This was the yr’s first large, large weekend. We’ll begin it with the ABCs – Argentina, Barkley, and Chianti — and we’ve obtained the Skyrunner World Collection, Large Alta, and extra too.
You can even take a look at our race protection from earlier within the week:
Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB – Chianti, Italy
Extremely Path Chianti Castles
Males
A yr after solely recording one extremely end, Jim Walmsley (U.S.) received an extremely for the second time in three weeks. On the 120-kilometer (74 miles) course, Walmsley pulled away from chasers Kilian Jornet (Spain) and Vincent Bouillard (France) over the second half to complete in 9:59. Walmsley beat the 10-hour mark by 12 seconds and turned the early yr showdown right into a blowout.
On a course maybe flatter than he likes, Jornet rallied to run down Bouillard late. Jornet pushed the uphills to complete second in 10:27 and Bouillard was third, additionally in 10:27 however 30 seconds again.
The race was a Golden Ticket race with two computerized entries to this yr’s Western States 100. Walmsley is already entered, having received final yr’s Western States 100, and so the automated entries fell to second- and third-place Jornet and Bouillard. Jornet will return to the Western States 100 for the primary time since 2011 when he received as a 23 yr previous.
The 2025 Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB 120k males’s podium (l-to-r): 3. Vincent Bouillard, 1. Jim Walmsley, and a couple of. Kilian Jornet. Picture: Chianti Extremely Path/Alessandro Moretti
The boys’s high 5 was:
Jim Walmsley (U.S.) – 9:59:48
Kilian Jornet (Spain) – 10:27:27
Vincent Bouillard (France) – 10:27:57
Aubin Ferrari (France) – 11:16:11
Lambert Santelli (France) – 11:36:57
Ladies
Transferring powerfully over the late race climbs, Fiona Pascall (U.Ok.) gained the ladies’s win in 12:34. She received her means into the Western States 100 the place her older sister Beth Pascall received in 2021.
Johanna Antila (Finland) was second in 12:53, additionally incomes a Western States 100 Golden Ticket, and 2024 race winner Azara García (Spain) was third in 13:12.
The 2025 Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB 120k girls’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Johanna Antila, 1. Fiona Pascall, and three. Azara García. Picture: Chianti Extremely Path/Alessandro Moretti
The ladies’s high 5 was:
Fiona Pascall (U.Ok.) – 12:34:59
Johanna Antila (Finland) – 12:53:22
Azara García (Spain) – 13:12:31
Abby Corridor (U.S.) – 13:31:25
Stephanie Howe (U.S.) – 13:34:56
Chianti Extremely Path
Males
The race ran 73k, or 45 miles, and it was shut! Simply eight minutes separated the primary 5 males. Germain Grangier (France) obtained out entrance in 6:11, after which it was a dogpile for the subsequent 4 spots. Davide Cheraz (Italy) was second in 6:17 and Dimitri Morel-Jean (France) was third in 6:18. The 2 have been solely 21 seconds aside. Robin Juillaguet (France) and Lucien Epiney (Switzerland) have been fourth and fifth, each in 6:19 and solely 25 seconds aside.
Germain Grangier, the 2025 Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB 73k males’s winner. Picture: Chianti Extremely Path/Lorenzo Orlandi
The boys’s high 5 was:
Germain Grangier (France) – 6:11:26
Davide Cheraz (Italy) – 6:17:39
Dimitri Morel-Jean (France) – 6:18:00
Robin Juillaguet (France) – 6:19:22
Lucien Epiney (Switzerland) – 6:19:47
Ladies
The ladies’s race ran actually shut on the high too. Gemma Hillier Moses (U.Ok.) outran Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) for first. The 2 completed in 7:02 and seven:04, respectively.
After which the subsequent three have been carefully packed too. Emily Schmitz (U.S.) obtained the road third in 7:27, and Anete Svilpe (Latvia) and Eleanor Davis (U.Ok.) have been fourth and fifth, each in 7:31 and solely 18 seconds aside.
Gemma Hillier Moses, the 2025 Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB 73k girls’s winner. Picture: Chianti Extremely Path/Lorenzo Orlandi
The ladies’s high 5 was:
Gemma Hillier Moses (U.Ok.) – 7:02:09
Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) – 7:04:27
Emily Schmitz (U.S.) – 7:27:58
Anete Svilpe (Latvia) – 7:31:02
Eleanor Davis (U.Ok.) – 7:31:20
Chianti Marathon Path
Race winners Francesco Puppi (Italy) and Judith Wyder (Switzerland) received in 3:16 and three:43. They have been seven- and eight-minute winners, respectively.
