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This week’s ultramarathon race calendar includes Mountain Mist 50k, Arrowhead 135, Arches Ultra, and Spike Camp.
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This weekend’s ultramarathon results include Dark Anchor 34-hour, HURT 100, Coldwater Rumble Trail Runs, and Tsali Ultra.
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Katie Schide is the women’s 2024 World UltraRunner of the Year. Schide won both of the world’s most competitive trail races – UTMB and Western States – and set a course record in her win at UTMB. Her winning time at Western States was the second-fastest in race history. She also won the highly competitive Canyons by UTMB 100k. A native of Maine, Schide lives in Isola, Alps-Maritimes, France, with her partner, French ultrarunner Germain Grangier.
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Matthieu Bonne is the men’s 2024 World UltraRunner of the Year. Bonne set a new men’s six-day record of 1045.519k (649.655 miles) at the GOMU-EMU 6-day at Balatonfüred, Hungary, breaking the 2005 record held by the legendary Yiannis Kouros. He set a Belgian 24-hour record in Trasna Na Uaireanta in Ireland, posting a total of 275.25k (171.03 miles). In addition to setting world records as an ultrarunner, Bonne is a record-setting endurance cyclist and open-water swimmer, and lives in the town of Bredene on the Belgian coast.
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Hayden Hawks is second in the balloting for the men’s World UltraRunner of the Year. The former Southern Utah University track star won Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) 101k in the Alps. This was a highlight in a year that also saw a close third-place finish at Western States 100 and a course-record win at Black Canyon 100k in Arizona. Hawks lives in Canyon City, Utah, with his wife, Ashley, and their two children.
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Courtney Dauwalter is second for the women in the World UltraRunner of the Year voting. Dauwalter won five ultras in five different countries on three continents, setting course records at both Hardrock 100 and Mt. Fuji 100. In any other year, this would likely have been more than good enough to earn top honors, but 2024 was an unusual year. There was very little head-to-head competition—of the 11 women who received votes for World UROY, seven of them were undefeated in 2024. Dauwalter lives in Leadville, Colorado, with her husband, Kevin Schmidt.