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This week’s Ultra Weekend Recap follows up on Wednesday’s What’s Up In Ultra and is headlined by the 2022 World Backyard Team Championships at Big’s Backyard Ultra which is still in progress and likely to continue through next week’s What’s Up In Ultra. Will someone break the World Record? Let us know what you think below and be sure to drop links to results that we’ve missed, too. We appreciate your help in covering all the races in North America.
Of the 37 countries that started the 2022 World Backyard Team Championships around the world, at Big’s, Team USA has the most remaining runners with 13 at time of publishing. They are followed closely by Australia with 12, Belgium with 11, Canada with 10, and Japan with 9. Sixteen countries were eliminated in the first three days. Follow along with the live stream here and check out our Instagram stories where photographer Howie Stern will be posting photos all the way through the finish, whenever that may be.
At the Old Cascadia 50-miler in Blue River, Oregon, Laura Westmeyer from Portland, Oregon, took the win and fourth overall in a new course record time of 9 hours, 48 minutes and 41 seconds. Runner-up Noelle Bittner of Sequim, Washington, was ninth overall and also under Ashley Nordell’s course record from 2021, finishing in 10 hours, 20 minutes and 18 seconds. Rounding out the podium was Christine Mosley from Issaquah, Washington, in 10 hours, 34 minutes and 23 seconds. On the men’s side, we saw Jace Ives of Talent, Oregon, win in the sixth-fastest time the course has ever seen in 8 hours, 54 minutes and 27 seconds. Benjamin Bruno from McCall, Idaho, was second in 9 hours, 20 minutes and 59 seconds, and Shawn Barr hailing from Berkeley, California, took third in 9 hours, 40 minutes and 46 seconds. Full results here.
Gunninson, Colorado, hosted the Sage Burner Trail Races 50k on Saturday. Hometown favorite James Williamson took the win in 4 hours, 35 minutes and 52 seconds, with Denver native Sam Hoidal in second in 5 hours, 8 minutes and 34 seconds, and Kyle Beling from Los Alamos, New Mexico, taking third in 5 hours, 18 minutes and 39 seconds. Out of Lafayette, Colorado, Tracy Kovaleski won for the women and finished fourth overall in 5 hours, 22 minutes and 14 seconds. Hot on her heels was Kayla Brewer who came all the way from Haines, Alaska, to finish in second place in 5 hours, 25 minutes and 44 seconds. In third, Laura Matacia from Greenville, South Carolina, was also not far behind in 5 hours, 32 minutes and 30 seconds. Full results here.
UltraRunning columnist Anton Krupicka won the Clawhammer Mountain 50k in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, in 4 hours, 35 minutes and 29 seconds. A local from Pisgah Forest, Sheridan Byers was runner-up in 4 hours, 51 minutes and 11 seconds, while Randy Elliott from Brevard, North Carolina, finished in third just under the 5-hour mark in 4 hours, 59 minutes and 7 seconds. Hailey Moore of Boulder, Colorado, took the title in the women’s race and fifth overall in 5 hours, 25 minutes and 35 seconds. Second place was Leah Nicholson out of Lebanon, New Hampshire, in a time of 5 hours, 57 minutes and 41 seconds. Amy Harter from Weaverville, North Carolina, rounded out the podium in 6 hours, 57 minutes and 8 seconds. This was a brand new event this year, and you can find results here.
Additional results on our Race Results page at time of publishing include the Run for Amma 50k in Sunnyvale, California, The Big 50 in Pine Mountain, Georgia, Rogue Gorge 50k in Union Creek, Oregon, Bill Hill Pond Walking Tall 50k in Pocahontas, Tennessee, and the Elk-King Trail Races 50k in Tillamook, Oregon. Check back here for more results as they continue to roll in.
Did you race somewhere else this weekend? Be sure to leave a comment with a link and let us know how it went. If you’re racing this upcoming weekend, we can include that race in the What’s Up In Ultra column on Wednesday, just make sure to let us know.
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Running the Nashville Ultra this upcoming weekend
USA with 8 left at 58 hours, building a big lead and threatening to kill the clock, as there may not be enough people who can go 3-4 days for our lead to diminish, even if our guys were to drop. All credit to Gary Cantrell and his race wizards for this idea! Individual records could still fall, and that would be magnificent.
What about the tusset mt ultra?
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