{"id":45612,"date":"2021-07-17T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/frenchman-francois-dhaene-shatters-hardrock-100-record\/"},"modified":"2021-07-17T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T20:11:00","slug":"frenchman-francois-dhaene-shatters-hardrock-100-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/frenchman-francois-dhaene-shatters-hardrock-100-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Frenchman Francois D\u2019haene shatters Hardrock 100 record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Francois D\u2019haene, shown in a file photo, won the 2021 Hardrock 100 endurance race, shattering a 2015 record.<\/span>Damien Rosso\/DrozPhoto\/Saloman file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

In his Hardrock 100 debut, French athlete Francois D\u2019haene set new benchmarks in the endurance run this weekend by placing first in 21 hours, 45 minutes and 50 seconds.<\/p>\n

D\u2019haene broke the record for running counterclockwise \u2013 23:28:00 \u2013 set by Kilian Jornet in 2015, by nearly two hours. D\u2019haene\u2019s time also beat Jornet\u2019s overall record <\/a> of 22:41:33, set in 2014. Jornet did not compete in the race this year.<\/p>\n

Portland\u2019s Dylan Bowman and Boulder\u2019s Ryan Smith placed second (22:45:51) and third (23:24:29), respectively, in the 100-mile, high-altitude run.<\/p>\n

Silverton\u2019s Sabrina Stanley, meanwhile, scored the women\u2019s title this year. Her winning time of 27:21:49 is the second-fastest overall women\u2019s time in the race\u2019s history, just four minutes slower than Diana Finkel\u2019s record of 27:41:33 set in 2009.<\/p>\n

Courtney Dauwalter of Leadville led for more than the first half of the race but dropped out with stomach issues with Stanley about 30 minutes behind her. Darcy Piceu and Meghan Hicks finished second and third in the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

D\u2019haene, on the other hand, was in the lead, or at least the lead pack, most of the entire race.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman distanced himself in the second half of the race to pull away and shatter Jornet\u2019s record.<\/p>\n

The runners began and ended the 100-mile endurance race in Silverton. Along the way, they ran to the top of Handies Peak (elevation 14,058 feet), took Engineer Pass and Bear Creek Trail to Ouray and then ran 16.2 miles up Camp Bird Road to Telluride. They then headed back to Silverton over Oscars Pass and Great Swamp Pass, climbing 33,050 feet in elevation and descending the same.<\/p>\n

The race had 146 entries, but only nine had finished in the first 31 hours, while 28 dropped out and 112 finished in the 48-hour limit.<\/p>\n

Three athletes from Durango competed in the race.<\/p>\n

Drew Gunn finished 64th overall in 42 hours and 15 minutes.<\/div>\n
Steve Collins finished in 107th overall, crossing the finish line in just over 47 hours at at 5:11 a.m. on Sunday.<\/div>\n
Steve McClung, meanwhile, was one of the last competitors to get dropped. He completed 64.5 miles in the competition to place 116th.<\/div>\n

This year\u2019s race is the first one since 2018. Last year\u2019s race was canceled because of the pandemic. Snow danger caused the cancellation in 2019.<\/p>\n

This article was republished on July 19 to specify that Francois D\u2019haene broke Kilian Jornet\u2019s 2015 record for running clockwise, as well as his overall record.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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