Farvard wins Nine Trails and lowers its mark
Rod Farvard won the 2025 Nine Trails 35 Mile Endurance Run in a time reported as 5:08, surpassing Jim Walmsley’s 2019 course record. His reported splits were 2:33 out and 2:35 back.
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Nine Trails is a 35-mile endurance run on Santa Barbara’s steep, rocky frontcountry trails. Its traditional course goes from Jesusita Trailhead to Romero Canyon Trailhead and back.
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Rod Farvard won the 2025 Nine Trails 35 Mile Endurance Run in a time reported as 5:08, surpassing Jim Walmsley’s 2019 course record. His reported splits were 2:33 out and 2:35 back.
In the continuing Nine Trails account, Rod Farvard said he intended to push from the start and test his fitness in an all-out effort. Walmsley’s historical mark remained the comparator.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 20, 2025
Farvard compared his new Nine Trails run with a time reported as 5:43 six years earlier and said he still believed a future sub-five-hour effort was possible.
Won and lowered the course mark; source-rounded 5:08
Rod Farvard won the 2025 Nine Trails 35 Mile Endurance Run in a time reported as 5:08, surpassing Jim Walmsley’s 2019 course record. His reported splits were 2:33 out and 2:35 back.
Source2019 course record surpassed by Farvard
Rod Farvard won the 2025 Nine Trails 35 Mile Endurance Run in a time reported as 5:08, surpassing Jim Walmsley’s 2019 course record. His reported splits were 2:33 out and 2:35 back.
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