When you weren’t in Chamonix, France, do you even path run!? Pfff, I jest, and I’ve truly by no means been to Chamonix myself. There was loads occurring in Chamonix this previous week courtesy of the UTMB Mont-Blanc competition, however there was additionally loads occurring in different places too. On prime of the TDS, OCC, CCC, and UTMB, we’ve acquired the Comrades Marathon, Problem Stellina, and the IAU 100k World Championships. Let’s come down slowly from that enormous week and weekend of racing.
Comrades Marathon – Durban, South Africa
It was the historic race’s ninety fifth 12 months, and it ran downhill from Pietermartizburg to Durban. The race is often round 90 kilometers in size. Prime finishers this 12 months had been almost solely from the host nation.
Males
Tete Dijana (South Africa) beat out defending champ Edward Mothibi (South Africa) for the win, 5:30 to five:33. Dan Moselakwe (South Africa) was third in 5:36
The remainder of the highest 10 included:
4 – Bongmusa Mthembu (South Africa) – 5:38
5 – Johannes Makgetla (South Africa) – 5:41
6 – Nkosikhona Mhlakwana (South Africa) – 5:43
7 – Joseph Manyedi (South Africa) – 5:44
8 – Solly Manduwa (Malawi) – 5:46
9 – Charles Tjiane (South Africa) – 5:47
10 – Lutendo Mapoto (South Africa) – 5:47
Girls
Alexandra Morozova (Russia), a 2:31 marathoner, dominated the ladies’s run. She was seven minutes higher than everybody else with a 6:17 successful time. Dominika Stelmach (Poland) and Adele Broodryk (South Africa) was third in 6:25 and 6:26, respectively.
Additionally within the prime 10 had been:
4 – Jenna Challenor (South Africa) – 6:42
5 – Galaletsang Mekgoe (South Africa) – 6:42
6 – Camille Herron (USA) – 6:44
7 – Helena Joubert (South Africa) – 6:55
8 – Janie Grundling (South Africa) – 6:59
9 – Annerie Wooding (South Africa) – 6:59
10 – Yolande MacLean (South Africa) – 7:00
IAU 100k World Championships – Berlin, Germany
iRunFar dug deep within the IAU 100k World Championships, the primary occurring of the race since 2018.
Japan positioned three males inside the highest six, successful total and as a workforce. Haruki Okayama (Japan) was 5 minutes higher than everybody else in 6:12. Jumpei Yamaguchi (Japan) and Piet Wiersma (The Netherlands) had been second and third in 6:17 and 6:18.
For the U.S., Eric Lipuma was twenty ninth in 6:53, Geoff Burns was forty first in 7:09, and Kris Brown was forty fifth in 7:14.
French ladies went one-two on the prime of the race, however the U.S. received workforce gold. Floriane Sizzling (France) was the champion in 7:04, and Camille Chaigneau (France) was runner-up in 7:06. Caitriona Jennings (Eire) took the ultimate podium spot in 7:07.
For the U.S., Courtney Olson was fourth in 7:15, Anna Kacius was seventh in 7:24, and Nicole Monette was Eleventh in 7:34.
Japan’s Haruki Okayama (left), on his strategy to successful the 2022 IAU 100k World Championships, alongside teammate Nao Kazami (proper), who completed sixth. Picture: Dinko Bažulić / Croatian extremely operating workforce
Floriane Sizzling (proper) and Caitriona Jennings (left), the 2022 IAU 100k World Championships first and third place ladies. Picture: Dinko Bažulić/Croatian extremely operating workforce
Problem Stellina – Susa, Italy
The race hosted internationally deep competitors, and paid 600 euro to the race winner with cash going 10 deep. There was additionally a 300 euro course-record bonus for Jonathan Wyatt’s 1:14:37 course report from 2004 and Andrea Mayr’s 1:29:41 from 2021. The uphill course runs 14k (8.5 miles) whereas gaining some 5,000 toes.
Males
Joseph Grey (USA) beat defending champ Henri Aymonod (Italy) to the road by 27 seconds, successful in 1:20 to Aymonod’s 1:21. Third-place Chris Richards (U.Ok.) was solely one other 21 seconds again of Aymonod, additionally in 1:21.
