There are a number of days left in September, however I suppose summer time has come and handed. That’s what Inexperienced Day tells me, and I used to like that track. The Flagstaff Sky Peaks race, USATF Path Half Marathon Nationwide Championships, and Mammoth Path Fest all handed too, and so Monday morning, we’re doing what we do, speaking ’bout it.
Flagstaff Sky Peaks 26k – Flagstaff, Arizona
After final weekend’s Pikes Peak Ascent, this one was the second Golden Path World Collection race in as many weeks. For many of the worldwide runners, it appears like they’d an excellent week in between the 2 races. Dozens of runners explored Moab, Utah, and Monument Valley, Arizona, collectively on their highway journey to Flagstaff.
The ski space course went up proper from the beginning, all the best way to 11,500 ft above sea stage, after which again down. And for avoidance of doubt, 26 kilometers matches to simply over 16 miles.
Males
Ten minutes into the race Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) was already 20 seconds up on an enormous chase pack. Identified for his uphill prowess, there was an opportunity he’d get run down on this up-and-down course, however nah, Bonnet prolonged his lead within the race’s second half. He completed a dominant first in 1:53, 4 minutes higher than everybody else.
Rémi Bonnet, the 2022 Flagstaff Sky Peaks Race males’s champion. Photograph: Golden Path Collection|Flagstaff Sky Peaks Race|Jordi Saragossa
Eli Hemming (USA) was second in 1:58, and Sam Hendry (Canada) was third in 1:59. That was a powerful efficiency for Hendry, a 23-year-old College of Utah skier. The prolonged podium loved a large champagne bathe on the end too.
The remainder of the highest 20 included:
4 – Daniel Osanz (Spain) – 2:00
5 – Anthony Felber (France) – 2:01
6 – Ruy Ueda (Japan) – 2:01
7 – Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 2:01
8 – Sylvain Cachard (France) – 2:04
9 – Julien Rancon (France) – 2:06
10 – Manuel Merillas (Spain) – 2:07
11 – Cole Campbell (USA) – 2:07
12 – Bart Przedwojewski (Poland) – 2:08
13 – Morgan Elliott (USA) – 2:10
14 – John Luna-Lima (USA) – 2:10
15 – Ryan Becker (USA) – 2:11
16 – Roberto Delorenzi (Italy) – 2:11
17 – Joey Defeo (USA) – 2:11
18 – Ali Papillon (USA) – 2:12
19 – Anders Kjærevik (Norway) – 2:13
20 – Jeff Cuno (USA) – 2:13
Girls
Pre-race favourite Nienke Brinkman (The Netherlands, lives in Switzerland) received, however not with out important problem. Sophia Laukli (USA) led to the highest after which for a lot of the downhill earlier than Brinkman regained the lead late and received in 2:11. Laukli trailed simply over a minute again in 2:12 for second place.
Nienke Brinkman, the 2022 Flagstaff Sky Peaks Race ladies’s champion. Photograph: Golden Path Collection|Flagstaff Sky Peaks Race|Jordi Saragossa
Allie McLaughlin (USA) stunned too, racing forward of Maude Mathys (Switzerland). McLaughlin completed in 2:14 and Mathys was over a minute behind in 2:15 for fourth. It was definitely a powerful race for the American ladies, on the prime and on down by the highest 20.
(In 2015, Mathys obtained a warning with out suspension from the Disciplinary Chamber for Doping Circumstances of Swiss Olympic for 2 constructive checks for clomifene [previously clomiphene] after it was decided that she was mistakenly taking the drug with out first acquiring a World Anti-Doping Company Therapeutic Use Exemption.)
The remainder of the highest 20 included:
5 – Lauren Gregory (USA) – 2:19
6 – Dani Moreno (USA) – 2:21
7 – Elise Poncet (France) – 2:21
8 – Janelle Lincks (USA) – 2:22
9 – Bailey Kowalczyk (USA) – 2:24
10 – Marcela Vasinova (Czech Republic) – 2:25
11 – Tabor Hemming (USA) – 2:25
12 – Blandine L’Hirondel (France) – 2:26
13 – Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) – 2:28
14 – Rachel Tomajczyk (USA) – 2:37
15 – Katherine Brief (Canada) – 2:38
16 – Simone Brick (Australia) – 2:40
17 – Ruby Lindquist (USA) – 2:43
18 – Iris Pessey (France) – 2:45
19 – Melodie Gilbert (Canada) – 2:48
20 – Lauren Coury (USA) – 2:51
Birkie Path Run – Cable, Wisconsin
The pageant hosted the USATF Path Half Marathon Nationwide Championships, and supplied a $6,000 purse with $1,000 to the winners.
