It’s a nearly Chamonix, France-only edition of This Week in Running, and it’s long. We’ll go short on words and instead go big on a lot of names and times. Let’s cut the chit chat and jump in.
You can also check out more results from the week’s UTMB Mont Blanc festival:
UTMB – Chamonix, France
This year’s course went 176 kilometers (109.3 miles) and almost 10,000 meters (32,500 feet) of elevation gain. The race was the year’s UTMB World Series Final for the 100-mile distance and had a rich €119,000 prize purse that paid €20,000 to the winners.
Women
Katie Schide (U.S., living in France) dominated the race, leading from the start. Schide’s 22:09 finish was a new course record, 21 minutes better than Courtney Dauwalter’s 2021 previous best. Schide won UTMB in 2022 too, and this year completed the challenging Western States 100-UTMB double with victories at both races.
Katie Schide leading the 2024 UTMB, on her way to setting a new course record. Photo courtesy of UTMB.
Second-place Ruth Croft (New Zealand) moved up throughout the race, even cutting into Schide’s lead, to finish in 22:48.
The 2022 second-placer Marianne Hogan (Canada, lives in France) was back on the podium. She was third in 23:11.
We’re going to show the result for everyone listed in our pre-race preview.
1 – Katie Schide (U.S., living in France) – 22:09:31
2 – Ruth Croft (New Zealand) – 22:48:37
3 – Marianne Hogan (Canada, lives in France) – 23:11:15
4 – Lin Chen (China) – 24:16:33
5 – Blandine L’Hirondel (France) – 24:35:54
6 – Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, living in U.S.) – 24:58:19
7 – Sabrina Stanley (U.S.) – 25:32:10
8 – Claudia Tremps (Spain) – 25:39:37
9 – Martina Valmassoi (Italy) – 25:42:02
10 – Lucy Bartholomew (Australia) – 25:55:31
11 – Alyssa Clark (U.S.) – 26:25:13
12 – Maite Maiora (Spain) – 26:50:35
13 – Eszter Csillag (Hungary, living in Hong Kong) – 27:01:09
14 – Mari Klakegg Fenre (Norway) – 27:05:54
15 – Alexis Crellin (U.S.) – 27:12:25
16 – Maryline Nakache (France) – 27:16:18
17 – Johanna Antila (Finland) – 27:33:13
18 – Claire Bannwarth (France) – 27:47:58
20 – Manon Bohard Cailler (France) – 28:07:06
21 – Laura Van Vooren (Belgium) – 28:18:22
24 – Mélanie Delasoie (Switzerland) – 28:44:43
27 – Addie Bracy (U.S.) – 30:08:02
28 – Nancy Jiang (New Zealand) – 30:12:26
29 – Emilie Maroteaux (France) – 30:16:29
31 – Abby Hall (U.S.) – 31:17:11
32 – Katarzyna Solińska (Poland) – 31:36:27
37 – Lindsey Dwyer (U.S.) – 32:41:43
44 – Naomi Brand (South Africa) – 33:33:36
Marianne Hogan at Champex-Lac, on her way to placing third at the 2024 UTMB. Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Drops included Hillary Allen (U.S.), Amanda Basham (U.S.), Alessandra Boifava (Italy), Alex Borsuk (U.S.), Ragna Debats (The Netherlands, living in Spain), Helen Mino Faukner (U.S.), Tara Fraga (U.S.), Ida-Sophie Hegemann (Germany), Claire Heslop (Canada), Stephanie Howe (U.S.), Anna Li (China), Oana Mihalcea (Romania), Ekaterina Mityaeva, Fiona Pascall (U.K.), Fiona Porte (France), Anne-Lise Rousset Séguret (France), Aroa Sío (Spain), Manuela Soccol (Belgium), Eva-Maria Sperger (Germany), Emma Stuart (Ireland, lives in U.K.), Emily Vaudan (Switzerland), Audrey Virgilio (Switzerland), Katie Wright (U.K., lives in New Zealand), Yuan-Yuan Wu (China), and Fu-Zhao Xiang (China).
Rong-Rong Chen (China) and Kimino Miyazaki (Japan) did not start.
The race’s biggest overachiever, that is, the first finisher not named in the pre-race preview, appears to be 19th-place Noor Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) in 27:57:13.
Men
Vincent Bouillard (France) shocked the world with a 19:54 winning time. Not only that, it was the race’s third-fastest finish ever. Some 55 men were named in the iRunFar pre-race preview, but Bouillard wasn’t one of them. That’s definitely a first too!
A strong second half placed Baptiste Chassagne (France) in second at 20:22, and Joaquín López (Ecuador, lives in Spain) became the race’s first South American podium getter in third at 20:26.
