The Mountain Running World Cup, Skyrunner World Series, and World Trail Majors all featured on the weekend.
For more racing this week, follow along for our incoming recaps of TDS, OCC, and CCC ahead of our in-depth UTMB live coverage starting on Friday.
Mountain Running World Cup – Ljubljana, Slovenia
After 13 races on three continents over the course of four months, the World Mountain Running Association wrapped up its 2025 Mountain Running World Cup with two races at different venues on back-to-back days.
Velika Planina Uphill Race
Josphat Kiprotich (Kenya) struck first, but Richard Omaya Atuya (Kenya) ruled late. Omaya Atuya won the 8.5-kilometer climb and its 1,280 meters of gain in 50:21. Kiprotich was second in 51:14, and last week’s Sierre-Zinal winner Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) was third in 52:18. Kenyan runners took four of the top five finish spots.
Richard Omaya Atuya , the 2025 Velika Planina Uphiil Race men’s champion. Photo: WMRA/Marco Gulberti
World Cup women’s leader Scout Adkin (U.K.) was a late scratch from the event, and Susanna Saapunki (Finland) went out hard and dominated in 61:43. She was nearly three minutes up on every other woman. Benedetta Broggi (Italy) edged Kirsty Dickson (U.K.) by a single second for the runner-up spot. Broggi ran 64:32 to Dickson’s 64:33.
Andrea Mayr (Austria) was fourth in 65:03 and pre-race shared that she would not defend her win at the 2023 World Mountain Running Championships Uphill at next month’s event in Spain.
Susanna Saapunki, the 2025 Velika Planina Uphill Race women’s champion. Photo: WMRA/Marco Gulberti
Šmarna Gora
The next day 10k went up 705 meters and down 350 meters for a net uphill course, but this terrain was more in favor to Kiriago. Kiprotich, Kiriago, and Omaya Atuya broke away early but Kiriago moved to the lead late and set a new course record in 40:47. He was 43 seconds better than Omaya Atuya’s year-old former course best. Kirago’s performances over the two days of racing allowed him to move ahead in and win this year’s World Cup.
Kiprotich was second in 40:55 and the day prior’s uphill winner Omaya Atuya was third in 41:07. Kenyan runners took the first five finish spots.
World Cup overall women’s winner Scout Adkin was again out with injury, and Gloria Chebet (Kenya) led all of the women’s race and toward a 49:55 winning time. Valentine Rutto (Kenya) edged Courtney Coppinger (U.S.) for third, 51:02 to 51:09, and uphill legend Mayr doubled back for fourth in 51:49.
Full results (when available).
Philemon Kiriago, the men’s champion of the 2025 Mountain Running World Cup finale in Šmarna Gora. Photo: WMRA/Marco Gulberti
Gloria Chebet, the women’s champion of the 2025 Mountain Running World Cup finale in Šmarna Gora. Photo: WMRA/Marco Gulberti
Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme – Zermatt, Switzerland
The expert-level race was the year’s 16th Skyrunner World Series contest, and it was run on a 26k course with 3,066 meters of climbing. That’s 16 miles and with 10,060 feet of up. It was all against the backdrop of the Matterhorn and had several glacier crossings on course.
Both William Boffelli (Italy) and Anastasia Rubtsova (Russia) won the race for the third time, and neither was especially challenged.
Frederic Tranchand (France) led the opening climb, but after that, Boffelli took over in the men’s race. He won in 3:25, a full five minutes better than second-place Manuel Merillas (Spain). Lucien Mermillion (France) was a surprise third in 3:31, and early leader Tranchand slid back to fourth in 3:33.
Rubtsova led from the first climb and finished first in 4:14, nearly 10 minutes ahead of the second-place woman. It was a closer race for second, and Maria Christen (Switzerland) edged Lucille Germain (France) by 22 seconds. Both finished in 4:23.
William Boffelli, the 2025 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme men’s champion. Photo: Skyrunner World Series
Anastasia Rubtsova, the 2025 Matterhorn Ultraks Extreme women’s champion. Photo: Skyrunner World Series
Grand Raid des Pyrénées – Vielle-Aure, France
The five-day event hosted nearly 8,000 runners on the French side of the Pyrénées mountain range. Of the eight events held over the weekend, the Ultra Tour 160k was part of the World Trail Majors series, and the Tour du Neovielle was part of the World Trail Majors Short Series. Top finishers in the two events were nearly all from the host country.
Ultra Tour 160k
Only a third place in the women’s race stopped a French sweep of the long course podiums.
Gwendal Moysan, Baptiste Hagnere, and Fabrice Arene, all of France, were the top men in 21:49, 23:27, and 24:30 in the 100-mile race.
For the women, French runners Jocelyne Pauly and Juliette Archambeau ran first and second in 27:40 and 28:01, and Wen-Fei Xie (China) was third in 29:53.
