-Race Results:

*TDS (UTMB Race)

*Midwest States 100

*Continental Divide 50k

*East Fork Trail Races

*Habanero Trail Races

-FKTs:

*Dalton Highway (AK), Jenny Hoffman, Female Supported

*Update on Liz Derstine and her PCT FKT attempt

*Update on Jeff Garmire and his AT FKT attempt

*Update on Kristian Morgan and his AT FKT attempt

-News:

*UTMB Preview and Picks

*UTMB Weather and OCC delay / reroute

*Oregon Cascade 50 bad AQI and race conditions

*Oregon 200 cancelled mid race (5 finished) due to wildfire

*Sibusiso Kubheka goes sub 6 hours in a 100k

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Gels (yay or nay)

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-Race Results:

*Leadville 100

*Headlands 50k

*Jigger Johnson

*Marquette Trail 50

*Twisted Branch 100k

*Squamish 50/50

-FKTs:

*Tara Dower, Long Trail, Supported, Overall (still being verified)

*Hunter Leininger, Colorado Traverse, Supported (still being verified)

*Caroline Himbert, John Muir Trail, Unsupported

*Update on Liz Derstine and her PCT FKT attempt

*Update on Jeff Garmire and his AT FKT attempt

*Update on Kristian Morgan and his AT FKT attempt

*Update on Nick “Chezwick” Gagnon and his triple crown of thru hikes

-News:

*LazCon Update

*Tim Olsen is gearing up for Mammoth 200

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Headphones (yay or nay)

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-Race Results:

*Eastern States 100

*Wy’east Trailfest

*Wyoming Range 100

*Fat Dog 120

*Sierre-Zinal

*Swiss Alps 100

*Bigfoot 200

*Pines to Vines 55k

-FKTs:

*Long Trail, Female Unsupported, Tori “Chewy” Constantine

*Colorado Trail, Female Unsupported, E to W Col W, Dena Carr

*Colorado Trail, Male Self-Supported, E to W Col W, Jonathan Thomas

*Colorado Trail, Male Supported, E to W Col E, Andre Michaud

*Liz Derstine, PCT Update

*Jeff Garmire, AT Update

*Tara Dower starting a Supported Long Trail FKT attempt

*Donations for Tara’s Charity: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/longtrailday2025/account/2081536/

*Kristian Morgan, AT Update

*Nick “Chezwick” Gagnon, Triple Crown Update

-News:

*Laz’s Trans Con has resumed

*Leadville 100 this weekend

*William Spruce 41 straight 100s without a DNF

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Stretching (yay or nay)?

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-Race Results:

*Canadian Death Race 118k

*Angeles Crest 100

*Waldo 100k

*Badger Trail Races

*Volcanic 50k

*Rodeo Valley 50k

-FKTs:

*Appalachian Trail, Northbound, Female Self-Supported: Sarah Baker

*Teton Circumnavigation, Female Unsupported: Annie Myrvang & Sam Diaz

*Three Sisters Loop, Female Unsupported: Brittany Haver

*CO Trail FKTs still being ratified

*Update on Liz Derstine’s Self-Supported PCT Attempt

*Jeff Garmire starting a Self-Supported Appalachian Trail FKT Attempt Aug 7th. The link to his Fundraising page for the Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/fundraiser/6530749   

-News:

*Kilian Jornet announces a new project “The States of Elevation”

*Rachel Entrekin win a trail marathon 2 weeks after her High Lonesome victory

*Beer mile men’s world record and women’s championship record

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*None this week

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-Race Results:

*Vermont 100 and 100k

*Cascade Crest 100

*High Lonesome 100

*Ouray 100

*Speedgoat 50k

*Crazy Mountain 100

*Burning River 100

*Hood Hundred

*Minnesota Voyageur 50

*Tushers Mountain 100k

-FKTs:

