Courtney Dauwalter has earned the reputation as one of the best female long-distance runners of all-time, the GOAT among female ultrarunners. The 38-year-old runner who's originally from Minnesota and lives in Leadville, Colorado, has won more than 50 races of 50K or longer over the past 10 years, including twice winning the Madeira Island Ultra Trail 115K, Western States 100, Hardrock 100 and Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, plus overall wins (beating all the men, too) at several races, including at the Moab 240 (2017) and Big Dog's Backyard Ultra (2020). On July 28, she announced she's decided to enter this year's Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc on September 1-2 in Chamonix, France, a very competitive and rigorous 106-mile race that encircles the Mont Blanc Massif.
The Quebec Mega Trail (QMT) is the largest trail running weekend anywhere in the northeast of North America, and it connects the largest two mountains in Quebec's Laurentian range. The 25K race is part of the Golden Trail National Series, and the 100-miler is the only race in North America officially affiliated with the rigorous 101-mile Grand Raid Reunion mountain race (also known as La Diagonale des Fous), as well as being a 2024 Western States 100 lottery qualifier.
The Mosquito Fire continued growing, but firefighters took advantage of cooler weekend weather to extend containment lines. More than 11,000 people remain evacuated.