A longtime course document fell on the twenty third version of the HURT 100 Mile in Hawai’i, and elsewhere across the nation, Rachel Entrekin and Canyon Woodward have been among the many sooner runners getting in some winter racing miles.
You may as well take a look at our race protection from earlier within the week:
HURT 100 Mile – Honolulu, Hawai’i
HURT, an acronym for the Hawaiian Extremely Operating Staff, goes again to an eight-finisher inaugural version in 2001. Path circumstances power some course adjustments annually, however it’s nonetheless a five-loop jungle course.
Girls
Aimee Warnke adopted up 2025 finishes on the Leadville 100 Mile and Javelina 100 Mile with a first-place end right here. Warnke ran 100 miles by the jungle in 27:24. Name it a warm-up, although. Warnke’s bought the triple crown of 200 milers later this yr.
Katherina Laan, who was second on the occasion in 2023 and 2024, was second once more this yr, ending in 28:50. Candice Burt, who was third right here final yr and is a many-time finisher of the occasion, repeated her putting, crossing the road in 29:33.
Aimee Warnke, the 2026 HURT 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph: Kalani Pascual
Males
Gary Robbins’ 19:35 course document had stood since 2013, however it got here down this yr.
Tyler Juza ran 19:22 to reset the document books. It was an enormous time enchancment for Juza, who was second right here in 2025 in 22:13. Juza has the Tahoe 200 Mile up subsequent in June.
iRunFar columnist Gabe Joyes completed in 21:58 for second place, and Riley Robertson was third in 22:49.
Full outcomes.
Tyler Juza, the 2026 HURT 100 Mile males’s winner. Photograph: Kalani Pascual
Winter Backbone Race – Pennine Approach, United Kingdom
This one is an absolute recreation of attrition simply to get to the end. The route goes 268 miles alongside the Pennine Approach route, and within the aftermath of a winter storm, runners confronted troublesome and chilly circumstances. Runners get 168 hours, or a full seven days, to finish the journey.
Anna Troup (U.Ok.) and Johanna Antila (Finland) have been collectively by a lot of the center of the race till Antila dropped with 25 miles to go together with foot points. Troup received in 106:19:12.
Troup had earlier received the Summer season Backbone Race in 2011, 2022, and 2025.
Anna Troup wanting happy together with her 2026 Winter Backbone Race win. Photograph: The Backbone Race/Adam Jacobs
Eugeni Roselló Solé (Spain), the race’s 2013 winner, was once more on the entrance for a lot of this yr’s race, however once more discovered the end to be elusive. Roselló Solé had a 10-hour lead at mile 224, and was nonetheless over 5 hours in entrance at mile 240 when he dropped. That vaulted Sébastien Raichon (France) into the lead, and he received the lads’s race in 95:43.
Full outcomes.
Sébastien Raichon, the 2026 Winter Backbone Race males’s winner. Photograph: The Backbone Race/Adam Jacobs
Further Races and Runs
Worldwide Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) Courchevel World Cup – Courchevel, France
The Worldwide Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup occasion had each Dash and Vertical races. Emily Harrop (France) and Oriol Cardona (Spain) received the Dash race, and Axelle Mollaret (France) and Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) received the Vertical race. Cam Smith (U.S.) was forty fourth and twentieth within the two races. Full outcomes.
Bermuda Triangle Problem – Hamilton, Bermuda
Andy Wacker took to the roads for 3 races in three days. Wacker ran a 4:16 mile on day one, then 30:10 for the 10k, and completed the trio with a 1:07:45 half marathon. He received the 10k and half-marathon races. Full outcomes.
Andy Wacker successful the 10k leg of the 2026 Bermuda Triangle Problem on his solution to the general win. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Goat Journey Run – Tongariro Nationwide Park, New Zealand
The roughly 20k observe ran on the western slopes of Mount Ruapehu. Race winners Maia Flint and Jackson Cole completed in 2:18 and a pair of:04. Full outcomes.