*Colorado Trail (W to E, Collegiate West), Female Unsupported, Jessica Pekari

*100 Miles of Wilderness in Maine, Male Supported, Xander Keiter

*New Hampshire 4000 footers, Self Powered, Male Unsupported, Andrew Drummond

*PCT Oregon Section, Female Unsupported, Kaylee Levine

*Oregon Coast Trail, Female Self-Supported, Katie Gunvalson

*Mike Wardian, Several FKTs in the British Virgin Islands

*Update on Liz Derstine’s PCT FKT Attempt

-News:

*2025 US Mountain and Trail Running Teams announced

*Courtney Dauwalter and Jim Walmsley both running UTMB this year

*Bear 100 moves to a lottery system

*John Kelly’s MRI is clear and he is contemplating running Tor de Geants

*A guy in Wales does an epic feat for charity to honor his late wife.

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-Race Results:

*Hardrock 100

*Alpine Glow 100k

*Dances with Dirt Devils Lake 50

*Merrill’s Mile 48 hour

-FKTs:

*Hundred Miles of Wilderness Female Supported

*Update on Liz Derstine PCT FKT attempt

-News:

*Bob Becker 80 yr old finished Badwater 135

*Simon’s top 10 toughest ultras

*UT requires a hunting or fishing license for access to Wildlife Management Areas in 4 counties

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Gratitude

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-Race Results:

*Badwater 135

*Mt. Marathon

*Afton Trail Run 50k

-FKTs:

*Nolans 14

*White Mountains

*AT New Hampshire Section Southbound

*Update on Liz Derstine PCT FKT attempt

-News:

*US 24 hour team virtual run fundraiser

**Link to fundraiser: https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/AnyTown/DaysToGlory 

*Hardrock preview and picks

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Multi-day races

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-Race Results:

*Western States 100

*Lavaredo 120k

*6 Days in the Dome

*Black Hills 100

*Wy’East Wonder

*Many on the Genny

*Buckeye Trail 50k

*Yeti 100 - Washington

-FKTs:

*Superior Hiking Trail

*PCT Bridge of Gods – Timberline (Northbound)

*Update Liz Derstine PCT self-supported FKT attempt

*John Kelly AT FKT attempt aborted

-News:

*Cool Western States Finisher Stories

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*Recovery

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-Race Results:

*Broken Arrow

*Bighorn 100

*Last Annual Heart of the South

*Catamount Ultra 50k

*New River Gorge Trail Fest 50k

*Summer Spine Race

*Mid State Mile

*Dead Cow Gully Backyard (World Record)

-FKTs:

*Female Unsupported Double S.C.A.R. - Jacqueline Howard

*Update Liz Derstine PCT self-supported FKT attempt

*Nick Fowler PCT FKT attempt aborted

*Update John Kelly AT FKT attempt

-News:

*Senate pulled land sale out of budget bill

*Adaptive runner Pierre Borgella racing Marathon Des Sables in Turkey on crutches

*Adaptive runner Adam Popp doing Western States

*Will Murray and Lin Chen withdraw from Western States

-Western States Picks

*Cole, Johnny, and Farley make their picks for this stacked field of runners.

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-Race Results:

*Old Dominion 100

*San Diego 100

*McKenzie River Trail Run 50k

*Comrades 89k

*Scout Mountain 100

*Huron 100

*Kettle Moraine 100

*Laurel Highlands 70.5

*Tahoe 200

-FKTs:

*Michigan Shore to Shore Trail

*Liz Derstine PCT attempt underway

*Nick Fowler PCT attempt underway

*Update on John Kelly AT attempt

-News:

*Ben Gibbard is running Western States!

*Jia-Sheng Shen pulls out of Western States

*Ethan Newberry “Ginger Runner” wins an Emmy

*AJW releases his annual Western States storylines and predictions article

*Ultrarunning Magazine’s ultrarunning stats for May

-Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts (3Ts):

*How to handle the night before a big race

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