America ultrarunning famous person Courtney Dauwalter soared to victory at present on the Mt. Fuji 100-miler in Japan, clocking a successful time of 19:21:22 to take the ladies’s title and place third general behind Chinese language runners Guomin Deng (19:10:34) and Qin Quido (19:20:52). Mt. Fuji was the fourth occasion within the nine-race 2024 World Path Majors, and Dauwalter, having gained the Transgrancanaria 126K in February (the sequence’ third cease) has now put herself in a powerful place to win all of it.
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This was Dauwalter’s second look of the central Japan race, which takes runners up 7,574 metres of elevation over the 166-km course, working by way of the foothills of Japan’s highest mountain. The race originated in 2012 and has seen some esteemed athletes taking the rostrum through the years, together with Individuals Dylan Bowman and Krissy Moehl, France’s François D’Haene and Fuzhao Xiang of China. Issues acquired underway at midnight native time and remains to be going–you may observe the livestream on YouTube right here.
Dauwalter dominated at present’s race from the beginning. Ending second was Yukari Seimiya in 23:36:55. Angie Yan Chi-Yee was third, in 26:15:46.
Courtney Dauwalter prepared to check herself at Mt. Fuji 100-miler
In a post-race interview, Dauwalter informed reporters that she felt “so fortunate” to witness the dawn over Mt. Fuji. She added, with an enormous smile, “it was actually the very best day to be out shifting with my ft on a phenomenal course and with an exquisite neighborhood–that stored me shifting towards the end line.”
In 2018, her time of 23:57:48 gained the ladies’s race and positioned her sixteenth general. (The course has undergone some modifications in route and elevation since then.)
After a banner 2023 that noticed her win Western States, Hardrock and UTMB, it seems Dauwalter is prepared for one more dominant season. She heads residence to Colorado for her subsequent race–defending her Hardrock title in July.
