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Yo Saturnalia!
Get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail race at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 13.

Yo Saturnalia!
Get ready for a fun and festive holiday 10K trail race at Squaxin Park in Olympia, WA on December 13.

After an almost month-long breather since the UTMB Finals in Chamonix back in August of this year the UTMB World Series is back in action with 4 events on one weekend. The Grindstone Trail Running Festival by UTMB is the East Coast’s contribution to the series and gives “Beast Coast” runners a chance to get their stones on their side of the country. This entirely North American podium saw several new names and most notably Adelyn FAIRLEY taking the overall win in the 20K race.

Find Electric Cable Car’s complete UTMB coverage here, including results from the other events from this weekend. For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

100M 169km (100M – 4 Stones)

Women:

  1. Isabelle DANFORTH – USA – 26:36:23
  2. Justine KOKSAL – USA – 26:59:35
  3. Celia NALBACH – USA – 27:34:01

Men:

  1. Christopher SOBIE – USA – 21:47:22
  2. Yannick BERNARD – Canada – 22:43:54
  3. Nick LUDEN – USA – 23:12:21

100K 105km (100K – 3 Stones)

Women:

  1. Sandi NYPAVER – USA – 11:24:54
  2. Tessa CHESSER – USA – 12:15:24
  3. Jessica WINGO – USA – 12:38:26

Men:

  1. Mead BINHAMMER – USA – 09:38:11
  2. Nicholas GUARNACCIA – USA – 10:09:35
  3. Timothy NOONEY – USA – 10:22:58

50K 52km (50K – 2 Stones)

Women:

  1. Sarah BERGERON LAROUCHE – CAN – 04:25:36
  2. Gabrielle KENNELLEY – USA – 04:52:20
  3. Jessica SNYDER – USA – 05:01:08

Men:

  1. Ben ROBINSON – USA – 04:19:37
  2. Sarah BERGERON LAROUCHE – CAN – 04:25:36
  3. Pierre-Charles GENDRON – CAN – 04:29:20

21K 21km (20K – 1 Stone)

Women:

  1. Adelyn FAIRLEY – USA – 01:35:54
  2. Fiona GREIG – USA – 02:00:28
  3. Heather GOLLNICK – USA – 02:05:58

Men:

  1. Caleb KIRCHHOFF – USA – 01:38:15
  2. Jonathan TAY – USA – 01:59:45
  3. Devon FOGEL – USA – 02:00:25

Below are the overall numbers for this year’s Grindstone Trail Running Festival:

  • 100M Starters: 194. DNF: 85 + Finishers: 109. Women 13 (12%), Men 96 (88%).
  • 100K Starters: 263. DNF: 107 + Finishers: 156. Women 26 (17%), Men 130 (83%).
  • 50K Starters: 275. DNF: 36 + Finishers: 239. Women 63 (26%), Men 176 (74%).
  • 21K Starters: 135. DNF: 2 + Finishers: 133. Women 64 (48%), Men 69 (52%).

Grindstone Trail Running Festival 2025 saw a very small field of runners for a UTMB World Series event with a total of just 867 starters and 637 finishers. 166 (26%) women and 471 (74%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves their respective stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2026).

Next weekend is another massive week for the UTMB World Series with four events around the globe. Nice Côte d’Azur is back in Nice Côte d’Azur, France, the second edition of Ultra Trail Whistler in Whistler, BC Canada, and the first editions of both Malaysia Ultra Trail in Taiping, Malaysia, and Kaçkar in Kaçkar, Türkiye on 25-28 September, 2025. List the complete Electric Cable Car UTMB World Series coverage.

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