Alexa Romano and Cristofer Clemente won the 73-mile race at Chihuahua by UTMB in Mexico's Copper Canyon, in one of the weekend's most striking trail results. Romano won the women's title in 18:11, and Spain's Clemente took the men's race in 13:58.
The Copper Canyon course is among the most remote in the UTMB World Series, with deep canyons, heat and long stretches between aid. A women's winning time of 18:11 for 73 miles gives a sense of the terrain's difficulty, and the men's time of 13:58 puts Clemente well clear of the day's long-course finishers.
Elsewhere in the United States, the 10th and final Cirque Series race was held on Mount Baldy in California. Lucinda Kolpa upset series regular Alexa Aragon to win the women's race in 1:49, while Mason Coppi dominated the men's race in 1:25, 11 minutes clear of Noam Franchi, who finished in 1:36.
The Cirque Series has built a following with short, steep mountain races, and a final round on Mount Baldy gave the 10th edition a suitable summit finish. Kolpa's victory over Aragon, a regular at the front of the series, was the main upset of the day.
Together the two results show the range of the autumn trail calendar, from the multi-day logistics of a 73-mile canyon race to a sub-two-hour mountain climb. With the major European events heading into late October, the season has plenty left to offer.