maine. Foglight Maine Pilsner is a crisp and refreshing beer, brewed with simply the correct amount of hops. As belies its identify, it pours crisp and clear and is greatest loved alongside some traditional Maine shellfish.
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Who’s your ultrarunner of the yr? And have you ever any ideas for the opposite award classes?
