It’s the ultimate countdown! This week, in fact, is the UTMB Mont Blanc competition in Chamonix, France, with the UTMB, OCC, TDS, CCC, and a number of other different races.
However first, a glance again at this previous weekend’s racing, and we’ve acquired Italy’s Problem Stellina and Switzerland’s Matterhorn Ultraks races, amongst just a few different highlights.
Matterhorn Ultraks – Zermatt, Switzerland
25k
The Skyrunner World Collection contest went for 25k (15.5 miles) and a couple of,900 meters (9,514 toes) of acquire.
Manuel Merillas (Spain) is rolling. This yr’s Zegama Marathon winner was again on high with a 3:19 end time, due to a late move on the ultimate descent. Merillas was over a minute forward of second-place William Boffelli (Italy) and his 3:20 mark. Frédéric Tranchand (France) was a distant third in 3:27. Boffelli gained the race in each 2002 and 2021. The 2019 winner Daniel Antonioli (Italy) and Cristian Minoggio (Italy) had been fourth and fifth, each in 3:32, however 31 seconds aside.
Manuel Merillas, the 2023 Matterhorn Ultraks 25k males’s winner. Picture: Brian Sharp Creates
A number of newcomers to the sequence had been on the high of the ladies’s ranks, and it was the winner’s first-ever world sequence race. Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) gapped the sphere in 4:10 for the win. Maria Christen (Switzerland) additionally separated from the pack in 4:18 for second. Third- and fourth-place Karina Carsolio (Mexico) and Myrielle Weingand (Switzerland) had been barely a minute aside in 4:23 and 4:24, and Amélie Bertschy (Switzerland) was fifth in 4:32.
The following Skyrunner World Collection race is the September 16 Grigne Skymarathon in Italy.
The 2023 Matterhorn Ultraks 25k girls’s podium: (l-to-r) 2. Maria Christen, 1. Anastasia Rubstova, 3. Karina Carsolio. Picture: Brian Sharp Creates
49k
The longer race took off on Saturday and the entrance males completed shut collectively. Andy Symonds (U.Ok.) closed the large loop in 5:24, beating a string of Swiss chasers. Alexandre Bugnard (Switzerland) was second in 5:27 and Andrin Näpflin (Switzerland) was third in 5:29.
Solely the primary 4 girls completed the difficult route in beneath seven hours. Marine Quintard (France) gapped the sphere with a 6:21 profitable time. Giulia Saggin (Italy) and Ragna Debats (The Netherlands, lives in Spain) had been second and third in 6:32 and 6:38, respectively.
Problem Stellina – Susa, Italy
It was the race’s thirty fifth yr and it’s a celebratory “Assembly of Nations” the place athletes from the international locations that fought in World Conflict II in Italy are invited to race in a crew competitors. The race was in fact open to runners of different nationalities too, nevertheless. It was meant to be run on an uphill 14.3k course with 1,630 meters of elevation acquire, however climate pushed it to a considerably shorter route. There was a €1,000 first-place prize and cash stretched 10 deep.
Males
Christian Allen (U.S.) broke issues open immediately with a gap 4:37 downhill mile, however Joe Steward (U.Ok.) was the primary to excessive level end in 34:33. Allen was second in 34:47, and Sylvain Cachard (France) was third in 35:02.
The total high 10 was:
1 – Joe Steward (U.Ok.) – 34:33
2 – Christian Allen (U.S.) – 34:47
3 – Sylvain Cachard (France) – 35:02
4 – Hannes Perkmann (Italy) – 35:47
5 – Luciano Rota (Italy) – 35:55
6 – Joseph DeMoor (U.S.) – 36:01
7 – Timotej Becan (Slovenia) – 36:12
8 – Andréa Elia (Italy) – 36:16
9 – Theodore Klein (France) – 36:21
10 – Henri Aymonod (Italy) – 36:28
Ladies
Andrea Mayr (Austria) set the course document right here in 2021, and even when operating a shorter course this yr, it nonetheless had sufficient climb for Mayr to outpace everybody else. She topped out in 40:17. Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) and Anna Gibson (U.S.) had been second and third in 40:45 and 41:14, respectively.
The total high 10 was:
1 – Andrea Mayr (Austria) – 40:17
2 – Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) – 40:45
3 – Anna Gibson (U.S.) – 41:14
4 – Christel Dewalle (France) – 42:05
5 – Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) – 42:13
6 – Philippa Williams (U.Ok.) – 42:31
7 – Sara Willhoit (U.Ok.) – 42:57
8 – Silvia Schwaiger (Slovakia) – 43:31
9 – Lucy Wambui Murigi (Kenya) – 43:33
10 – Kirsty Dickson (U.Ok.) – 43:50
Dewalle beforehand served a four-month doping ban after a optimistic take a look at for the stimulant Heptaminol on the 2016 Skyrunning World Championships.
Further Races and Runs
World Athletics Championships – Budapest, Hungary
He’s nonetheless solely 23 years previous, however Victor Kiplangat (Uganda) gained the senior race on the World Mountain Working Championships in 2017. He was third a yr later in 2018. And now he’s the marathon World Champion. The whole World Athletics Championships have been sizzling, however the males’s marathon occurred on Hungary’s hottest day of the yr. Kiplangat, who has a 2:05 marathon greatest, gained the race in 2:08. Full outcomes.
Oregon 200 Mile – Oakridge, Oregon
It was the race’s inaugural operating, and Benjamen Dullum gained in 56:46. Ladies’s chief Emily Keddie is 187 miles deep into the race on the time of this writing. Monitoring.
Oregon Cascades 100 Mile – Sisters, Oregon
Davis Cutter and Lindsey Hagen completed first in 18:01 and 19:40. Full outcomes.
Cirque Collection – Grand Targhee, Wyoming
This time the sequence lined 7.1 miles with 2,212 toes of elevation acquire. And as with all Cirque Collection races, the winners pocketed $1,000. Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau pushed David Norris into his frequent runner-up spot. Beaudoin-Rousseau gained in 50:47 and Norris was second in 52:56. Third-place Ali Papillon went up and down in 53:42. Ladies’s winner Giselle Slotboom dipped beneath the hour mark in 59:48, and Mariah Bredel edged Jamie Brusa for second, 62:17 to 62:21. Full outcomes.
Continental Divide Path Run 50k – Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Samuel Collins set a brand new course document in 4:03 and Lauren Puretz gained the ladies’s race in 4:56. Full outcomes.
Race to the Prime of Vermont – Stowe, Vermont
Joseph Grey topped out first on the 4.3-mile climb and, with course document bonus cash, gained $1,000. Official outcomes aren’t but on-line, however can a reader share who gained the ladies’s race? Full outcomes (when obtainable).
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