Défi des Couleurs 山地跑世界杯总决赛与 Kodiak 超级马拉松战报

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Canada’s Défi des Couleurs event hosted the Mountain Running World Cup Final races, and in California, the Kodiak Ultramarathons was the UTMB World Series Americas Major.

Fast finishes at the Yeti 100 Mile race in Virginia were among the weekend highlights too.

Défi des Couleurs – Beaupré, Québec, Canada

It was the final weekend for this year’s Mountain Running World Cup with Uphill and Up and Down races on back-to-back days.

Uphill

The race gained almost 800 meters over five kilometers in distance, and it was also the Canadian Mountain Running Championships. World Cup prize money paid $2,500 CAD to the winner.

The men’s race was a repeat of 2025, with Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau (U.S.) and Remi Leroux (Canada) again finishing first and second. The pair finished in 28:55 and 29:04, and didn’t quite match their 28:06 and 28:25 finishes of a year ago. Cam Smith (U.S.) was third in 29:12.

The men’s top 10 was:

1. Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau (U.S.) – 28:55
2. Remi Leroux (Canada) – 29:04
3. Cam Smith (U.S.) – 29:12
4. Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 29:19
5. Andrea Elia (Italy) – 29:22
6. Edward Hobbs (U.K.) – 29:41
7. Adam Sjolund (U.S.) – 29:51
8. Tiziano Moia (Italy) – 30:10
9. Casey Campbell (U.S.) – 30:12
10. Jeremiah Vaille (U.S.) – 30:12

Last year’s double mountain running world champion Nina Engelhard (Germany) dominated the women’s race and won by nearly two minutes in 31:43. Kirsty Skye Dickson (U.K.) finished just ahead of Erin Moyer (U.S.) for second in 33:32 and 33:44.

The top 10 women were:

1. Nina Engelhard (Germany) – 31:43
2. Kirsty Skye Dickson (U.K.) – 33:32
3. Erin Moyer (U.S.) – 33:44
4. Nélie Clément (France) – 34:39
5. Céline Aebi (Switzerland) – 34:43
6. Anne-Marie Comeau (Canada) – 34:52
7. Selina Burch (Switzerland) – 34:54
8. Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 35:03
9. Élisa Morin (Canada) – 35:15
10. Stephanie Bruce (U.S.) – 35:26

Up and Down

The next-day race went 16k in distance with 1,200 meters of climbing, and there was again a World Cup first-place $2,500 CAD prize.

A day after finishing just off the podium, Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) went to an early lead in his favored Up and Down discipline. Kiriago led all of it, but he never really got away from Mason Coppi (U.S.) and the two both finished in 1:11 with Coppi only 19 seconds behind. Coppi was 14th in the day before’s Uphill race.

Host country runner Remi Leroux scored his second podium of the weekend with a 1:13 third-place run.

The top 10 men were:

1. Philemon Kiriago (Kenya) – 1:11:24
2. Mason Coppi (U.S.) – 1:11:43
3. Remi Leroux (Canada) – 1:13:21
4. Brayan Rodríguez (Mexico) – 1:15:02
5. Adam Sjolund (U.S.) – 1:15:06
6. Tiziano Moia (Italy) – 1:15:09
7. Paul Knight (U.S.) – 1:15:55
8. Casey Campbell (U.S.) – 1:16:06
9. Edward Hobbs (U.K.) – 1:16:28
10. Luca Merli (Italy) – 1:17:14

Nina Engelhard opened a gap on the race’s first climb and never looked back. She won for the second time on the weekend with a 1:20 finish time that was over three minutes better than everyone else.

Joyce Njeru (Kenya) overtook Nélie Clément (France) on the race’s last downhill to score a six-second gap and runner-up finish in 1:23. Clément also finished in 1:23.

The top 10 women were:

1. Nina Engelhard (Germany) – 1:20:35
2. Joyce Njeru (Kenya) – 1:23:45
3. Nélie Clément (France) – 1:23:51
4. Arianna Dentis (Italy) – 1:27:09
5. Erin Moyer (U.S.) – 1:27:11
6. Céline Aebi (Switzerland) – 1:27:14
7. Tayler Peavey (U.S.) – 1:28:11
8. Eden O’Dea (U.K.) – 1:28:12
9. Maya Rayle (U.S.) – 1:29:09
10. Rena Schwartz (U.S.) – 1:29:46

Full results.

Kodiak Ultramarathons by UTMB – Big Bear Lake, California

The event was the UTMB World Series Americas Major, and the courses went, in part, around Big Bear Lake. Each of the 100-mile, 100k, and 50k races had a 24,500 Euro prize purse, with 5,000 Euro awarded to the winners.

100 Mile

Just 24 years old, Cody Poskin has already had a big year, and it got even better. He was second at the Cocodona 250 Mile in May and won the Wyoming Range 100 Mile in August, among at least four other ultra finishes, and Poskin won here in 16:46 and led all of the race. Alex Proctor ran in second for all of the second half and finished there in 17:23, and this year’s Badwater 135 Mile winner and course record holder Max Joliffe was third in 18:15.

A pair of Canadians led the women’s race with Nichole Abma and Madeline Wighardt atop the podium in 20:43 and 22:05, and Charlotte Saunders was third in 22:39.

100k

Less than two minutes separated men’s frontrunners Jose Angel Fernandez (Spain) and Gavin Prior in 8:33 and 8:35, and Stephen Kersh was third in 8:59.

