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World’s Best Mountain Runner Kilian Jornet Wins Hardrock 100 for 5th Time and Sets New Course Record

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Wins 5th Hardrock 100 Race The annual Hardrock 100 kicked off again this past weekend inviting participants to engage in one of ultra-trail running’s premier races. Offering competitors a chance to test every bit of the mind, body, and spirit to finish, let alone race in, the mountain distance event is arguably one of the world’s toughest. Related: VIDEO: Kilian […]

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Ryan Kime | July 21, 2022
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Kilian Jornet Just Won The Hardrock 100 Race In CO With a Dislocated Shoulder

Spaniard Kilian Jornet, who just summited Mt. Everest in 17 hours in May 2017 without supplemental oxygen, just won the Hardrock 100 race with a dislocated shoulder. On mile 13 of this race, Kilian fell while descending a snowfield and dislocated his shoulder.  He got up, popped the shoulder back in place himself, and kept running.  He ended up winning the […]

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CragBrains | July 17, 2017
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Speed Record Broken on 14,692-Foot Matterhorn | 2 Hours & 52 Minutes by Spanish Runner

The Matterhorn speed record was shattered on August 21st, 2013 by Spaniard Killian Jornet.  He ran up and down it in 2 hours and 52 minutes.  He’s also the same guy who shattered the Mont Blanc speed record this year at 3 hours and 33 minutes.  He’s a machine.  This isn’t exactly the kinda mountain the the average joe just […]

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Miles Clark | August 28, 2013
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15,781-Foot Mt. Blanc Speed Record Shattered Today!

Killian Jornet & Matheo Jacquemoud left St. Michel’s church (where all Mt. Blanc summit attempts begin) in Chamonix, France at 4:46am on July 11th, 2013.  They used the winter ski mountaineers route to begin their speed ascent of 15,781-foot Mt. Blanc. From there they ran up 12,500 vertical feet of road, trail, scree, forest, and glacier to arrive at the summit of […]

SnowBrains | July 11, 2013
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