Race
A trail-running event in Big Bear Lake, California. Its 2026 ultra distances served as the UTMB World Series Americas Major, with direct places at the 2027 Finals.
15 TUM reports · Published coverage below
Publication history
8 editorial issues
Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.
Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 0; Oct 2024: 1; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 1; Jan 2025: 0; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 1; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 0; Jul 2025: 0; Aug 2025: 0; Sep 2025: 0; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 0; Jun 2026: 0; Jul 2026: 0; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 1; Oct 2026: 4; Nov 2026: 0.
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Lotti Brinks joined Katie Asmuth on The Trail Network to discuss Kodiak 100K, mountain biking and balancing elite racing with a technology marketing role. The work role does not exclude her athletic role.
Carmen Graves discussed her first trail season after years of steeplechase on Women of Distance. The account recalls her second-woman finish at Kodiak’s 50K, covered October 12.
Becca Bramley joined Mount to Coast after her Kodiak 100K runner-up finish. TUM also recalled her 21:55:49 High Lonesome win and reported Kodiak 100-mile winner Cody Poskin joining Team Tantrums.
Corinne Shalvoy’s first-person Kodiak 100K account focused on conversations, volunteers and support during the race; she said her fastest mile came at mile 62.
TUM covered Anna Gibson and Cole Campbell’s 50K wins, the podiums, and Kodiak’s 2027 Finals qualification routes. Brooks supplied the course-record description.
TUM covered the women’s and men’s 100K podiums and the Major’s direct-entry places for the 2027 CCC.
TUM covered the 100-mile podiums and Addie Bracy’s account of coaching Madeline Wighardt after High Lonesome.
TUM named runners on Kodiak’s 50K and 100K lists and linked the planned UTMB Live broadcast. This is a historical start-list preview.
TUM linked Justin Grunewald’s sendoff run and Hans Troyer’s Mew card moment.
TUM linked Kodiak’s tribute to John Emig, remembered for keeping aid stations connected and runners accounted for through radio communications.
Emily Clarke led the early women’s Way Too Cool race in her 50K debut. TUM also recalled her 2024 Kodiak 21K win.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: March 5, 2025
Mendoza was considering the 100K as a possible farewell-season race in March 2025.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 5, 2025
TUM announced 2025 Kodiak registration opening December11. The issue’s qualifier/RunningStones description is a dated registration announcement, not a current entry opportunity or proof any runner qualified.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: December 11, 2024
In the 2024 Kodiak 100-mile account, TUM reported Kristina Chang winning in 21:15, Coral Buitenhuis finishing in 21:29 and Kate Butcher third. It called Chang's and Buitenhuis's times the second- and third-fastest in race history as reported then. Sam Wood won the men's race in 18:24; Mike Lavery and Cordis Hall were both reported within seven minutes, without explicit individual ranks.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: October 15, 2024
TUM reported Michelle Buncke winning the 2024 Kodiak women's 100K in 9:21 ahead of Priscilla Forgie and Lindsay Allison, and Nick Hirdt winning the men's 100K in 8:25. It named Gordon Gianniny and Hector Rodriguez in the second/third-place contest without specifying individual order. Ryan Becker and Helen Mino Faukner won the separate 50K races in 3:30 and 4:13.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: October 15, 2024
Selected winners in TUM’s October 12 roundup.
2026 · 50K
Anna Gibson & Cole Campbell
Women: 3:59:13 · Men: 3:20:42
TUM · Oct 12, 20262026 · 100K
Lotti Brinks & Jose Angel Fernandez Jimenez
Women: 10:15:44 · Men: 8:33:09
TUM · Oct 12, 20262026 · 100 miles
Nichole Abma & Cody Poskin
Women: 20:43:40 · Men: 16:46:21
TUM · Oct 12, 2026The 2026 edition is complete. Use its official archive for that race weekend, and the event site for future plans. A future broadcast has not been verified.
Official event explainer
The event’s explanation of direct places at the corresponding 2027 Finals.
Kodiak by UTMB
2026 women’s 50K winner
Her 3:59:13 win was reported in TUM’s October 12 roundup.
Source2026 Americas Major
Kodiak’s ultra races offered direct entry to the corresponding 2027 Finals.
SourceRemembered in September 2026
Kodiak credited its communications director and ham-radio lead with keeping aid stations connected and runners accounted for.
SourceRace account
Corinne Shalvoy described her 2026 Kodiak 100K race through the people who supported her.
SourceFacts above link directly to their sources. Published TUM dates and public-source check dates describe different things.
Public background sources checked October 17, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.
The event site mixes 2027 navigation with 2026 material. This profile does not treat a future broadcast, registration status or course details as confirmed for the next edition. The named race-director listing is not a claim about a separate legal organizing entity.
TUM says CordisHall finished within seven minutes of the2024Kodiak100M lead. The retained official times18:31:33 and SamWood’s18:24:08 differ by7:25. The source wording and exact primary times remain separate.
TUM reports SamWood’s2024Kodiak100M time at18:24precision; the retained official entry gives18:24:08. Alongside Hall’s18:31:33, the exact gap is7:25; the primary seconds do not silently replace TUM’s rounded time.
Background context from four original public sources. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.
2026
The 50K, 100K and 100-mile races offered the top ten women and men direct places at the corresponding 2027 Finals.
Kodiak by UTMB Undated official page
Checked October 17, 2026
The official event team page lists Susie Schmelzer as race director.
Kodiak by UTMB Undated official page
2026 edition
UTMB Live retains a year-specific Kodiak 2026 event page.
UTMB Live Undated official page
This is a limited background snapshot, checked October 17, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.
A multi-distance trail event in Big Bear Lake, California.
Kodiak’s 50K in Big Bear Lake, California
Kodiak’s 100K
Kodiak’s 100-miler
TUM’s coverage connects its 2026 race weekend with UTMB Finals qualification and John Emig’s communications work.
direct entry to next year’s corresponding final
John Emig, its communications director and ham-radio lead
Kodiak’s 2026 series status and the 2027 Finals qualification rules.
October 10, 2026 race, separate from the continuing Kodiak event.
The published newsletter is the authority for each October 12 mention.
The published Kodiak preview. Plans and start lists are kept in their dated context.
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