Via the WSER Facebook page, of all places:

Race day may be 2 months away but we are readying WSER App 2.0 (iPhone) and are looking for some beta testers as we run a few race simulations to look for any issues in advance.

The new app will feature historical data and photos but much more pertinent will have the live broadcast, runner tracking, and notifications. An Android app will be released at a later date.

The tech disruption – or rather enhancement – is coming for our trail scene, I’ve been saying for a while now. It’ll be fascinating to see how this will be adopted, and how all the various feeds will be curated and pulled together in one application.

Sylvain Bolt for Swiss 24 Heures (translated from French):

The Sierre court ruled in favour of Julien Lyon, a Geneva coach who had been banned from any future involvement in the Anniviers race due to a doping case involving one of his athletes.

The Sierre Tribunal recognized that Julien Lyon bears no personal responsibility in the Sierre-Zinal 2025 doping case.

First off, I will say that I did not read the full article due to the newspapers paywall. I am searching for more information on this and will update this article when I get more details. But nonetheless, this is massive development in one of the biggest doping cases in our sport’s recent history.

The race with the ‘s’ in Canyons. The ‘other Western States’. The event that was previously a UTMB Major and the last Golden Ticket race in the lead up to Western States. This event has seen the greats in our sport racing, chasing, and running on the historic Western States trail. Known for poison ivy incidents, lots of course changes over the years, and one of the first events to sell to UTMB back in 2022. The first UTMB race I ran in 2023 to get my first stones, which got me to OCC in 2024.

This year at Electric Cable Car I’ll cover the event, and all the races – remotely, in real time – bringing you all the action from all the channels and sources in one digestible live-ticker. One web page, reload, and you’re informed.

Announced today via IG and email affecting all runners racing UTMB this year and beyond:

Between Notre-Dame de la Gorge and Col du Bonhomme, over a 6-to-7-kilometer stretch (mostly uphill), you must use the red-light mode on your headlamps when crossing the Contamines-Montjoie Nature Reserve. 

Why? 

Some scientific studies show that white light can disturb nocturnal wildlife, whereas red light is less noticeable to many species. 

Equipment: only one of your two required headlamps needs to be equipped with this mode. 

Today would be a good day for UTMB to announce an official headlamp sponsor for their World Series.

Puerto Vallarta by UTMB was supposed to happen earlier in the year, but due to forces beyond the race organizations control the event had to be moved to a later date.

A few years ago when this race was first announced as a UTMB event American runners were quite excited about it, but this year hardly any US runner made it across the border to race, which is kind of a bummer.

Find all UTMB coverage on my dedicated UTMB page here.

For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

81K Hikuri – (100K – 3 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Mandy CURRIE – Canada – 12:01:35
2. Karla PICARD – Mexico – 13:01:19
3. Lucero Abigaith GOMEZ ESPINDOLA – Mexico – 13:04:12

Men:

1. Juan BELMAN ORTIZ – Mexico – 08:45:44
2. Cristhian LAGOS – Columbia – 08:56:25
3. Luis URBINA – Mexico – 09:02:24

53K Nakawe – (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Josefina PEREZ – Mexico – 06:35:48
2. María Del Rocío FLORES CARDENAS – Mexico – 06:59:39
3. Patricia OLIVOS AGUILAR – Mexico – 07:06:44

Men:

1. Miguel Ángel PÉREZ ALVARADO – Mexico – 05:21:33
2. Eder BELMONT SÁNCHEZ – Mexico – 05:31:39
3. Gabriel BOIN – France – 05:34:47

37K Haramara (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Nayeli DE LA TORRE SEGURA – MEX – 04:36:09
2. Mariana MALDONADO – MEX – 04:52:07
3. Maria Alicia SANCHEZ TORRES – MEX – 05:09:37

Men:

1. Esteban RODRÍGUEZ VÁZQUEZ – MEX – 03:42:06
2. Abraham HERNÁNDEZ – MEX – 03:18:15
3. Juan Carlos CARERA CASAS – MEX – 03:36:41

20K Ereno (20K – 1 Stone) – Full Results

Women:

1. María Magdalena BARBA LAZARO – Mexico – 02:16:33
2. Mary Tere MORA LUNA – Mexico – 02:35:49
3. Catherine CASTRO VILLICAÑA – Mexico – 02:36:42

Men:

1. José OCHOA OCHOA – Mexico – 02:10:10
2. Brayan RODRÍGUEZ FLORES – Mexico – 01:50:03
3. Jeff ROSAS – Mexico – 01:57:32

Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

• 81K Starters: 171. DNF: 22 + Finishers: 234. Women 24 (16%), Men 125 (84%).
• 53K Starters: 335. DNF: 35 + Finishers: 422. Women 62 (21%), Men 238 (79%).
• 37K Starters: 268. DNF: 14 + Finishers: 543. Women 86 (34%), Men 168 (66%).
• 20K Starters: 401. DNF: 17 + Finishers: 241. Women 189 (49%), Men 195 (51%).
• 5K Starters: 84. DNF: 2 + Finishers: 82. Women 44 (54%), Men 38 (46%).

