Team Canada World Trail Teams Announced for the Pyrenees 2025
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ACU, in collaboration with Athletics Canada, has selected 6 men and 6 women to represent Canada in each of the two ultradistance events (45km and 82km). The World Mountain and Trail Running Championships will be held in Canfranc-Pirineos from 25-28 September. ACU president, Bernadette Benson, will attend the event as a Team Coach.
Congratulations to all selected!
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Beverley Anderson-Abbs Claims the W60 50k Record
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Beverley Anderson-Abbs, an expat living in California, continues her stellar running career with her February 1st, 2025 performance at the Jed Smith Endurance Runs 50k in Sacramento. Beverley ran 4:04:32, which surpassed Christine Dirks' 2014 time of 4:30:14. Congratulations, Beverley!
Wayne Gaudet Breaks Five in One Go!
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Congratulations to David (Wayne) Gaudet of Alberta on breaking five M65 records at Survivorfest 24 Hour on 8-9 June 2024.
Wayne reached 50 Miles in 8:28:23, surpassing Albert Miclette's 2005 performance of 8:35:59. He reached 100km at 10:35:57, bettering Miclette's 10:58:25 (2004). Wayne went on to pass the 12 Hour mark with 111.458km, bettering Miclette's 2005 mark of 104.800km. After passing 100 miles with 17:48:11 on the clock (surpassing Steve Tomajko's 2019 time of 22:23:42), Wayne finished 24 Hours with 202.892km (besting Rolly Portelance's 2008 mark of 168.941km).
Catrin Jones continues to break W45 records
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Catrin Jones of BC continued her challenge of W45 records in 2024 with a performance at the Dream Nation Apparel 24 Hour on 21 September 2024.
Catrin achieved 76.000km in 6 Hours, surpassing Bernadette Benson's 72.329km from 2018. She went on to achieve 8:08:26 for 100km, surpassing Benson's 8:27:39 also from 2018. Congratulations, Catrin!
More Women's Records Broken in 2024!
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Congratulations to Julie Hamulecki (ON) and Bernadette Benson (living abroad), who have had the following records ratified:
Jones and Brown continue to break records
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Congratulations to Catrin Jones (BC) and Viktoria Brown (ON), who have had the following records ratified:
Benson breaks W55 records
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At the April 6-7 2024 Australian 24hr Track Invitational in Canberra, Bernadette Benson broke three W55 records, which have been ratified by ACU.
W55 6hr: 62.632km, surpassing Barbara McLeod's performance from 1992
W55 12hr: 118.596km, surpassing Barbara McLeod's performance from 1994
W55 100 mile: 16:54:18, surpassing Sue Armstrong's 2015 time of 21:06:44. Bernadette's performance is a pending IAU World Age Best Performance (WABP), which is currently with the IAU Records Committee for verification and ratification.
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