It was a surprisingly huge weekend of racing, totally on huge mountains. There was the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon, the Skyrunner World Sequence, World Path Majors, Cirque Sequence, a number of UTMB World Sequence races, and extra!
Examine all of it out and tell us what we missed within the feedback.
Tor des Géants – Aosta Valley, Italy
Tor des Glaciers 450
The occasion’s longest race was 450 kilometers with 32,000 meters of climbing. That’s an unbelievable 280 miles and 105,000 ft of elevation acquire. Sébastien Raichon (France) turned a three-time winner. He took this 12 months’s race in 124 hours and 53 minutes. Brian Mullins (Eire) avenged a drop ultimately 12 months’s race with a second-place end in 131:25, and Jarek Gonczarenko (Poland) and Lorenzo Franco Santin (Italy) completed collectively for a third-place tie in 135:56.
Ladies’s winner Florence Golay-Geymond (Switzerland) set a brand new ladies’s course document in 144:27. French runners Sandrine Beranger and Céline Rouquié have been second and third in 146:47 and 156:41.
Sebastien Raichon, the 2025 Tor des Glaciers males’s winner. Picture: Marta Tomasoni
Florence Golay-Geymond, the Tor des Glaciers ladies’s winner. Picture: Stefano Coletta
Tor des Géants
The occasion’s marquee race went for 330 kilometers with 24,000 meters of elevation acquire. That’s 205 miles and 78,000 ft. Richard Victor (France) took down Franco Collé’s 2023 course document. Victor ran 66:08, 36 minutes sooner than the historic mark. It was a tie for second, with each Martin Perrier (France) and Simone Corsini (Italy) in at 71:48.
Ladies’s winner Noor van der Veen (The Netherlands) practically obtained a course document, too. Van der Veen gained in 79:34 and have become solely the second lady ever below 80 hours. Katharina Hartmuth’s course document from 2024 stands at 79:10. Two-time winner Lisa Borzani (Italy) was second in 83:26, and Natalie Taylor (U.Ok.) was third in 84:11.
Victor Richard, the 2025 Tor des Géants males’s winner. Picture: Stefano Coletta
Noor van der Veen, the 2025 Tor des Géants ladies’s winner. Picture: Geo Vergnano
Mammoth Path Fest – Mammoth Lakes, California
Dragon’s Again Ascent
The race climbed 2,400 ft over three miles and paid $3,400 in prize cash. Coleman Cragun obtained there first in 35:08, adopted by Andy Wacker and Chad Corridor in 37:39 and 38:32.
The ladies’s race had Sarah Kushner simply forward of Péma Franchi Antelme with instances of 44:01 and 44:24, respectively. Alexandra Sciocchetti was third in 47:14.
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Dragon’s Again third-placer Chad Corridor doubled again the subsequent day to win the 32-mile, 7,000 ft of up race in 4:07. Corridor took the lion’s share of the race’s $9,000 money purse. Samuel Ruffieux was second in 4:13 with Liam Fleming proper behind in 4:16.
Lower than eight minutes separated the primary three ladies. Dragon’s Again race winner Sarah Kushner got here again, however Clara Caspard denied her a second win on the weekend. Caspard ran 5:03 to Kushner’s 5:08. Third-place Paula Markel completed in 5:11.
26k
The Sunday race went for 16 miles and with 3,800 ft of elevation, with one other $9,000 cut up among the many podium right here, too.
After a day’s relaxation, Andy Wacker got here again and gained in 1:57. Grant Colligan and Joshua Ernst have been on the rostrum in 2:04 and a couple of:10.
Ladies’s winner Caroline Alcorta got here dwelling in 2:25, and Erin Moyer and Ellaney Matarese have been second and third in 2:29 and a couple of:31.
Grigne Skymarathon – Pasturo, Italy
Helmets have been required for this Skyrunner World Sequence contest. It was the 18th Skyrunner World Sequence race this 12 months, and it went 42k with 3,600 meters of climbing. William Boffelli (Italy), Daniel Antonioli (Italy), Gianluca Ghiano (Italy), and Dimas Pereira (Spain) have been collectively on the prime of the primary main climb, however Boffelli destroyed them the remainder of the best way. Boffelli gained in 4:52, a brand new course document. It was over 24 minutes earlier than Ghiano completed second in 5:17. Third-place Pereira was simply over one other minute again in 5:18. That is Boffelli’s second Skyrunner World Sequence win this 12 months.
The ladies ran it nearer. Iris Pessey (France) led all of it, however solely barely held off Natalie Beadle (U.Ok.) late. The 2 ran 6:33 and 6:35 and have been solely 81 seconds aside. Aurora Bosia (Italy) was third in 6:41. It was Pessey’s second collection win of the 12 months.
