This week’s mixtape has Frozen Head State Park and a frozen race in Nome, Alaska, amongst different highlights.
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Barkley Marathons – Wartburg, Tennessee
iRunFar earlier did a deep dive on the Barkley Marathons.
There have been a file 5 finishers at this yr’s Barkley Marathons, together with the primary feminine finisher within the race’s 38-year historical past.
The five-lap, roughly 130-mile run round Frozen Head State Park began early on Wednesday, March 20 and ran for the subsequent 60 hours towards a down-to-the-wire end on Friday, March 22.
Ihor Verys (Ukraine, lives in Canada) was the race’s first finisher in 58:44. He was runner-up finally yr’s record-breaking Large’s Yard Extremely. Race legends John Kelly earned his third Barkley end in 59:15, and Jared Campbell got here in subsequent at 59:30 for his fourth Barkley end. It was Campbell’s first end since 2016. Making an attempt for the third time, Greig Hamilton (New Zealand) scored his end in 59:38.
Ihor Verys wins the 2024 Barkley Marathons on his first try. Photograph: Howie Stern
However a lot of this yr’s starshine was on Jasmin Paris (U.Ok.). Paris ran three Barkley loops in 2022, and a part of 4 in 2023. This yr she grew to become the race’s first-ever feminine finisher with a dramatic 59:58 run. Paris beat the race’s 60-hour cutoff by 99 seconds. The end was celebrated even in mainstream media with protection on each ESPN and the New York Instances, amongst different media retailers.
Whereas rising, the unique race now has simply 20 completely different finishers throughout its historical past.
Jasmin Paris, the primary ever lady finisher of the Barkley Marathons on the occasion’s 2024 version, with now four-time finisher Jared Campbell. Photograph: Howie Stern
Chianti Extremely Path by UTMB – Chianti, Italy
Extremely Path Chianti Castles 100k
The 64-mile race totaled 13,123 ft of elevation acquire. It took a sub-9-hour run to get on the boys’s podium. Andreas Reiterer (Italy) was the race winner in 8:40 and Sébastien Spehler (France) edged out Paul Cornut Chauvinc (France) for second. Each Spehler and Cornut Chauvinc completed in 8:52, however Spehler was 35 seconds in entrance.
The lads’s high 10 was:
- Andreas Reiterer (Italy) – 8:40
- Sébastien Spehler (France) – 8:52
- Paul Cornut Chauvinc (France) – 8:52
- Jonas Russi (Switzerland) – 9:00
- Aubin Ferrari (France) – 9:00
- Scott Hawker (New Zealand) – 9:12
- Pau Capell (Spain) – 9:28
- Jérémie Marin – (France) – 9:47
- Lewis Ryan (U.Ok.) – 9:48
- Jorge Maravilla (U.S., lives in France) – 9:54
The ladies’s race wasn’t shut on the high, however the again half of the highest 10 ran tighter. Azara García (Spain) dominated the ladies’s run. Her 10:12 end was over an hour higher than everybody else.
Heidi Annemarie Schwartz (Germany) and Nicoletta Gossa (Italy) acquired on the rostrum with 11:34 and 12:15 second- and third-place finishes.
The ladies’s high 10 was:
- Azara García (Spain) – 10:12
- Heidi Annemarie Schwartz (Germany) – 11:34
- Nicoletta Gossa (Italy) – 12:15
- Francesca Canepa (Italy) – 12:20
- Shefi Xhaferaj (Luxembourg) – 12:24
- Karolina Sopa (Poland) – 12:31
- Héloïse Aeberli (France) – 12:53
- Antea Pellegrino (Italy) – 12:57
- Vanya Dimitrova (Bulgaria) – 13:41
- Ieva Upmace-Grivina (Latvia) – 13:52
One of many views from the 2024 Chianti Extremely Path. Photograph: UTMB/Francesco Mazzei
Chianti Marathon Path
The marathon went for about 26.7 miles and with 5,413 ft of elevation acquire.
Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) was victorious in 2:50, two minutes higher than second-place Simon Paccard (France). Bertie Houghton (U.Ok.) completed third in 2:56.
The lads’s high 10 exhibits some acquainted names right here too.
- Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) – 2:50
- Simon Paccard (France) – 2:52
- Bertie Houghton (U.Ok.) – 2:56
- Hannes Perkmann (Italy) – 2:57
- Cristian Minoggio (Italy) – 3:00
- Daniel Osanz (Spain) – 3:00
- Sergi Garcia (Spain) – 3:02
- Genis Porqueras (Spain) – 3:02
- Manuel Merillas (Spain) – 3:02
- Mattia Bertoncini (Italy) – 3:03
Núria Gil (Spain) took the ladies’s crown with a first-place 3:20 end. Camilla Magliano (Italy) chased to second in 3:23 and Theres Leboeuf (Switzerland) ran 3:27 for third.
The ladies’s high 10 embody:
- Núria Gil (Spain) – 3:20
- Camilla Magliano (Italy) – 3:23
- Theres Leboeuf (Switzerland) – 3:27
- Greta García (Spain) – 3:32
- Clémentine Geoffray (France) – 3:33
- Robyn Lesh (U.S.) – 3:39
- Chelsea Creak (U.Ok.) – 3:39
- Maryke Van Zyl (Zimbabwe) – 3:42
- Lucille Germain (France) – 3:43
- Sara Lagomarsino (Italy) – 3:46
Núria Gil successful the 2024 Chianti Path Marathon. Photograph: UTMB/Lorenzo Orlandi
Behind the Rocks Extremely – Moab, Utah
The Mad Moose Occasions race had 50-mile, 50k, 30k, and 10-mile distances, subsequent to the Behind the Rocks Wilderness Research Space.
