Sage Canaday led the Team USA men to the World Mountain Running Association World Long Distance Championship, winning the 2014 Pikes Peak Ascent in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 3 seconds. He had to work for it, passing Azerya Teklay of Eritrea in the last half mile. Teklay clocked 2:10:47. Team USA's Andy Wacker and Eric Blake were close behind. Wacker finished third in 2:11:39. Blake, the 2013 ascent champion, hit the summit in 2:12:15.