Vincent Bouillard on his way to winning the 2024 UTMB. Photo courtesy of UTMB.
French runners took six of the race’s top 10 finishes.
1 – Vincent Bouillard (France) – 19:54:23
2 – Baptiste Chassagne (France) – 20:22:45
3 – Joaquin Lopez (Ecuador) – 20:26:22
4 – Hannes Namberger (Germany) – 20:31:54
5 – Ludovic Pommeret (France) – 20:57:48
6 – Arthur Joyeux-Bouillon (France) – 21:12:12
7 – Cody Lind (U.S.) – 21:33:16
8 – Manuel Anguita Bayo (Spain) – 21:41:01
T-9 – Gautier Bonnecarrere (France) – 21:45:16
T-9 – Yannick Noël (France) – 21:45:16
11 – Josh Wade (U.K.) – 21:52:09
12 – Thibaut Baronian (France) – 22:07:48
17 – Guillaume Deneffe (Belgium) – 23:12:54
20 – Canyon Woodward (U.S.) – 23:26:04
21 – Andy Symonds (U.K., lives in France) – 23:38:16
27 – Jhon Barrera (Colombia) – 23:57:49
34 – Pablo Villa (Spain) – 24:22:21
41 – Drew Holmen (U.S.) – 24:46:29
43 – Alexandre Boucheix (France) – 24:54:26
50 – Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) – 25:31:48
58 – Robert Hajnal (Romania) – 26:00:01
100 – Mike McMonagle (U.S.) – 27:56:40
195 – Jia-Ju Zhao (China) – 31:07:10
Baptiste Chassagne runs into Courmayeur on his way to placing second in the 2024 UTMB. Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Drops included Miguel Arsénio (Portugal), Pere Aurell (Spain), Mathieu Blanchard (France), Raul Butaci (Romania), Pau Capell (Spain), Sylvain Court (France), Gregoire Curmer (France), Guo-Min Deng (China), Ben Dhiman (U.S., living in France), Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz (France), Ji Duo (China), Tom Evans (U.K.), Jordi Gamito (Spain), Thibaut Garrivier (France), Germain Grangier (France), Gediminas Grinius (Lithuania), Scott Hawker (New Zealand), Remigio Huaman (Peru), Tom Joly (U.K.), Daniel Jung (Italy), Sebastian Krogvig (Norway), Ionel Manole (Romania), Christian Meier (Canada), Dmitry Mityaev, Sergio Gustavo Pereyra (Argentina), Gabriel Rueda (Argentina), Jonas Russi (Switzerland), Jia-Sheng Shen (China), Sébastien Spehler (France), Tim Tollefson (U.S.), Jim Walmsley (U.S.), and Yan-Qiao Yun (China).
Miguel Heras (Spain) and Beñat Marmissolle (France) did not start.
CCC – Chamonix, France
The 100k race was the UTMB World Series Final for the distance and paid €13,000 to each of the winners with prize money going 10 deep. The total CCC prize purse was €76,000.
Women
Pre-race favorite and 2023 OCC winner Toni McCann (South Africa, living in France) delivered in her debut for the distance. McCann led for all of the race with an 11:57 finish time.
Ironman triathlete-turned-trail runner Martyna Młynarczyk (Poland) was second for just about all of the race too. Młynarczyk had a breakout performance with a 12:11 runner-up finish.
Toni McCann of South Africa winning the 2024 CCC. Photo: UTMB
Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) overcame the chase group behind those two frontrunners to finish third in 12:16.
Earlier coverage took results 10 deep, but there’s more story to be told. Here’s even greater results to pick up a lot more familiar names.
1 – Toni McCann (South Africa, living in France) – 11:57:59
2 – Martyna Młynarczyk (Poland) – 12:11:12
3 – Rosanna Buchauer (Germany) – 12:16:55
4 – Hau Ha Thi (Vietnam) – 12:36:16
5 – Heather Jackson (U.S.) – 12:50:55
6 – Jing-Yan Tang (China) – 13:10:44
7 – Anne Cécile Thévenot (France) – 13:19:22
8 – Katarzyna Wilk (Poland) – 13:24:12
9 – Lotti Brinks (U.S.) – 13:25:13
10 – Emmiliese Von Avis (U.S.) – 13:33:35
12 – Arden Young (Canada) – 13:41:45
19 – Sarah Keyes (U.S.) – 14:30:05
22 – Marcela Vasinova (Czech Republic) – 14:44:53
24 – Holly Page (U.K.) – 14:49:56
28 – Erin Clark (U.S.) – 15:26:19
Key drops included Riley Brady (U.S.) and EmKay Sullivan (U.S.).