Full outcomes.
Valhöll by UTMB – Belgrano, Argentina
The occasion’s on the far southern finish of Argentina and runs via Patagonia’s spectacular end-of-the-world landscapes.
Epic 130k
Beñat Marmissolle (France) rolled to the boys’s win within the 80-mile race, ending in 13:46. Aleksei Tolstenko (Impartial) and Pablo Nadalez (Argentina) got here in subsequent at 14:21 and 14:38.
Beñat Marmissolle, the 2025 Valhöll by UTMB 130k males’s winner. Picture: Valhöll by UTMB
Ladies’s winner Mariana Hammond (Argentina) was means forward of everybody else in 19:54. Barbara Gassmann (Argentina) and Leticia Da Silva Saltori (Brazil) got here subsequent in 21:34 and 21:41, respectively.
Mariana Hammond on her solution to profitable the 2025 Valholl by UTMB 130k. Picture: Valhöll by UTMB
Advance 85k
Males’s champ Alejandro Mayor (Spain) squeaked beneath the 9-hour mark at 8:59:57. Race veterans Gediminas Grinius (Lithuania) and Jason Schlarb (U.S.) obtained on the rostrum second and third in 9:16 and 9:36.
Anabel Oviedo gave the host nation the ladies’s win in 10:14. Ariane Wilhem (Switzerland) chased to second in 10:21, and Cristina Santurino (Spain) was a bit additional again in 11:04.
Problem 50k
Males’s frontrunners Antonio Martínez (Spain) and Joaquin Narvaez (Argentina) pulled to 4:46 and 4:56 end occasions, and Nicolas Ignacio Benavides (Chile) was third in 5:04.
Alison McPherson (Canada) led the ladies in 5:58, and second- and third-place Maria Jose Saavedra (Chile) and Noelie Lucia Fantin (Argentina) have been solely 5 seconds aside each in 6:11.
Full outcomes.
Acantilados del Norte – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
It’s already present time for the Skyrunner World Collection. The primary of the yr’s 24 races ran 29k everywhere in the island’s northern cliffside trails. The primary eight males and first ten girls all bettered the earlier course data.
Males
Luca Del Pero (Italy) and Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) gapped the sector, and Del Pero scored an 11-second win over Delorenzi. Del Pero gained the lead over Delorenzi 18k into the race and held off a late cost for the win.
Lorenzo Beltrami (Italy) adopted the entrance two three minutes later for a second-place 2:33 end.
Luca Del Pero, the 2025 Acantilados del Norte males’s winner. Picture: Skyrunner World Collection
The boys’s high 5 was:
Luca Del Pero (Italy) – 2:30:08
Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 2:30:17
Lorenzo Beltrami (Italy) – 2:33:26
Miguel Benítez (Spain) – 2:34:04
Alejandro Forcades (Spain) – 2:34:34
Ladies
Barely a minute separated the second- via fifth-place finishers, however Marta Martínez (Spain) ran down early chief Denisa Dragomir (Romania) 20k into the race and was minutes higher than everybody on the ultimate uphill part. Martinez received in 3:02.
Dragomir and Oihana Kortazar (Spain) got here out of the chase group to get on the rostrum in 3:07.
Marta Martínez, the 2025 Acantilados del Norte girls’s winner. Picture: Skyrunner World Collection
The ladies’s high 5 was:
Marta Martínez (Spain) – 3:02:06
Denisa Dragomir (Romania) – 3:07:24
Oihana Kortazar (Spain) – 3:07:57
Lide Urrestarazu (Spain) – 3:08:15
Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) – 3:08:27
Full outcomes.
The Large Alta – Marinwood, California
50k
Males
The second-year race ran as a single loop, however on a special course than final yr. It was nonetheless the identical on the high of the leaderboard although. Eli Hemming received for a second-straight yr. Hemming’s 3:19 end was 19 minutes higher than final yr’s profitable time on a course with extra climbing.
Eddie Owens was second in 3:26 and Rémi Leroux (Canada) was third in 3:28.
Counted on as a pre-race contender, David Roche dropped from the race close to midway with an ankle damage.
The boys’s high 5 was:
Eli Hemming – 3:19:30
Eddie Owens – 3:26:36
Rémi Leroux (Canada) – 3:28:30
John Luna-Lima – 3:38:30
Joshua Park – 3:41:50
Ladies
Tabor Hemming gave the Hemming family a sweep. Hemming stepped up in distance after profitable final yr’s 28k race and took the 50k crown in 4:04.