Puerto Vallarta by UTMB saw a total 1,259 starters and 1,169 finishers. 405 (35%) women and 764 (65%) men reached the finish line and earned collectively 1,939 UTMB Stones.

Next up, on 23-26 April 2026 we’ll head to France for Grand Raid Ventoux and to California for the final WSER Golden Ticket race for 2026 The Canyons Endurance Runs.

There are many ways of how one can pick their next trail race. The new website: discovertrailraces.com focuses on the price of entry as compared to distance of each race. Creator Danny from the ‘about’ page of site:

I love exploring new races and saw that it was a pain in the butt for people to find good, vetted races that also fit with their big race goals. Crappy websites, poor checkout processes, and also rising race prices kind of got me upset.

The key feature of this new (still in beta) tool is a collection of trail running events sorted by ‘cost per kilometer’. This allows any user to quickly scan and find the cheapest events for each region. While I personally would not choose to run an event just purely based on cost I appreciate the focus.

Well, that was quick. Nike shoots another own goal with their divisive and abrasive marketing campaign and takes it down (Hayden West for Canadian Running with the story):

A Boston Marathon Nike campaign, put up outside its flagship store on Newbury St. in Boston on Thursday, has the running world up in arms. The sign, which read, “Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated,” was heavily criticized for pace-shaming and not being inclusive to runners of all levels or abilities. On Friday, Nike removed the sign and issued an apology.

So, what happened?

• Nike’s not an official sponsor, so this fits squarely into the ambush marketing campaign category the roll out a billboard in Boston – ahead of the Boston Marathon – with the message: “Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated“.
• Already earlier this week they got into hot water for a similarly messaged billboard a a UK ParkRun. This one said: “You didn’t come all this way for a walk in the park.” Another ambush marketing message completely missing the point of the ParkRun culture.
• Last year at the London Marathon they had a similar billboard with the message: ““Never Again. Until Next Year.” This one reminding folks of a phrase tied to Holocaust remembrance.

So, Nike knows exactly what they are doing with these billboards. And maybe the “mea culpa” take down after the outcry is totally planned into all this. After all “all news is good news”, or so used to be the excuse when a marketing campaign falls flat on its face.

I don’t subscribe to that notion. These billboards, and the mentality behind the message it feels straight out of bullying culture. It’s totally against what running has been standing for over the last few years. The whole ‘run club’ culture has been about embracing the casual run as supposed seeing the sport just performance based. Even Satisfy which had introduced an elitist urban cool against the garish colored running brand status quo never had to resort to this sort of brain dead messaging. There’s trying to be different and then there’s just being completely out of touch. Nike, once heralded as the definition of cool and at the heart of culture has completely lost the plot here. Appalling.

Nike is a big corporation and so I am not going to throw this campaign at the feet of the same folks who are working on the ACG rollout, but IF this Nike is now entering our sport than our best moments during the golden hour are a smack in the face of these “creative minds” with their six figure jobs.

Just received via email press announcement:

For 2026 we maintain our 25 guaranteed free bibs for para athletes and are excited to announce that in partnership with Fractel – our official headwear partner responsible for EVERY Trailfest hat ever crafted – we will offer over $6,000 in prize money to para athletes who podium in the 26k – 5 women, 5 men.

This is a really wonderful and smart play. More of this please.

Mile & Stone shared the LinkedIn post by Ben Zhou, China Marketing Director for NNormal with the announcement:

Today we’re thrilled to open NNormal ’s 1st store in China, right here at Taikoo Li, Chengdu!

The space celebrates our brand story and values, highlights Kilian Jornet ’s legendary achievements, and showcases Kilian Jornet Foundation ’s mission. And of course, you’ll find our full collection of outdoor gear.

Over the last year we were wondering how NNormal is actually doing beyond outfitting Kilian. Their move into China is an interesting one to follow.