Men
Seven years after an earlier win, Hayden Hawks (U.S.) again became a CCC champion. Hawks was four minutes faster than in 2017 and won in 10:20.
Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) ran a strong second half and a strong final climb to finish second in 10:27, and Adam Peterman (U.S.) had his best race since before 2023’s year-long injury with a third-place 10:28 run.
The race had an exceptionally deep field full of familiar names.
The 2024 CCC men’s podium (left-to-right): 2. Peter Frano, 1. Hayden Hawks, 3. Adam Peterman. Photo: UTMB
1 – Hayden Hawks (U.S.) – 10:20:11
2 – Peter Fraňo (Slovakia) – 10:27:17
3 – Adam Peterman (U.S.) – 10:28:50
4 – Daniel Jones (New Zealand) – 10:36:20
5 – Huo-Hua Zhang (China) – 10:45:34
6 – Andreu Simon (Spain) – 10:53:36
7 – Ramon Manetsch (Switzerland) – 11:01:24
8 – Andreas Rieder (Austria) – 11:05:09
9 – Dakota Jones (U.S.) – 11:12:03
10 – Arnaud Bonin (France) – 11:12:39
11 – Eric LiPuma (U.S.) – 11:12:44
12 – Caleb Olson (U.S.) – 11:16:18
15 – Rod Farvard (U.S.) – 11:22:48
17 – Harry Jones (U.K.) – 11:36:31
24 – Tommy Sullivan (U.S.) – 12:00:08
33 – Zachary Garner (U.S.) – 12:26:16
34 – Matt Seidel (U.S.) – 12:28:20
36 – Cole Watson (U.S.) – 12:31:57
Key drops included Damien Humbert (France), Moises Jimenez (Venezuela, lives in the U.S.), Manuel Merillas (Spain), Jon Rea (U.S.), Andreas Reiterer (Italy), Seth Ruhling (U.S.), and Andrzej Witek (Poland).
OCC – Chamonix, France
The race was 57k (35 miles) and with 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) of elevation gain. As the UTMB 50k World Series Final, race winners earned €13,000 and the total OCC prize purse was €76,000.
Women
Miao Yao (China) ran the downhills hard and led for almost all of the race’s second half towards a 5:54 first-place finish in the women’s race. Yao won the longer CCC race in 2018.
Judith Wyder (Switzerland) chased for all of that second half, and held off fast-closing Clémentine Geoffray (France) for second. Wyder and Geoffray were second and third in 6:00 and 6:02, respectively.
As with CCC above, we’re going to stretch the results out deeper here too.
The 2024 OCC top five women:
1 – Miao Yao (China) – 5:54:03
2 – Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 6:00:05
3 – Clémentine Geoffray (France) – 6:02:10
4 – Sara Alonso (Spain) – 6:05:15
5 – Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand, living in Andorra) – 6:05:46
6 – Dani Moreno (U.S.) – 6:06:59
7 – Camilla Magliano (Italy) – 6:07:27
8 – Ikram Rharsalla (Spain) – 6:10:23
9 – Rosa Lara Feliu (Spain) – 6:13:06
10 – Anna-Stiina Erkkilä (Finland) – 6:13:57
11 – Theres Leboeuf (Switzerland) – 6:19:03
15 – Allie McLaughlin (U.S.) – 6:33:46
17 – Sam Lewis (U.S.) – 6:36:42
20 – Julia Font Gomez (Spain) – 6:45:56
22 – Oihana Kortazar (Spain) – 6:51:57
29 – Jasmine Nunige (Switzerland) – 7:11:47
Notable drops included Sunmaya Budha (Nepal), Tabor Hemming (U.S.), and Daniela Oemus (Germany).
Men
Eli Hemming (U.S.) pushed hard up the race’s second of three big climbs to open a big lead, and then just held on to win the race in 5:11. Hemming became the first American to win OCC.
Francesco Puppi (Italy) and Antonio Martínez (Spain) matched their finish positions from 2023. They were again second and third in 5:14 and 5:17, respectively.
Eli Hemming, the 2024 OCC men’s winner. All photos courtesy of UTMB.
Deeper results show:
1 – Eli Hemming (U.S.) – 5:11:48
2 – Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 5:14:46
3 – Antonio Martínez (Spain) – 5:17:56
4 – Ju-Wei Zi (China) – 5:22:17
5 – Aritz Egea (Spain) – 5:27:07
6 – Kristian Jones (U.K.) – 5:27:49
7 – Daniel Castillo (Spain) – 5:28:48
8 – Tao Luo (China) – 5:30:23
9 – Hu Zhao (China) – 5:30:46
10 – Robbie Simpson (U.K.) – 5:31:04
11 – Benjamin Roubiol (France) – 5:32:51
13 – Nick Handel (U.S.) – 5:41:08
17 – Sylvain Cachard (France) – 5:44:39
18 – Jeshurun Small (U.S.) – 5:45:26
23 – David Norris (U.S.) – 5:49:01
26 – Loic Robert (France) – 5:51:25
31 – Sammy Chelangat (Kenya) – 5:58:50
Key drops included Christian Allen (U.S.), Rémi Bonnet (Switzerland), Jan Margarit Solé (Spain), and Darren Thomas (U.S.).