Lindsay Allison caught Erin Moyer late for a second-place 4:11 end. Moyer was third in 4:13.
The ladies’s high 5 was:
Tabor Hemming – 4:04:58
Lindsay Allison – 4:11:02
Erin Moyer – 4:13:00
Keely Henninger – 4:24:12
Lindsey Dwyer – 4:30:35
Full outcomes.
28k
Males
Andy Wacker is popping the clock again. At age 36, he’s working rather well and received right here in 1:47. It wasn’t shut. Darren Thomas was second in 1:55 and Johen Deleon went 2:00 for third.
The boys’s high 5 was:
Andy Wacker – 1:47:15
Darren Thomas – 1:55:09
Johen Deleon – 2:00:16
Paddy O’Leary (Eire) – 2:01:29
Alan Kalbfleisch – 2:04:18
Ladies
Ruby Lindquist was a runaway winner within the girls’s race in 2:18. Over eight minutes again, Sylvie Abel was second in 2:26, and Julia Schultz was nearly a minute behind Abel in third at 2:27.
The ladies’s high 5 was:
Ruby Lindquist – 2:18:32
Sylvie Abel – 2:26:34
Julia Schultz – 2:27:23
Rebecca Wheeler – 2:29:54
Katie D’Ambrosia – 2:33:13
Full outcomes.
Barkley Marathons – Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee
A yr after a document 5 finishers, nobody made it via the infamous race’s 5 20-mile laps in time. Solely three-time finisher John Kelly completed the three laps for a “enjoyable run” end.
John Kelly cooling off on loop three of the 2025 Barkley Marathons. Picture: Jacob Zocherman
Tomokazu Ihara (Japan), Maxime Gauduin (France), and Sébastien Raichon (France) all completed two laps.
Kelly Halpin went additional than some other girl however completed with a near-miss of the primary lap throughout the cutoff time.
Kelly Halpin on the 2025 Barkley Marathons. She made it the furthest of this yr’s girls’s area. Picture: Jacob Zocherman
Extra Races and Runs
Ecotrail Paris – Paris, France
The city 83k race finishes half means up the Eiffel Tower. Andreu Simon (Spain) and Anna Carlsson (Sweden) have been champs in 5:49 and 6:51. Full outcomes.
Badger Mountain Problem – Richland, Washington
Nick Doelman was the boys’s 100-mile winner in 20:55, however Rachel Entrekin received total in 19:03. Entrekin received the race in 2024 and 2021 too. Full outcomes.
Crown King Scramble – Phoenix, Arizona
Uphill all-star Eric Blake received his extremely debut in 4:12, and Courtney Dauwalter tuned up for the Cocodona 250 Mile with a 4:19 girls’s win. Dauwalter’s win added to a path marathon victory in Colorado three weeks in the past. Full outcomes.
Behind the Rocks 50k – Moab, Utah
If there’s a pleasant Boulder versus Salt Lake Metropolis rivalry, Matt Daniels scored large for Boulder. Daniels hammered a brand new 3:29 course document. Salt Lake Metropolis’s Anthony Costales was second in 3:44, and Adam Merry and Bryan Kerl tied in third at 3:51. McKendree Hickory and Corinne Shalvoy went 4:42 and 4:47 on the high of the ladies’s race, and Mara Scallon was third in 5:29. Full outcomes.
Prairie Spirit Path – Ottawa, Kansas
Official outcomes haven’t but hit the net, however social media factors to Pete Kostelnick and Angela Smith going fast within the 100 miler at 14:02 and 15:51. Full outcomes (when accessible.)
Ohio’s Yard Extremely – Lucasville, Ohio
They’re nonetheless getting into southeastern Ohio. Some 44 hours into the race on the time of this text’s writing, it’s all the way down to Jeff Walker and yard legend Harvey Lewis. Lauren Jones was the final girl standing, going 38 yards. Full outcomes.
Cliffs of the Neuse Path 50k – Seven Springs, North Carolina
The race had Matt Patterson and Clarissa Smith atop its podium in 4:37 and 4:46. The fifth annual race was inside a state park of the identical title. Full outcomes.
Blackbeard’s Revenge 100 Mile – Corolla, North Carolina
Shad Mika was over two hours forward of everybody in 16:55, and Christelle Douillet received for the ladies in 23:32. The race was point-to-point on the Outer Banks. Full outcomes.
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