UTMB Wraps Up its 2025 Season

Received an email from their press office this week with some fun facts and figures:

• 146,933 runners across 55 events, 266 races, 28 countries on five continents
• 8.9 million kilometres covered and 470 million metres of elevation gain (the equivalent of 53,100 Everest ascents)
• 73% of participants from host or neighbouring countries, reinforcing local impact
• 69% of elite athletes competing on the circuit (+10 pts vs 2024)
• 44,563 women on start lines (30% of all runners, +11,620 vs 2024)
• 105 Adaptive athletes, doubling year-on-year participation
• 400,000 plastic bottles and 900,000 disposable cups avoided
• 23 million UTMB Live views, up from 16 million in 2024

I’ve collected my own numbers after reporting on every event in the World Series this year and had hoped to release my own summary, but I fear that the year-end busyness has had other plans for me. I am buried with work.