National Teams Updates September 2021

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Last Updated: 20 September 2021

To all Athletes and members of the ultrarunning community.

With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic sutuation, a very limited number of venues have been available to qualify for the National Team or to compete in general.

We are now starting to see more events being able to go ahead with their annual schedule depanding on the advisory of their Provincial Health Organization.

We received numerous inquiries about the National Championships and the announcement went out a few months ago referring to the cancellation of all Championships for 2021.

The same announcement came from the International Association of Ultamarathon (IAU) stating that all World Championships were cancelled or posponed for 2021.

At the moment, if the Covid-19 situation gets under control, we might start getting back to some type of normal in 2022 but it will all depends on the Provincial, National and International Health Organizations guidance.

We understand the concerns about athletes looking at qualifying for the National Teams or maintaiming their current qualifications. Selection is based on registered performances set 2 years prior and up to 3 months before the current World Championships.

For 2022, we will be looking at 2020, 2021 and up to 3 months before the next World Championships. The limited venues available during that period is a knowed  issue and we will be coming up with an announcement once the situation improves.

The main selection tool used for selection is the ACU Rankings list. A reminder that while we are trying to list every performances set by Canadians around the globe, it is up to each invividual to make sure their results are posted, especially for Canadians living or competing abroad.

If your results are not posted, please contact the ACU National Rankings Statistician.

The ACU Rankings list is up to date as of Jul 31st 2021. Despite the pandemic, Canadians posted 494 performances in 2020 and 1342 in 2021 so far.

Those recent results produced 11 new Canadian records in 2020-21 plus 2 more pending ratification.

Ultrarunners are very resilient individuals who always find a way to keep up their fitness level

Well done to all, stay healthy and be safe out there, we got this !!

Armand

National Team Manager

Transition to the new executive

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Last Updated: 02 November 2020

Dear members of the ultrarunning community,

the last 8 months have been a real test of our resiliency to overcome the hard situation everyone is experiencing but as ultrarunners always do, we did not let that stop us from enjoying our sport by keeping up with training on our own or hosting virtual challenges.

Despite the limited number of events hosted in 2020, so far 1043 performances across the globe from Canadians have been recorded on our Ranking List (see update 30 Sep). If anyone has participated in an event which is not listed, please contact us so we can update the list.

The last 8 months has also been a very busy time for the ACU as we went through the election process of a new executive committee to move our sport forward nationally and internationally.

As I am typing this announcement, the final transition to the new executive has been completed and they are ready to assume their new functions.

Ryne Melcher is taking the helm as your new President

Lee Smith as Vice-President and Adam Takacs as Secretary/Treasurer.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish them all the best and to thank the whole ultrarunning community for your tremendous support over my last 10 years as President of the ACU.

A special thanks goes to our Directors, Technical team members, Provincial Representatives, as well as Race Directors and members, for their outstanding work and support year after year.

As I step down, I am confident that the same cooperation and support will be continuing with the new executive members.

To help with the continuity of the organization, I will be moving to the new function of Technical advisor and keep the position of National Team Manager.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, our memberships has declined, a few new members and limited number of renewal have been processed. The ACU is your association and without your support it cannot exist so I encourage you to renew or join.

On this note, I wish you well, be safe and stay healthy, we got this...

Yours in Sport

Armand

ACU New executives announcement

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Last Updated: 10 June 2020

Dear members of the ultrarunning community,

The ACU has now completed the nominations process required to elect the new executive committee members.

The nominations received are as follows:

Ryne Melcher for President from Vancouver, British Columbia

Lee Smith for Vice-President from Edmonton,  Alberta

No nominations received for the Secretary/Treasurer

As there is only 1 nomination for each of the position, Ryne and Lee are therefore elected by acclamation.

The Secretary position will be reposted in the near future.

The transition to the new executive will take place in the next couple of weeks.

"Congratulations to Ryne and Lee for their nominations and looking forward to their leadership"

Yours in sports

Armand

ACU Elections of the Executive 2020 Nominations

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Last Updated: 29 May 2020

Dear members of the running community,

as we are getting to the end of May and the end of the deadline to receive nominations for the ACU executive elections, this is the last reminder to send in your nominations. It is important that nominations are received in order to proceed to elect the next executive of your association.

Open for elections are the following position:

President

Vice President

General Secretary/Treasurer

The Association Canadian Ultramarathoners (ACU) has been in operation since 1992 and needs to continue to serve the ultrarunning community.

Each position requires a very small commitment of time.

One individual can only do so much but a team of individuals can achieve anything.

Stay healthy and be safe

Yours in Sports

Armand

ACU President