Colette Moffroid | A&E Editor
October 20, 2025
Ultra-marathons are incredibly long races, sometimes spanning multiple days of straight running. While there are a handful of 100 mile ultra-marathons in the U.S., they do not begin to compare to the length of the Moab 240. As the name implies, this race takes place from October 9th to the 14th in Moab Utah, which is home to the famous red rock landscape and impressively vast canyons.
The athletes that enroll themselves in the Moab 240 have to pay an entrance fee of $2,055 and swear an oath acknowledging that any harm done to their bodies is their own fault. This fact alone demonstrates how dangerous the race is.
As a result of the danger involved and the incredibly long 240 mile course, only about 200 people sign up to do it each year. San Clemente High School senior Darla Larson mentioned how she has “seen some of the Moab 240 runners on [her] social media struggling through to get to the next aid station.” While some danger is always involved in these challenging sports, the race keeps it as safe as possible for the participants. There is a limit of 250 people due to permitting restrictions in the wilderness and to ensure each runner’s safety. Aid stations are another mandatory safety piece in all ultra-marathons. There are fifteen aid stations and five sleep stations along the route. Each aid station is fully equipped with hot food, electrolyte drinks, water and anything else the runners could need to keep them healthy and strong enough to finish their feat.
The first place finisher in this incredibly tough ultra-marathon is named Kilian Korth. He is a 30 year old man from Grand Junction Colorado. Senior Catherine Golles made a remark that she has been “keeping up with the race updates on social media and [has] been rooting for Kilian.” She was very happy to see him take first place. Not only did he win the Moab 240, but he also took home first place in Tahoe 200, and the Bigfoot 200 in Washington. These three remarkable accomplishments make Kilian the 2025 triple crown winner in ultra-running. Not only did he earn a triple crown but he did it at an unprecedented speed, setting a new record of 156 hours 20 minutes and 20 seconds and beating the previous triple crown winner by five and a half hours.
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