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Mike McMonagle

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Mike McMonagle is a mountain, ultra and trail-running photographer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. His portfolio documents races including UTMB and Hardrock, giving readers context for the photo essays linked in TUM.

Work
Mountain, ultra and trail photographyArtist-owned portfolio.Source
Base
Salt Lake City, UtahPortfolio self-description.Source

13 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

13 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Mike McMonagle — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 2 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 0 editorial issuesOct 2024: 0 editorial issuesNov 2024: 0 editorial issuesDec 2024: 0 editorial issuesJan 2025: 2 editorial issuesFeb 2025: 0 editorial issuesMar 2025: 1 editorial issueApr 2025: 2 editorial issuesMay 2025: 1 editorial issueJun 2025: 2 editorial issuesJul 2025: 1 editorial issueAug 2025: 0 editorial issuesSep 2025: 0 editorial issuesOct 2025: 0 editorial issuesNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 0 editorial issuesJun 2026: 0 editorial issuesJul 2026: 2 editorial issuesAug 2026: 0 editorial issuesSep 2026: 2 editorial issuesOct 2026: 0 editorial issuesNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 2Nov 2026

Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 0; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 2; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 1; Apr 2025: 2; May 2025: 1; Jun 2025: 2; Jul 2025: 1; 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: 2; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 2; Oct 2026: 0; Nov 2026: 0.

Sponsor mentions, repeated links and polls are excluded. Credits within editorial items may count. Read the supporting timeline ↓

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Published in TUM

Bear’s results and a course caveat

TUM covered Kristin Johnson’s third-overall finish and women’s win, the podiums and an organizer-attributed record on a changed course.

Published in TUM

McMonagle’s UTMB photo essay

TUM recommended McMonagle’s photo essay organized by time and place during UTMB week.

Published in TUM

Chongli’s 70K and 30K wins and McMonagle’s comparison

TUM linked his photo roundup and attributed to him the scale comparison between the 12,000-runner event in China and attention on Hardrock.

Published in TUM

Olson compares three pacing jobs

Caleb Olson compared athlete-reported device data from pacing Mike McMonagle at Scout Mountain, Jimmy Elam at Hardrock and Anthony Costales at Western States. The heart-rate comparison is his account, not a physiological ranking.

Published in TUM

Ruhling’s exact 2025 finish time

TUM credited his dated race account; no personal tie is inferred.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: July 4, 2025

Published in TUM

Western States 2025 predictions

TUM credited his Shummit Shots gathering.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: June 27, 2025

Published in TUM

McMonagle’s Snowdonia conversation

Discussed his Ultra Trail Snowdonia racing with Ultrarunning Sam.

Published in TUM

UTS 100M’s American finishers

Finished 11th in 29:44:58 at the 2025 UTS 100M, reported as the top American, and shared photographs from the trip.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: May 23, 2025

Published in TUM

Yingling and McMonagle revisit Gorge

McMonagle and Yingling discussed running Gorge 50K together.

Published in TUM

Collins and McMonagle log 14 laps

McMonagle completed 14 laps and described running with Collins for about 10 laps.

Earlier coverage (3)
Published in TUM

Yingling and McMonagle’s March 2025 announcement

In March 2025, Leah Yingling and her husband, photographer Mike McMonagle, announced they were expecting their first child later that year and discussed the experience on The Trail Network Podcast.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 13, 2025

Published in TUM

McMonagle’s 2024 finish-line photographs

UltraSignup published photographer Mike McMonagle’s selection of ten 2024 finish-line images with his commentary. The link and attribution confer no permission to reuse photographs.

Published in TUM

McMonagle’s playful “sponsorship” post

TUM recounted photographer Mike McMonagle’s humorous “sponsorship” announcement with Leah Yingling, quoting an incentive structure and travel stipend. The joke does not create a commercial sponsorship edge.

Repeated links & other mentions (2)
Repeated link

Prior-issue link highlight

The most-viewed module linked earlier coverage. This is a repeated link, rather than new reporting.

Repeated link

McMonagle’s Chongli photos — repeated link

His Chongli 168 photo roundup was recommended again in the repeated-link module.

Connections

2026 changed-course result

Bear 100

TUM covered Kristin Johnson’s third-overall finish and women’s win, the podiums and an organizer-attributed record on a changed course.

Source

Photo roundup recommended as a repeated link

Chongli 168

Mike McMonagle’s Chongli photo roundup was linked in the 2026-07-22 issue. The 70K and 30K results are separate from the participation-scale comparison.

Source

Pacing: Caleb Olson

Caleb Olson

Caleb Olson — Paced at Scout Mountain; reported 99 bpm over 17.37 miles. Reported 2026-07-13.

Source

Discussed running the Gorge 50K together

The Trail Network Podcast

Leah Yingling and Mike McMonagle discussed running Gorge’s 50K together on The Trail Network Podcast. The source described Yingling as five months pregnant at that outing.

Source
Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 20, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

  • Mike McMonagle Undated portfolio with dated galleries; inspected October 20, 2026 · Checked Oct 20, 2026

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Public background & sources Checked October 20, 2026

Career context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.

    This is a limited career snapshot, checked October 20, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.

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