We’re again this week with huge races all over the world, together with the Extremely-Path Cape City, JFK 50 Mile, Patagonia Bariloche by UTMB, and extra.
You may also take a look at our race protection from the weekend:
Extremely-Path Cape City – Cape City, South Africa
UTCT 100 Mile
The lengthy course had practically 25,000 toes of climbing and paid 80,000 Rand ($4,597) to its winners.
It was an all-South African ladies’s podium within the 100-mile race. Nicolette Griffioen was manner out entrance in 24:40. Simone Malan was second in 26:39, and 2024 race winner Kerry-Ann Marshall was third in 27:26.
Second in 2023, Douglas Pickard (South Africa) beat out defending champion Alexei Tolstenko (Impartial) within the males’s race. Pickard ran 21:49, over two hours higher than his 2023 end, and Tolstenko was second in 22:40. Tolstenko gained final yr’s race in 21:06. Admire the decorations (Zimbabwe) was third in 22:41, solely 52 seconds behind Tolstenko.
It was an off day for American challengers Adrian Macdonald and Avery Collins. Each dropped earlier than the end.
OUT 100k
Girls
The 100k race was the occasion’s premier distance and was the final race of the 2025 World Path Majors. The difficult course totaled 4,676 meters (15,341 toes) of climbing and paid 75,000 Rand to the winners. That’s about $4,390 with immediately’s conversion.
Sunmaya Buddha (Nepal) turned the ladies’s race right into a runaway. Two months after her second-place end on the Path World Championships Lengthy Path race, Budha gained right here in 12:25. It was over an hour later that Antonina Iushina (Impartial) completed second in 13:33. Strawberry Nation (U.S.) was a detailed third in 13:47.
Among the many pre-race challengers, Nicole Bitter (U.S.) and Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) didn’t end.
Sunmaya Budha celebrates successful the 2025 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k. Photograph: World Path Majors
The ladies’s high 5 was:
- Sunmaya Buddha (Nepal) – 12:25:55
- Antonina Iushina (Impartial) – 13:33:31
- Strawberry Nation (U.S.) – 13:47:04
- Alyssa Clark (U.S.) – 14:03:11
- Sarah Humble (U.S.) – 14:46:08
Budha had earlier gained the World Path Majors Hong Kong 100k race, and with this victory, she additionally gained the collection. That was price an additional 12,000 Euro for the World Path Majors total win.
Males
Dmitry Mityaev (Impartial) had dropped from three straight races, however with 20k to go in Cape City, he had a four-minute lead. Mityaev gained right here in 2023 and 2022, however that didn’t cease Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) from going supernova late and vaulting from third to first over the ultimate climb and descent.
Mogavero gained in 11:04, and Mityaev was second in 11:05. The 2 had been solely 31 seconds aside. Matthew Healy (South Africa) scored a third-place end in 11:11.
The U.S. positioned two runners inside the highest 5, however Chris Myers (U.S.) didn’t end.
Jeff Mogavero, the 2025 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k males’s winner. Photograph: George Dayson/World Path Majors
The boys’s high 5 was:
- Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) – 11:04:53
- Dmitry Mityaev (Impartial) – 11:05:24
- Matthew Healy (South Africa) – 11:11:26
- Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador) – 11:46:53
- Grant Barnette (U.S.) – 12:10:48
Nothing modified on the high of the lads’s World Path Majors rating. Having gained two contests — Transgrancanaria and the Grampians Peaks Path 100 Mile — Caleb Olson (U.S.) was this yr’s World Path Majors total winner and gained 12,000 Euro for the two-run whole.
PT 55k
The Peninsula Traverse race went 55k and was the ultimate race on this yr’s World Path Majors Quick Collection. First-place prize cash was 30,000 Rand, or about $1,725.
Rebecca Kohne (South Africa) scored victory in 6:11. Olivia Dubern (France) and Quick Collection challenger Ram Maya Buddha (Nepal) had been second and third in 6:16 and 6:21.
Budha wanted a win to maneuver up the World Path Majors leaderboard, however her third-place end meant that Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) was this yr’s Quick Collection ladies’s winner.
Rebecca Kohne, the 2025 Extremely-Path Cape City 55k ladies’s winner. Photograph: Zac Zinn/World Path Majors
Males’s winner Johannes Wingenfeld (Germany) ran 5:13, ending forward of 2024, 2023, and 2022 race winner Robbie Simpson (U.Ok.), who was second in 5:20. Charles Hamilton (Australia) was third in 5:33.
After operating a lot of the race close to sixth place, latest Grampians Peaks Path 50k winner Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) dropped earlier than the end. Jeshurun Small (U.S.) and Bongmusa Mthembu (South Africa) had been additionally among the many notable drops.
Jian-Jian Yang (China) was this yr’s Quick Collection males’s winner after wins on the Hong Kong 56k and Vietnam Mountain Marathon.
Full outcomes.
Johannes Wingenfeld, the 2025 Extremely-Path Cape City 55k males’s winner. Photograph: Pippa Yates/World Path Majors
JFK 50 Mile – Boonsboro, Maryland
It was the long-time race’s 63rd yr, and it was the second presidential-trail operating crossover of the month.
Girls
Jade Belzberg (Canada) dueled with Shea Aquilano for a lot of the race and eventually gained some separation late. Belzberg gained in 6:07 and Aquilano was second in 6:09. The 2 finishes are the race’s fourth- and fifth-fastest in historical past.
