It’d been a run of a number of weeks in a row of massive races. Issues dialed again a notch this weekend.
Highlights embrace a pair of UTMB World Sequence races in Sweden and Spain, a late-season run from Golden Path World Sequence winner Mădălina Florea, and a brand new Rio Del Lago 100 Mile course report.
Kullamannen by UTMB – Mölle, Sweden
The occasion is called after a legend of native folklore, and the races occurred on largely flat trails across the nation’s southern coast.
Extremely 100 Mile
The lengthy course went for 107 miles however with solely 7,545 ft of elevation acquire. Christian Malmström (Sweden) and Hanna Aho (Sweden) received in 16:18 and 17:59. Malmström was fourth right here final yr, and Aho was fourth right here in 2023.
Christian Malmström, the 2025 Kullamannen Extremely 100 Mile males’s winner. Photograph: Toni Grases
Hanna Aho, the 2025 Kullamannen Extremely 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph: Toni Grases
Dash Extremely 100k
This one went 67 miles with lengthy stretches at sea stage. It totaled solely 2,457 ft of climbing. Race winners Tuomas Kari (Finland) and Anna-Stiina Erkkilä (Finland) ran 8:36 and 9:12. Each Kari and Erkkilä had been getting back from the Path World Championships Quick Path race in September. Kari dropped from that race, and Erkkilä was twenty second.
Tuomas Kari, the 2025 Kullamannen Dash Extremely 100k males’s winner. Photograph: Toni Grases
Anna-Stiina Erkkilä, the 2025 Kullamannen Dash Extremely 100k ladies’s winner. Photograph: Toni Grases
Seventh Seal
Over 33 miles and a couple of,385 ft of elevation, Oscar Claesson (Sweden) and Agnes Josefsson (Sweden) received in 3:32 and three:56.
Oscar Claesson, the 2025 Kullamannen Seventh Seal 50k males’s winner. Photograph: Ian Corless
Agnes Josefsson, the 2025 Kullamannen Seventh Seal 50k ladies’s winner. Photograph: Ian Corless
Mallorca by UTMB – Mallorca, Spain
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The 86-mile lengthy course had 17,200 ft of elevation. Hannes Namberger (Germany) was in entrance for a lot of it and received in 13:37. Isla Smith (New Zealand) received the ladies’s race in 18:12. Namberger was eleventh on the Western States 100 in June.
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Tobias Geiser (Italy) and Sonja Kinna (Germany) had been tops within the 65-mile race in 9:37 and 11:58.
Tsaigu Path – Linhai, China
It was the occasion’s tenth yr, and though official outcomes haven’t but been posted, an lively social media web page introduced the race winners.
Huo-Hua Zhang (China) and Hậu Hà (Vietnam) received the 105k race, and Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland) and Yan Yang (China) led the 25k race. Bonnet’s on a three-race scorching streak going again to the World Mountain Working Championships Uphill race, and Yang had contested the Tsaigu Path 50k distance earlier within the weekend, too.
Extra Races and Runs
Kolitza Balmatrail – Balmaseda, Spain
Climb a mountain and switch round. Roberto Delorenzi (Switzerland) and Mădălina Florea (Romania) received the 12k up-and-down Document Kolitza race in 55:10 and 57:53. Full outcomes.
Rio Del Lago 100 Mile – Granite Bay, California
Males’s winner Kyle Roberts went 16:58, however ladies’s chief Lindsey Dwyer received general in 15:51. Dwyer got here able to play, and she or he was an hour higher than her personal outdated course report from 2022. Full outcomes.
Nice Jap Endurance Run 40 Mile – Lyndhurst, Virginia
Sonny Gerardi got here away with the win in 8:44, and Tonya Taylor received it for the ladies in 11:42. Full outcomes.
Sonny Gerardi, the 2025 Nice Jap Endurance Run 40 Mile males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Tonya Taylor, the 2025 Nice Jap Endurance Run 40 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Silver Falls 50k – Silverton, Oregon
Racing at Silver Falls State Park, Ben Handrich and Nikki Weaver received in 4:07 and 5:19. Full outcomes.
Rim Rock Marathon – Fruita, Colorado
The race is on roads, however it’s also wildly scenic going point-to-point via the Colorado Nationwide Monument. Whit Blair received for the boys in 2:47, and Careth Arnold got here again from a drop eventually weekend’s Javelina 100 Mile to win right here in 3:13. Full outcomes.
Chicago Lakefront: Fall Model – Chicago, Illinois
Nolan McKenna ran 5:16 over 50 miles, and it’s the quickest 50 miler within the U.S. this yr by an extended shot. There’s likelihood that mark will probably be challenged at subsequent weekend’s Tunnel Hill 50 Mile, although. Rachel Burke received the ladies’s race in 7:17. Brian Robinson and Marina Dragatsis had been victorious within the 50k in 3:38 and 4:16. Full outcomes.
Conquer the Citadel Path Race – Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Should you’re curious, like me, the race’s fort is a 100-plus-year-old former residence of a Commonplace Oil Firm government, and it’s now a part of the Cleveland Metroparks system. The 100k race winners Lucas Clark and Catharine Szefcyk completed in 8:22 and 10:08, and Mark Butler and Kim Peterson received the 50k in 3:38 and 4:49. Full outcomes.
Griffith Park 50k – Los Angeles, California
Cory Fleming and Georgie Okell received in 3:52 and 4:53. Full outcomes.
Norris Dam Onerous Path Race 50k – Norris, Tennessee
The race was at Norris Dam State Park, and Sawyer Runyan and Sophie Blondel received in 5:05 and 5:35. Full outcomes.
Ache within the Inexperienced Lane – Inexperienced Lane, Pennsylvania
Elmer King and Ashley Wrabel received the 50k race in japanese Pennsylvania in 4:42 and 5:40. Full outcomes.
Stone Cat Path Pageant – Ipswich, Massachusetts
The Path Animals Working Membership occasion was within the Willowdale State Forest. Carter Tracy and Chloe Kenyon received the 50 miler in 8:19 and 11:32, and Steve Mantell and Kayla Kroning had been greatest within the marathon in 3:51 and 4:20. Full outcomes.
New York Metropolis Marathon – New York, New York
Twelfth at Sierre-Zinal in 2023, Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) was fifth right here in 2:09:55. Any extra path runners or ultrarunners among the many deeper outcomes? And, did anybody else get pleasure from seeing Eliud Kipchoge’s Nike Radical AirFlow shirt, which hit the path operating world earlier this summer time and has now arrived in marathoning? Full outcomes.
Mountain Masochist Path Run – Montebello, Virginia
The longtime 50 miler had Bradley Hawley and Amy Stulman atop the rostrum in 8:30 and eight:32. Full outcomes.
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