Different Individuals within the race included 14th place Andy Wacker and sixteenth place Dan Curts.
Girls
Again from damage, Grayson Murphy (USA) regarded again in kind. She took the ladies’s crown in 1:32. Scout Adkin (U.Ok.) and Gloria Giudici (Italy) had been second and third in 1:35 and 1:36.
Different Individuals racing had been eighth place Lauren Gregory and Twelfth place Rachel Tomajczyk.
Trofeo Kima – Val Masino, Italy
This occasion solely occurs each different 12 months, however at all times on a super-technical route that stretches some 52k with 4,200 meters (13,800 toes) of elevation acquire.
Finlay Wild (U.Ok.) topped the boys’s group in 6:10. It seems that Stian Angermund (Norway) and Alexis Sévennec (France) completed second collectively in 6:22.
Hillary Gerardi (USA), already the 2018 winner, received once more and broke a longtime course report. Gerardi’s 7:30 end bettered Nuria Picas‘s earlier greatest. Marcela Vasinova (Czech Republic) was second in 7:58, and Karina Carsolio (Mexico) was third in 8:02.
Full outcomes (when out there).
Cirque Collection – Grand Targhee, Wyoming
The most recent from the workforce went 7.1 miles and with 2,212 toes of elevation acquire. Sam Hendry, winner every week in the past at Cirque Collection – Alta, Utah, did it once more with a 53:03 first-place end. Janelle Lincks dominated the ladies’s run, similar to she did final week, too. Her 1:03 run was six minutes up on the sphere. Full outcomes.
TDS – Chamonix, France
iRunFar earlier reported on TDS. The 145k (90 miles) run from Courmayeur, Italy, to Chamonix, France, totaled 9,100 meters (29,855 toes) of elevation acquire.
Forty-seven-year-old Ludovic Pommeret (France) ran away from the sphere in direction of an 18:37 successful time. Pommeret’s wealthy historical past with the UTMB Mont-Blanc competition features a comeback win at UTMB itself in 2016, and a 2019 TDS third-place end. Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador) outran Elias Kadi (France) for second, 19:32 to 19:49.
Martina Valmassoi (Italy) edged Claudia Tremps (Spain) in a detailed ladies’s race. The pair completed in 22:42 and 22:59, respectively. Katharina Harmuth (Germany) was third in 23:22.
The highest American finishers had been Matt Palilla in 18th at 23:13, and sisters Stacey and Jessica Marion in 27:11 for ninth and tenth.
Ludovic Pommeret celebrates successful the 2022 TDS. Picture: UTMB
Martina Valmassoi on her strategy to successful the 2022 TDS. Picture: UTMB
OCC – Chamonix, France
iRunFar earlier reported on OCC too, with outcomes going 10 deep and highlights of the American runners. The 55k (34.2 miles) race went between Orsières, Switzerland, via Champex-Lac, Switzerland, and to Chamonix, France. Usually difficult, the course collected 3,500 meters (11,480 toes) of elevation acquire. Neither course report was approached, however each races had been compelling.
Manuel Merillas (Spain) and Antonio Martínez (Spain) dueled late. Martínez charged on an uphill however Merillas blasted the final downhill to win in 5:18. Martínez was second in 5:21. 2021 runner-up Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.) was third in 5:24.
The primary American man was Twelfth-place Justin Grunewald in 5:56.
Sheila Avilés (Spain) moved into the lead late race and completed first in 6:10. Núria Gil (Spain) edged Dani Moreno (USA) for second. The pair ran 6:16 and 6:17, and had been solely 62 seconds aside.
Manuel Merillas takes the win on the 2022 OCC. Picture: UTMB
Sheila Avilés, the 2022 OCC ladies’s champion. Picture: UTMB
CCC – Chamonix, France
Sure, iRunFar earlier reported on CCC with expanded element on the race itself and extra outcomes. The Friday race hit most of the identical spots as different races from Courmayeur, Italy, via Champex-Lac, Switzerland, and to Chamonix, France. The 101k (63 miles) course totaled 6,100 meters (20,000 toes) of elevation acquire.
