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The 2025 running of the Javelina Jundred birthed course records and carnage. On paper a five lap loop with 1,200′ of gain per lap feels easy when placed up against the other Golden Ticket races.
Both carnage and course recrods are the norm for ultraraces these days.
Elite runners are going so big and so hard that they either demolish a course record or they are blowing up trying.
As fan, this is what I want all day.
We followed four runners going into the 2025 Javelina Jundred. Sage Canday, Careth Arnold, Clint Anders, and Caleb Bowen.
All started the race dancing close the cliff and two made it and two didn’t.
When we cover athletes prerace, I’m finding a deeper emotional connection to their performance celebrating their triumphs and hurting in their setbacks.
Here’s a quick look at the runners we followed leading up to Javelina Jundred.
Caleb Bowen | M5
Caleb Bowen called his shot in advance of the 2025 running of Javelina Jundred.
He ran 2024 in 14:20 and on our podcast with him (spotify | apple) he said he believed he had more to give.
He didn’t outright give us his strategy but there were clearly moments in the race he wanted back from 2024.
Whatever he left on the course in 2024 he picked it up in 2025.
Caleb bested his time by AN HOUR AND TEN MINUTES.
He shaved off 8%. That’s like going from a 3 hour marathon to 2:45. Unreal.
Sage Canaday | M7
Sage Canaday (Borderlands podcast interview apple | spotify) has given us two decades of class A ultrarunning.
At 39 years old he continues to perform with M7 across a very different landscape than 10 years ago where 13:34 would have been first by almost a half hour.
And don’t forget Sage’s health scares and personal challenges over the past 5 years.
It’s good for the ultrarunning fan soul to see Sage going hard at Javelina Jundred.
It’s like seeing Jason Schlarb at Hardrock, or Speedgoat at Antelope Island.
Careth Arnold | DNF
Careth Arnold (Borderlands interview spotify | apple) gave American trail running fans a gift that can never be given again in 2025 – the first ever American win at TDS.
The great French runners have been coming to the US and owning the Hardrock podium. So when an American goes to French soil and comes away with F1, it’s not only worth celebrating independent of context but it gives American fans a key data point in the world class development of American trail runners.
It was not her day at Javelina Jundred as she noted here.
After wins at TDS, Twisted Fork, and Hurricane 100k, we’ll be watching her race calendar come together.
Clint Anders | DNF
Clint Anders went hard and ultimately DNFed but not before some speedy laps in through the most iconic state park in desert running.
He flew close to the sun and ultrarunning’s first son, David Roche, and ultimately fell victim to the desert like so many other great runners that day.
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Borderlands.cc writer Bryce Carlson hunted Clint Down to tell his story and through that he unearthed what felt like a regional hero.
The comments of support from other Colorado runners proved Clint to not only be a speedy mountain runner but also a beloved memeber of the community.
Is 12:10 the equivalent to ‘Breaking 2’
As ultrarunning times get faster and faster, I wonder where we’re at compared to marathon times.
Have we already had our ‘Breaking 2’ at Javelina?
Is 12:10 by Will Murray the new 2 hour marathon?
Or are we at 2:10? 2:15?
Today officially marks the beginning of Advent for the 2026 Javelina Jundred.
