January 27, 2025 – iRunFar


This Week in Running Justin Mock TWIRArc of Attrition, Arches, and Alabama are on the prime this weekend. It’s nonetheless early within the path working 12 months, however let’s make amends for some extra January outcomes.

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Arc of Attrition by UTMB – Cornwall, U.Ok.

The occasion dates again to 2015, however this was its first 12 months within the UTMB World Collection. The races have been on coastal however muddy trails on England’s far southwestern tip.

Arc 100 Mile

The lengthy course stats put it simply six-tenths of a mile wanting 100 miles, and with practically 14,000 toes of climbing. The sphere had 515 starters and the race identify caught, practically half the sphere dropped earlier than the end. On the finish although, it was Noor Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) and Lewis Ryan (U.Ok.) in first in 22:30 and 19:22. Van Der Veen received to seventh general among the many 261 finishers.

Arc 50 Mile

Eleanor Davis and Tom Evans gained the 50-mile race for the house nation in 7:55 and 6:54, respectively. Each marks have been new course information.

Final 12 months’s winner Poppy Collingwood (U.Ok.) completed in 9:21 for second and solely third-place Amanda Basham (U.S.) prevented a British sweep. Basham ran 9:42.

Hugh Chatfield and Keith Wigley, each from the U.Ok. too, have been second and third man in 7:01 and seven:13.

Arc 25 Mile

Sara Alonso (Spain) and Kristian Jones (U.Ok.) have been finest over 25 miles with 3:04 and a pair of:41 profitable occasions.

Full outcomes.

Mountain Mist 50k – Huntsville, Alabama

It was the race’s thirty first 12 months adventuring via Monte Sano State Park.

Luci Searels led the ladies in 5:32. Rachel Biber-Brewer ran 5:35 for a very shut second, and three-time U.S. 1,500-meter Olympian Jenny Simpson was third in 5:43. Simpson raved concerning the race on social media afterward, “This race is unhinged … I hands-and-feet climbed UP A WATERFALL, crawled via a cave, hopped a fence, and ran till my legs felt like my quads have been detaching from my femurs. I’ve by no means, in my life, mentioned so many occasions, ‘what the precise f*ck is going on proper now!’”

Luci Searels - 2025 Mountain Mist 50k - female winner

Luci Searels, the 2025 Mountain Mist 50k feminine winner. Photograph: Mountain Mist 50k

No man approached a sub-four-hour mark to get near the all-time chart, however James Outland led the group in 4:28, Max Simpson — son of legendary ultrarunner Billy Simpson — got here subsequent in 4:35, and Brandon Sullivan received on the rostrum third in 4:38.

Full outcomes.

James Outland - 2025 Mountain Mist 50k - men's winner

James Outland, the 2025 Mountain Mist 50k males’s winner. Photograph: Mountain Mist 50k

Extra Races and Runs

Oman Desert Marathon – Oman

The five-day stage race totaled 165k, or 102 miles. Aziza Raji (Morocco) gained the ladies’s crown in 22:39, and males’s winner Mohamed El Morabity (Morocco) beat out brother Rachid El Morabity (Morocco) with 15:44 and 15:56 marks. It was Mohamed’s third win right here. Full outcomes.

Fort Ord 50k – Monterey, California

Race winners have been Mathilde Giroud and Owen Firebaugh in 5:15 and 4:19. Full outcomes.

Mathilde Giroud - 2025 Fort Ord 50k - female winner

Mathilde Giroud celebrates profitable the 2025 Fort Ord 50k. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Images

Owen Firebaugh - 2025 Fort Ord 50k - men's winner

Owen Firebaugh, the 2025 Fort Ord 50k males’s winner. Photograph: Jesse Ellis/Let’s Wander Images

La Cuesta Ranch 50k – San Luis Obispo, California

A small area adopted Nicole Rice and Travis Madden and their 7:23 and 6:24 end occasions. Full outcomes.

Wilson Creek Frozen 50k – Melba, Idaho

Ellyse Tingelstad and Cole Campbell have been champs with 5:07 and three:56 on the clock. Campbell is racing the Black Canyon 100k in two weeks. Full outcomes.

Arches Extremely – Moab, Utah

Casey Brady took the ladies’s 50-mile crown in 8:55, and Devin Pancake was practically an hour higher than the second-best man in 6:24. Anna Fisher and Tyler Inexperienced gained the 50k in 4:23 and three:39. Full outcomes.

Chehaw Problem – Leesburg, Georgia

The occasion was held at its namesake park in southwest Georgia with a number of distances raced. A small group of 50k runners was led by Melissa Jerry and Beau Camp in 6:30 and 5:35. Full outcomes.

Snow Fowl Problem 50k – Seneca, South Carolina

Kaitlyn Martin went sub-four hours for the ladies’s win in 3:56, and Luis Fuentes led the boys in 3:20. Full outcomes.

Monroe Cross Path – DeBary, Florida

It was the race’s fourth 12 months, all on point-to-point programs. Jordyn Osterland and Arron Ocheltree have been victorious over 50 miles in 9:08 and eight:18, and Rachel Alexander and Peter Christopher have been tops within the 50k in 5:27 and three:52. Full outcomes.

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