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April is starting off in a big way on our Ultra Weekend Recap with a course record at the Umstead 100, fast 50-mile times at the American River 50 and a competitive weekend in both the 100k and 50k races at Gorge Waterfalls.
The 100-mile specialist from Massillon, Ohio, Arlen Glick, kicked off his 2023 campaign by taking down the long-standing course record at Umstead 100 in Raleigh, North Carolina, held by Mike Morton since 2012. Glick ran the looped course in a scorching 12 hours, 57 minutes and 6 seconds. Jim Sweeney from Albany, New York, came in second in 15 hours, 43 minutes and 14 seconds, and Aaron Slabach from McMinnville, Oregon, was third in 16 hours, 24 minutes and 2 seconds. Holly Chase of Washington, DC, won for the women in 19 hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds, followed by Kumiko Redpath from New York, New York, in 21 hours, 21 minutes and 20 seconds, and Insung Kim out of Baltimore, Maryland, finished third in 21 hours, 29 minutes and 30 seconds. Full results here.
Across the country at the American River 50 in Folsom, California, Christal Cuadra-Keegan from Reno, Nevada, won the women’s contest and finished 10th overall in 8 hours, 2 minutes and 33 seconds. Careth Arnold of Durango, Colorado, came in second in 8 hours, 10 minutes and 12 seconds, and Madison Hart out of San Francisco was third in 8 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds. In the men’s race, Rajpaul Pannu out of Denver, Colorado, won in a lightning fast 5 hours, 59 minutes and 26 seconds. Craig Hunt of Flagstaff, Arizona, was the runner-up in 6 hours, 32 minutes and 17 seconds, and Jacob Huston from Auburn, California, rounded out the podium in 6 hours, 37 minutes and 27 seconds. Full results here.
Up the coast in Cascade Locks, Oregon, Gorge Waterfalls hosted a 100k on Saturday and 50k on Sunday. Vincent Bouillard from Portland, Oregon, won the 100k in 8 hours, 28 minutes and 57 seconds in the second-fastest time ever. He was followed by Blake Slattengren of Seattle, Washington, in 8 hours, 37 minutes and 59 seconds, and Caleb Bowen out of Huntington, West Virginia, in 8 hours, 56 minutes and 58 seconds. Riley Brady of Boulder, Colorado, also won and was ninth overall in 9 hours, 59 minutes and 37 seconds, Lotti Brinks from Boise, Idaho, came in second in 10 hours, 10 minutes and 32 seconds, and Rachel Lemcke of Manitou Springs, Colorado, completed the podium in 10 hours, 36 minutes and 47 seconds.
Megan Morgan from Boulder won the women’s 50k in 4 hours, 39 minutes and 25 seconds. Katelyn McDaniel of Denver, Colorado, was not far behind in 4 hours, 46 minutes and 45 seconds and Katie Asmuth out of Mammoth Lakes, California, finished in third in 4 hours, 52 minutes and 42 seconds. Matt Daniels from Superior, Colorado, took the title for the men in 3 hours, 58 minutes and 52 seconds. Just under 5 minutes back was Ryan Becker of Telluride, Colorado, in 4 hours, 3 minutes and 7 seconds, and he was trailed closely by Ashland, Oregon’s Dylan Humberger in 4 hours, 7 minutes and 52 seconds. Full 100k results here and 50k results here.
More race results from the first weekend of April include the Wicked Revival 100 50k in Lowell, North Carolina, and the Singletrack Maniac 50k in Williamsburg, Virginia.
We know we missed some results, so leave a link below if you know of more. If you’re racing somewhere this upcoming weekend, you can drop that information in the comments and we’ll include it in Wednesday’s What’s Up In Ultra column.
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Check out Arlen’s splits. He didn’t even or negative split the course, but came pretty darn close. Once again raising the question oft-pondered by Nick Coury: should we also be even/negative splitting ultras? I, for one, am becoming convinced it is the best, and possibly fastest way to run them. It’s certainly more fun.
I negative split my first 100k – mountainous Kat’cina mosa – by about 30 minutes (7hr 30 vs 7 hr). The second half is a good deal flatter than the first, so it doesn’t quite count. However, I agree with Kenz in at least one thing – it was way more fun to be passing people and still running pretty strong in second half. IDK if it was fastest and I’m certainly not very experienced – other than some 50-55k runs, only one 100k, one 24 hour race, and I’m running Wasatch 100 this fall.
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