Ultra Weekend Recap — August 11

We had another jam-packed weekend of ultramarathon action, with over 50 events taking place across the US and Canada. In this week’s Ultra Weekend Recap, we dive into results from British Columbia, Rhode Island, Montana and California.

We start north of the border in E.C. Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia for the challenging Fat Dog 120 (120-mile, 100k, 50-mile and 40-mile). In the 120-mile race, Pau Ruis raced to a commanding victory in 25:13:48, winning in what appears to be the second-fastest time ever run on the course. Todd Marwick finished second (28:20:05), and Mike Sidic claimed the last podium spot in third (29:18:17). In the women’s race, Jessica Temple took the win in 34:10:33, Tara Bassili placed second (35:21:18), and Meredith Wilson snagged third (35:48:25).

In the 40-mile distance, course records were broken by both the women’s and men’s winners. Marzelle Van Der Merwe finished first female in 7:18:40, and Brendan Scott took the men’s title in 6:56:14. Charles Perrot- Minot finished first overall in the 50-mile race in 9:51:47, and Sarah James finished top woman (10:13:55). In the 100k race, Madeline Hawkins set a new female course record, winning in 13:22:59, and Tyler D’Arcy ran the second-fastest men’s course time to finish first in 11:41:09. Full results here.

Our next stop takes us to Bristol, Rhode Island for the Anchor Down Ultra, a 2.45-mile loop course where runners see how much ground they can cover in timed events of 24, 12 and 6 hours. In the 24-hour race, Kathy Jacques finished first female and seventh overall, completing 41 laps and 100.45 miles. Kuan Yu Hsieh claimed second running 90.65 miles, and Jessica Racusin placed third (78.40 miles). In the men’s event, Brendan Chambers finished first (117.60 miles), Durgesh Mankekar took second (102.90 miles in 21:56:29), and Christopher Cappellini rounded out the podium in third (102.90 miles in 23:10:46). In the 12-hour event, Carter Mikkelsen took the overall win with 63.70 miles in 11:25:14. Holly Goodman finished first female and second overall, also running 63.70 miles in 11:34:39 (tying the course record distance). Finally, in the 6-hour race, Kathryn Mendes placed first for the women (29.40 miles and sixth overall), with Carter Mikkelsen (36.75 miles) taking first overall in this event as well. Full results here.

Heading west, we check in on the second running of the Prospector’s 50k in Cooke City, Montana. In the women’s race, top honors went to Josie Walters in 5:47:50 (fourth overall). Nina Coppolillo took second (6:29:42), and Page Willian placed third (6:45:09). In the men’s event, Michael Klein claimed the overall victory in 5:27:40. William Gildehaus finished second (5:30:06) and Brandon Emineth claimed third (5:45:00). Full results here.

Finally, we travel to Randle, Washington for the Bigfoot 200 Endurance Run. Unfortunately, this year’s race had to be altered to two 50-mile out-and-backs due to wildfires. Fortunately, the race still went forward, and 197 runners set out to complete the 200-mile distance. We don’t have all of the official finish times yet, but we can confirm from the live race tracking that Vernon Palm was the overall winner and first-place male finisher. Logan Ziegenmeyer finished second, and Harvis Lewis rounded out the podium in third. On the women’s side, Jessica Schiller took the win and finished seventh overall, Ashley Paulson claimed second, and Stephanie Rosebaugh placed third.

Other results from this weekend include Ultra-Trail du Fjord-du-Saguenay (Bas-Saguenay, QC), Sweltering Summer Ultra (Pittsfield, MA), In the Heat of the Night (Anniston, AL), Fort Frenzy Ultra Festival (Vonore, TN), Rock N Brew (Boise, ID) and Capes 100 (Mabou, NS). Check out our full list of results here.

We’d also like to mention the folks at the Eastern States 100 who had to cancel their race due to heavy rains and extreme flooding. In the true nature of the sport, all aid station food was taken to help a nearby community that was hit hard by the flash floods.