Gwendal Moysan wins the 2025 Grand Raid des Pyrénées Ultra Tour 160k. Photo: Linka Production/Grand Raid des Pyrénées/World Trail Majors
Jocelyne Pauly wins the 2025 Grand Raid des Pyrénéees Ultra Tour 160k. Photo: Linka Production/Grand Raid des Pyrénées/World Trail Majors
Tour du Neovielle
The 43k race was part of the Short Series division of the World Trail Majors and crowned French runners Clément Lalba and Amaia Bouniol as champs in 3:46 and 5:05.
Additional Races and Run
L’echappée Belle – Allevard, France
The 96k race had Arthur Joyeux-Bouillon (France) and Eliot Retulli (France) in a first-place tie at 13:47, and Lorna Bonnel (France) in front of the women’s race in 17:00. Nicolas Menard (France) and Maryline Nakache (France) won the 63k distance in 8:08 and 9:40. Full results.
Moose Mountain 50k – Calgary, Alberta
Canadians Thomas Jefferson led the men’s race in 4:46, and Heather Henry won the women’s race, finishing in 5:19. Full results.
Thomas Jefferson wins the 2025 Moose Mountain 50k. Photo: Harsh Gulati
Heather Henry, the 2025 Moose Mountain 50k women’s champion. Photo: Harsh Gulati
Xterra Costa Rica – Las Catalinas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
The two-lap 30k run was part of the Xterra Trail Run World Series. Race winners Gabriel Quiros and Paola Herrera ran 2:43 and 3:06. Full results.
Cirque Series – Alta, Utah
This one went 7.1 miles with 2,545 feet of climbing. Mason Coppi has ruled the Cirque Series for most of the last two years, and that was the case here too. Coppi won in 60:36, way up on everyone else. Anthony Williams and Griffin Briley were second and third in 63:55 and 65:02. Coppi’s 2025 U.S. Mountain Running Team comrade Cam Smith was back in fourth at 66:06. Alexa Aragon took the women’s crown in 74:39. Annie Dube and Janelle Lincks conquered the mountain next in 76:45 and 77:33. Both winners took home $1,000. Full results.
Westminster Night Trail 50k – Westminster, Colorado
Race winners Shad Mika and Maude Ariosa finished the 50k at Standley Lake in 4:05 and 4:36. Full results.
The 2025 Westminster Night Trail 50k men’s podium (left to right): 2. Gryphon Ketterling, 1. Shad Mika, and 3. Jared Thigpen. Photo courtesy of the race.
The women’s podium for the 2025 Westminster Night Trail 50k (left to right): 2. Alissa Rausch, 1. Maude Ariosa, and 3. Sara Gardhouse. Photo courtesy of the race.
Staunton Rocks Trail Marathon – Conifer, Colorado
Staunton State Park was in the news earlier in the week for a park ranger stabbing hoax, but the weekend gave way to Gnar Runners trail marathon and half-marathon races inside the state park. Tripp Hipple and Stephanie Schauder won the marathon in 3:38 and 4:48, and Dylan Dille and Sara Haefele were best in the half marathon in 1:52 and 2:08. Full results.
Telluride Mountain Run – Telluride, Colorado
The 40-mile race had Adam Loomis and Anna Ellis as its champs in 7:49 and 10:35, and Whit Blair edged Helen Mino Faukner for the overall 24-mile win in 4:54. Mino Faukner was the women’s champ in 4:57. Full results.
Midwest States 100 Mile – Westboro, Wisconsin
Tim Adamski won the men’s race in 22:56, and Sarah Krebs was the top woman in 31:58. Full results.
Tim Adamski, winner of the 2025 Midwest States 100 Mile. Photo courtesy of the race.
Sarah Krebs on her way to winning the 2025 Midwest States 100 Mile. Photo courtesy of the race.
ScoCo50 – Long Grove, Iowa
Phil Young topped the men’s 50k in 3:43, and Kasey Froeschle won the women’s race in 4:52. Froeschle also won the 50k event in 2022 and 2024. Full results.
Habanero Hundred – Cat Spring, Texas
The hottest race in Texas had German Garcia and Alyssa McClellan run 20:16 and 22:36 for the 100-mile distance. It was Garcia’s sixth finish at the event. Full results.
Continental Divide Trail Run 50k – Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Race local Michael Mitchell won in 4:18, and Kristina Mascarenas clipped 55 seconds from a seven-year-old Courtney Dauwalter course record while winning the women’s race in 4:36. Full results.
Michael Mitchell on his way to winning the 2025 Continental Divide Trail Run 50k. Photo: Jordan Chappell
Kristina Mascarenas, the women’s champion of the 2025 Continental Divide Trail Run 50k. Photo: Jordan Chappell
Call for Comments
Wildfire forced the cancellation of the Oregon Cascades 100 Mile. What other events were impacted by weather?
