Rain, Rocky Raccoon, and races from Florida to Morocco fill us up this week.
Looking forward to subsequent weekend, we’re much more excited for the Black Canyon 100k. You’ll discover a detailed outcomes article for that on iRunFar on Saturday.
Races and Runs
Marathon des Sables Atlantic Coast – Agadir, Morocco
The primary-year Marathon des Sables occasion was on the white sand dunes of Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, and contested as a three-day stage race. There have been three completely different race distances with the longest totaling 104 kilometers. Yoann Caught (France) and Anne-Caroline Kusnierz (France) received the lengthy course with 9:26 and 14:14 totals. Full outcomes.
Golden Gate Path Run – Rodeo Seaside, California
Over 50k, it was James Balagot and Rebecca Johnson going the quickest in 5:04 and 5:48. Full outcomes.
Lake Sonoma 100 Miler Sufferfest – Healdsburg, California
Climate tousled the inaugural 100 miler. Held on day two of huge rain, a brief bridge in place close to mile 75 gave approach to a raging creek and the race was canceled after 15 hours. Dennis Boic and Lindsey Dwyer led on the time of the cancellation close to mile 68. Full outcomes.
Jed Smith Extremely Basic – Sacramento, California
It was the occasion’s forty seventh yr. Piotr Kaszkur edged Karl Schnaitter on the entrance of the lads’s 50k. The 2 have been nearly two minutes aside in 3:36 and three:37, and Pam Smith received the ladies’s 50k in 3:58 with Beverley Anderson-Abbs solely six minutes again in second. Caleb Zingelman received the lads’s marathon in 3:59, however Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) was first general in 2:58. There was solely a small group of twelve 50-mile finishers, all males, led by James Scanlan in 6:25. Full outcomes.
Elephant Mountain – Cave Creek, Arizona
Aravaipa Working’s busy winter season continued on the Cave Creek Regional Park. Damon Chavez and Taelor Smith received the 50 miler in 7:52 and 9:19 and Isaiah Ford and Leah Genth have been tops within the 50k in 4:08 and 5:25. Full outcomes.
Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile – Huntsville, Texas
The longtime race continues to be held on flat-and-fast multi-lap programs at Huntsville State Park. This yr’s 100-mile race topped Colin MacFarlane and Tatiana Rypinski as champs in 15:53 and 18:56, and the 100k greatest have been Jack Basler and Carina Segoviano in 9:56 and 13:13, respectively. Full outcomes.
Tatiana Rypinski, the 2025 Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
Colin MacFarlane, the 2025 Rocky Raccoon 100 mile males’s winner. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Pictures
White Rock Basic 50k – Cass, Arkansas
The no-fee, no-frill race had Chris Lyle and Laura Arnold end first in 4:22 and 5:02. Full outcomes.
Runners collect for a race briefing earlier than the 2025 White Rock Basic 50k. Photograph: Steve Griffin/AURA Path Extremely Collection
Dwell Oak Extremely 50k – Biloxi, Mississippi
The primary-year race noticed Jamie Stevison and Annelise Rowe win in 3:40 and 4:17, and Rowe was third general. The race additionally celebrated Grace Wartmann, a 19-year-old adaptive athlete who accomplished her first 50k on the occasion. Full outcomes.
Grace Wartmann (second from the left), an adaptive athlete who accomplished her first extremely on the 2025 Dwell Oak 50k. Photograph: Rougarou Working
The 2025 Dwell Oak 50k ladies’s podium (l-to-r): 1. Annelise Rowe, 2. Bethany Madson, 3. Rebecca Vidrine. Photograph: Rougarou Working
The 2025 Dwell Oak 50k prime three general finishers (l-to-r): 1. Jamie Stevison,2. Ricky Greer, 3. Annelise Rowe. Photograph: Rougarou Working
Uwharrie Mountain Run – Ophir, North Carolina
It was the race’s thirty fourth yr by way of the Uwharrie Nationwide Forest. Within the 40-mile race, Duncan Hoge received in 6:43 and was 44 minutes forward of Matthew Phelan in second. Melissa Anglemyer took the winter singletrack the quickest in 8:25, simply 5 minutes away from second-place Stacy McMurtey. There was additionally a 20-mile race, for which we’re awaiting full outcomes. Full outcomes.
