March 4, 2024 – iRunFar

There was Skyrunning in shorts in Spain, and snowshoe working in tights in Spain too.

That was the most effective of the weekend, however we’ve bought a roundup of different races too.

Acantilados del Norte Skyrace – La Palma, Spain

One other week, one other huge race within the Canary Islands. The 2024 Skyrunner World Sequence opened right here on a 29-kilometer course with 2,250 meters of elevation acquire. That’s 18 miles and seven,382 ft, and the race identify interprets because the northern cliffs.

Ladies

Sequence newcomer Lide Urrestarazu (Spain) gained the lead 10k into the race and pushed to a 3:04 successful time. That was 22 minutes higher than Ragna Debats’s former course report. This being its first yr within the Skyrunner World Sequence, the race leveled up on competitors.

Spanish runners took all the ladies’s podium and 6 of the highest 10 spots. Naiara Irigoyen and Oihana Kortazar have been second and third in 3:06 and three:10, respectively.

The complete prime 5 included:

1. Lide Urrestarazu (Spain) – 3:04
2. Naiara Irigoyen (Spain) – 3:06
3. Oihana Kortazar (Spain) – 3:10
4. Bailey Kowalczyk (U.S.) – 3:13
5. Julia Font (Spain) – 3:13

Males

Race winner Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) led from the beginning and, as with the ladies’s winner, set a brand new course commonplace. Delorenzi completed in 2:31 and Manuel Merillas (Spain) closed onerous to maneuver into second in 2:34. Merillas was the previous course report holder. Daniel Osanz (Spain) completed third in 2:36. Spanish males took seven of the highest 10 total finishes.

The highest 5 included:

1. Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) – 2:31
2. Manuel Merillas (Spain) – 2:34
3. Daniel Osanz (Spain) – 2:36
4. Frédéric Tranchand (France) – 2:37
5. Dimas Pereira (Spain) – 2:38

Full outcomes.

The following Skyrunner World Sequence race is the April 6 Calamorro Skyrace, additionally in Spain.

World Snowshoe Championships – Picos de Europa, Spain

The race was run within the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain on what should’ve been a 10k course.

Simply 80 seconds separated the entrance three ladies in an in depth end. Verónica Galván (Argentina) escaped with a 57:33 victory. Michelle Hummel (U.S.) and Georgina Gabarro (Spain) have been second and third in 58:33 and 58:53, respectively.

Alex Baldaccini (Italy) bought out entrance for a first-place 44:04 end within the males’s race. Stephane Ricard (France) edged out Roberto Ruiz (Spain) for second, 45:54 to 46:03. The three gapped the sector with fourth place over three minutes behind Ruiz. The primary American man was Thirteenth-place Eric Hartmark in 53:39.

Full outcomes.

Further Races and Runs

Motatapu Problem Extremely – Queenstown, New Zealand

The 52k race traversed the ridges and valleys between Wanaka and Arrowtown. Crystal Brindle and Cameron Kerr, each of New Zealand, received in 7:48 and 6:27, and Ella McCartney (Australia) and Ben Gatting (New Zealand) received the path marathon in 3:27 and three:03. Full outcomes.

Semi de Paris – Paris, France

The 2022 UTMB runner-up Mathieu Blanchard (France) ran 1:07:38 for thirty second place within the street half marathon. Full outcomes.

Vaal Marathon – Vereeniging, South Africa

Comrades Marathon legend Gerda Steyn (South Africa) received the Vaal Marathon in 2:43. The race is called for its course alongside the Vaal River. Males’s winner Rory Scheffer (South Africa) ran 2:31. Full outcomes.

Chena River to Ridge 55 Mile – Fairbanks, Alaska

Temperatures have been recorded as -30 levels Fahrenheit in the beginning. Wow. The race is run alongside bike and ski contests, however within the 55-mile foot race, in these circumstances and on a course with 5,000 ft of elevation acquire, race native Melissa Lewis was the one finisher in 11:37. Full outcomes.

North Marin Ridge Run 50k – Lagunitas, California

Maya Bisineer and Timmy Schmidt led a small subject within the third-year race in 6:48 and 5:17. Full outcomes.

Monument Valley Extremely – Monument Valley, Utah

Stephanie Allen and Jason Schlarb received the 50k race in 6:08 and 4:16. Full outcomes.

Purple Mountain 50k – St. George, Utah

Ashley Paulson received the ladies’s race in 4:50, however maybe it was meant to be a tie with Sarah Van Wart. The 2 completed a single second aside. Does anybody have intel on this end? Males’s winner Caleb Olson was 5 minutes in entrance of everybody else in 3:52. If we depend the December 28, 2023 Throughout the Years 100 Miler, each Paulson and Olson have had busy begins to the yr. Paulson’s received two 100 milers and this 50k, and Olson’s been on the rostrum in two 50ks and a 55k thus far this this yr. Full outcomes.

[Ashley Paulson served a six-month doping sanction, in 2015 and 2016, due to a doping violation in a triathlon for a positive test for ostarine, a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM).]

Sierra Vista Path Runs 50k – Las Cruces, New Mexico

A small subject was led by Sari Stolp and Josh Torres in 5:19 and 4:25. Full outcomes.

Music Metropolis Path Extremely 50k – Pegram, Tennessee

Brooke Wanser and Michael Uhlig ran the quickest at 5:40 and 4:37. Full outcomes.

Conquer the Rock 50k – Pickens, South Carolina

Race champs Petra Schober and Codie Pigott completed in 3:50 and three:25. Full outcomes.

Canceled – Method Too Cool 50k – Cool, California

A mix of excessive, fast-flowing creeks and the potential for falling timber in excessive winds compelled the race’s cancellation.

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