Aaron Lutze and Dylan Bowman talked about China as a market for outdoor brands and how these brand partnerships are positioned over there on a couple episodes of Second Nature which are worth listening to.

AllBirds maker of shitty lifestyle shoes that looked like they were designed by AI does the inevitable Silicon Valley thing and pivots to AI. Oliver Haill has the story for Proactive:

The company said the deal will fund plans to “pivot its business to AI compute infrastructure” and become a “fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service and AI-native cloud solutions provider”.

So, back in 2021 (right after COVID when the world had lost its taste for awhile) they IPO’d and were shortly after valued at $4.1 billion. Then a couple of weeks ago sold their assets and intellectual property for $39 million. Now comes the pivot along with new investment and the inevitable stock surge. This feels like a money laundering scheme, hahahaha… I have no idea how any of this works but I recommend you looking up their stock symbol. Be sure to zoom out to five years and check what today’s news did to their stock in the grand scheme of things.

L’Équipe has Kilian Jornet and Michel Poletti sitting down for a chat (shared via IG reel):

What do you think should be the next big priority for the sport? We’re curious to hear your take.

The issues of elite access and consideration as well as women participation have been tackled and addressed. The concern about sustainability and environmentalism is, and will be a forever moving target that will be hard to claim ‘success’ at. The doping issue is a similar moving target that can only get addressed by pouring it more and more money.

So, what is next for UTMB?

On the business side things are humming along nicely for UTMB – they’ve achieved profitability in just a few short years. This leaves the door open for UTMB ask this question, and what a fascinating one it is.

Sean Haworth on ACG’s “activation” at this weekend’s Gorge races shared on Instagram the sentiment in a story that will disappear within 24hrs so I can’t link to it directly. The highlights form his post:

Nike proving again that they’re the queen of trying to buy cool. This is everything personally never wanted in trail running.

Reminds me of the Lululemon FURTHER campaign.
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The art is beautiful. The design is so, so good. They did it better than it’s ever been done in trail, in my opinion.

And still, I find it all lacking substance. Lacking soul.

Lacking what I and many others love about the mountains, trail races, running, and about this community.

Woof. Is that it? Is that what’s been irking me about this massive rollout? I agree that “they did it better than it’s ever been done in trail”. And yet, something felt off and I can’t quite put my finger on it yet. What I 100% want to steer away from just sounding like I’m gatekeeping here. I don’t feel like ACG is “ruining my perspective of trail running”, that’s not it.

Maybe it’s just that they used too much orange… like Lululemon did a few years ago already.

Brian Morrison finally published the tell-all book he’s been teasing for a long time:

For nearly one hundred miles through the brutal heat of California’s Sierra Nevada, Morrison ran stride for stride with the sport’s greatest champion, chasing what seemed impossible: victory at the world’s most iconic ultramarathon.

Then, within sight of the finish line, everything fell apart.

In one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Western States Endurance Run, Morrison collapsed on the track just 250 meters from victory. What followed was confusion, controversy, and heartbreak that would ripple through the ultrarunning world for years.

I’ve heard many variations and bits and pieces of this story in recent years. Can’t wait to read the definite account ‘from the horses mouth’.

Not sure why I can’t find the book on Bookshop.org, but you can get it on Amazon.

Freetrail shares the news on Instagram:

One of the world’s most decorated trail runners, Zach Miller turns his competitive sights towards Western States for the first time in his storied career.

Still needing qualification, Zach’s name recently appeared on the Canyons 100k start list…

Zach is not just one of the most decorated trail runners but also one of the most beloved by fans. Recently plagued by injury we haven’t seen him at at lot of start lists, so this is a welcome ‘welcome back’.

As a sidenote: Zach was one of the characters in the UTMB/PTRA fallout where top athletes like Kilian and Zach were back-dooring an email chain trying to convince other elites to boycott UTMB in favor of running an independent race. This spectacularly backfired and he’s been one of the last elite runners we haven’t seen back at a UTMB event since all this went down back in 2024. Zach is racing Canyons 100k in hopes to get a Golden Ticket to Western States. So not entirely to get back to Chamonix right away, but my money is on him getting back to the Alps in due time.

