It’s Transvulcania week, and iRunFar is in the Canary Islands! Read our previews of the Ultra, as well as the VK and Half Marathon, see our VK results article, and follow our live blogging of these races on Thursday and Saturday.

Joanna Welle 2026 Collegiate Peaks 50 Mile women’s winner

Joanna Welle, the 2026 Collegiate Peaks 50 Mile women’s winner. Photo courtesy of the race.

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Joanna Welle 2026 Collegiate Peaks 50 Mile women's 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.