Tim Tollefson has won the Javelina Jundred 100 mile trail race with an excellent 13 h 28 m. One of the few high profile races to take place this year, the Javelina Jundred is an ultra trail world tour race held annually in Fort McDowell, Arizona. The course is made up of five, 31 km (19.2 miles) loops and has three on course aid stations. Tollefson is not a stranger to Javelina Jundred, he won the 31 km race in 2018 with a time of 2 h 54 m. It’s impressive that Tollefson’s rough average loop time of 2 h 41m for this year’s race was faster than his 31 km race in 2018. Check out Tollefson’s results here.
Scottsdale Arizona’s Nick Coury came in second place with 14 h 9 m and Phoenix Arizona’s Nicole Bitter came in 3rd place overall and won the women’s event with 15 h 17 m.
In an October 15, 2020 Instagram post, Tollefson expressed how excited he was to run an in person race for the first time in nine months. Tollefson had big plans to race in some of the majors including Western States, Leadville and UTMB.
Tim Tollefson is one of the top trail runners in the U.S. He placed third overall at UTMB in 2016 and 2017. I like Tollefson’s gritty spirit. In a September, 2019 interview with Trail Runner Magazine, Tollefson was asked about his feelings towards his 2019 and 2018 DNFs at UTMB. Tollefson replied “Any time you show up, give your best and walk away healthy and with good relationships, that’s a win,”. It’s great to see Tollefson winning races and I’ll be following along closely for his future races.