ARR Ultra Update, August 3rd2016
Results
July 9. Capitol Reef Ultras, Torrey UT. Much of the route above 11000ft in Capitol Reef National Park. 50 km results:
15th Richard Knapp M64 7:48:27
July 15-17.Hardrock 100, Silverton CO. Two-time winner Kilian Jornet finished together with Jason Schlarb in 22:58:28, the second-fastest winning time, slower only than Kilian’s winning time in 2014. Anna Frost repeated as winning woman. Kristen Kern of Los Alamos was the last finisher within the 48 hour cut-off, with former ARR member Andrea Feucht just ahead of her in 47:44:47.
Among NM finishers:
19th Brian Murray M4334:15:27
28th David Coblentz M5336:33:51
July 23. Mt Baldy 50k, plus marathon, and half marathon. Informal ‘fat ass’ events hosted by Brian Pilgrim and Lynette Gurule in the Santa Fe National Forest. I haven’t found posted results
The bad news: As always some ARR members also had disappointments in July; among these Brian Pilgrim had a DNF at Tahoe Rim Trail 100, Ian Maddieson DNF’ed at the Vermont 100, previous Hardrock 100 finishers Neil Blake, Randy Isler, Dennis Drey and Susan Gardner all had problems this year, but — undeterred — Brian is doing the Cloudsplitter 100 (Pine Mountain KY) on Oct 1, Ian is in Lean Horse 100 August 27, Neil is signed up for Mt Taylor 50k, and so on.
Coming up soon
Aug 6. Angeles Crest 100 (29th running). Wrightwood to Altadena, CA
Travis McWhorter entered. Jussi Hamalainen going for his 27th finish at age 70
Aug 6. Rainbow Bridge Trail Ultra. Navajo Mountain, AZ. 50 km; also 30 km and ½ marathon. Richard Knapp is running 50k.
Aug 20.Leadville 100 (34th running). Katrin Silva, Eric Pope, Jason Hoy, Lynette Gurule among those entered. Third event in the Grand Slam — of the 34 who started the slam 30 are still in after completing Western States and Vermont 100’s.
Aug 20.Fat Dog 120 mi. Park, B.C. 120, 70, 50 and 40 mile races, plus a 9-person 120-mile relay. 48-hr time limit for 120 mile. Cliff Matthews is doing this one.
Aug 20.Devil Mountain 50 mi & 50 km. Pagosa Springs, CO.Trail races in “awesome mountain forests” in the San Juan mountains put on by the GECKO organization. Also 5km, 10km and ½ marathon events.
Aug22-28. UTMB and related events. Chamonix, France. Among the events is the “Petite Trotte à Leon”, a team event for teams of 2 or 3 runners who must be self-sufficientas they circle 290 km (180 miles) around Mont Blanc with almost 87000ftelevation gain. Among inscribed teams are the Zia Goats, comprising N.M. runners Sean Cunniff, Jason Halladay and Bill Geist.
Aug 27.Lean Horse 100 mi, 50 mi, 50k m. Custer, S.D. Plus 30 km and 5-person 100 mile relay. Route is on the Mickelson rail-trail. Chris Baca and Ian Maddieson in 100 miler, Dianna Keogh in 50 km.
Looking further ahead
Sept 9.Wasatch Front 100. Salt Lake City, UT. Final and toughest leg of the Grand Slam. Ellen Hatch is entered.
Sept 9. Tahoe 200 mi. Homewood, CA. Another one for those who think 100 miles is not enough. 100 hour time limit to circle Lake Tahoe on the Tahoe Rim Trail and other trails on a 205.5 loop. Bobby Keogh is entered.
Sept 10.First running of the Ultra Santa Fe races —50 miles and 50km, plus a 13 miler, in the Sangre de Christos mountains north of Santa Fe. The organizers, Taylor Pardue and Peter Olson, promise “numerous stream crossings and huge elevation changes”. Registration is open on UltraSignup
Sept 16. Run Rabbit Run 100 mi and 50mi. Steamboat Springs, CO. Roger Squires, Richard Iverson, Jason Hoy among entrants in the 100 mile “Tortoise” division(8:00 am start and 36 hours to finish). $12000 prize money to winning male and female “Hares” (noon start with 30 hour time limit).
Sept 17.Mogollon Monster 100 mi. Pine, AZ. Travis McWhorter is entered.
Registration open on UltraSignup for two other New Mexico ultras:
Oct 1. Mt Taylor 50 km, Grants NM. Volunteer assistance also welcome: contact Margaret Gordon at meowelk at yahoo.com.
Oct 15.Deadman Peaks 50 mi and trail marathon, also 30 km. Cuba, NM. Volunteers also welcome: contact Gail Leedy at gail.leedy at gmail.com