Alex Cyr in an op-ed for Marathon Handbook:

Runners had to decide which part of this new model sounded most dreadful: lugging a flask for 26 miles and braving potential mid-race lineups just to hydrate; or going full-Sahara and risking dehydration to avoid the awkwardness of carrying water; or accepting that all of it — however virtuous it may appear on Instagram — had next to no impact on the race’s footprint anyway. Yes, the Paris Marathon jeopardized the performance and safety of its runners for negligible, if not symbolic, sustainability gains.

Oh the dreadful horror of having to lug a flask for 26 miles.

Yes, it’s a logistical challenge to try to provide efficient aid stations for thousands of runners compared to the few that trickle in at an trail race, stretched out by the terrain of the course, that I give Alex. But his main argument is that the CO2 saving of going cupless is an environmental rounding error and not worth the effort. Which is just a lazy argument letting everyone off the hook in trying to reshape the way we operate, cause “our individual efforts anyway don’t make a difference”. But it’s exactly this thinking that leads us to not caring about our own actions and those of others. Let’s care more. Let’s try new things. Let’s believe that our small efforts can lead to bigger change.

The very orange Gorge Waterfalls races by Daybreak and Freetrail happened this week. I previously mentioned Nike/ACG’s colorful takeover of the event. It’s definitely worth browsing the photos and reels on Instagram to see just how much ACG is committed to the bit. It worked extremely well against the moody PNW waterfalls pics.

Let’s start with the podium of the three different distances (check UltraSignup for the full results):

100K

Women:

1. Lotti Brinks – Boise, ID – 9:06:23 – HOKA
2. Liz Hogan – Salida, CO – 9:58:33 – Nike employee
3. Erin Moyer – Washoe Valley, NV – 10:05:15 – NA

Men:

1. Jeshurun Small – Golden, CO – 8:07:29 – Adidas
2. Drew Holmen – Boulder, CO – 8:22:11 – ACG
3. Rob King – Washington Court House, OH – 8:44:19 – Aravaipa

50K

Women:

1. Jennifer Lichter – Missoula, MT – 4:08:02 – ACG
2. Miao Yao – China – 4:11:46 – ACG
3. Tara Dower – Durango, CO – 4:17:06 – Altra

Men:

1. Koken Ogasawara – Tokyo, Japan – 3:40:25 – ACG
2. Anthony Costales – Salt Lake City, UT – 3:48:19 – ACG
3. David Norris – Steamboat Springs, CO – 3:56:05 – ON

30K:

Women:

1. Lauren Gregory – Nederland, CO – 2:13:37 – ACG
2. Tayler Tuttle – Longmont, CO – 2:15:58 – NA
3. Riley Brady – USA – 2:20:38 – ACG

Men:

1. Mason Coppi – Lakewood, CO – 1:58:34 – NA
2. Liam Meirow – Portland, OR – 1:59:17 – ACG
3. Grant Colligan – Golden, CO – 2:03:48 – Speedland

The festivities in the Columbia Gorge got slightly interrupted by comments and questions being raised on how some elites, those sponsored by ACG, were given preferential treatment at the starting line. Here’s what I can parse went down:

For the 30K and 50K all runners are being bussed to a logistically challenging trailhead for the starting line. The official race management directive is NO PRIVATE CARS – EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE THE SHUTTLE. As it turned out, the shuttles had challenges to get to the trailhead and upon arrival the ACG runners were already there, had plenty of time to warm up and seemingly took dedicated transportation to get there.

Asked on Instagram by Sean Olson:

Care to address the bus of runners that were given no time to warmup due to driver error? As well as Nike runners being given an unfair advantage by not having to adhere to the race rules for getting to the start?

Freetrail responds:

We made the decision to balance the late bus arrival with a 15 minute delayed start. We do our best to be flexible given the complexities of the event logistics, while also accounting for the time of everyone involved in the event. Nike ACG is presenting sponsor of our event and our agreement allows for their access to the start line.

That busses arrive late is a logistical challenge, that on one side isn’t new for this race, but shit does happen and I am not gonna rake them over the coals for this one. (Although it’s worth nothing that if this would happen at a UTMB race they’d get heat for it. And if local races aim to play on the worlds’ stage they need to get these things sorted out, just like the big guys.) But the last sentence in the comment from Freetrail is the rub here.

Nike ACG is presenting sponsor of our event and our agreement allows for their access to the start line.

If anyone is receiving preferential treatment – especially one they are contractually committed to – it probably should be known to the other runners. Especially if elites are competing for a prize purse that’s been furnished by the same sponsor who’s aiming to give its athlete a leg up. In the grand scheme of things I don’t think this is a HUGE deal, but in a sport that prides itself with giving everyone equal access to to the same starting line this can been seen as a potential ominous sign – especially since it’s not out in the open. This is the side of increased professionalism we don’t want to see in trail running.

