"I definitely gave my all, plus a little extra." - Josh Bridges

Travis Mayer took the lead early in the first run, however Josh Bridges' incredibly relaxed composure managed to take the event win with a blazing time of 34:38.

We saw a lot of the same athletes finish first that we saw finish first in 2015. Mat Fraser came in second, as he did in 2015, but beat his time by over three minutes (35:47 in 2016 vs. 39:20 in 2015). Noah Ohlsen came in third, as he also did in 2015, but beat his time by over two minutes (37:02 in 2016 vs. 39:33 in 2015). Jacob Heppner came in fourth with a time of 37:13, an improvement over his sixth place finish and time of 41:28 in 2015. Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson rounds out the top five finishers of Murph this year. While he had taken the event win last year, his time of 38:06 is an improvement over his time in 2015 of 38:36.

Astonishingly enough, the top time last year set by Guðmundsson falls between this year's seventh place finish (Rob Forte with a time of 38:11) and eighth place finish (Alex Anderson with a time of 38:56). Providing a testimony to the overall improvement of fitness of the field of athletes.

Brent Fikowski sat in second place overall, trailing Fraser by only 14 points going into the day. However, his 28th place finish in Murph will drop him to third place overall, six points behind Bridges. Bridges sat in seventh place going into the day, but the event win will bring him up to second. Fraser widens his gap between first and second place, sitting 78 points ahead of Bridges.

Leaderboard (Men):

1. (398) Mathew Fraser
2. (320) Josh Bridges
3. (314) Brent Fikowski
4. (302) Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
5. (296) Ben Smith
6. (294) Alex Vigneault
7. (288) Alex Anderson
8. (284) Patrick Vellner
9. (282) Noah Ohlsen
10. (278) Travis Mayer
11. (266) Jacob Heppner
12. (256) Lukas Högberg
13. (244) Scott Panchik
14. (222) Cole Sager
15. (222) Lukas Esslinger
16. (214) Travis Williams
17. (210) Khan Porter
18. (206) Ben Stoneberg
19. (198) Christian Lucero
20. (188) Rob Forte
21. (186) Marcus Filly
22. (184) Rasmus Wisbech Andersen
23. (182) Sam Dancer
24. (182) Sean Sweeney
25. (182) Albert-Dominic Larouche
26. (178) Adrian Mundwiler
27. (178) James Newbury
28. (174) Samuel Kwant
29. (166) Spencer Hendel
30. (166) Garret Fisher
31. (162) Gary Helmick
32. (156) Logan Collins
33. (154) Lucas Parker
34. (148) Jacob Anderson
35. (138) Mitchell Sinnamon
36. (134) Roy Gamboa
37. (124) Zak Carchedi
38. (112) Zeke Grove
39. (84) Joseph Guesnier
40. (142) Jonne Koski

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Photo Credit: Josh Bridges Instagram (@bridgesj3)