One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail race at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 14.

One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail races at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 14.

On trail running’s biggest week, June 26-30, 2024 the massive Lavardo Ultra Trail by UTMB might’ve been outshone in media coverage by Mont Blanc Marathon and of course Western States here in the US, but offered incredibly competitive racing in the beautiful Dolomites in Northern Italy.

Below are the top finishers, for full results visit UTMB live:

100M (120K – 4 Stones)

Women:

  1. Rosanna BUCHAUER – Germany – 14:09:23
  2. Giuditta TURINI – Italy – 15:19:03
  3. Michaela WOLF – Germany – 15:22:41

Men:

  1. Hannes NAMBERGER – Germany – 11:57:15
  2. Tom EVANS – Great Britain – 12:00:45
  3. Yannick NOËL – France – 12:12:37

100K (80K – 3 Stones)

Women:

  1. Emmiliese VON AVIS – USA – 09:50:03
  2. Virginia PÉREZ MESONERO – Spain – 09:51:03
  3. Kristýna ČERNÁ – Czech Republic – 09:53:36

Men:

  1. Patrick EHRENTHALER – Germany – 08:31:29
  2. Virgile MORISET – France – 08:36:01
  3. Andrea MACCHI – Italy – 09:05:59

50K (50K – 2 Stones)

Women:

  1. Elisa DESCO – Italy – 04:54:19
  2. Sofiia POROKHNAVETS – Ukraine – 05:08:19
  3. Andreea Alina PISCU – Romania – 05:09:42

Men:

  1. Antonio MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ – Spain – 04:15:17
  2. Luca DEL PERO – Italy – 04:16:07
  3. Mattia GIANOLA – Italy – 04:19:28

20K (20K – 1 Stone)

Women:

  1. Alice GAGGI – Italy – 01:52:03
  2. Ingrid MUTTER – Romania – 01:53:30
  3. Carrodilla CABESTRE LUCIA – Spain – 01:56:33

Men:

  1. Nadir MAGUET – Italy – 01:29:35
  2. Andrea ROSTAN – Italy – 01:30:30
  3. Lorenzo CAGNATI – Italy – 01:32:59

Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

  • 100M Starters: 1,614 – DNF: 374 – Finishers: 1,240. Women: 156 (13%) Men: 1,084 (87%)
  • 100K Starters: 921 – DNF: 162 – Finishers: 759. Women: 168 (22%) Men: 591 (78%)
  • 50K Starters: 1,676 – DNF: 106 – Finishers: 1,570. Women: 390 (25%) Men: 1,180 (75%)
  • 20K Starters: 651 – DNF: 24 – Finishers: 628. Women: 212 (34%) Men: 415 (66%)
  • 10K Starters: 362 – DNF: 1 – Finishers: 361. Women: 171 (47%) Men: 190 (53%)

Lavaredo delivers again (just watch the recap video and you’ll understand why this race on the top of the list of events I want to race\!). One of the most beautiful races in one of the most beautiful locations in the Alps saw in total there 5,224 starters and 4,558 finishers. 1,097 (24%) women and 3,461 (76%) men reached the finish line and folks earned themselves their respective stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025).

Next up on UTMB World Series Calendar, on July 3-7, 2024, we’re entering the heat of summer with three! UTMB events on one weekend including the European Major: France hosts Restonica Trail on the island of Corsica. Verbier, Switzerland hosts Trail Verbier St Bernard. And the UTMB Major, Val D’Aran is happening in the Pyrenees in Spain. To follow the races live visit the UTMB Live tracking website.

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