William Boffelli, the 2025 Grigne Skymarathon males’s winner. Picture: Skyrunner World Sequence/Francesco Bergamaschi
Iris Pessey, the 2025 Grigne Skymarathon ladies’s winner. Picture: Skyrunner World Sequence/Maurizio Torri
Pikes Peak Ascent – Manitou Springs, Colorado
The Saturday race climbed 13.3 miles and seven,815 ft to the 14,115-foot summit. It was the longtime race’s 69th version, and there have been over 2,000 runners signed up. Race winners earned $2,000.
Males
After the opening three miles, it was native runner Brian Whitfield on their lonesome on the entrance. He raced up the height in 2:13. Whitfield was eighth in 2023 in 2:14.
Seth DeMoor moved from third to second close to treeline at mile 10 and carried that place up for a second-place end in 2:16. It was DeMoor’s second straight second-place end after a 2:14 run final 12 months.
Zachary Erikson chased in third at 2:17.
The highest 5 males have been:
- Brian Whitfield – 2:13:31
- Seth DeMoor – 2:16:48
- Zachary Erikson – 2:17:48
- Joseph DeMoor – 2:18:28
- Ryan Sederquist – 2:18:40
Ladies
Race rookie Sarah Carter separated from Alicia Vargo with a mile and a half to go to win in 2:46.
Vargo summited second in 2:49. She was seventh right here in 2023, additionally in 2:49.
Rena Schwartz was third to the highest in 2:51.
The highest 5 ladies have been:
- Sarah Carter – 2:46:49
- Alicia Vargo – 2:49:30
- Rena Schwartz – 2:51:04
- Megan Burke – 2:59:32
- Natalie Kalin – 3:01:22
Pikes Peak Marathon – Manitou Springs, Colorado
The Pikes Peak Marathon celebrated its seventieth anniversary, and to have fun, they waived the qualifying instances, and greater than 900 folks signed up.
Nicknamed “America’s Final Problem,” the Marathon went a full 26.2 miles up and down the mountain, going up the identical 7,815 ft to the identical excessive level because the Ascent, however on the best way down, stopping at a end just a bit shorter than the place the race began. Race winners earned $2,000 right here, too.
Males
Jonathan Aziz is king of this mountain. He gained for the fourth straight 12 months. Aziz obtained up in 2:22 and completed the spherical journey in 3:54. Apart from final 12 months’s weather-shortened course, it was his slowest profitable time, however he was approach forward of everybody else.
The following 4 males have been all inside 4 minutes of one another, and Mitch Klomp and Bayden Menton have been second and third in 4:14 and 4:15, respectively.
Ladies
And Kristina Mascarenas gained for the fourth time, too. She earlier gained in 2017, 2022, and 2023 and took this 12 months’s crown in 4:35. Mascarenas once more did it on the downhill. She hit the summit turnaround in 3:03, over 5 minutes behind then-leader Callie Cooper, however ran her down for a convincing win.
Cooper was second in 4:40, and Chrissy Lofgren was third in 4:56.
Vietnam Mountain Marathon – Sapa, Vietnam
The VMM100 went for simply over 102k and was a part of the World Path Majors. The boys’s podium was fully from the host nation with Ngô Văn Chính, Nguyen Si Hieu, and Đỗ Trọng Nhơn ending first by means of third in 13:00, 13:36, and 13:44, respectively. For the ladies, China’s Wen-Fei Xie was out entrance in 17:24, and Nguyễn Thị Trà Giang (Vietnam) and Daphné Linderme (France) have been second and third in 18:07 and 18:33. Xie’s competed in 5 World Path Majors occasions and leads the collection with two races to go.
The VMM50 was 47k in distance and a part of the World Path Majors Brief Sequence. Jian-Jian Yang (China) stormed the course in 4:53 because the day’s solely sub-5-hour finisher. Sùng A Phử (Vietnam) and Minchul Ko (Korea) got here subsequent in 5:18 and 5:48. Ladies’s winner Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) was third general and approach forward of some other lady in 5:41. Bin-Bin Xiong (China) and Thái Thị Hồng (Vietnam) joined her on the rostrum in 7:12 and seven:32. Each Yang and Xiang are the Brief Sequence leaders, too.
Ngô Văn Chính, 2025 Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100k males’s winner. Picture: World Path Majors/Vietnam Mountain Marathon
Wen-Fei Xie, 2025 Vietnam Mountain Marathon 100k ladies’s winner. Picture: Vietnam Mountain Marathon/World Path Majors
Extra Races and Runs
Wildstrubel by UTMB – Crans Montana, Switzerland
It was solely the occasion’s fourth 12 months, however there have been 6,500 runners from 80 completely different international locations throughout its 5 races, all with a bunch of climbing. The lengthy course WILD110 was a 113k (70 miles) race, and Robinson Balestriero (France) took the boys’s win solely 5 minutes in entrance of Valentin Marchon (Switzerland). The 2 ran 13:01 and 13:06, and Andrea Vlasakova (Czech Republic) led the ladies in 15:20. The WILD70 was 70k (43 miles) and Gian Marchet Schicktanz (Switzerland) gained huge for the boys in 7:28, however solely three minutes separated ladies’s prime two, Julia Bleasdale (Germany) and Erin Clark (U.S.), who completed in 9:00 and 9:03. The 2 races had over 21,000 and over 15,000 ft of climbing every, respectively. Full outcomes.