Third-place finisher Hannah Allgood additionally broke into the highest 10 all-time with a 6:15 end.
Jade Belzberg, the 2025 JFK 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph: Greg Holder/H3 Images
The ladies’s high 5 was:
- Jade Belzberg (Canada) – 6:07:53
- Shea Aquilano – 6:09:32
- Hannah Allgood – 6:15:09
- Sarah Morrison – 6:21:44
- Jeanne Mack – 6:46:38
Males
Hans Troyer dropped defending champion and course record-holder David Sinclair close to mile 15 and ran alone on the entrance the remainder of the way in which. Troyer was slightly below course file tempo as late as mile 40, however completed simply over the mark in 5:10. It was the race’s second-fastest end ever.
Sinclair was second in 5:18, and Stephen Kersh was third, additionally in 5:18 and solely 25 seconds behind Sinclair. Sinclair and Kersh’s runs had been the race’s third- and fourth-best ever.
Hans Troyer successful the 2025 JFK 50 Mile. Photograph: Greg Holder/H3 Images
The boys’s high 5 was:
- Hans Troyer – 5:10:24
- David Sinclair – 5:18:06
- Stephen Kersh – 5:18:31
- Josh Park – 5:34:31
- Ferdinand-Clovis Airault (France) – 5:34:50
Full outcomes.
Patagonia Bariloche by UTMB – Bariloche, Argentina
Thunderer 130k
After 82 miles of racing, simply 25 minutes separated the entrance three ladies, and the primary 5 had been practically inside an hour of one another. It was a largely Argentinian group, with Mariana Fernandez successful forward of Rachel Spaulding (U.S.) and Milagros Rivas. The three completed in 21:10, 21:29, and 21:35, respectively.
Ethan Peters (Canada) led for nearly all the males’s race and gained in 15:01. Remigio Huaman Quispe (Peru) and Noam Franchi (France) had been second and third in 15:46 and 16:20. Earlier in 2025, Peters gained the Extremely-Path Snowdonia 100 Mile and Canadian Loss of life Race 118k.
Frey 80k
Lindsay Allison (U.S.) scored a ladies’s win over a bunch of Argentinian runners. Allison bought to the 53-mile end in 11:06. Ayelén Liberal (Argentina) and Emiliana Bolontrade (Argentina) had been subsequent on the rostrum in 11:33 and 12:33.
Patrick Gonzalez did it for the host nation and gained the lads’s race in 9:08. As with the ladies, it wasn’t particularly shut. Marco Ramos (Spain) and Thibaut Baronian (France) got here subsequent in 9:30 and 10:02.
Bella Vista 55k
Anna Tarasova (Spain) stormed the ladies’s 35-mile race. She gained in 6:06 with an enormous separation from the remainder of the sphere. Second- and third-place runners Blanca Llumiquinga (Ecuador) and Anabel Oviedo Zelarayán (Argentina) had been solely 15 seconds aside, each ending in 6:30.
The boys ran it nearer. Anders Kjærevik (Norway) escaped Valentin Benard (France) by simply over a minute to win in 5:23. Benard was in at 5:24, and Brian Palacios (Argentina) was third in 5:29.
Full outcomes.
Further Races and Runs
IAU 100k Asia and Oceania Championships – Bangkok, Thailand
Girls’s winner Mel Aitken (New Zealand) completed with a 14-minute lead on the sphere in 9:04, and males’s chief Amar Singh Devanda (Indonesia) dipped below the 7-hour mark in 6:59. Full outcomes.
Legacy Path 60k – Sarasota, Florida
This free occasion noticed Lindsey Vera win in 5:54, and Andrew Kelly set a brand new course file by operating 4:49 on the out-and-back course. Full outcomes when out there.
Lindsey Vera, the 2025 Legacy Path Extremely 60k ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Andrew Kelly, the 2025 Legacy Path Extremely 60k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Fats Ox – Buckeye, Arizona
The race hosted the USATF 24-Hour Nationwide Championships and paid $1,200 to the winners. New nationwide champions Polina Hodnette and Scott Carry totaled 117.6 and 137.4 miles. Full outcomes.
Colorado Chilly Rush 50k – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kristina Chang gained it with a time of 5:10, and Joe Lange set a brand new course file in 3:54. Full outcomes (when out there).
Kristina Chang, the 2025 Colorado Chilly Rush 50k ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Joe Lange, the 2025 Colorado Chilly Rush 50k males’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run – Glen Rose, Texas
At Dinosaur Valley Star Park, Sarah Loch-Take a look at and Mark Wooten gained the 100 miler in 23:48 and 19:34, and Laura Arnold and Meng Zhao had been tops within the 100k in 12:23 and 9:57. Full outcomes.
XTERRA Cape – San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
21K Desert Path Half Marathon Race winners Sarah Morrison and Steve Croucher completed in 2:04 and 1:34. Full outcomes.
Fall Creek 100 Mile – Spencer, Tennessee
Derek Prosser gained with a time of 20:06, and Suzanne Tyler set a brand new ladies’s course file in 25:41. Siyan Cao and Kim Slininger gained the 100k in 12:15 and 17:19. Full outcomes when out there.
Suzanne Tyler, the 2025 Fall Creek 100 Mile ladies’s winner. Photograph courtesy of the race.
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The primary-year Pacific Trails California was canceled on account of heavy rain within the week main as much as the race, and the IAU 50k World Championships scheduled for December 7 had been postponed to an unknown future date.
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