Colorado’s Hardrock 100, Switzerland’s Trail Verbier St. Bernard, and Idaho’s Beaverhead Endurance Runs were among the weekend’s big mountain runs.
You can also check out our race coverage from the weekend:
Hardrock 100 – Silverton, Colorado
Men
For the third year in a row, Ludovic Pommeret (France) won the “wild and tough” run through the San Juan Mountains. Remarkably, now at age 50, Pommeret set a new overall course record in 21:11. Pommeret led all of this year’s race, and his time was 22 minutes better than his previous record from 2024. He now has the race’s first, second, and sixth-fastest finishes ever.
Pommeret’s biggest challengers were to be 2025 UTMB winner Tom Evans (U.K.) and Jimmy Elam, and while Evans dropped at mile 58 with altitude sickness, Elam finished second in 23:48.
David Ayala moved up one spot from 2025 to finish third this year in 24:28. He was six minutes behind his 2025 finish time.
Ludovic Pommeret, the 2026 Hardrock 100 men’s champion. Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Women
As with the men’s run, the women’s run also had three main challengers for the win. All three of those women ultimately finished on the podium, but they were hours apart.
Courtney Dauwalter won for the fourth time and set a new clockwise direction course record in 26:03. That was eight minutes better than her previous best for this direction from 2024. Dauwalter’s earlier wins came in 2024, 2023, and 2022, and she now holds the race’s second, third, fourth, and fifth-fastest finishes ever, all trailing only Katie Schide’s 25:50 overall course record from last year.
After years of volunteering at Hardrock, Careth Arnold earned her first finish at the run. She was second in 30:32. This finish came after a breakout 2025 that included a win at TDS.
Tara Dower completed an audacious Western States 100-Hardrock 100 double with only 13 days between the two premier races. After a sixth-place finish at Western, Dower was third here in 33:02.
Courtney Dauwalter, the 2026 Hardrock 100 women’s champion. Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi
Restonica Trail by UTMB – Corte, France
The event was on the French island of Corsica, and most of the podiums were filled with host-country runners.
Ultra-Trail Di Corsica
The event’s long course went for 68 miles, and Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz (France) led most of the men’s race and won in 14:41. It was almost an hour later before second-place Gautier Airiau (France) finished in 15:31, and Louis Calais (France) was third in 16:17.
For the women, it was Manon Bohard Cailler, Chloe Pelissard, and Émilie Maroteaux, all from France, in at 20:28, 21:04, and 21:25, respectively.
Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz, the 2026 Restonica Trail men’s winner. Photo: UTMB
Manon Bohard Cailler, the 2026 Restonica Trail women’s winner. Photo: UTMB
Restonica Trail
After 43 miles and nearly 13,000 feet of climbing, Benjamin Roubiol (France) finished first in 7:10. It was close though, and Clément Génot (France) was only six minutes back in 7:16. Third-place was further out as Eliott Robin-Saje (France) came in at 7:58.
In the French women’s podium sweep, Sarah Vieuille was over an hour better than the rest of the women’s competition with a first-place finish in 9:33. Marie Chasseray and Camille Martins were second and third in 10:35 and 10:53.
Trail Verbier St. Bernard by UTMB – Verbier, Switzerland
X-Alpine
Race winners at the 87-mile distance were Bastien Fleury (France) and Hélène Dassy (Belgium) in 19:42 and 23:17.
X-Traversée
The 48-mile distance had a closer men’s podium. Clovis Chaverot (France) got away from Jean-Philippe Tschumi (Switzerland) in the last eight miles to finish first in 8:39. Tschumi was second in 8:48. Corentin Play (France) was a ways back at 9:13.
The women’s podium was even closer. At mile 33, Miria Meinheit (Germany) was over 10 minutes in front of Anna Carlsson (Sweden). At mile 40, Carlsson had flipped that to a three-minute lead on Meinheit. Meinheit fought back over the closing miles but never regained the lead, and the two finished only 45 seconds apart. Carlsson won in 10:29, and Meinheit was second in 10:30. Mélanie Delasoie (France) was third in 10:43.
Verbier Marathon
Both Lucien Mermillon (France) and Maude Mathys (Switzerland) were relatively unchallenged and won in 4:26 and 4:42. Mathys finished fourth overall.
[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.]
Aurélien Dunand Pallaz, the 2026 Restonica Trail men’s winner. Photo: UTMB
Maude Mathys, the 2026 Trail Verbier St. Bernard Marathon women’s winner. Photo: Trail Verbier St. Bernard.
Additional Races and Runs
Sinister 7 Ultra – Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada
The rugged 100-mile race had Isaiah Peters and Brogan MacDougall win in 18:50 and 21:55. Full results.
Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run – North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The longtime 30-mile race had Simon Widmann and Jennie Labrie atop its leaderboard in 4:53 and 5:30. Full results.
Siskiyou Out Back – Ashland, Oregon
Barely five minutes separated the first three men in the 100k. Robert Ressl won in 10:25, with Dakota Buer and Ian Wildermuth both in at 10:30 and only 19 seconds apart. Annie Behrend was out front in the women’s race in 12:35 with Nicki Monical and Kara Rawlings second and third in 13:15 and 13:53.
Erik Fykerud Jr. scored a five-minute win over Brett Hornig in the 50k in 4:00 and 4:05, and Eric Neill was third in 4:13. Katie Falkenberg edged Elisabeth Phillips-Jones for the women’s crown in 5:11 and 5:15, and Emily Giesen was third on the podium in 5:37.
Brink 100 Mile – Ashland, Oregon
The first-year race was held as part of the Siskiyou Out Back event, and after a downtown start, climbed 23,000 feet to finish on top of Mt. Ashland. The small field was led by James Holk in 20:59. Pavlina McGrady was the only women’s finisher in 37:05. Full results.
Honey Badger 100 Mile – Wichita, Kansas
Austin Cottner won the 100-mile road race in 22:03, and Randi Zuckerberg was first for the women in 23:38. Full results when available.
Austin Cotner, the Honey Badger 100 Mile men’s winner. Photo courtesy of the race.
Randi Zuckerberg, the Honey Badger 100 Mile women’s winner. Photo courtesy of the race.
San Lorenzo River Trail 50k – Santa Cruz, California
At 50-acre Harvey West Park, Jose Hernandez and Dora Jih won the 50k in 5:08 and 7:10. Full results.
Beaverhead Endurance Runs – Salmon, Idaho
The 100k and 55k are both challenging, high-altitude mountain runs. The 100k totaled almost 13,000 feet of elevation gain. Mac Moss was minutes ahead of Nathan Morgan for most of the men’s race and finished that way in 11:17 and 11:21. Katie Olwin trailed Jenna Maffey by 10 minutes at mile 50, but took the lead over the next six miles and won in 13:28. Maffey was second in 13:44. Skip Volpert was first man in the 55k in 6:32, but women’s winner JT Wynn was the overall winner in 6:01. Full results.
Teton Mountain Runs – Teton Village, Wyoming
In the 50k, Joseph Giarrusso won big in 6:12, but only 14 seconds separated the women’s first and second, Audrey Shingleton and Ashley Sinclair, who finished in 6:54 and 6:55. Jake Perrin and Siena Stanley won the 30k in 2:02 and 2:11. Full results.
Loon Mountain – Lincoln, New Hampshire
The uphill race had a $20,000 prize purse, with $5,000 to the winners. Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau won for the men in 50:40 and was over four minutes in front of second place. He won $1,500 two weeks ago at the Mt. Washington Road Race, also in New Hampshire. Amber Zimmerman had a similar lead in the women’s race. She won in 61:22 and was over three minutes faster than second. Full results.
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