Twenty-eight-year-old Kelsey Hogan of Regular Brook, N.L., has not solely defended her title because the quickest girl to run the Quebec Mega Path 100-miler, however she’s additionally damaged her personal document. Arriving Saturday evening to the end line at Mont Ste-Anne ski resort 40 minutes east of Quebec Metropolis, Hogan shaved greater than three and a half hours off her earlier document, arriving in 24:34:58. That is her second consecutive win for the occasion. The 100-mile race kicked off on Friday night at Le Lodge and Spa Le Germain Charlevoix in Baie St-Paul, 66 km east of Mont Ste-Anne. Round 150 runners participated within the 100-mile race.
Hogan had a powerful begin, steadily holding sixteenth place general till mid-morning Saturday, when she started pulling forward, finally ending in eighth place general.
Hogan has had a formidable 12 months since her final QMT win. Since then, she’s positioned first feminine/fourth general at Mactaquac Path Race (20 km, 1:56:57) and tenth feminine/third senior feminine/prime Canadian at Grand Raid Réunion Diagonale des Fous (165 km, 37:01:05). (Hogan wrote about her expertise on the Grand Raid for the Path Particular Difficulty of Canadian Operating in April.)
Of the feminine athletes, Ariel Cudmore of Sainte-Beatrix, Que., positioned second with a time of 26:07:43, adopted by Anne Bouchard from Bromont, Que., who was third, in 27:54:08.
QMT 110 Outcomes
Spain’s Urko Larranaga positioned first with a time of 13:51:23. Inserting second was France’s Sylvain Camus in 14:14:49. In third, Quebec’s Antoine Blais in 14:43:16.
For the ladies, Montreal’s Genevieve Asselin completed seventh with a time of 15:14:32. Leah Nicholson from the USA completed in 18:03:16, and Quebec’s Valerie Collin rounded out the highest three with a time of 18:13:37.
QMT 80K outcomes
Ryan Patterson from Calgary took first place with a time of 09:08:26. In second place, Montreal’s Jeetesh Rao Lukea was solely minutes behind, in 09:13:42. Eric Drolet from La Turque, Que., completed third in 09:26:18.
For the ladies, Mylène Sansoucy crossed the end line first with 10:09:20, adopted by
Catherine Lemire from Lac Saint-Joseph, Que., with 11:03:22. Calgary’s Emily Coleman completed third
with 11:59:02.
QMT 50K outcomes
Jean-Philippe Thibodeau from Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., took the highest spot with a time of 04:55:51. Montreal’s Patrick Lehoux-Gagnon got here in second in 05:07:59. In third was Calgary’s Mitchell Valic, who completed with a time of 05:26:01.
The highest three girls have been all Quebec runners. Amelie Simard completed first with a time of 05:54:40,
adopted by Alex Castonguay in 06:09:54. In third was Sarah Baribeau, who completed in 06:34:55.
QMT 25K outcomes
Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau of the U.S. received the 25K race, which is now a part of Salomon’s Golden Path Nationwide Sequence, in 1:48:11; Samuël Poher of Quebec was second, in 1:55:03, and Jeffrey Stern of Hamilton was third, in 1:58:38. (Reid Coolsaet, who has struggled with harm this season, completed fourth, in 1:58:58. Coolsaet received the 110K occasion in 2021.)
On the ladies’s facet, Anne Marie Comeau from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., took the win with a time of 02:07:44. In second was USA’s Alayna Sonnesyn, simply minutes behind in 02:11:37. USA’s Rachel Tomajczyk positioned third, with a time of 02:16:15. Comeau, a former street runner, lately represented Canada on the World Mountain and Path Operating Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.
