Quebec Mega Path introduced Friday a brand-new 30K race, the primary Canadian race to be a part of the celebrated Golden Path World Collection. The brand new QMT-30 joins a formidable lineup of races in eight international locations in Europe, Asia and (now) North America that features the historic Zegama-Aizkorri mountain marathon in Spain, and it’s anticipated the race will considerably elevate the profile of Canadian trail-running internationally, to not point out benefiting tourism to Quebec’s scenic Côte-de-Beaupré area.
The QMT-30 would be the solely GTWS race held in North America this 12 months, after its relationship with the Damaged Arrow Skyrace in California led to 2025. The GTWS was created by Salomon in 2018.
The brand new, short-format 30K course, which options technical singletrack, 1,450 metres of elevation achieve and demanding climbs and descents within the Laurentian mountains, would require top-notch abilities from the athletes who contest it. Spectators and viewers can be rewarded with high-quality competitors. 100 bibs can be obtainable for elite athletes, and 100 for non-elites. (Non-elite registration is by lottery and is open till March 1.)
The 32K distance, launched two years in the past, stays comparatively unchanged.
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“Internet hosting a Golden Path World Collection race with the brand new QMT30 is an amazing supply of satisfaction,” race director Jean Fortier mentioned in a press launch. “Staying true to the DNA of QMT, my workforce and I proceed to evolve the occasion by specializing in demanding programs, a stable group, and an occasion deeply rooted in its group, as a way to ship a robust expertise for each athletes and spectators.”
The 135K and 50K distance occasions, which culminate (as do all race distances) at Mont Sainte-Anne, are a part of the World Path Majors, established in 2023 as a extra grassroots various to the UTMB mannequin of ultra-trail occasions. For the second 12 months operating, the QMT50 and QMT80 will function the Canadian Path Working Championships for brief and lengthy distances.
Quebec Mega Path has hosted high-quality path and ultra-trail occasions since 2012.
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