iRunFar covered the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Champs this past week in Canfranc, Spain! Catch up with our results articles from the Trail World Champs Long Trail and Short Trail races, as well as the World Mountain Running Champs Uphill and Up and Down races.

Mathieu Blanchard – 2023 UTMB – before Champex Lac

Mathieu Blanchard (Salomon) looking strong and steady before Champex Lac. Photo: iRunFar/Sarah Brady
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Mathieu Blanchard - 2023 UTMB - before Champex Lac

Eszter Horanyi

Eszter Horanyi identifies as a Runner Under Duress, in that she’ll run if it gets her deep into the mountains or canyons faster than walking would, but she’ll most likely complain about it. A retired long-distance bike racer, she turned to running around 2014 and has a bad habit of saying yes to terribly awesome/awesomely terrible ideas on foot. The longer and more absurd the mission, the better. This running philosophy has led to an unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 and many long and wonderful days out in the mountains with friends.