[Editor’s Note: Photographer Kirsten Kortebein created these images at the 2019 UTMB. Enjoy! To learn more about what happened at UTMB, read our in-depth results article. All photos: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein. Reuse without permission is not permitted.]
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An OCC finisher arrives to the Chamonix, France finish line surrounded by her family. The OCC is one of the races in the UTMB week-long festival. It’s 55 kilometers long and took place this year on Thursday, August 29.
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The UTMB’s 2,600 runners head out of Chamonix on Friday evening, August 30. UTMB is the week’s most competitive event, and it makes a 170-kilometer loop around Mont Blanc, in doing so passing through Italy and Switzerland in addition to France.
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A young fan writes a good-luck message for Poland’s Marcin Świerc outside of the Les Contamines aid station. Świerc, a favorite for a top-10 finish in the men’s UTMB, unfortunately withdrew at the 50-kilometer mark.
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Another young fan in Les Contamines is apparently waiting to cheer for France’s Xavier Thévenard, who went on to take second place at UTMB.
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Spain’s Pau Capell rockets out of the Les Contamines aid station as darkness falls on Friday night. Capell went on to win the 2019 UTMB.
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UTMB runners’ family and friends take a 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning ‘nap’ in the Courmayeur aid station, 80 kilometers into the UTMB and in Italy, while waiting for their runners to arrive.
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Beth Pascall, of the United Kingdom, heads into the Courmayeur aid station. She went on to take fifth, a strong follow-up to her fourth place last year.
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Venezuela’s Moisés Jiménez runs through La Fouly in Switzerland on Saturday morning. He took 16th place in his debut 100 miler.
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The USA’s Courtney Dauwalter is calm and confident as she cruises into La Fouly. Dauwalter went on to win the 2019 UTMB.
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Lluis Ruiz of Spain cools off at the Trient aid station on Saturday afternoon in Switzerland. After a cool night on Friday, temperatures rose on Saturday leaving many racers feeling the effects of the heat.
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China’s Can-Hua Luo heads out of Vallorcine, France and toward the race’s final climb and descent. Luo took 11th place.