The fourth edition of Puerto Vallarta México by UTMB wrapped up its marquee 100-mile race on Saturday with two dominant wins as American Alyssa Clark and Peru's Remigio Huaman Quispe took the Wixárika titles. Clark crossed the line on Playa de los Muertos in 21 hours 38 minutes 51 seconds, almost two hours clear of her nearest rival, while Huaman Quispe completed the men's race in 16:20:20 for a margin of a little over an hour over Samuel Collins. The pair led what organisers described as the most international Wixárika field yet, with runners from 28 countries on the start list when the race departed Las Ánimas on Thursday evening.
Clark's win marked a return to winning form on the UTMB World Series for the Vermont-based ultra specialist, who built her lead in the dry jungle sections above Boca de Tomatlán before riding it home through the coastal agave fields in the final 30 kilometres. Kelsey Hogan was second in 23:29:41, with Mexico's Marisol Arteaga Serrano capping an all-North American podium in 27:49:56. The men's podium was similarly spread, with Collins of the United States crossing in 17:20:21 and compatriot Steven Doll taking third in 18:57:46. Huaman Quispe, a multiple-time Cordillera Blanca champion, said after the finish that the climbs over the Sierra Madre felt familiar and that the race's main challenge had been managing heat and humidity in the lower jungle sections rather than the gain itself.
The supporting distances followed on Friday and Saturday. The Nakawé 53km, which pushed off from Las Ánimas in the small hours of Friday morning, and the 100-kilometre Hikuri continued through the day, while Saturday's programme featured the Haramara 37km, the Ereno 20km and the family-oriented Pata Salada 5km across the beaches of downtown Puerto Vallarta. All five distances sold out within weeks of registration opening in August 2025, with the 100 Miles and 100K fields reaching capacity in under 72 hours. Organisers confirmed that more than 3,200 runners had been issued bibs across the weekend, a record for the event.
Puerto Vallarta's route has developed a reputation for being one of the more unusual in the UTMB World Series. The long distances climb through patches of primary jungle, traverse agave plantations that supply the local tequila industry, and then drop onto the Pacific coastline for the final kilometres. Finishers describe a course character that feels closer to a Central American expedition race than a European UTMB qualifier, but with the full timing and medical infrastructure of the UTMB World Series attached. The weekend's Running Stones earned at Puerto Vallarta feed directly into the lottery for HOKA UTMB Mont-Blanc in August, and several of the podium finishers have already confirmed they will use their qualification to enter CCC or UTMB itself.
With the Puerto Vallarta results now logged, the North American UTMB calendar moves to Canyons Endurance Runs in California next weekend before returning to the Mexican highlands for the rest of the spring series. Clark's performance lifts her into a top-five ranking on the UTMB Women's World Series leaderboard for 2026, and Huaman Quispe's result cements an already strong early season that included a podium at Transgrancanaria in February. For the organisers, the story of the 2026 Puerto Vallarta weekend was as much about the record entry as it was about the winners — a sign that the fourth edition has fully embedded the Pacific coast as a fixture on the global trail calendar.