Hans Troyer, Robert Pkemoi, Toni McCann, and Ruth Croft have been among the many prime stars to race on the final weekend of Might. For prime runners, this weekend’s races have been doubtless preparation for greater contests later this summer time.
MaXi Race – Annecy, France
Tour du Lac 100k
The massive occasion occurred on mountain trails round Lake Annecy. French males swept the marquee 100k podium. Hugo Deck gained for the second straight yr with 9:48 on the clock. Théo Detienne was second in 9:56, and Yannick Noël took third in 10:10. Deck was 35 minutes quicker than in 2025. Cody Lind (U.S.) was simply off the lads’s podium in fifth in 10:29.
Toni McCann (South Africa) gained large within the ladies’s race. She was over an hour quicker than everybody else with an 11:25 successful time. Anna Llewellyn (U.Okay.) and Blandine Orsini (France) have been second and third in 12:28 and 12:30.
Demi Tour du Lac
The brief course was 57k. Simon Paccard (France) was first in 5:16, and Samuel Ponce (Andorra) and Dimitri Morel-Jean (France) completed subsequent in 5:26 and 5:29.
Ruth Croft (New Zealand) scored a repeat win within the ladies’s race in 6:20. Louise Serban-Penhoat (France) and Anaïs Guillot (France) have been second and third in 6:32 and 6:38.
Twisted Fork Path Competition – Park Metropolis, Utah
It rained, and there have been some fairly unbelievable end photos of mud-caked legs. Within the 68k, it was Liam Fleming successful over Gavin Prior and John Raneri. Fleming completed the 42-mile race in 5:25, and Prior and Raneri obtained there in 5:31 and 5:38. Fourth-place Cade Michael got here in at 5:51, and he’ll get two mentions this week. Solely 32 seconds separated ladies’s winner Rachel Drake from runner-up Kristin Johnson. The 2 have been each in at 6:39, and third-place Becca Bramley completed in 6:57.
Rachel Drake, the 2026 Twisted Fork Path Competition 68k ladies’s winner. Picture: Mike McMonagle
Hans Troyer gained the 30k forward of Caleb Olson. Troyer completed in 2:02, and Olson was 63 seconds again in 2:03. Sean O’Connor was lower than a minute behind Olson in third at 2:04. Olson was third in final yr’s race in 2:04. Elizabeth O’Connor gained for the ladies in 2:21, and Sarah Humble and Kodi Kleven obtained on the rostrum in 2:24. Humble beat Kleven by eight seconds.
Hans Troyer, the 2026 Twisted Fork Path Competition 30k males’s winner. Picture: Picture: Mike McMonagle
The 15k was aggressive too. Christian Allen ran 57:15 to get forward of Hawk Name and Seth Sonerholm. Name and Sonerholm completed in 61:18 and 65:55. It was a repeat win for Allen after final yr’s 55:39 end. Alexa Aragon gained for the ladies in 69:11, with Oakley Olson second in 72:26 and Sarah Hutchings third in 72:54.
Alexa Aragon, the 2026 Twisted Fork Path Competition 15k ladies’s winner. Picture: Mike McMonagle
Swiss Canyon Path – Couvet, Switzerland
The occasion introduced some 3,000 runners throughout 5 distances to a area close to the French border. Within the lengthy course 111k, Ramon Manetsch (Switzerland) beat Ionel Manole (Spain) and Aleix Toda (Spain). The three have been solely 17 minutes aside, with Manetsch successful in 10:31 and Manole and Toda in at 10:40 and 10:48. The lead three ladies have been almost as shut too. Marjo Liikanen (Finland) completed in 13:10, and Azara García (Spain) and Jasmin Nunige (Switzerland) have been second and third in 13:25 and 13:29.
Clovis Chaverot (France) and Manon Campano (France) gained the 81k in 7:12 and 9:07.
The 51k had Clément Durance (France) and Beatriz Parrón (Spain) as its winners in 4:03 and 4:46.
And within the 31k, it was Titouan Haan (France) and Kim Schreiber (Germany) who gained in 2:25 and a pair of:51.
