The star energy was at Transgrancanaria on the Canary Islands of Spain this weekend. The occasion consists of aggressive races throughout quite a few distances.
You can even take a look at our race protection from the weekend:
Transgrancanaria – Gran Canaria, Spain
It’s an enormous occasion, and we’ll take the races in chronological order.
KV El Gigante
The Wednesday, February 19 Vertical Kilometer was the occasion’s earliest. That gave some high runners the prospect to double again to longer distances later within the week.
Judith Wyder (Switzerland) went full throttle to the highest, nearly two minutes sooner than every other girl. Wyder hit the excessive level end in 45:27. Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) and Jennifer Lichter (U.S.) had been second and third in 47:12 and 47:37, respectively.
Judith Wyder, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Vertical Kilometer ladies’s winner. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Caros Díaz-Recio
Uphill all-star Henri Aymonod (Italy) took the lads’s win in 39:22, however he needed to work to beat second-place Alain Santamaria (Spain). Santamaria was actually shut in 39:35. Third-place Yoel De Paz (Spain) was just a little additional again in 41:35.
Henri Aymonod, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Vertical Kilometer males’s winner. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Caros Díaz-Recio
Half 21k
A day after the Vertical Kilometer, the half marathon went off. Judith Wyder took her second crown in as many days, operating 2:01 to complete 5 minutes higher than second-place Marta Martínez (Spain). Irigoyen got here again from the Vertical Okay to complete third right here in 2:07.
Antonio Martínez (Spain) gained the lads’s race in 1:43, and that made Santamaria second for the second-straight day. Martínez completed in 1:43 and Santamaria in 1:47. Adrian Ivars (Spain) ran 1:48 for third.
Maraton 47k
Francesco Puppi (Italy) unseated two-time defending champion Robert Pkemoi (Kenya). The 2 had been solely 18 seconds aside, Puppi in entrance, each at 3:23 after Puppi surged to the lead with 300 meters to go. Tiago Nobre (Portugal) took third in 3:31.
Francesco Puppi, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Maraton 47k males’s winner. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Matías Novo
Two days after taking third within the Vertical Okay, Jennifer Lichter gained the ladies’s marathon in 3:59. She gained this race final yr too. Sylvia Nordskar (Norway) took second in 4:07 and Celia Balcells (Spain) was a distant third in 4:28.
The race was a part of the brand new World Path Majors Quick Collection too.
Jennifer Lichter, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Maraton 47k ladies’s winner. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Matías Novo
Traditional 126k
The entire races listed below are aggressive, however the Traditional distance stands on the high. The 126k race is a World Path Majors occasion and packs in 6,800 meters of acquire. That’s 78 miles and 22,310 toes.
Caleb Olson (U.S.) scored the largest win of his younger extremely profession, and set a brand new course report too. Olson was close to the entrance all through and gained the last word lead close to the 80k mark. He completed in 12:17. Jon Albon (U.Okay.) chased to second in 12:25 and early pacesetter Josh Wade (U.Okay.) was third in 12:40.
Caleb Olson, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Traditional males’s champion. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Miguel Travieso
As with males’s winner Olson, ladies’s winner Henriette Albon (Norway) had a breakthrough win too. She dominated the ladies’s discipline, operating over an hour sooner than anybody else. Albon completed in 15:02. Claudia Tremps (Spain) was second for the second-straight yr, ending in 16:09. Martina Klančnik Potrč (Slovenia) was an in depth third in 16:11.
Henriette Albon, the 2025 Transgrancanaria Traditional ladies’s champion. Picture: Transgrancanaria/Miguel Travieso
Superior 82k
Raul Butaci (Romania) dominated the 51-mile run in 7:48. Oswaldo Medina (Spain) pipped the 8-hour mark in 7:59 for second, and Tomás Hudec (Czech Republic) was third in 8:03.
The ladies’s race had a breakaway entrance two too. Ida Nilsson (Sweden) and Anna Tarasova (Impartial) led the group in 8:34 and eight:39, and Katarzyna Solinska (Poland) was third in 8:52.
Full outcomes.
Moab’s Purple Scorching Extremely – Moab, Utah
50 Mile
It was the second yr for the 50-mile distance and Kyle Curtin almost ran down Tyler Veerman. Veerman gained and held off his chaser by 4 seconds, each ending in 7:49. Olin Dykshom was third in 9:29.