Coldwater Rumble – Goodyear, Arizona
The Aravaipa Operating occasion had three extremely distances on the Estrella Mountain Regional Park trails, and within the ladies’s 100-mile race, Rachel Entrekin saved her win streak going. Is it 20 extremely wins in a row now? This one was fast. Entrekin rolled the desert trails in 16:19, and that was good for the general win, too. Cody McKesson was second total and first man in 18:14. Brittany Poor and Tim Vail have been tops within the 100k in 12:00 and eight:57, and Nicole Hanson and Isaiah Ford received the 60k in 5:01 and 4:41. Full outcomes.
Austin Worldwide Half Marathon – Austin, Texas
Helen Mino Faukner scored a $250 fifth-place prize in 1:15:48, and Lindsay Allison was ninth in 1:18:20. For the lads, Johen Deleon and Zachary Ornelas scored top-10 finishes too. Deleon was second in 1:03:56 and cashed in on a $1,500 payday and was lower than a minute off an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying time. Ornelas was tenth in 1:06:25. Full outcomes.
Ouachita Switchbacks 50k – Massive Cedar, Oklahoma
Nadine Forrest and Jedd Kirby crossed the road collectively in 5:49. It was a brand new ladies’s course document for Forrest. Full outcomes when obtainable.
Nadine Forrest, the 2026 Ouachita Switchbacks 50k ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Jedd Kirby, the 2026 Ouachita Switchbacks 50k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Phunt 50k – Elkton, Maryland
The 2-loop race topped Carre Zatwarnytsky and Connor Muse as its winners in 4:35 and 4:14. Full outcomes.
Tsali Extremely 50k – Almond, North Carolina
The Fifteenth-year race within the Nantahala Nationwide Forest had Marisa Romeo and Canyon Woodward as its winners in 4:44 and three:29. It was Woodward’s second straight win right here, and this yr’s end was a brand new course document. Full outcomes.
Southern Tour Extremely – Wilmington, North Carolina
Julia Bova and Taylor Maltz received the 10-lap 100 miler in 21:00 and 18:58, and Sydney Burgard and Christopher Camp have been greatest within the 50 miler in 9:31 and eight:21. Full outcomes.
Lengthy Haul 100 Mile – Dade Metropolis, Florida
Nicole Coccia and Trevor Van Knotsenburg dueled for 90 miles earlier than Van Knotsenburg gained some separation. Coccia received the ladies’s race in 16:32, and Van Knotsenburg received for the lads in 16:10. Full outcomes.
Subsequent Weekend
Arc of Attrition by UTMB – Coverack, U.Ok.
The yr’s first UTMB World Collection race occurs on coastal trails in far southwestern England. The Arc 100 goes a full 100 miles, and prime entrants embody Sabrina Stanley (U.S.) and Juuso Simpanen (Finland).
The Arc 50, the 50-mile occasion, has Fiona Pascall (U.Ok.) and Aroa Sío (Spain) as ladies to observe, and Kristian Jones (U.Ok.), and Daniel Jung (Italy) amongst its highest-ranked males. The 25-mile Arc 25 is predicted to have prime runners Naomi Lang (U.Ok.), Núria Gil (Spain), and Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) on the beginning line.
Full entrant listing.
Hong Kong 100k – Hong Kong, China
The yr’s first World Path Majors race is subsequent weekend, too. Prime entrants within the ladies’s area embody Veronika Leng (Slovakia), Hậu Hà (Vietnam), and Ling-Jie Chi (China). For the lads, Guang-Fu Meng (China), Pei-Quan You (China), and Dakota Jones (U.S.) might function on the entrance of the race.
The accompanying Quick Collection 50k races are headlined by Eszter Csillag (Hungary) and Toni McCann (South Africa) for the ladies, and Ruy Ueda (Japan) and Luke Grenfell-Shaw (U.Ok.) for the lads.
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