A breakout year for Lotti Brinks kept going with a women’s win in 10:15. This year’s High Lonesome 100 Mile winner and course record holder Becca Bramley was second in 10:25, and Lindsay Allison was only three minutes back in 10:28 for third.

50k

It was a big win against a competitive field for Cole Campbell in 3:20. Miquel Corbera (Spain) and Cade Michael were on the podium next in 3:23 and 3:27, and Eli Hemming and Chad Hall were fourth and fifth in 3:27 and 3:28.

Anna Gibson made her 50k distance debut and beat the 4-hour mark by 47 seconds. She won the women’s race in 3:59. Everyone else was close too, with Carmen Graves and Elizabeth O’Connor running 4:04 and 4:06, and Abby Hall and Ashley Brasovan were fourth and fifth in 4:08 and 4:10, respectively.

Full results.

Additional Races and Runs

Middle Fork Trail Run 50k – North Bend, Washington

The event featured four different race distances, and Tyler Mitchell and Kealan McNally won the 50k in 4:54 and 5:13, respectively. Full results.

Defiance 50k – Point Defiance, Washington

The Point Defiance race was run on 10-mile loops, and Elliott Epstein and Lindsay Skinner won in 4:31 and 5:25. Full results.

Rainbow Ridge 50k – Rainbow, Oregon

The second-year race had over 8,000 feet of climbing. Matthew Barnhart won the men’s race in 5:20, and Elyria Kabasenche repeated as women’s winner in 7:54. Full results.

Ruth Anderson – San Francisco, California

The race was contested on a 4.5-mile loop. Max Kam and Shana O’Shea won the 50 miler in 6:34 and 9:30, and Nick Tsotu and Janne Heinonen were fastest in the 50k in 2:59 and 3:43. Full results.

Antelope Island Fall Classic – Syracuse, Utah

The longtime race had a first-year 68k distance that went to the top of the island’s high point, Frary Peak, and Scott Dickey and Kayla Wheeldon won the long course in 6:44 and 7:41. Caleb Olson and Alexandra Audu led the 50k in 3:42 and 5:05, and Anthony Costales and Anna Braithwaite won the 10 miler in 1:01 and 1:18. Full results.

Moab 240 Mile – Moab, Utah

Mother Nature ruled the desert days, with the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel. Earlier in the weekend, waves of storms battered the course and runners, at first requiring a permanent halt for about 70 runners who couldn’t get past a creek that was flash-flooding after the 100-mile mark. Then, the whole race itself was called off on Sunday. As far as we understand, despite the severe weather and aid stations being isolated by the extreme conditions, everyone has been safely evacuated back to Moab with the help of local emergency services. Live tracking.

Chicago Marathon – Chicago, Illinois

Both 50k world record holders raced the World Marathon Major. CJ Albertson was 13th in 2:07:19, and Des Linden ran 3:10:10 as part of a training run for the Javelina 100 Mile. Ultrarunner Dominika Stelmach (Poland) was 47th in 2:44:24, too. Did you notice any other trail runners and ultrarunners in the results? Full results.

Canal Corridor 100 Mile – Akron, Ohio

It was the 10th year for the flat and fast race, mostly on the Ohio & Erie Canalway. Austin Lo and Cheridan Christnacht won in 15:17 and 23:10. There were daytime Front 50 Miles and nighttime Back 50 Miles races too that were won by Carson Steiner and Christine Churpek in 6:40 and 8:59, and Bruce Holbert and Krystal Johnson in 9:51 and 10:26, respectively. Full results.

Indiana Trail 100 Mile – Albion, Indiana

At Chain O’Lakes State Park, Matthew Cooper and Brenda Johnson won in 16:02 and 17:47. Daniel Hogg and Roxanne Carr were 50-mile winners in 6:47 and 8:20. Full results.

Oil Creek 100 Mile – Titusville, Pennsylvania

The race was in the Oil Creek State Park and was won by Steven Larick and Danica Williams in 19:58 and 25:13. Full results.

West Virginia Trilogy – Circleville, West Virginia

The three-day stage races had days of 50k, 50-mile, and half marathon races around Spruce Knob, West Virginia’s highest peak. Jordan Chang and Robin Wrightson won the 50k in 4:57 and 6:23, and Chang and Jessica Bryzek won the 50 miler in 9:06 and 11:48. Full results.

Yeti 100 Mile – Abingdon, Virginia

The 12th annual race was on the Virginia Creeper Trail, and Joshua Lecrone and Janessa Taylor were flying. Lecrone won the men’s race and set a new course record in 12:52, and Taylor won the women’s race and set a new course record in 14:59. Lecrone’s time is the year’s second-fastest 100 miler by an American man, and Taylor’s time ranks third best among American women. It was also Taylor’s first 100 miler since 2022. The second-place runners were William Weidman and Whitney Richman in 13:49 and 15:42. Full results.

Wolverine State 100 Mile – Petoskey, Michigan

The race went point to point and lake to lake across the state from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. Dustin Parrish was the men’s winner in 16:42, and Michelle Searcy was the women’s and overall winner in 15:45. Full results.

Can Lake 50 Ultras – Canandaigua, New York

The race around Canandaigua Lake had Joel Silvernail and Stephanie Campbell as 50-mile winners in 7:25 and 8:40, and Martin Michelson and Yvette Kenny won the 50k in 4:31 and 4:21. Full results.

Call for Comments

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This Week In Running: October 12, 2026 by Justin Mock.