The Squamish 50, well-known for its 11,000 toes of climbing and descent by means of scenic trails with stunning mountain views, doubled because the 2024 Canadian Path Working Championships on Saturday and Sunday. Each the 50-mile race and the 50K noticed blistering performances–each the boys and the ladies set new 50K course data. Different high finishers clocked a number of the quickest occasions within the race’s historical past.
With a first-place end within the ladies’s 50K, Langley, B.C.’s Jade Belzberg clocked 5:16:07 to take down the earlier course file of 5:20:39, which had stood since 2014. “I’m thrilled to have lastly had the possibility to run a Canadian path race, and it felt wonderful to take action on the Canadian champs, of all issues!”
Within the 50-mile race, Vancouver’s Marcus Ribi (the third-place finisher from 2021) crossed the road greater than quarter-hour forward of the next-fastest finisher, and ran the second-fastest time in course historical past, 7:17:54, to simply take a spot on the Canadian path working group headed to the 2025 World Championships. “Squamish was at all times going to be the massive purpose race of the 12 months for me, and I knew it’d be a quick one with the 2 worlds spots up for grabs,” he mentioned. “I’m tremendous proud of the end result and looking out ahead to with the ability to signify Canada in Spain subsequent 12 months.”
Within the ladies’s 50-mile class, Edmonton’s Priscilla Forgie, winner of the 2022 occasion, returned for one more win with the third-fastest time ever–8:27:46. “It was so fantastic to return to Squamish,” she mentioned. “The paths, the folks and the environment are at all times unimaginable.” Forgie may even be heading to Spain for the World Championships.
Some significantly bold ultrarunners participated within the 50-50 occasion–which means they ran the 50-mile race on Saturday and doubled again for 50K race on Sunday. 2024 Quebec Mega Path 100-mile winner Jean-François Cauchon of Quebec completed his 50-mile and 50K legs in 8:21:38 and 5:37:57, respectively, taking the 50/50 win.
The 50-50 second-place finisher was Squamish’s personal Alexandre Ricard, who received the 50K race; he clocked 5:33:16 to demolish the earlier 50K course file of 4:45:11 by greater than 12 minutes, after racing the 50-mile the day past.