Mountain Extremely Path by UTMB – George, South Africa
Tahirinirina Jeannot Avotraniaina (Madagascar) gained the 104-mile MUT Miler males’s race in 23:53. Ladies’s winner Lodelia Kombrink (South Africa) was fourth general in 26:07.
Daniel Claassen (South Africa) and Kerry-Ann Marshall (South Africa) gained the MUT 100k in 10:29 and 13:00.
Daniel Claassen, the 2026 Mountain Extremely Path males’s winner. Picture: Olivia McCulla
Kerry-Ann Marshall, the 2026 Mountain Extremely Path 100k ladies’s winner. Picture: Olivia McCulla
Extra Races and Runs
Path En Vallée D’Aure – Saint-Lary-Soulan, France
French runners Olivier Bauzil and Lucie Legendre gained the 40k in 4:18 and 6:05, and Robert Pkemoi (Kenya) and Charlotte Fumard (France) have been finest within the 23k in 1:57 and a pair of:48. Pkemoi, who was fifth on the Zegama Marathon two weeks in the past, was the lone non-French runner to podium throughout the entire occasion’s race distances. Full outcomes.
Pacifico Extremely 50k – Palmdale, California
For the lads, Cody Leventhal gained in 4:11, and girls’s champ Clara Caspard scored a $500 course report bonus in 4:37. Full outcomes.
North Fork 50/50 – Pine, Colorado
The 50-mile winners have been Tripp Hipple and Lindsey Benkelman in 7:24 and 9:52, and Matthew Vira and Ann Miller have been finest within the 50k in 3:50 and 4:42. Vira gained final yr’s race in 3:48. Full outcomes.
BolderBoulder 10k – Boulder, Colorado
There have been some 54,000 folks operating on the roads in Boulder on Might 25, 2026, for the annual Memorial Day occasion. Within the professional race, Andy Wacker was seventh in 29:51. Within the citizen’s race, Cade Michael ran 33:07, Josh Eberly ran 33:36, and Chris Mocko was in at 33:43. For the ladies, Janelle Lincks obtained into the highest 10 in 36:03. Full outcomes.
Smith Rock Basic – Terrebonne, Oregon
All the 50-mile and 50k course data have been damaged at this yr’s race. Alec Carne and Rachel Hawkins gained the 50 miler in 7:07 and seven:55, and Cully Brown and Ellie Clawson gained the 50k in 3:52 and 4:27. Full outcomes.
Alec Carne, the 2026 Smith Rock Basic 50 Mile males’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
Rachel Hawkins, the 2026 Smith Rock Basic 50 Mile ladies’s winner. Picture courtesy of the race.
The Full Mo 50k – Sheridan, Indiana
The sixth annual race ran from the corn fields to town. Mark Weghorst repeated as males’s winner in 3:08, and Alison Ray gained for the ladies in 3:33. Each instances have been new course data. Full outcomes.
Mohican Path Run – Loudonville, Ohio
Prolific 100-miler Alec Cline gained the lads’s race in 18:04, and Brenda Johnson gained for the ladies in 19:04. Cline gained final yr’s race in 17:51. Full outcomes.
Worlds Finish Ultramarathon – Forksville, Pennsylvania
The 100k and 50k races went by the Countless Mountains within the Loyalsock State Forest and Worlds Finish State Park. Jesse Stauffer and Kaylee Frederick have been finest within the 100k in 11:50 and 12:24, and Michael Busada and Emily Fisk gained the 50k in 4:48 and 6:22. Full outcomes.
Rabid Raccoon 100 Mile – Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Racing on an eight-loop course, Alex Minor was a serious winner. His 15:42 end was over 5 hours higher than second place. Stephanie Kos gained for the ladies in 22:04. Full outcomes.
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Subsequent weekend, it’s time for brief programs to shine. In Colorado, there’ll be the GoPro Mountain Video games. New Hampshire’s Sunapee Scramble will host the USATF Mountain Operating Championship. And in Slovenia, there’s the European Off-Street Operating Championships.