50 Mile
Ben Handrich and Keavy Baylor received the 50-mile race in 7:47 and 9:50.
50k
A giant subject of 250 completed the 50k. The race marked the top of the Triple Crown of Moab and its $20,000 prize purse. Triple Crown winners every earned $3,000 with prize cash going 5 deep.
Cole Campbell received the boys’s race in 3:41, and that was 10 minutes higher than Jonathan Rea’s 2023 course greatest. Caleb Olson and Brian Whitfield had been second and third in 3:56 and 4:01. Campbell additionally earned the Triple Crown win and Olson was second. Simply 24 years outdated, Campbell could possibly be one to observe on a much bigger stage at June’s Damaged Arrow Skyrace 46k.
Similar to Campbell, ladies’s 50k winner Anne Flower additionally set a brand new course file and received the Triple Crown. She completed in 4:23, virtually 4 minutes quicker than Taylor Nowlin’s outdated file from 2018. Flower received the current Useless Horse 50k and Arches 50k races too as a part of the Triple Crown. Lauren Kersjes and Riley Brady had been second and third in 4:30 and 4:37. Brady identifies as non-binary however races within the ladies’s division.
30k
Whit Blair and Brittany Charboneau had been race champs in 1:57 and a couple of:16, respectively.
The 2024 Behind the Rocks 50k males’s podium (left-to-right): 2. Caleb Olson, 1. Cole Campbell, and three. Brian Whitfield. Photograph courtesy of Mad Moose Occasions.
Further Races and Runs
SciaccheTrail – Monterosso al Mare, Italy
The occasion by the Cinque Terre had 100k and 47k distances. On the lengthy course, Simone Corsini (Italy) and Marta Cunico (Italy) received in 13:15 and 16:04, and within the 47k it was Christian Stern (Austria) and Amanda Basham (U.S.) that had been victorious with 4:31 and 4:58 end occasions. Full outcomes.
Iditarod Path Invitational – Nome, Alaska
The occasion consists of 1,000- and 350-mile races, and foot, bike, and ski competitions. Gavin Hennigan (Eire) received the 1,000-mile foot race in 24 days, 17 hours, and 46 minutes. Faye Norby was the primary lady to complete in 26 days, 18 hours, and 50 minutes. Monitoring.
Badger Mountain Problem – Richland, Washington
The 100-mile race is run as two 50-mile loops. Race winners Chad Allen and Rachel Entrekin completed in 20:08 and 19:51. Entrekin beat her personal 2021 successful time by three minutes. Notably, Barkley Marathons winner Ivor Verys set the boys’s course file of 15:44 final yr.
The race had a number of extremely distances and within the 100k it was Kevin Gustafson and Lisa Wonneberg ending first in 11:34 and 11:59. Jeffrey Barrington and Brooke Deans led the 50 miler in 7:18 and eight:09. Full outcomes.
Owyhee Off-Highway Problem – Adrian, Oregon
The race was held in far jap Oregon, close to the Idaho border. Rocque Lefaive and Elizabeth Hingley completed the only loop 55k first in 5:42 and 6:34. Full outcomes.
Griffith Park Path 50k – Los Angeles, California
Colin Henderson scored the win in 3:55 and Alyssa Clark set a brand new course file in 4:23. The primary 4 ladies all went underneath the outdated course greatest. Full outcomes.
Crown King Scramble 50k – Crown King, Arizona
The purpose-to-point race goes from Lake Nice by the desert to the outdated mining city of Crown King. The uphill course positive factors 6,815 ft of elevation. Ryan Raff scored a brand new course file in 3:41. That was virtually six minutes higher than David Nilsson’s outdated file from 2019. David Roche did some work, some play and was second in 3:44. That additionally bettered the outdated file. Makai Clemons was third in 3:52.
Girls’s winner Megan Roche completed in 4:30, the race’s second-fastest time ever. Lindsay Allison and Abbie Tuomi had been second and third in 4:55 and 5:08, respectively. Full outcomes.
Prairie Spirit Path – Ottawa, Kansas
The races had been run out and again on a rails-to-trails course. Cody Jones blitzed the 100 miler in 14:11, and Andrea White received the ladies’s race in 17:15. Michael Dunn and Carrie Grant received the 100k in 10:47 and 10:04, and Samuel Holland and Kayla Straub led the 50 miler in 6:19 and seven:11. Full outcomes.
Ramble within the Brambles 29 Mile – Muenster, Texas
Steve Hoogland dipped underneath 4 hours with a 3:57 successful time and Maddi Edds was the primary lady in 6:12. Full outcomes.
Ohio’s Yard Extremely – Lucasville, Ohio
Within the thirty eighth hour, when this text was written on Sunday night, there are two runners nonetheless going, Tyler Keenan and Jennifer Russo. At this level, they’ve totaled over 166 miles. Monitoring.
Hone Quarry 40 Miler – Dayton, Virginia
David Yoder and Amy Stulman received the second-year race in 6:45 and eight:20. Full outcomes.
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Let’s play would you fairly? On the Crown King Scramble 50k, David Roche completed second however beat the outdated course file. Megan Roche received however missed the course file. In fact, each are glorious, however which end would you fairly have?
