Tuesday, March 31, 2026

March 30, 2026 – iRunFar

This Week in Running Justin Mock TWIRRaces from Australia to Zlatna (Romania) function on this week’s column.

Learn up on how international stars like Azara Garcia (Spain), Fu-Zhao Xiang (China), Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco), and Sébastien Spehler (France) did of their weekend races.

Reventón El Paso – La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Extremely Path

The lengthy course went 70k (43 miles), and it was a Spanish ladies’s podium. Azara Garcia was six minutes higher than Aroa Sío on the entrance of the ladies’s race. García completed in 8:22 to Sío’s 8:28. Tatiana Cruz was third in 9:26.

Males’s winner Lucien Epiney (Switzerland) got here via in 6:57, and Alexis Martin (Spain) and Manuel Mesa (Spain) had been subsequent in 7:10 and seven:51.

Marathon

The marathon had Claudia Mola (Spain) and Mario Olmedo (Spain) lead the ladies’s and males’s fields in 5:04 and three:26.

Full outcomes.

Behind the Rocks Extremely – Moab, Utah

The Mad Moose race begins and finishes on the Behind the Rocks Path simply south of Moab.

50 Mile

Ladies’s winner Kristin Johnson completed the technical run in 8:40, and that was additionally second general. Emma Tate and Marie Younger had been subsequent in 8:54 and 9:13, and girls took 5 of the primary 10 general spots.

Eli White led the lads in 7:55, and Eric Younger and Devin Lindley had been second and third in 8:49 and 9:05.

50k

Mary Baughman was virtually an hour higher than the subsequent quickest girl within the 50k at 4:45. Second- and third-place Rachel Lawrence and Britt Helgaas ran 5:37 and 5:47.

The boys’s podium had Alex Johnson, Matthew Jenkinsand Tyler Hudson run 4:09, 4:29, and 5:08.

Full outcomes.

Crown King Scramble 50k – Phoenix, Arizona

The race dates again to 1987, and is held on a point-to-point, net-uphill desert course.

Ailsa MacDonald gained the ladies’s race in 4:40. It was the race’s eighth-fastest end ever. Second- and third-place Isabella Poulos and Katie McGee completed in 5:02 and 5:14.

Males’s winner Kevin Taddonio edged out Zach Lepley by simply over two minutes. Taddonio and Lepley completed in 4:13 and 4:15, and third-place Cody McKesson got here subsequent in 4:31.

Full outcomes.

Further Races and Runs

Bathtub 50 Extremely Problem – Bathtub, United Kingdom

The 50k winners had been Isabelle Talbot Worth and Declan O’Callaghan in 4:20 and 4:00. Full outcomes.

Tomir Course – Pollença, Spain

The 33k race in Mallorca ran across the Puig Tomir massif and had a pair of three-way ties. Emelie Forsberg (Sweden), Joyce Njeru (Kenya), and Bel Calero Garau (Spain) all ran 2:04:43 within the ladies’s race, and Elhousine Elazzaoui (Morocco), Kilian Jornet (Spain), and Dakota Jones (U.S.) all ran 1:44:49 within the males’s race. With 5 of these six runners being NNormal athletes, I believe Calero Garau deserves an invitation to the group after this one. Full outcomes.

Georgia Demise Race 74 Mile – Blairsville, Georgia

The large mountain run went point-to-point to a end inside Amicalola Falls State Park. Ladies’s winner Brianna Grigsby acquired to fourth general and was solely 13 minutes again of the lads’s winner. Grigsby completed in 14:20, and males’s winner Jack Elvin ran 14:07. Full outcomes.

Brianna Grigsby - 2026 Georgia Death Race - women's winner

Brianna Grigsby, the 2026 Georgia Demise Race ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.

Jack Elvin - 2026 Georgia Death Race - men's winner

Jack Elvin, the 2026 Georgia Demise Race males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.

Path of the Valleys – Mesnil-Roc’h, France

The 2-day occasion had seven totally different race distances. Dany The Sergeant (France) and Matthew Couette (France) gained the 115k (71 miles) race in 14:53 and 11:12, respectively. Full outcomes.