Husband and spouse Duncan and Jennifer Hoge, who took first within the 40-mile and second within the 20-mile, respectively, on the 2025 Uwharrie Mountain Run. Photograph: Bull Metropolis Working Co.
Forgotten Florida 100 Mile – Christmas, Florida
The Run Bum race takes in a few of Florida’s most distant trails. Ryan Kunz and Beth Kelty led the best way in 16:34 and 22:45. Full outcomes (when obtainable).
Subsequent Weekend – Black Canyon 100k – Mayer, Arizona
It’s right here, the yr’s first huge race. The Black Canyon 100k is huge in numbers — there are over 1,100 runners on the beginning checklist — and it’s actually aggressive too. The purpose-to-point race is a Golden Ticket contest with the highest three women and men every incomes an computerized entry to this yr’s Western States 100, and it’s additionally a World Path Majors occasion.
Right here’s a take a look at a number of the prime contenders.
Males
- Cole Campbell – 1st 2024 Tamalpa Headlands 50k
- Juan Carera Casas (Mexico) – 1st 2023 Extremely Caballo Blanco Copper Canyon 50 Mile
- Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) – 2nd 2024 Black Canyon 100k
- Elliot Cardin (Canada) – 2nd 2024 Gorge Waterfalls 100k
- Makai Clemons – 4th 2024 Canyons by UTMB 100k
- Jared Hazen – 4th 2022 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k
- Eli Hemming – 1st 2024 OCC
- Craig Hunt – 4th 2024 Black Canyon 100k
- Tracen Knopp – sixth 2024 Black Canyon 100k
- Can-Hua Luo (China) – 2nd 2023 Canyons 100 Mile
- Joe McConaughy – 4th 2024 Cocodona 250 Mile
- Ryan Miller – 2nd 2024 Mad Metropolis 100k
- Calum Neff – 2nd 2023 JFK 50 Mile
- Zach Perrin – 2nd 2024 Scout Mountain 50k
- Ryan Raff – 1st 2024 Crown King Scramble 50k
- Seth Ruhling – 4th 2024 Canyons 50k
- Blake Slattengren – 2nd 2023 Javelina 100 Mile
- Reese Slobodianuk – 1st 2024 Hennepin 200 Mile
- Dave Stevens (Canada) – 1st 2023 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
- Darren Thomas – 1st 2024 Silver State 50k
- Tim Tollefson – sixth 2024 Canyons 100k
- Scott Traer – 1st 2023 Desert Solstice 100 Mile
- Hans Troyer – 1st 2024 Bandera 100k
- Canyon Woodward – 1st 2024 Canyons 100 Mile
Eli Hemming, the 2024 OCC males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of UTMB.
Ladies
- Sylvie Abel – third 2024 Javelina 100k
- Lindsay Allison – 1st 2024 Tamalpa Headlands 50k
- Shea Aquilano – eleventh 2024 Canyons 100k
- Valerie Arsenault (Canada) – third 2023 JFK 50 Mile
- Katie Asmuth – 4th 2023 Western States 100
- Jenna Bensko – 4th 2024 Black Canyon 100k
- Sarah Bergeron-Larouche (Canada) – 2nd 2022 Quebec Mega Path 52k
- Riley Brady – 1st 2024 Javelina 100 Mile
- Erin Clark – 4th 2024 Javelina 100 Mile
- Mary Denholm – 2nd 2024 JFK 50 Mile
- Tara Dower – 1st 2024 Umstead 100 Mile
- Abby Corridor – third 2022 CCC
- Annie Hughes – third 2023 Hardrock 100
- Heather Jackson – 1st 2023 Javelina 100 Mile
- Nicole Laughton – 4th 2024 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
- Sawyer Magnett – 1st 2024 Hurricane 100k
- Emilie Mann (Canada) – 1st 2024 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
- Kristina Mascarenas – 1st 2023 McDowell Mountain Frenzy 50k
- Jane Maus – 2nd 2024 Javelina 100k
- Lauren Puretz – third 2024 Black Canyon 100k
- Aroa Sío (Spain) – third 2023 Canyons 100k
- EmKay Sullivan – 2nd 2024 Canyons 100k
- Devon Yanko – 1st 2024 Coldwater Rumble 100 Mile
Riley Brady identifies as non-binary however competes within the ladies’s division.
Katie Asmuth on the climb to Michigan Bluff, on her approach to inserting fourth on the 2023 Western States 100. Photograph: iRunFar/Jaja Ferrer Capili
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