It’s our second Monday of 2024, and there have been no large races this weekend, however we’re working down prime scores and scorpions from California to Mississippi.
We’ve obtained a brief have a look at subsequent weekend’s HURT 100 Mile in Hawai’i too.
Races and Runs
Bob Graham Spherical – Lake District, England, United Kingdom
It occurred once more, one other new males’s quickest recognized time on the 66-mile, 42-peak fell working route. This time Finlay Wild (U.Ok.) accomplished a solo and unsupported winter spherical in 15:35. It was the quickest winter spherical ever, made tougher by the truth that he began at 4 p.m. and ran from nightfall to daybreak.
Avalon Profit – Avalon, California
Consider it or not, Catalina Island’s the place the bison roam. A small herd of bison are on the island off the coast of southern California, and 50-mile and 50k runners would possibly’ve seen them on the island traverse. The race marked its forty third yr. Haley Hasty gained the 50-mile race in 7:33 alongside males’s chief Michael Ruf in 6:30, and Laura Beresford and Sam Condon gained the 50k in 4:24 and 4:00. Condon was solely 4 seconds in entrance of second-place Matt Powers. Full outcomes.
Del Dios 50k – Escondido, California
It was the ninth “race of the Gods” round Lake Hodges and Brittany Poor and John Oppermann have been the closest to godlike in 5:45 and 4:38. Full outcomes.
No Palms 50k – Auburn, California
It was all legs for Abigail Swift and Drew Macomber on the No Palms 50k. Swift and Macomber gained the Inside Path race in 5:26 and 4:26. Full outcomes.
Drew Macomber, 2024 No Palms 50k winner. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
Runners crossing the bridge on the 2024 No Palms 50k. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
San Tan Scramble 50k – Queen Creek, Arizona
The Aravaipa Operating race was on the San Tan Mountain Regional Park southeast of Phoenix. First- and second-place Allison Baca and Arden Younger each ran underneath the previous course file. Baca gained in 4:13 and Younger was second in 4:20. Third-place Lindsay Weigel gave the ladies three of the primary 4 general finishes along with her 4:34 mark. Males’s winner Matt Hamilton was in that blend at 4:25. Full outcomes.
Brazos Bend 100 Mile – Needville, Texas
There was a venue change this yr from the Brazos Bend State Park to the non-public 7IL Ranch, however the course was doubtless nonetheless equally quick. Rong Hu and Fernando Lopez gained the 100-mile race in 20:16 and 18:13, and Sonja Stutz and Jonathan Morris have been greatest within the 100k at 12:50 and 9:34. Full outcomes.
Frozen Gnome 50k – Crystal Lake, Illinois
The race calls itself a triple black diamond run for its enjoyable course that features butt slide hill. Rachel Burke scored a 34-second win over Briana Bower for the ladies, each ending in 5:28, and Reese Slobodianuk led the boys with a 4:21 mark. Full outcomes.
Frozen Sasquatch 50k – Charleston, West Virginia
It was the race’s 14th yr at Kanawha State Park and Nandini Satsangi was approach out in entrance of the ladies’s group. She gained in 5:38 and Katie Felton and Michelle Grey have been up subsequent in 6:19 and 6:22. Caleb Bowen protected his residence state within the males’s race, gapping everybody with a 4:06 profitable time. David Smith and Michael Owen obtained on the rostrum at 4:24 and 4:29. Full outcomes.
Nice Scorpion Path 50k – Meridian, Mississippi
The race identify pays tribute to its setting in Bonita Lakes Park and the world’s arachnid mates. Season Lane and Peter Kazery have been the scorpion queen and king in 5:36 and 4:24. Full outcomes.
Salem Lake Frosty 50k – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
On a moist and chilly day and alongside the namesake 365-acre lake, Bailey Reutinger and Zachary Vaslow gained in 4:30 and three:13. Full outcomes.
Croom Zoom – Brooksville, Florida
The sunshine state run is contained in the Withlacoochee State Forest. The 50k winners Elizabeth Myers and Sean Inexperienced completed in 5:40 and 4:09. Full outcomes.
Subsequent Weekend – HURT 100 Mile – Honolulu, Hawai’i
This yr’s race shall be run on an alternate course, avoiding a bit of washed-out path. The brand new course nonetheless totals 100 miles over 5 20-mile loops, and provides an additional 350 ft of climbing per loop. That pushes the whole acquire to 26,750 ft.
There’s 133 runners on this yr’s roster, and some of the anticipated prime entrants are listed beneath.
Girls
Jade Belzberg – 1st 2023 Cuyamaca 100k
Candice Burt – 1st 2023 Creede 100 Mile
Christal Cuadra-Keegan – 1st 2023 American River 50 Mile
Tracy Garneau (Canada) – 4th 2023 HURT 100 Mile
Males
Masazumi Fujioka – sixth 2022 HURT 100 Mile
Artwork Hurtado – 1st 2023 Zion 100 Mile
Ihor Verys (Ukraine, lives in Canada) – 1st 2023 Canadian Loss of life Race 125k
Takeshi Yamada – fifth 2023 HURT 100 Mile
Full entrant listing.
Ihor Verys earlier within the 2023 Huge Canine’s Yard Extremely, the place he was the second to final man standing. Photograph: Keith Knipling
Name for Feedback
I had this queued as much as ask, what was the newest in snowshoe racing and ski mountaineering? After which I noticed that Sophia Laukli (U.S.) gained her first-ever cross nation ski world cup race in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Laukli’s win at age 23 is the youngest ever world cup victory for an American.
So then, what different path runners have had early crossover success this winter?
