Over the weekend some big races were held. First was the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run in Silverton, Colorado and the IAU Trail World Championships held in Connemara, Ireland.
I didn't get to see any of the Hardrock 100, but I followed the updates on twitter thanks to iRunFar. Julien Chorier of France was the overall winner. Chorier finished the 100 mile race in 25:17. Dakota Jones of Colorado finished second in 27:10 and Nick Clark also from Colorado finished in third place in 27:43. Clark ran Western States 100 two weeks ago and finished third there also. That is awesome.
On the women's side, Diana Finkel of Colorado won in 29:27 and placed five overall. Finkel won her fourth straight Hardrock 100 women's title. Fellow Colorado runner, Darcy Africa, finished second in 29:46. Rounding out the top three for the women was California's Betsy Nye. Nye finished in 39:17.
The IAU Trail World Championships took place on Saturday. The course was a distance of 70K and had a variety of terrain: mountains, grassland trails, gravel trails and open countryside. This was another race that I followed the updates on twitter. I find it amazing that ESPN can cover a hot dog eating competition and World Series of Poker, but can't cover any of these wonderful running events.
The overall winner of the trail championships was France's Erik Clavery. Clavery finished in 6:39:07. Jason Loutitt of Canada was second in 6:40:32 and Patrick Bringer of France came in third place with a time of 6:47:50. The top American runner, Ben Nephew, finished sixth overall in 6:54:26.
The top three on the women's side was Maud Gobert of France in 7:41:31. Finishing in second was Italy's Cecilia Mora in 7:50:02 and in third was Great Britian's Lucy Colquhoun in 7:57:20. Alison Bryant of the United States finished 12th overall in 8:58:49.
According to the IAU Trail World Championships website, the race was filmed and will be broadcast globally. I wonder if we will be able to see the footage of the race in the United States?
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