Males
Garrett Heath completed his monitor profession with a 13:16 5,000-meter finest (2015), and he received right here in 1:13. That was over two minutes forward of runner-up Andy Wacker and his 1:16 run. Wacker was racing on his birthday. Tom Sederquist was third in 1:18.
Girls
Two Olympic Trials Marathon individuals had been up entrance, and Anna Dalton received in 1:30, two minutes higher than second-place Megan Lacy. Third-place Renae Anderson completed in 1:36.
Mammoth Path Fest 50k – Mammoth Lakes, California
New race director Tim Tollefson welcomed runners to his house trails. The primary-year occasion promised “donuts, dust, and epic path working throughout the highest of California.” And, there was a $17,000 prize purse between the 50k, 26k, and Dragon’s Again Ascent races.
26k
Friday’s weekend-opening race went about 16.5 miles with 3,500 ft of elevation achieve, and $5,250 in money prizes.
The boys ran shut, however Patrick Parsel escaped from the entrance to win in 2:05, simply over a minute higher than Aubrey Myjer‘s 2:06 end. Paddy O’Leary (Eire, lives in USA) was third in 2:10.
EmKay Sullivan rolled the ladies’s area in 2:29. Elaine Carpenter was second in 2:43 and Kennedy Rufener was third in 2:47.
The beginning of the 2022 Mammoth Path Fest 26k. Photograph: Andy Cochrane
50k
Saturday’s 50k lined 7,000 ft of elevation achieve and runners competed for a share of $8,000.
Chad Corridor took the lads’s crown in 3:58. Corridor is the brother-in-law of American marathon star Sara Corridor. Girls’s winner Klaire Rhodes was 20 minutes in entrance of everybody else with a 5:21 end.
Dragon’s Again Ascent
Vertical kilometer-type races sometimes begin the weekend, however they uniquely positioned it on the finish of the competitors right here, guaranteeing a post-race summit celebration. The race gained 2,400 ft over 2.75 miles and topped out at 11,053 ft above sea stage.
Each Chad Corridor and EmKay Sullivan got here again for extra and received in 34:07 and 40:15, respectively.
Race Director Tim Tollefson briefs racers at first of the 2022 Mammoth Path Fest youngsters’ race. Photograph: Sara Tollefson Mally
Good Côte d’Azur by UTMB – Good, France
The primary-year UTMB World Collection race included three extremely distance races.
Hugo Deck (France) and Ragna Debats (The Netherlands, lives in Spain) conquered the 100-mile race and its 28,500 ft of elevation achieve. Deck dipped below the 24-hour mark with a 23:59 end and Debats received in 27:45. It needed to be a little bit of a redemption run for Debats after she dropped at UTMB.
Tobias Dahl Fenre (Norway) and Ida-Sophie Hegemann (Germany) took the 111k race in 12:37 and 16:17. The race began in rain.
The 59k winners had been Tao Luo (China) and Marie Perrier (Mauritius) in 5:54 and 6:42, and that’s bought to be our first Mauritius point out right here in This Week in Operating.
Further Races and Runs
Pirin Excessive – Bansko, Bulgaria
The Skyrunner World Collection stopped in Bulgaria for Pirin Excessive, a 38k run with 3,300 meters of achieve. Christin Mathys (Switzerland) and Oihana Azkorbebeitia (Spain) topped everybody in 4:49 and 5:50, respectively. Full outcomes.
Cirque Collection – Engelberg, Switzerland
The U.S. homegrown Cirque Collection went worldwide for the primary time. Tefera Mekonen (Ethiopia) and Iseli Rea (Switzerland) received the 15k race in 1:10 and 1:21. Full outcomes.
La Skyrhune – Ascain, France
This 21k race was a part of final yr’s Golden Path World Collection. It was barely much less aggressive than in 2021 then, however nonetheless attracted a variety of Europe’s finest. Robert Loic (France) and Mathilde Sagnes (France) received in 1:52 and a couple of:20, each two minutes up on their closest chasers. Full outcomes.