Lyon City Path – Lyon, France

The lengthy course went 38k, and Diana Ballet (France) and Sébastien Spehler (France) gained in 3:23 and a pair of:28. Spehler gained in 2025, too. Full outcomes.

RUN IT Path Race – Zlatna, Romania

The 37k run within the Apuseni Mountains had Delia Reit win for the ladies in 3:43, and nationwide star Leonard Mitrica led the lads in 2:57. Mitrica was 14th on the Path Operating World Championships Lengthy Path race final yr. Full outcomes.

Buffalo Stampede – Vibrant, Victoria, Australia

The 100k race went to the highest of Mount Buffalo Nationwide Park and again, on a course that totaled 5,000 meters (16,404 toes) of climbing. Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) and George Knight (Australia) had been runaway winners in 11:41 and 9:52, and Kate Avery (U.Ok.) and Charlie Hamilton (Australia) gained the 42k SkyMarathon in 4:00 and three:21. Full outcomes.

XTERRA Asia-Pacific Path Run Championships – Dunsborough, Australia

The path marathon ran via Meelup Regional Park to Cape Naturaliste and again once more, all in far southwestern Australia. Nikita Fredonnet (France) and Sébastien Carabin (Belgium) had been the general winners in 3:36 and a pair of:56. Full outcomes.

Badger Mountain Problem – Richland, Washington

The 100-mile race had Christine Mosley and Kyle Elliott on prime in 22:48 and 18:55, and Brittany Haver and Jeffrey Barrington had been first within the 50 miler in 8:23 and seven:11. Full outcomes.

Bootlegger 100 Mile Path Race – Jackson, Georgia

The fourth annual race was held on a 12.5-mile loop, and Bethany Madson was each the ladies’s and general winner in 16:18. Tyler Kelley was the lads’s winner in 18:54. The 50-mile race had Donna Arrington and Dylan Coursey on prime in 10:25 and eight:59. Full outcomes.

Bethany Madson - 2026 Bootlegger 100 Mile - women's winner

Bethany Madson, the 2026 Bootlegger 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.

Tyler Kelley - 2026 Bootlegger 100 Mile - men's winner

Tyler Kelley, the 2026 Bootlegger 100 Mile males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.

Arizona Monster 300 Mile – Superior, Arizona

This one’s going to be going for some time. On the time of this writing on Sunday, Selene Mallone and Michael McKnight are the race leaders. Monitoring.

Grand Traverse – Crested Butte, Colorado

It was the nineteenth yr for the two-person, 40-mile ski mountaineering race from Crested Butte to Aspen. The race began at midnight and climbed 6,800 toes. Crested Butte locals Bari Beasley and Brie Yost gained the ladies’s group race in 10:27. Father-daughter group Brianna and Jesse Rickert had been tops within the coed race in 10:21, and males’s group Cam Smith and Logan Greydanus gained in 7:23. Smith and Greydanus had been over an hour quicker than every other group. Full outcomes.

Prairie Spirit Path – Ottawa, Kansas

Racing on a rails-to-trails course, Ann Burge and Eric Karanevich gained the 100 miler in 19:08 and 19:29, and Kayla Straub and Kevin McCormick gained the 50-mile race in 6:31 and 6:33. Full outcomes.

Chicago Lakefront Spring 50k – Chicago, Illinois

Ladies’s winner Brooke Kirkham ran 4:12, and Jeremy Arthur set a brand new course document within the males’s race at 2:54. Full outcomes.

Capitol Yard Extremely – Lorton, Virginia

That is historically one of many extra aggressive yard ultras. Viktoria Brown (Canada) and Harold Subert are standouts amongst a bunch nonetheless operating on the time of this text’s writing. Full outcomes.

Umstead 100 Mile – Raleigh, North Carolina

The William B. Umstead State Park race had shut ladies’s and males’s finishes. Sierra DeGroff gained the ladies’s race in 16:32, and Danielle Andolina was proper behind in 16:47. Third-place Amy Johnson ran 17:41. Males’s winner Brendan Connell dipped underneath 14 hours in 13:58 and simply beat out Caleb Clark’s second-place 14:09. Jim Sweeney was third in 14:52. Full outcomes.

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