Robinson Balestriero, the 2025 Wildstrubel 113k males’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Andrea Vlasakova, 2025 Wildstrubel 113k ladies’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Julian Alps by UTMB – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
The I Really feel Slovenia 120k victory went to Robert Hajnal (Romania) and Miria Meinheit (Germany) in 13:57 and 17:16, and Lake Bled 80k champs Karol Sioła (Poland) and Juli Brüning (Germany) ran 8:32 and 10:08. Full outcomes.
Cirque Sequence – Crystal Mountain, Washington
The 12 months’s final Cirque Sequence race went 7.7 miles and with 2,544 ft of climbing. Each the boys’s and girls’s races had two frontrunners. Alex King dueled previous Liam Meirow for the boys’s $1,000 first-place prize in 1:03. Meirow was 53 seconds again at 1:04. A single second separated ladies’s first and second, Alexa Aragon and Claire DeVoe, each in at 1:13. Full outcomes.
Three Sisters Skyline 50k – Sisters, Oregon
Tim Morin and Ariane Hendrix-Roach gained the Alpine Operating race in 4:23 and 4:37. Full outcomes.
Tim Morin, the 2025 Three Sisters Skyline 50k males’s winner. Picture: Alpine Operating/James Holk
Ariane Hendrix-Roach, the 2025 Three Sisters Skyline 50k ladies’s winner. Picture: Alpine Operating/James Holk
Mountain Lakes 100 Mile – Olallie Lake, Oregon
Operating on the Pacific Crest Path, Sidney Noble gained his 100-mile debut and set a brand new course document in 16:04, and Joanna Brewer gained for the ladies in 22:13. Full outcomes.
Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Run 100 Mile – Flagstaff, Arizona
Perhaps he had some relay runners or bikes round him, however Trueheart Brown soloed a 14:40 100 miler. Ladies’s winner Sarah Nouguier was second general in 19:12. Michel Nouguier and Heidi Nadeau gained the accompanying 55k in 4:09 and 4:49. Full outcomes.
Trueheart Brown, the Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Run 100 Mile males’s winner. Picture: Martos Hoffman Pictures
Sarah Nouguier, the 2025 Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Run 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture: Martos Hoffman Pictures
IMTUF 100 Mile- McCall, Idaho
It was the 14th 12 months for the massive mountain run. Mike Sidic and Sarah Riordan obtained across the loop in 20:04 and 25:09. They have been the third- and fifth-fastest instances in race historical past. Full outcomes when accessible.
Hocking Hills Path Run – Logan, Ohio
This one’s in southeastern Ohio on a course that takes in Ash Cave, Cedar Falls, and elements of Hocking Hills State Park. Harvey Lewis and Concetta Macko gained the 60k race in 4:55 and 6:16. Full outcomes.
Grindstone Path Operating Pageant by UTMB – Pure Chimney Parks, Virginia
Christopher Sobie took the boys’s 100-mile crown in 21:47, and Isabelle Danforth did it for the ladies in 26:36. Mead Binhammer and Sandi Nypaver gained the 100k race in 9:38 and 11:24. Within the 50k, males’s winner Ben Robinson barely beat ladies’s winner Sarah Bergeron-Larouche (Canada). The 2 completed in 4:19 and 4:25, respectively. Full outcomes.
Barkley Fall Traditional 50k – Wartburg, Tennessee
Mathieu Blanchard (France) and Demi Marcantonio gained in 10:20 and 12:25. Blanchard was second on the Hardrock 100 in July, and I assume he’ll be on the Barkley Marathons in 2026. Full outcomes.
Desk Rock Ultras 50k – Morganton, North Carolina
Gilbert Hunter took the win for the boys in 4:12, nicely forward of the remainder of the sector, whereas the highest three ladies have been inside 12 minutes of one another, with Naomi Ferrell edging out Raven Johnson and Megan Gerdes in 5:16, 5:20, and 5:28, respectively. Full outcomes.
The 2025 Desk Rock Ultras males’s and girls’s podium (left-to-right): 3. Barret Stanton, 2. Kevin McKenna, 1. Gilbert Hunter, 1. Naomi Farrell, 2. Raven Johnson, 3. Megan Gerdes. Picture courtesy of the race.
Georgia Jewel – Dalton, Georgia
The 100-mile race winners Blake Hughes and Holly Adams scored in 22:27 and 23:39. Full outcomes.
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