Berlin Marathon – Berlin, Germany
Now a number of notes from typically path runners and ultrarunners on the weekend’s Berlin Marathon. Noah Brautigam, the 2020 Speedgoat 50k winner, completed in 2:26. Cal Neff (Canada) was a part of the tempo group for sixth-place Keira D’Amato (USA) and completed in 2:21.
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) received in 2:01:09, breaking his personal world file for an official marathon, whereas Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) set a brand new course file for ladies in 2:15:37, the third quickest ladies’s marathon time on file. Full outcomes.
Three Sisters Skyline 50k – Sisters, Oregon
Alpine Operating’s race close to the Three Sisters Wilderness noticed Michael Eaton and Kerri Lyons end first in 4:19 and 4:27. Lyons trimmed 21 seconds from a course file set eventually yr’s race. Ian Sharman and Jessica Andres received the accompanying half marathon in 1:26 and 1:43, respectively. Full outcomes.
Runners ascending through the 2022 Three Sisters Skyline. Photograph: James Holk
Mountain Lakes 100 Mile – Olallie Lake, Oregon
Go Past Racing celebrated Ryan Kaiser and Felice Kelly as its winners in 16:35 and 19:07. Full outcomes.
Flagstaff Sky Peaks 50 Mile and 50k – Flagstaff, Arizona
The extremely distance races tackled the Arizona Snowbowl course on Saturday, a day forward of the Golden Path World Collection 26k. Jonathan Kuplak and Kendra Eerdmans received the 50-mile race in 7:56 and 10:20, and Joseph Holway and Yngvild Kaspersen (Norway) received the 50k in 5:05 and 4:27. Full outcomes.
The Bear 100 Mile – Logan, Utah
Simply 24 minutes separated the entrance three males, however Mick Clifford (U.Ok.) completed first in 20:14. Dan Ruch and Christopher Hammes had been subsequent in 20:25 and 20:38. Allison Stratton dominated the ladies’s run with an out-there 23:21 end. Kallie Smith and Liz Wigylus had been second and third in 26:01 and 26:37, respectively. Full outcomes.
Ouray Mountain Run – Ouray, Colorado
It’s been some time since we’ve had Timmy Parr within the column, however he’s nonetheless crushing Colorado mountains. He received the 13 miler in 1:47, and Susen Lösch (Germany) took the ladies’s win in 2:10. Full outcomes.
Bear Chase 50k – Lakewood, Colorado
Matt Daniels bounced again from a drop eventually month’s CCC and ripped a path 50k in 3:11. Stefanie Flippin dropped down the hill to run the Bear Creek Lake State Park course in 4:23 as first feminine. Full outcomes.
West Line Winder 50k – Buena Vista, Colorado
There was so much taking place in Buena Vista this weekend. There was 14er Fest, a bluegrass live performance, the Comanche Drive In was exhibiting “Grease,” and two days in a row of ultras. Ryan Smith and Marisa Watson received Saturday’s race in 3:58 and 5:10. Full outcomes.
Sawatch Ascent 50k – Nathrop, Colorado
A day later and simply south of the day gone by’s West Line Winder 50k, this one went clear as much as 13,100 ft above sea stage on an up-then-down course. Ryan Smith doubled, and doubled up as a winner. He took this one in 5:10. Meredith Prepare dinner stepped into the ladies’s race and received in 6:05. Full outcomes.
Quad Cities Marathon – Des Moines, Iowa
THe 5:32 50-mile man Taggart Vanetten stepped down in distance and up in pace and was fourth in 2:25. Vanetten seems to be focusing on an Olympic Trials Marathon qualifying time in six weeks. Meaning higher than 2:18 for the marathon. Full outcomes.
Vermont 50 Mile – Brownsville, Vermont
It was the run and mountain bike race’s twenty ninth yr, and over 50 miles of working, Matt Guarino and Cara Baskin received in 7:26 and eight:16. Thomas Kean and Bridget Gaffney received the simultaneous 50k in 5:45 and 6:25, respectively. Full outcomes.
Impediment Course Race World Championships – Stratton, Vermont
Tyler Veerman‘s run a number of path races this yr and was third at each the Moab Pink Sizzling 55k and The Rut 28k, however he raced obstacles this weekend. Veerman received the 15k race in 1:31. Impediment course all-timer Lindsay Webster (Canada) has executed rather well in skyrunning this yr, however she crossed again to impediment course racing too and received the ladies’s occasion in 1:47. Full outcomes.
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