Each Petter Engdahl (Sweden) and Blandine L’hirondel (France) led from the beginning and each set new course data. Engdahl completed in 9:53, breaking a one-year-old course greatest, and L’hirondel’s 11:40 reset a report that had stood since 2018.
Engdahl was not significantly threatened late and as an alternative second-place Jonathan Albon (U.Ok.) labored to carry off Andreas Reiterer (Italy). The 2 completed in 10:16 and 10:23, respectively.
The primary American man was Thirteenth-place Caleb Olson in 11:13.
L’hirondel although did take a giant push from second-place Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) via the race’s second half. Budha’s breakthrough run noticed her eat up L’hirondel’s lead late, however not absolutely cowl the hole. Budha was second in 11:45, additionally below the previous course greatest. Abby Corridor (USA) was third in 12:12.
The 2022 CCC males’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Jonathan Albon, 1. Petter Engdahl, and three. Andreas Reiterer. Picture: UTMB
The 2022 CCC ladies’s podium (l-to-r): 2. Sunmaya Budha, 1. Blandine L’hirondel, and three. Abby Corridor. Picture: UTMB
UTMB – Chamonix, France
When you’re studying this, you almost certainly already know who received, and who a number of the different prime finishers had been. iRunFar has individually recapped the race too. I’m at all times left questioning, “What about so and so, how did they end?” So right here we’ll choose up each one who was named in iRunFar’s pre-race previews.
Males
Kilian Jornet (Spain) stayed in when Jim Walmsley (USA) broke the race open, after which discovered one other gear when Mathieu Blanchard (France) threatened to drop him to 3rd. Jornet, and Blanchard, overtook Walmsley and ran the race’s first sub-20 hour finishes on the trendy model of the course. Jornet completed first in 19:49, his fourth UTMB win, and Blanchard was second in 19:54.
Jornet’s win extremely comes only a month after setting the Hardrock 100 course report and two weeks after ending fifth at Sierre-Zinal. Blanchard moved up from final 12 months’s third-place end.
Kilian Jornet, 2022 UTMB champion. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Tom Evans (U.Ok.) was third in 20:34, Walmsley held on for fourth in 21:12, and Zach Miller (USA) was fifth in 21:27.
The remainder of the highest 10 included:
6 – Beñat Marmissolle (France) – 21:28
7 – Arthur Joyeux-Bouillon (France) – 21:35
8 – Jonas Russi (Switzerland) – 21:46
9 – Robert Hajnal (Romania) – 22:07
10 – Thibaut Garrivier (France) – 22:09
Mathieu Blanchard feeling all of the feels as he takes second on the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
And right here is everybody else from iRunFar’s males’s preview that completed:
11 – Andy Symonds (U.Ok.) – 22:24
12 – Thibault Marquet (France) – 22:26
13 – Alban Berson (France) – 22:27
14 – Jimmy Elam (USA) – 22:36
16 – Jeff Mogavero (USA) – 22:52
19 – Mark Darbyshire (U.Ok.) – 23:03
20 – Guo-Min Deng (China) – 23:04
22 – Rod Farvard (USA) – 23:28
23 – Julien Chorier (France) – 23:32
25 – Ugo Ferrari (France) – 23:38
26 – Maxime Grenot (France) – 23:42
32 – Ho-Chung Wong (Hong Kong) – 24:04
33 – Hirokazu Nishimura (Japan) – 24:05
35 – Sylvain Court docket (France) – 24:15
36 – David Laney (USA) – 24:16
40 – Walter Manser (Switzerland) – 24:39
42 – Arnaud Lejeune (France) – 24:49
44 – Moisés Jimenez (Venezuela) – 24:57
47 – Seth Swanson (USA) – 25:11
49 – Tyler Inexperienced (USA) – 25:22
51 – Jason Schlarb (USA) – 25:30
56 – Rémi Berchet (France) – 26:13
65 – Hallvard Schjølberg (Norway) – 26:48
71 – Marcin Świerc (Poland) – 27:25
103 – Masatoshi Obara (Japan) – 28:44
133 – Can-Hua Luo (China) – 29:34
Jim Walmsley runs into Courmayeur throughout the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