In other sports home field advantages are well documented and can be a real boost to the receiving athletes. But in team sports this is supposed to balance itself out by teams competing at home and on the road in equal measures. Mostly that advantage is supposed to come from fans in the stands and not written into the contract unbeknownst to the competing athletes.

Nike/ACG is currently making a big splash in our sport, and with that they a target in their back. They gotta WANT to get things right – especially given the amount of money they are throwing around – as this has the potential to distort realities very quickly.

Addendum:

Above, for the podiums I added the brand sponsors for each of the athletes (Information taken from Freetrail’s Fantasy tracker and Instagram). Daybreak/Freetrail announced a prize purse for Gorge of $75,000 combined. This was the breakdown:

• 100K: $15,000 for 1st Place; $7,000 for 2nd Place; $4,000 for 3rd Place
• 50K: $5,000 for 1st Place; $2,000 for 2nd Place; $1,000 for 3rd Place
• 30K: $2,000 for 1st Place; $1,000 for 2nd Place; $500 for 3rd Place

In total (if I include Nike employee Liz Hogan, who’s not an elite runner but came in 2nd in the 100K women’s race) Nike/ACG runners walked away from this weekend with a combined $31,500 or 42% of the total purse. Not a bad haul.

The Mountaineers shares the news:

We are deeply saddened to share the passing of legendary mountaineer, author, and lifelong Mountaineers member Jim Whittaker. Jim passed away peacefully at his home in Port Townsend on April 7, 2026, with his wife Dianne and other family members at his side. ‘Big Jim’ was 97. 

Jim was a beloved legend among mountaineers worldwide and one of the most influential climbers in American history.
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 In 1963, Jim became the first American to summit Mount Everest, reaching the top alongside his Sherpa partner, Nawang Gombu. A parade was thrown in his honor in Seattle, and Jim was awarded the Hubbard Medal by President John Kennedy. 

REI press release:

For REI, Jim’s legacy is at our very core. Hired in 1955 by REI Co-op co-founder Lloyd Anderson as our first full-time paid employee, Jim was an early leader and went on to serve as the second CEO from 1971 to 1979.

I met Jim many years ago in Seattle at an event with fellow mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Back then I had no idea how truly influential he was for the Washington outdoor industry and way beyond that. Truly a remarkable person. What an inspirational life he lived.

Desert RATS by UTMB in Fruita, Colorado kicked off UTMB racing in the US for this year.

Find all UTMB coverage on my dedicated UTMB page here.

For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

100K – 102K (100K – 3 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Heather JACKSON – USA – 09:45:12
2. Tay CAVETT – USA – 09:52:04
3. Corinne SHALVOY – USA – 10:20:24

Men:

1. Spencer SHELLBERG – USA – 08:19:29
2. Michael MITCHELL – USA – 09:21:20
3. Cody COOK – USA – 09:24:25

50K – 49K (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Sarah CARTER – USA – 04:09:45
2. Claudia TREMPS – ESP – 04:09:57
3. Sydney PETERSEN – USA – 04:15:22

Men:

1. Taylor STACK – USA – 03:39:41
2. Justin GRUNEWALD – USA – 03:44:25
3. Preston CATES – USA – 00:22:42

21K – 20K (20K – 1 Stone) – Full Results

Women:

1. Janelle LINCKS – USA – 01:36:48
2. Mira RAI – NEP – 01:46:14
3. Chloe RYLANCE – GBR – 01:46:31

Men:

1. Whit BLAIR – USA – 01:23:05
2. Marty ANDRIE – USA – 01:27:30
3. Brian GLASSEY – USA – 01:27:42

Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

• 100K Starters: 280. DNF: 46 + Finishers: 234. Women 50 (21%), Men 184 (79%).
• 50K Starters: 446. DNF: 24 + Finishers: 422. Women 142 (34%), Men 280 (66%).
• 21K Starters: 547. DNF: 4 + Finishers: 543. Women 276 (51%), Men 83 (49%).
• 10K Starters: 241. DNF: 0 + Finishers: 241. Women 158 (66%), Men 445 (34%).

Desert RATS by UTMB saw a total 1,514 starters (increase of 18% over last year) and 1,440 finishers. 626 (43%) women and 814 (57%) men – that’s almost gender parity in the 4 distances combined! – reached the finish line and earned collectively 2,089 UTMB Stones.

