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.

This is only the second year for this event and it’s already selling out at almost 5,000 runners. The beautiful and magical Trail Alsace Grand Est by UTMB happened this past weekend (May 17-20, 2024) in the Alsace Region of France. Check here for my pre-race coverage.

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

UTDC (171 KM – 4 STONES)

Women:

  1. Jenny JOSEFSSON – Sweden – 24:04:30
  2. Francesca CANEPA – Italy – 26:35:00
  3. Isabelle WASMES – Belgium – 29:10:02

Men:

  1. Sébastien SPEHLER – France – 17:24:21
  2. Florian PIERRE – France – 18:17:19
  3. Clément DESILLE – France – 18:51:27

UTDP (116 KM – 3 STONES)

Women:

  1. Anna CARLSSON – Sweden – 12:26:01
  2. Jennifer KAISER – France – 13:04:20
  3. Simone SCHWARZ – Germany – 13:53:06

Men:

  1. Théo DETIENNE – France – 10:12:25
  2. Régis RUCHAUD – France – 10:44:38
  3. Xavier DIEPART – Belgium – 10:52:35

TDC (50 KM – 2 STONES)

Women:

  1. Marie GONCALVES – France – 04:29:31
  2. Megan MACKENZIE – South Africa – 04:38:15
  3. Diane RASSINEUX – France – 04:48:31

Men:

  1. Sammy CHELANGAT – Kenya – 03:33:31
  2. Benedikt HOFFMANN – Germany – 03:43:20
  3. Kipsang CHEBOI – Kenya – 03:43:41

TDP (34 KM – 1 STONE)

Women:

  1. Émilie TISSOT – France – 02:58:12
  2. Noémie LE GOVIC – France – 03:10:46
  3. Stéphanie CAPPELLE – Belgium – 03:18:53

Men:

  1. Dominik TABOR – Poland – 02:20:33
  2. Dorian LOUVET – France – 02:46:00
  3. Ludovic BOUR – France – 02:48:35

Overall Trail Alsace Grand Est saw 4,818 starters and 4,210 finishers for all the events combined. Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

  • 100M Starters: 637 – DNF: 256 – Finishers: 381 Women: 18 (5%) Men: 363 (95%)
  • 100K Starters: 1,231 – DNF: 299 – Finishers: 932 Women: 111 (12%) Men: 821 (88%)
  • 50K Starters: 1,734 – DNF: 33 – Finishers: 1,701 Women: 312 (18%) Men: 1,389 (82%)
  • 20K Starters: 1,216 – DNF: 20 – Finishers: 1,196 Women: 437 (37%) Men: 759 (63%)

In total the event saw 4,210 finishers. 878 (21%) women and 3,332 (79%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025).

I know I’m repeating myself, but the whole idea of running through this historic landscape filled with castle ruins gives me everything. I love this event. One year!

Next up on the UTMB World Series Calendar we’re heading down to South Africa for the Mountain Ultra Trail by UTMB along the Garden Route in George, South Africa on May 24 – 26, 2024.

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