Watch: China’s Miao Yao on Her Toughest Podium Yet at CCC 2026

When I first met Miao Yao, I only saw the top of her head.…

• I was having lunch with a group of journalists, Yao’s husband, and a f…
• Of course this was entirely understandable and actually appropriate: Y…

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A 45-Year-Old Midwesterner Just Podiumed at UTMB. Why Are Locals Flipping Out?

Sometime around 6:30 a.m.on Saturday, August 29, my WhatsApp lit up.It was scattered with messages from friends up and down the Chamonix valley.…

• Just caught Schmitz in Courmayeur earlier, she is looking good!
• Schmitz is having the race of her life!

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Chasing the Podium: Emily Schmitz’s Post-2026 UTMB Interview

The post Chasing the Podium: Emily Schmitz’s Post-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Emily Schmitz, an American living in the Chamonix valley, finished thi…
• In the following interview, Emily talks about her history with the UTM…

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Ben Dhiman, 2026 UTMB Champion, Interview

The post Ben Dhiman, 2026 UTMB Champion, Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• After finishing second last year, Ben Dhiman, an American living in Fr…
• In the following interview, Ben talks about how, after initially runni…

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A Well-Played Race: Caleb Olson’s Post-2026 UTMB Interview

The post A Well-Played Race: Caleb Olson’s Post-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Caleb Olson of the U.
• finished third at the 2026 UTMB in his first go at the race.

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Watch: Rachel Entrekin on No Workouts, No Regrets

Rachel Enkrekin broke the UTMB system.…

• Quite literally—when she won the Cocodona 250 outright this spring, UT…
• That’s because women’s performances are graded against the men.

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2026 UTMB Results: Ben Dhiman and Blandine L’Hirondel Win

The post 2026 UTMB Results: Ben Dhiman and Blandine L’Hirondel Win appeared first on iRunFar.…

• It was an incredible day of racing around the Mont Blanc massif for th…
• Dhiman, who lives in France, should be used to weather-affected races …

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France’s Blandine L’Hirondel Hangs Tough for 2026 UTMB Victory

In looking at her resume, a UTMB victory might have felt inevitable for France’s Blandine L’Hirondel—including an OCC victory in 2021, a CCC victory in 2022, a podium finish at UTMB in 2023, and a fifth place at the same event in 2024.…

• And yet, the way the Frenchwoman won, by grabbing the lead before the …
• On a day when DNFs claimed favorites like Courtney Dauwalter and Fuzha…

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Watch: Caleb Olson Runs His Way Onto the Podium at UTMB

Don’t try to put Caleb Olson in a box.The 2025 Western States champ backed up last year’s breakout performance with a podium finish at the 2026 UTMB today.…

• They couldn’t be more different 100-milers, but then again, Olson’s a …
• “I’ve moved on from Western States,” he said at the finish line, not l…

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2026 CCC Results: Norway’s Yngvild Kaspersen and Italy’s Cristian Minoggio Triumph

The post 2026 CCC Results: Norway’s Yngvild Kaspersen and Italy’s Cristian Minoggio Triumph appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Kaspersen was 20 minutes off the lead and outside the top 10 at the ra…
• Past winners Toni McCann from South Africa and Miao Yao from China wer…

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Watch: Hans “the Destroyer” Troyer Podiums at CCC

All doubts have been silenced.…

• After flying a little too close to the sun at Western States in June, …
• “I think that I got the best out of myself today,” he told Trail Runne…

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2026 UTMB Mont-Blanc Live Race Updates and Results

Friends, the greatest night and day (plus another night and another day) in trail running is finally here: Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) has commenced.…

• After a two hour delay due to storms, just under 2,000 runners took of…
• on Friday, August 28.

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AJW’s Races and Places of 2026

The post AJW’s Races and Places of 2026 appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Some of the richest blessings of spending over three decades in the sp…
• Places that are not just stunning natural environments but also rich i…

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Frédéric Tranchand Capitalizes on Homefield Advantage to Win OCC

Frédéric Tranchand is the defending “short course” world champion.He’s won seven medals at the world orienteering championships.…

• But in the end, it was perhaps his humble homefield advantage that pro…
• “I’m living here in the valley, so I know the course very well,” he to…

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Ask the Pro: Running Joy, Toenails, Plyometrics, and Night Runs

The post Ask the Pro: Running Joy, Toenails, Plyometrics, and Night Runs appeared first on iRunFar.…

• In this monthly article series, ultrarunner, race director, and coach …
• Learn more about this ask-the-athlete column, and be sure to fill out …

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2026 OCC Results: Frédéric Tranchand and Lauren Gregory Win Dramatic Races

The post 2026 OCC Results: Frédéric Tranchand and Lauren Gregory Win Dramatic Races appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Frédéric Tranchand of France and Lauren Gregory from the U.
• won the 2026 OCC in 5:10:08 and 6:08:07, after exciting men’s and wome…

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The 5 Most Exciting Trail-Running Shoe Drops in September

As the summer heat winds down and the trail running world recovers from UTMB, September brings some excellent trail-running shoes to enhance your autumn miles—whether on speedy gravel paths or twisty mountain switchbacks.

