Evans and Davis run 50-mile course information as Lewis Ryan and Noor van der Veen seize the 100-mile crowns and Kris Jones and Sara Alonso are 25-mile winners
From humble beginnings a decade in the past, the Arc of Attrition has steadily grown into one of many world’s largest – and positively most gruelling – extremely races.
The flagship 100-mile distance across the rugged Cornish shoreline in the course of winter appeals to masochist aspect of endurance runners. The occasion is now a part of the UTMB collection and the newest occasion on January 24-25 featured well-known athletes corresponding to Tom Evans and Elsey Davis, each of whom smashed the course information to win the 50-mile races.
Evans set off from the Minack Theatre on Saturday and completed in Porthtowan 6:54:40 later as Hugh Chatfield and Keith Wigley completed second and third. Simply days earlier the 32-year-old, who gained the Western States 100 in 2023 and ran for Britain within the World Cross final 12 months, had introduced a brand new take care of Asics and he put his new footwear and equipment to good use right here to expire a transparent winner.
Mark Darbyshire’s earlier course finest was 7:39:31 from two years in the past, which meant Chatfield and Wigley have been each below the outdated document in what proved to be greasy situations underfoot however not as brutal as many feared resulting from Storm Eowyn passing over the West Nation earlier than the races started.
“Such a enjoyable time out on the paths with @arcofattritionbyutmb opening up my account for the season with @asicsrunning – thanks for the help this week, wanting ahead to all the things to return,” stated Evans.
“Nice to share miles with @hughs_there and @wildwigley making the primary half robust! Huge 12 months for you each!”
Davis clocked 7:55:48 to complete sixth total, beating the outdated document of 8:18:46 held by Fiona Pascall.
Poppy Collingwood completed runner-up with Amanda Basham of america third.
Britain’s Lewis Ryan gained the 50-mile race final 12 months, he moved as much as win the 100-miler this 12 months in 19:22:35 as Noor van der Veen of the Netherlands gained the ladies’s race in 22:30:44.
David Ryan of Eire was runner-up within the males’s 100-miler with Sarah Web page runner-up within the ladies’s class.
There have been some well-known runners within the shorter 25-mile race choice, too. Kris Jones beat Andy Heyes and Miguel Benitez within the males’s race, whereas Sara Alonso of Spain beat Gemma Hiller-Moses and Holly Wootten within the ladies’s class.
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