Ultra Weekend Recap — December 11

Records and lightning fast times at Desert Solstice headline this weekend’s Ultra Weekend Recap along with other results from Ohio, Virginia, Colorado and more from around the country.

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In Phoenix, Arizona, Marisa Lizak of Marina Del Rey, California, won the 24-hour race at Desert Solstice outright with 156.76 miles. She topped Alyson Allen of Bathsheba, Barbados, who completed 141.11 miles, good enough for second, and Jian Springer of Woodland Hills, California, who ran 140.19 miles to finish in third place. Chad Lasater from Sugar Land, Texas, took the men’s title and finished in second overall with 152.89 miles, Pat Hasler of Cincinnati, Ohio, came in second with 147.45 miles completed, and Matthew Urbanski out of Denver, Colorado, was the third-place male with 138.39 total miles.

Camille Herron of Warr Acres, Oklahoma, took the overall title in the 100-mile race with a time of 13 hours, 2 minutes and 16 seconds, setting set a new American 100-mile open track record, as well as new American and age group records with her 50-mile (6 hours, 9 minutes and 44 seconds) and 100k (7 hours, 35 minutes and 50 seconds) splits. Lizak was second, clocking 100 miles in 14 hours, 36 minutes and 9 seconds, and Amanda Nelson from Woodstock, Ontario, was third in 14 hours, 53 minutes and 47 seconds. Olivier Leblond of Arlington, Virginia, won the men’s contest finishing in second overall with a 100-mile time of 14 hours and 23 seconds. Lasater secured second in 14 hours, 57 minutes and 22 seconds, and Hasler took third in 15 hours, 23 minutes and 42 seconds. Dive into all the detailed results here. 

Defending champion, two-time winner and the course record holder at the Hellgate 100k in Fincastle, Virginia, Michael Dubova of Charlotsville, Virginia, ran away with the race again, clocking his third title in 10 hours, 16 minutes and 51 seconds. Second place was Brian Culmo of Salt Lake City, Utah, running 10 hours, 55 minutes and 12 seconds, and in third was Jordan Chang hailing from Blacksburg, Virginia, in 11 hours, 14 minutes and 40 seconds. In the women’s race, Marisa Romeo of Asheville, North Carolina, took the crown in 13 hours, 4 minutes and 30 seconds, with Leah Ncholson from Lebanon, New Hampshire, in the runner-up position in 13 hours, 35 minutes and 50 seconds, and Heather Dougherty out of Washington, D.C., rounding out the podium in 13 hours, 42 minutes and 13 seconds. Full results here.

In Pine, Colorado, at the Sawmill Trail Runs 50k Nicole Anderson of Aurora, Texas, won in 6 hours and 33 minutes, Anita Ortiz from Eagle, Colorado, took second in 6 hours and 33 minutes, and Bess Tonkinson out of Boulder, Colorado, finished in third in 6 hours and 48 minutes. For the men, Les Cowan from Henderson, Colorado, won in 6 hours and 30 minutes, Jake Wyatt of Littleton, Colorado, was the runner-up in 6 hours and 32 minutes, and Brandon Reall of Frederick, Colorado, came in third in 6 hours and 56 minutes. Full results here.

Other results on our Race Results page include The Nutcracker 6 and 12-Hour Endurance Runs in Dunn, North Carolina, the Freight Train 100k/50k, and the Jupiter Ridge Sand Spur 50k in Jupiter, Florida. There’s also the Bigfoot 50k in Lore City, Ohio, and the Dallas 50k in Texas. More results will be uploaded in the coming days.

What results did we miss? Leave a comment and link below if you’d be so kind. Also be sure to let us know where you’re racing next week so we can include it in Wednesday’s What’s Up In Ultra.