The small group of 50-mile ladies was led by Ashlie Ferguson (Canada), Marlee Stevens, and Georgia Parks in 10:56, 11:08, and 11:40, respectively.
55k
This distance is often extra aggressive, however Jon Rea was on their lonesome on the entrance this yr in 3:57. Alex Johnson and Brian Babyak had been second and third in 4:11 and 4:32.
Emily Evans beat out Chloe Painter and Regan Sikes within the ladies’s race. The three podium getters completed in 5:21, 5:29, and 5:35.
Full outcomes.
Further Races and Runs
Taipei Ultramarathon – Taipei, Taiwan
The 48-hour race was an Worldwide Affiliation of Ultrarunners Gold Label contest. Bartosz Fudali (Poland) gained the lads’s race with 441.069k, or 274 miles, and Tsai Wen-Ya (Taiwan) went 360.405k, or 224 miles, to win the ladies’s race. Fudali’s mark was a brand new Polish nationwide report.
Bartosz Fudali, the 2025 Taipei Ultramarathon 48 Hour males’s winner. Picture: Chinese language Taipei Affiliation of Ultrarunners
Tsai Wen-Ya, the 2025 Taipei Ultramarathon 48 Hour ladies’s winner. Picture: Chinese language Taipei Affiliation of Ultrarunners
Seville Marathon – Seville, Spain
Twelfth on the 2023 Sierre-Zinal, Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) ran 2:06:48 for fourth. Third on the 2023 World Mountain Operating Championships Up and Down race, Philemon Abraham (Germany) ran 2:08:11. The 2024 Comrades Marathon winner Piet Wiersma (The Netherlands) ran 2:21:19, and a number of world record-holder Aleksandr Sorokin (Lithuania) ran 2:28:28. The 2014 Hardrock 100 runner-up Julien Chorier (France) completed in 2:36:39. Full outcomes.
Orcas Island 100 Mile – Orcas Island, Washington
Lon Freeman and Katie Laco gained the Rainshadow Operating race in 22:42 and 23:11. Full outcomes.
Lord Hill Path Run 50k – Snohomish, Washington
Race winners Craig Coon and Joanna Brewer (Canada) went 4:31 and 5:38. Full outcomes.
Hagg Lake 50k – Forest Grove, Oregon
The race was pushed again from final week’s scheduled date attributable to icy situations. Mike Rosling and Julija Soryte gained in 4:24 and 4:36. Full outcomes.
Montara Mountain 50k – Pacifica, California
Adam Wolf and Beverley Anderson-Abbs gained in 4:53 and 5:01. Full outcomes.
Salmon Falls 50k – Pilot Hill, California
The 200-mile professional Haroldas Subertas gained for the lads in 3:39 and Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) led the ladies in 4:08. Full outcomes.
Sean O’Brien – Malibu, California
The occasion had three extremely distances. Ryan Kiewiet and Lauren Mitchell gained the 100k in 10:32 and 11:18. The 50-mile winners Jesse Haynes and Holly Ryerson ran 7:22 and 9:41, and Taylor Morris and Erin Knipe led the 50k in 4:38 and 5:23. Full outcomes.
Copper Hall 50k – Superior, Arizona
Michael Tomchaney and Lindsay Prescott had been finest within the 50k in 3:48 and 4:21. Full outcomes.
Cowtown Extremely 50k – Fort Value, Texas
Brent Williams and Kristen Beiza gained the highway extremely in 3:19 and three:59. Full outcomes.
Lake Ouachita Path Vista Path – Mt. Ida, Arkansas
Jeff Browning and Ashley Nordell gained the 100 miler in 17:57 and 20:15. It was Browning’s thirty first 100-mile win. Full outcomes.
Mt. Cheaha 50k – Delta, Alabama
A gaggle of 230 finishers was led by Kyle Kraeft and Ana Watters in 4:34 and 5:43. Full outcomes.
Area Pirate 100 Mile – Port Canaveral, Florida
Lucas Hathaway and Caryn Lubetsky completed in equal 18:26 instances on the high of the leaderboard. Full outcomes.
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