2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge Championship Results

In this article, we’ve pulled together a list of our coverage of the 2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile Championships presented by GORE-TEX, while providing lists of the top thirteen men and women from the race. We also added links to top runners’ race reports and have embedded a race video at the bottom of this article. [For folks visiting from Google, here are the 2011 Results.]

iRunFar’s 2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Miler Coverage

• Editorial Regarding Prize Money, Globalization & the Marin Headlands
• Miguel Heras Post-Race Interview
• Geoff Roes Post-Race Interview
• Anna Frost Post-Race Interview
• Women’s Race Preview with Updates
• Men’s Race Preview with Updates
• Anna Frost Pre-Race Interview
• Dave Mackey & Dakota Jones Pre-Race Interview
• Ellie Greenwood Pre-Race Interview
• Krissy Moehl Pre-Race Interview
• Kasia Zajac Pre-Race Interview
• Thomas Lorblanchet & Christope Malarde Pre-Race Interview

Men

1. Miguel Heras – 6:47:03 (pictured)
2. Geoff Roes – 6:51:25 (post-race interview)
3. Dave Mackey – 6:55:50 (pre-race interview)
4. Dakota Jones – 7:02:01 (pre-race interview)
5. Jason Schlarb – 7:06:50
6. Jez Bragg – 7:14:47
7. Chris Lundstrom – 7:15:40
8. Thomas Lorblanchet – 7:16:02 (pre-race interview)
9. Michael Owen – 7:17:52
10. Zach Miller – 7:18:37 (followed by large gap)
11. Christophe Malarde – 7:31:04 (pre-race interview)
12. Uli Steidl – 7:41:20
13. Leigh Schmitt – 7:41:31

For a full recap of the men’s race, check out Justin Mock’s Running Times article.

Women

1. Anna Frost – 7:45:03 (pictured) (post-race interview; pre-race interview)
2. Lizzy Hawker – 7:58:22
3. Kami Semick – 8:01:12
4. Joelle Vaught – 8:22:28
5. Jenn Shelton – 8:28:24
6. Meghan Arbogast – 8:47:52
7. Liza Howard – (Not included in official results)
8. Marlene Flores Paredes – 8:50:36
9. Kasia Zajac – 9:04:55 (pre-race interview)
10. Katherine Koski – 915:15
11. Tamsin Anstey – 9:17:34
12. Cristina Carvahlo – 9:32:35
13. Helen Cospolich – 9:33:48

For a full recap of the women’s race, check out Justin Mock’s Running Times article.

Full results are now available.

Elite Racer Reports

• Geoff Roes – full report; brief initial post
• Dave Mackey
• Dakota Jones – full report; brief initial post
• Michael Owen
• Kami Semick
• Liza Howard – Full Report; Initial Quick Report
• Ellie Greenwood on why she didn’t race
• Krissy Moehl on her decision to drop out [Broken link to Running Times December 16, 2010 blogpost entitled “Decisions at the Endurance Challenge” removed]

TNF EC 2010 Video by The Endurables