Next up, on 23-26 April 2026 we’ll head to France for the Grand Raid Ventoux and to California for the final WSER Golden Ticket race for 2026 The Canyons Endurance Runs.

Istria 100 by UTMB in the Republic of Croatia is one of the biggest early season races in Europe and one of the biggest trail events in Eastern Europe period.

For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

168K (100M – 4 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Marina OANA – Romania – 21:36:12
2. Martina KLANCNIK POTRČ – Slovenia – 22:07:08
3. Hana VÁCHOVÁ – Czech Republic – 23:05:58

Men:

1. Bartosz GORCZYCA – Poland – 17:56:25
2. Juuso SIMPANEN – Finland – 19:05:50
3. Piotr UZNANSKI – Poland – 20:20:43

110K (100K – 3 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Anna-Stiina ERKKILÄ – Finland – 11:05:40
2. Beliana HILBERT – Germany – 11:56:52
3. Enrica DEMATTEIS – Italy – 12:00:40

Men:

1. Patrik MILATA – Slovakia – 09:27:19
2. Gionata COGLIATI – Italy – 09:49:44
3. Alexandros KARYKAS – Greece – 10:37:38

69K (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Rosanna BUCHAUER – Geramny – 06:00:15
2. Mirjam NIEDERBERGER – Switzerland – 06:23:19
3. Miria MEINHEIT – Germany – 06:32:51

Men:

1. Gianluca GHIANO – Italy – 05:39:08
2. Suman KULUNG – Nepal – 05:40:17
3. Martin HALASZ – Slovakia – 05:44:03

42K (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

1. Camilla MAGLIANO – Italy – 03:21:44
2. Emily SCHMITZ – USA – 03:49:44
3. Camilla RIZZARDI – Italy – 03:56:34

Men:

1. Roberto DELORENZI – Switzerland – 02:50:48
2. Lorenzo BELTRAMI – Italy – 02:51:57
3. Roger COMELLAS ESPELT – Spain – 03:10:22

21K (20K – 1 Stone) – Full Results

Women:

1. Vivien BONZI – Italy – 01:23:10
2. Adéla HAITLOVÁ – Czech Republic – 01:30:19
3. Viktoria SCHMIDHUBER – Austria – 01:36:42

Men:

1. Isacco COSTA – Italy – 01:08:25
2. Jacopo TURRA – Italy – 01:16:28
3. Michael ZAGATO – Italy – 01:20:50

Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

• 168K Starters: 374. DNF: 118 + Finishers: 256. Women 33 (13%), Men 223 (87%).
• 110K Starters: 472. DNF: 58 + Finishers: 414. Women 83 (20%), Men 331 (80%).
• 69K Starters: 633. DNF: 55 + Finishers: 578. Women 208 (36%), Men 370 (64%).
• 42K Starters: 682. DNF: 29 + Finishers: 653. Women 208 (32%), Men 445 (68%).
• 21K Starters: 417. DNF: 5 + Finishers: 412. Women 199 (48%), Men 213 (52%).

Istria 100 by UTMB saw a total 2,578 starters and 2,313 finishers. 731 (32%) women and 1,582 (68%) men reached the finish line and earned collectively 5,140 UTMB Stones.

Next up, on 23-26 April 2026 we’ll head to France for the Grand Raid Ventoux and to California for the final WSER Golden Ticket race for 2026 The Canyons Endurance Runs.

Calamorro Skyrace 2026 Results in the Andalusia region of Spain is the fourth spot of the Skyrunner World Series. Watch the highlight video.

Find all Skyrunning coverage on my dedicated page.

Here are the current rankings and below are your top podium finishers:

Calamorro Skyrace – 30KM +2,200 m

Women:

1. Sara Alonso – Spain – 3:25:42
2. Jane Maus – USA – 3:33:55
3. Shangave Balendran – Norway – 3:36:48
4. Elena Karanfiloska – North Macedonia – 3:37:19
5. Patricia Pineda – Spain – 3:40:09

Men:

1. Manuel Merillas – Spain – 2:51:13
2. Frederic Tranchand – France – 2:51:37
3. Tom Spencer – Great Britain – 2:52:37
4. Marcos Villamuera – Spain – 2:54:13
5. Mattia Tanara – Italy – 2:57:57

Next up, we’re heading to Asia for the first time this season for the Penang Skyrace in Malaysia on 26th April 2026.