Additional Races and Runs
Vertikal Nasego – Casto, Italy
The uphill race was the year’s eighth World Mountain Running Association World Cup race. Andrea Mayr (Austria) won for the fifth time, overtaking then-leader Philaries Kisang (Kenya) with 350 meters of climbing to go. Mayr won in 40:51, Kisang was second in 41:34, and Susanna Saapunki (Finland) was third in 41:44. Patrick Kipngeno (Kenya) picked up his third straight win at the race for the men. He topped out in 34:28. Josphat Kiprotich (Kenya) and Henri Aymonod (Italy) were second and third in 35:03 and 35:20. Full results (when available).
Andrea Mayr, the 2024 Vertikal Nasego women’s winner. Photo: WMRA
Trofeo Nasego – Casto, Italy
A day after the vertical race, the up and down went over 21k. Andrea Mayr went for the double and had the lead at the top of the big climb 17k into the race, but Joyce Muthoni Njeru (Kenya) ran her down on the final descent. Muthoni Njeru won in 1:51:33, Mayr was second in 1:53:02, and Susanna Saapunki doubled back for another third, this time in 1:54:00.
Kenyan runners swept the men’s podium. Patrick Kipngeno was again victorious. He finished in 1:31:26, last year’s winner Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) was second in 1:33:59, and Paul Machoka (Kenya) ran 1:34:38 for third. Full results (when available).
Patrick Kipngeno, the 2024 Trofeo Nasego men’s winner. Photo: WMRA
TDS – Chamonix, France
The race is a 148-kilometer (92-mile) technical trail challenge going the opposite direction to CCC from Courmayeur to its finish in Chamonix, France, and it was nearly an all-French podium. Marie Dohin (France) led Ariane Wilhem (Switzerland) and Céline Finas (France) in the women’s race. The three finished in 24:06, 24:42, and 25:41, respectively. Thibault Marquet (France) won big in the men’s race with an 18:59 winning time. Alban Berson (France) and Gautier Airiau (France) were second and third in 19:56 and 20:07. Full results.
MCC – Chamonix, France
The Monday, August 26 race went 40k (25 miles) with 2,350 meters (7,700 feet) of climbing. Iris Pessey (France) was a runaway women’s winner in 4:12. Elodie Alexandre and Stéphanie Manivoz made it an all-French podium in 4:30 and 4:33. The men’s podium was more closely packed. Kevin Vermeulen (France) was almost two minutes better than Thomas Butez (France) at the top, 3:34 to 3:36, and Cesar Costa (Switzerland) was third in 3:38. Full results.
ETC – Chamonix, France
This one was just 15k (9.3 miles) but with 1,200 meters (4,156 feet) of climbing on Tuesday, August 27. Anaelle Bondoux (France) scored an upset over Maude Mathys (Switzerland) for the women’s win. The two ran 1:32 and 1:34, and third-place Vivien Bonzi (Italy) finished in 1:36. Men’s winner Lukas Ehrle (Germany) broke the tape in 1:19. Second- and third-place Alex Garcia Carrillo (Spain) and Daniel Pattis (Italy) were only four seconds apart, both in 1:21.
[In 2015, Maude Mathys received a warning without suspension from the Disciplinary Chamber for Doping Cases of Swiss Olympic for two positive tests for clomifene (previously clomiphene) after it was determined that she was mistakenly taking the drug without first obtaining a World Anti-Doping Agency Therapeutic Use Exemption.]
XTERRA Trail Run World Championships – Carrabassett Valley, Maine
The 15th XTERRA Trail Run World Championship returned to Sugarloaf Mountain with marathon and half marathon courses. The marathon totaled nearly 5,000 feet of climbing with a summit of Sugarloaf Mountain included, and Caitlin Patterson became a repeat winner in 4:11. She was over 20 minutes in front of second place. Grant Colligan took the men’s crown by over eight minutes with 3:34 on the clock.
The half marathon had runaway winners too. Corey Dowe led the women in 2:06, and Rémi Leroux (Canada) championed the men’s race in 1:51. Leroux was the race’s only sub-2 hour finisher on the course that also included a Sugarloaf Mountain summit.
Call for Comments
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