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This week’s ultramarathon race calendar includes Bandera, HAROC (Hanging Rock Challenge), Avalon Benefit, and Frozen Gnome.
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The Snowdrop ULTRA 55 Hour Race and Relay in Missouri City, Texas, is a fundraiser for the Snowdrop Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer research and provides college scholarships to pediatric cancer survivors.
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Ultrarunning is a sport of contrasts—an intersection of solitude and community, simplicity and spectacle. Nowhere is this duality more vivid than in the Old Dominion 100 and the Western States 100.
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Harry Subertas was ranked 8th among the men for 2024. Subertas ran four 200+ mile races in 2024, winning both the Tahoe 200 and the Cocodona 250. Originally from Lithuania, he moved to the US at age 18 to attend college. In addition to ultras, Subertas is a mountaineer and environmental scientist. He lives in Haines, Alaska.
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Leah Yingling is the 8th-ranked woman for 2024. Her year included wins at the Quad Rock 50-mile and the Swiss Alps 50k. She also posted 400 miles in her first 6-day run and had strong 100-mile runs at both Run Rabbit Run and Western States. Yingling works as a biomedical engineer for a medical device company. Originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband, Mike McMonagle.
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Hannah Allgood is the 9th ranked woman for 2024. She excelled on a wide variety of terrain, winning the rugged Eiger 101k in Switzerland, and placing a strong second at the flat, fast Javelina Jundred 100-miler in Arizona. A physical therapist, she lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Gil.