There’s at all times a excessive variety of drops amongst this group, and this 12 months that included:
Gautier Airiau (France), Jonas Buud (Sweden), Sage Canaday (USA), Pau Capell (Spain), Maxime Cazajous (France), Mathieu Clément (Switzerland), Francesco Cucco (Italy), Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz (France), Benoît Girondel (France), Germain Grangier (France), Gediminas Grinius (Lithuania), Scotty Hawker (New Zealand), Luis Alberto Hernando (Spain), Harry Jones (U.Ok.), Erik-Sebastien Krogvig (Norway), Ionel Cristian Manole (Romania), Karl Meltzer (USA), Ryan Montgomery (USA), Hannes Namberger (Germany), Petter Restorp (Sweden), Lluis Ruiz (Spain), Erik Sorenson (USA), Tim Tollefson (USA), Sean Van Horn (USA), Pablo Villa (Spain), Yan-Qiao Yun (China), Jia-Ju Zhao (China), and Fotis Zisimopoulos (Greece).
Jon Aizpuru (Spain), Avery Collins (USA), Didrik Hermansen (Norway), and Jérôme Mirassou (France) didn’t begin.
The primary runner to complete that was not included within the pre-race preview was fifteenth place Guillaume Deneffe (Belgium) in 22:40.
Tom Evans (left) and Zach Miller operating collectively throughout the 2022 UTMB, which they did for about 100 kilometers. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Girls
Katie Schide (USA) went to the entrance early and constructed a giant lead on the sphere. Solely Marianne Hogan (Canada) dared to match that early tempo, from a distance, and Hogan’s chase regarded good when she momentarily led after midway. Hogan went up on Schide, and the 2 had been manner up on the sphere. Hogan suffered an obvious leg damage although and the duel fell aside. Schide returned to the lead and received in 23:15, properly clear of each different lady. Courtney Dauwalter’s 2021 course report stands at 22:30.
Katie Schide, 2022 UTMB champion. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Hogan held on to second in 24:31 and Kaytlyn Gerbin (USA) was third in 25:07.
The remainder of the ladies’s prime 10 included:
4 – Jocelyne Pauly (France) – 26:13
5 – Eszter Csillag (Hungary, lives in Hong Kong) – 26:32
6 – Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, lives within the USA) – 26:37
7 – Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) – 27:14
8 – Aroa Sio (Spain) – 27:17
9 – Francesca Pretto (Italy) – 27:31
10 – Eva-Maria Sperger (Germany) – 28:15
Marianne Hogan having fun with pizza and coke on the Courmayeur support station throughout the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Different runners included within the iRunFar ladies’s preview had been:
12 – Emily Vaudan (Switzerland) – 28:36
13 – Kaori Niwa (Japan) – 28:54
14 – Hillary Allen (USA) – 29:09
15 – Basilia Förster (Italy) – 29:10
18 – Katarzyna Solińska (Poland) – 30:35
19 – Claire Heslop (Canada) – 30:38
21 – Claire Bannwarth (France) – 31:29
29 – Anna Troup (U.Ok.) – 33:43
Kaytlyn Gerbin is fairly stoked with third place on the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Key ladies’s drops included Manon Bohard (France), Elisabeth Borgersen (Sweden), Naomi Model (South Africa), Ragna Debats (The Netherlands), Azara García (Spain), Lucie Jamsin (France), Mimmi Kotka (Sweden), Maria Nikolova (Bulgaria), Jasmin Paris (U.Ok.), Brittany Peterson (USA), and Audrey Tanguy (France).
Sabrina Stanley (USA) didn’t begin the race.
The primary runner to complete that was not within the pre-race preview was Eleventh-place Paulina Krawczak (Poland) in 28:21.
Jocelyne Pauly on her strategy to taking fourth on the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
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Eszter Csillag took fifth on the 2022 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
