Ukranian-Canadian Ihor Verys sped previous the competitors to a win at Canadian Loss of life Race in Grande Cache, Alta. on Saturday, greater than an hour and a half forward of the opposite racers. The notoriously powerful race traverses three mountain summits and runners should climb 5,181 metres of elevation. Verys ran a easily executed race, and completed the difficult 118K course in 12:36:11, simply 16 minutes shy of the course file (12:15:54, set by Ricky Gates in 2011).
Calgary’s Ryan Patteson took second place in 14:08:35, and Lethbridge’s Brandon Regier rounded out the rostrum in 14:38:21. American ultrarunner veteran Harvey Lewis (of Huge’s Yard and Badwater 135 fame) completed greater than two hours after Verys in 14:41:33. Verys has been toppling podiums throughout the nation, notably taking first place at Fats Canine 120 in 2022. He was the final Canadian standing on the World Yard Extremely Championships final fall and is headed to Extremely-Path Harricana in September.
“It’s actually thrilling to see how Ihor is climbing the ranks and pushing individuals at every race he attends,” race director Brian Gallant shared with Canadian Working. “He received Sinister 7 final yr and now Loss of life Race. He has an important future in extremely working.”
The ladies’s race was dominated by Saskatoon’s Mandy Currie who ran 15:47:38 to take first lady and ninth total. Currie is not any stranger to ultra-podiums–she received the Sinister Seven 50K in 2022 and took third on the 2022 Squamish 50/50. “The race was so effectively organized and effectively marked. This was my first CDR expertise and I liked that the city even had youngsters out on their garden cheering for runners (even at midnight!),” Currie shared post-race.
“One thing that stands out is the quantity of robust girls on the market,” she added. “Ultras are getting extra aggressive–I believe I used to be seventh or eighth for the primary two legs. I used to be both simply behind or simply forward of one other robust lady the entire race and that was tremendous inspiring.” Currie was carefully adopted by Amy Tuininga of Edmonton in 16:00:21, and Jasper’s Ellen Whitman in 16:12:04.
High Males
Ihor Verys 12:36:11
Ryan Patteson 14:08:55
Brandon Regier 14:38:21
Harvey Lewis 14:41:33
Ben Marsh 14:57:05
High Ladies
Mandy Currie 15:57:28
Amy Tuininga 16:00:21
Ellen Whitman 16:12:04
Natalie Johnston 16:39:49
Angela Bates 17:04:10
Close to Loss of life Marathon
The Close to Loss of life Marathon is 41.1 km, with over 1,700m elevation achieve, and runners are given 9 and a half hours to finish the race. Final yr noticed girls sweeping the rostrum, with Edmonton’s Priscilla Forgie setting a yet-untouched course file of 4:06:21. This yr’s race noticed 18-year-old William Allaway Brager of Camrose, Alta. take the win–that is the second yr Brager has made the rostrum (Brager was third in 2022). He was adopted in by Calgary’s Benjamin Harper–Inheritor in 4:32:42 and Grande Prairie’s James Cameron in 4:37:36.
The ladies’s race additionally noticed some athletes on the rostrum, with Grande Prairie’s Kim Cameron topping the rostrum in 4:37:41, and ending fourth total. Edmonton’s Lindsay McHardy took second in 5:09:56 and Angelica MacWilliams, additionally of Edmonton, ran to 3rd in 5:29:28.
High Males
William Allaway Brager 4:11:27.1
Benjamin Harper-Inheritor 4:32:42
James Cameron 4:37:36
Bobby Lahoda 4:37:41
Frances Simard 4:43:05
High Ladies
Kim Cameron 4:37:41
Lindsay McHardy 5:09:56
Angelica MacWilliams 5:29:28.6
Meghan Fraser 5:45:09
Jenny Keith 5:57:17
For full outcomes from the 2023 Canadian Loss of life Race, head right here.
