December’s first Ultra Weekend Recap delivers results from the Ray Miller 50/50 in Southern California, the Sawmill 50k in Colorado and the 43rd Pine Mountain 40-miler in Georgia.
In the marquee 50-miler at Ray Miller in Malibu, California, on Saturday, December 2, Cody Jordan from Apple Valley, California, won in the course’s tenth-fastest time ever in 7 hours, 45 minutes and 20 seconds. Runner-up accolades went to Nick Allen of Los Alamos, California, in 7 hours, 52 minutes and 26 seconds, and third was Kenneth Rasamny out of Corona Del Mar, California, in 8 hours, 15 minutes and 19 seconds. Jade Lenning traveled from Vancouver, British Columbia, and won the women’s race in 9 hours, 30 minutes and 26 seconds. Holly Scala from Ventura, California, came in second place in 9 hours, 57 minutes and 27 seconds, and Holly Ryerson of Soda Springs, California, rounded out the podium in 10 hours, 3 minutes and 34 seconds. Full results for the 50-miler and 50k when available here.
The Sawmill Trail Runs 50k in Pine, Colorado, also went down on Saturday. Nicole Anderson out of Aurora, Texas, won the women’s contest in 6 hours and 33 minutes, narrowly edging out Anita Ortiz from Eagle, Colorado, in 6 hours and 36 minutes. Third was claimed by Bess Tonkinson from Boulder, Colorado, in 6 hours and 48 minutes. Henderson, Colorado’s Les Cowan won the men’s race in 6 hours and 30 minutes. Jake Wyatt out of Littleton, Colorado, finished 2 minutes back in 6 hours and 32 minutes, and Brandon Reall from Frederick, Colorado, in 6 hours and 56 minutes. Check out the full results here.
While full results weren’t available at publishing time, we were able to glean from the 43rd annual Pine Mountain Trail Run 40-mile livestream that Coree Woltering of Chattanooga, Tennessee, won for the men in 7 hours, 14 minutes and 15 seconds. Holly Adams from Marietta, Georgia, won the women’s race in 8 hours, 28 minutes and 22 seconds.
Additionally, at the IAU 24-hour World Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Japan’s Miho Nakata set a new women’s World Record with 167.996 miles and Lithuania’s Aleksandr Sorokin ran 187.530 miles to win the men’s title.
More results include the Gov Dodge Winter 50-miler in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, the Crooked Creek Ultra Trail Race 50/100-miler in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, the Cloudland Canyon Rising 50-miler in Fawn, Georgia, the Colossal-Vail 50/50 in Vail, Arizona, the Jackson County 50/50 Brownstown, Indiana, and the Dismal Swamp 50/100k in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Holly Adams ran 8:28:22 to win the women’s division at Pine Mountain. Full results are now up on Ultrasignup – https://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=101191
Thanks Janice!!
Miho’s WR at the WC’s was prefaced by an extremely busy schedule this year, including 319 miles in 3d 4h (101 mi/day!) in May. Dare I say it, for some runners a multiday may build strength for shorter races.
McDowell 50miler was one for the books too!!
Nice work out there Corinne!
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