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Lauren Gregory Wins OCC in Epic, Come-From-Behind Sprint Finish

Lauren Gregory was nervous to move up to the 50K distance this year.…

• But in the end, at the world’s most important “50K” (that’s actually a…
• Until just a few kilometers left, it looked like Naomi Lang (Scotland)…

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A Vending Machine Has Stolen My Baby in Chamonix

I can be compulsive.Ever since my first time in Chamonix, France, during UTMB week in 2025, I’ve done Breakfast Route pretty much every morning.…

• Breakfast Route doesn’t appear on any of the UTMB race courses; in fac…
• But that’s also the point.

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Here for the Adventure: Anna Carlsson’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post Here for the Adventure: Anna Carlsson’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Sweden’s Anna Carlsson arrives at the 2026 UTMB after a fourth-place f…
• In the following interview, Anna talks about what sort of races she is…

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Piecing It Together: Lucy Bartholomew’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post Piecing It Together: Lucy Bartholomew’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Lucy Bartholomew of Australia arrives at the 2026 UTMB after finishing…
• In the following interview, Lucy talks about her race last year and fe…

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The Coolest New Trail Running Gear at UTMB 2026

While there’s been no shortage of budget-busting brand activations in Chamonix this week, some of the most interesting products required good, old-fashioned shoe leather (no, there were no leather shoes, sorry).…

• Fortunately, editors Chris Foster and Abby Levene have been on the gro…
• Trail Runner’s editors braved the labyrinthine expo, sat through somet…

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Tour du Mont Blanc Day 5: Trail Runner Explores Trient to Chamonix

Over the course of five days, Trail Runner’s managing editor Abby Levene and her travel partner, Chelsea Burns, will tackle the well-known (but rarely seen in its entirety), beautiful, and achingly challenging Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB).…

• The approximately 108-mile loop around the Mont Blanc Massif in France…
• Abby will run the entire course split up into segments over five days …

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4th Time’s a Charm? Ben Dhiman’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post 4th Time’s a Charm?Ben Dhiman’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Ben Dhiman, an American living in France, arrives at the 2026 UTMB aft…
• In the following interview, Ben talks about his history with and desir…

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2026 TDS Results: France Sweeps, Sarah Vieuille and Remy Brassac Win

The post 2026 TDS Results: France Sweeps, Sarah Vieuille and Remy Brassac Win appeared first on iRunFar.…

• The UTMB Mont Blanc festival is the year’s biggest week of ultrarunning!
• It started on Monday, August 24 and goes all week, and TDS marked the …

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Run to Win: Zach Miller’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post Run to Win: Zach Miller’s Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.Zach Miller of the U.…

• arrives at the 2026 UTMB after a couple-year hiatus from the race.
• In the following interview, Zach talks about how the race has changed …

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A New Adventure: Rachel Entrekin Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post A New Adventure: Rachel Entrekin Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• For the very first time, the U.
• ’s Rachel Entrekin is in Chamonix, France, to race the 2026 UTMB.

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Back to the Pain Cave: Courtney Dauwalter Pre-2026 UTMB Interview

The post Back to the Pain Cave: Courtney Dauwalter Pre-2026 UTMB Interview appeared first on iRunFar.…

• Three-time champion Courtney Dauwalter of the U.
• is once again back for the big loop around Mount Blanc at the 2026 UTMB.

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Tour du Mont Blanc Day 4: Trail Runner Explores La Fouly to Trient

Over the course of five days, Trail Runner’s managing editor Abby Levene and her travel partner, Chelsea Burns, will tackle the well-known (but rarely seen in its entirety), beautiful, and achingly challenging Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB).…

• The approximately 108-mile loop around the Mont Blanc Massif in France…
• Abby will run the entire course split up into segments over five days …

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Steep Grades, High Stakes Mark Lauren Gregory’s OCC Debut

Even when Lauren Gregory was winning cross-country meets for Fort Collins High School, her favorite time to run was the summer, when she and her teammates would grind up the steep hills of Horsetooth Reservoir.…

• The hills, which greet runners at the start like a judgy aunt at a fam…
• But Gregory loved going up, up, up so much so that her competitors did…

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