Over 800 runners took to the Yampa Valley’s trails and dirt roads on Friday and Saturday for the 14th edition of the Run Rabbit Run ultramarathon.

Ryan Sullivan won the men’s race and Hannah Allgood took first in the women’s contest.

“Nobody was beating Ryan and Hannah today,” said race director Fred Abramowitz. “They both shattered course records and won by over an hour each. It’s incredible.”

Run Rabbit Run is known for it’s rich prize purse, and Allgood and Sullivan each netted $20,000. Second place earned $8,500, and third $5,000.

Both Sullivan and Allgood are Colorado residents.

The race is split between three divisions: a prize-winning hare division 100-mile race, a non-prize-winning tortoise division and 50-mile division.

Sullivan ran the race in 17 hours 3 minutes and 38 seconds. Allgood finished in 19 hours 1 minute and 59 seconds.

Sullivan bested Dave Stevens’ 2023 course record time of 17 hours and 23 minutes. Allgood beat Emilie Mann’s 2024 time of 19 hours and 48 minutes.

Jeff Mogavero and Jessie Rich — last year’s winner — were second and third, respectively. While, Nicole Laughton and Lauren Puretz, where second and third, respectively, in the women’s race.

Local Steamboat Springs runner Devon Olson was in second place at mile 89, and only 26 minutes behind Sullivan when he slipped and fell and separated his shoulder.

Olson was able to walk to the aid station to receive medical treatment, and is OK, albeit “disappointed,” he later said.

One of the main storylines throughout the race was heavy rain and even hail. The race kicked off amid sunny conditions but the rain started in the evening, and continued throughout the night.

“I could go without seeing a puddle for the foreseeable future,” said tortoise third-place finisher Hannes Gehring, of Crested Butte. “I’ve got a lot of blisters and I am happy to take my (running) shoes off.”

Gehring — who completed his first ultramarathon in three years — said the course was wet, but fast and beautiful.

“You spend so much time in the high alpine, it’s probably one of the most beautiful courses in the country,” said Gehring. “I’m so glad I got to run and finish this year.”

Another wrinkle to the fold was added in the hours leading up to the race. Insight Global Chief Executive Officer Bert Bean — an ultramarathoner himself — approached Abramowitz and told him that the winners in 2027 and 2028 would win $100,000 provided by the staffing agency that sponsors the race.

“We’ll have to plan,” said Abramowitz. “I don’t know what this will look like.”

No race in the ultramarathon world provides a $100,000 grand prize.

“We’ll see what happens,” said Abramowitz. “This is certainly unprecedented.”