KEITH NADEAU WINS 2026 VERMONT 100 IN 15:41:42

Keith Nadeau of Rutland, Vermont ran 15:41:42 to win the 100 miles race in West Windsor, finishing more than 30 minutes clear of the field.

Nadeau's win at the 2026 Vermont 100 Endurance Race came on the dirt roads and horse trails the event has used for decades. Aaron Stevens took second in 16:12:35 and Cody Cutler third in 16:15:26.

Megan Eckert won the women's race in 17:19:56. Joanna Fortier finished second in 18:16:52 and Camille Herron third in 18:31:58.

The men's race

Nadeau finished 4 minutes and 35 seconds outside the 15:37:07 Justin Scheid ran to win in 2025. The two times are the fastest recorded here in recent editions, and both sit close to an hour off the course record.

That record is 14:47:35, set by Brian Rusiecki in 2014. It has now stood for 12 years, and no winner since has come within 50 minutes of it.

Stevens and Cutler finished within three minutes of each other, both under 16:16. The gap from first to third measured 33 minutes and 44 seconds, a wider spread than the one that separated second from third.

The winning time also compares favorably against the recent middle of the range. Spencer Imbach won the 2024 edition in 17:24:00, and Roy Van Cleef took the 2022 title in 16:30:01. Nadeau's run was the second fastest winning time of the last five editions.

The women's race

Eckert's 17:19:56 landed 11 seconds behind the 17:19:45 Sarah Gage ran to win in 2024. The two performances are effectively identical across 100 miles.

It was nearly 10 minutes faster than Jenny Hoffman's winning time of 17:29:27 from 2025, and more than an hour faster than Aliza Lapierre's 18:35:25 from 2022.

Kami Semick's course record of 16:42:32, set in 2010, has now stood for 16 years. Eckert finished 37 minutes and 24 seconds outside it.

Herron, who has set world bests at 100 miles and 24 hours, finished third. Her 18:31:58 placed her 15 minutes behind Fortier and roughly 72 minutes behind Eckert.

The 100K

James Gilbert won the concurrent 100K in 9:09:00. Therese Howe won the women's 100K in 10:47:00.

The 100K starts at 9 a.m., five hours after the 100 miles field leaves, and shares most of the same course. Runners in the two races mix on the trail through much of the day, which makes early position in the shorter event difficult to read.

The course

The 100 miles route climbs roughly 17,000 feet across dirt roads and horse trails, with a 30-hour cutoff and a 4 a.m. start. Very little of the course is technical singletrack, and the difficulty comes from sustained rolling terrain rather than any one climb.

Runners share the course with horses competing in a 100 miles ride held the same weekend. That pairing has shaped the event since its early years. Aid stations serve both riders and runners, and the shared route is what separates this race from every other American 100 miles event.

Roughly 450 runners start the two running distances each year, alongside about 70 horses. The event is run as a fundraiser and has long operated with a large volunteer base drawn from the surrounding towns.

The 2027 edition is scheduled for July 16 to 18.