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2025 - The Wwii Challenge

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States View on map
Oct 02, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

2025 distances

Running

Race to Messina Challenge (250 miles)

250 mile course for individual or team participation!

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Pacific Theater Challenge (72 miles)

72 mile course for individual or team participation!

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Pacific Theater Challenge (717 miles)

717 Mile Course for individual or team participation!

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Liberty Road Challenge (100 miles)

100 mile course for individual or team participation!

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Liberty Road Challenge (712 miles)

712 mile course for individual or team participation!

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

North Africa Challenge (105 Miles)

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

North Africa Challenge (805 Miles)

Oct 02, 2025 Ultra 12:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on October 2, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 12.8° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 20.7°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 11.6° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 21.2°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
17.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
2.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
75.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 2, 2025 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 2, 2025 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 49m

The sun rises at 6:54 AM and sets at 6:44 PM local time (CDT) in New Orleans on October 2, 2025 — 11h 49m of daylight.

Course

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2025 results — The Wwii Challenge

423 finishers across 7 distances · leading places in the Race to Messina Challenge (250 miles)

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Leading finishers of the 2025 The Wwii Challenge
Place Name Time Pace
1 Brett Estis 103:12:42 9:15 /mi
2 Jeff Dixon 104:55:20 6:17 /mi
3 Ken Troxell — —
4 Philip Keeley — —
5 David Ellis — —

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 41 New Orleans events

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