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Trail Performance of the Year Marianne Hogan’s second-place finish at UTMB On Aug. 27, Marianne Hogan, 32, of Montreal, achieved something only three other athletes—none of them Canadian—have ever done: climb the podium at France’s Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) and California’s Western States Endurance Run in the same year. Hogan finished second at UTMB behind Katie Schide of the U.S., in 24 hours, 31 minutes and 22 seconds, just nine weeks after finishing third at Western States. (In fact, no Canadian-born runner had ever podiumed at UTMB, though Hogan’s friend and now compatriot, Mathieu Blanchard, also took second-place honours on this day after finishing third in 2021 as a French citizen.) It was Hogan’s first time at both races. About 100 km in, Hogan overtook Schide, leading the women’s race for around…

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