For the 14th edition in a row, iRunFar is covering UTMB!
This year, the UTMB course is 176 kilometers (109.3 miles) long with almost 10,000 meters (32,500 feet) of elevation gain as it encircles the Mont Blanc massif from Chamonix, France, through Italy and Switzerland, before finishing back in Chamonix.
The race starts at 6 p.m. CEST (10 a.m. MDT in the U.S.) on Friday, August 30.
The UTMB course records are held by Courtney Dauwalter, who set the current women’s record at 22:30:54 in 2021, and Jim Walmsley, who set the current men’s record at 19:37:43 in 2023.
We’ll be live-casting the event over on iRunFar’s Twitter feed with text and photo reports from all over the course. We’ll also be live blogging the same material as on Twitter below in this article.
A special thanks to HOKA for making our coverage of UTMB possible!
The field heads off from Chamonix for a long run in the mountains in the 2023 UTMB. Photo: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein
Resources for Following the 2024 UTMB
These resources will help you follow the race:
iRunFar’s Live Coverage of the 2024 UTMB
Here we’re live blogging the progress of UTMB, and sharing the exact same content as on our Twitter feed. Enjoy viewing it right here or over on Twitter! Also, give it just a moment to load, once you arrive.
Additional UTMB Reading
While you’re following iRunFar’s coverage, catch up on your UTMB history:
Past UTMB Results Articles
Post-Race Interviews from the 2023 UTMB
Post-Race Interviews with 2022 and Earlier UTMB Champions
Other Articles of Interest
- A 2013 article about UTMB culture, which offers interesting then and now insight into this event’s evolution
- A gorgeous excerpt about UTMB from the book “Grand Trail” by Frederic and Alexis Berg, published in 2015
Runners collect themselves as the 2023 UTMB start line energy mounts around them. Photo: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein
