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Christian Allen – 2025 Broken Arrow Ascent – mens winner

Christian Allen on his way to a win and spot on Team USA for the Uphill World Mountain Running Championships. Photo: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi

By on June 20, 2025 | Comments

Christian Allen - 2025 Broken Arrow Ascent - mens winner

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.