On Saturday at Extremely-Path Cape City (UTCT) in South Africa, Canadian ultrarunner Jazmine Lowther captured the highest spot within the 100K race, crossing the road in 12:04:25. Her dominant win highlighted a profitable day for Canadian runners, with Quebec’s Geneviève Asselin-Demers and Jean-François Cauchon additionally taking top-10 finishes, inserting seventh and eighth respectively.
UTCT boasts 4,972 metres of elevation over 100K and is described on the occasion web site as “a front-loaded, technical route.” The race has two main climbs throughout the first 50K, and this yr’s race had temperatures reaching 25°C. Final yr’s version noticed Quebec’s Marianne Hogan declare the second-place spot.
Lowther’s dominant victory
Lowther pulled by the 31K mark and by no means seemed again, extending her result in almost half-hour by the ultimate climb. Antonina Iushina of Russia completed second in 12:50:01, with Germany’s Eva Sperger taking third in 13:07:21. Asselin-Demers additionally had a stable race, ending seventh in 14:47:03.
5 suggestions from prime Canadian ultrarunner Jazmine Lowther
Lowther, who took second at Run the Rut 50K in Huge Sky, Mo. in September, turned skilled in 2022. Initially from Nelson, B.C., she had a standout win on the 2022 Canyons Endurance Runs and a powerful fourth-place end on the UTMB’s CCC race. Lowther then needed to take break day to navigate accidents and biomechanical challenges; she returned in prime type in 2023.
On the boys’s aspect, France’s Hugo Deck claimed the highest spot in 10:31:02, with Portugal’s Miguel Arsénio taking second, and Michelino Sunseri of the U.S. rounded out the rostrum. Quebec native Cauchon, who took eighth within the males’s race, smashed the course report at Quebec Mega Path in July in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
World Path Majors finale
UTCT is the ultimate race within the World Path Majors, a nine-race collection that launched in January. Runners earn factors at every race within the collection, primarily based on efficiency, with the last word winners introduced on the finish of November. The present standings have Courtney Dauwalter tied with Quebec’s Anne Champagne; fellow Canadian runners Kelsey Hogan and Geneviève Asselin-Demers are positioned fourth and seventh respectively. Professional ultrarunner Marianne Hogan of Quebec has additionally had a standout yr, capturing the eleventh spot. On the boys’s aspect, Canada’s prime runner is Fernie’s Ethan Peters, additionally in eleventh place.
Quebec Mega Path, launched in 2012, is the only real Canadian cease within the collection, which kicked off in Hong Kong in January and continued with races in Arizona, Spain, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland and England earlier than Saturday’s race in Cape City.
Be taught extra concerning the World Path Majors right here. For full outcomes of Extremely-Path Cape City, head right here.
