Canadian ladies as soon as once more confirmed their power over the weekend at The North Face Transgrancanaria races within the Canary Islands. New Brunswick’s Kelsey Hogan took sixth place within the 126K race, whereas Ontario’s Stephanie Case (who lives and trains in France) captured seventh, and Quebec’s Geneviève Asselin-Demers took fourth within the 81K occasion. “Coming from winter coaching within the snow and ice to an early season race right here is difficult, so it’s particularly thrilling to see Canada represented within the high spots,” Hogan instructed Canadian Operating post-race.
The 126K race kicked off at midnight on Friday (native time), on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. Runners traversed 126 km and 6,764 metres of vertical acquire as they made their approach to the city of Maspalomas, on the island’s southern shore. It’s the third race within the nine-race World Path Majors Sequencefollowing the Hong Kong 100 and Black Canyon Extremely in Arizona.
“This race actually had all of it: a midnight begin on the seashore, sideways rain and howling wind within the evening, steep muddy climbs, and delightful mountain views,” Hogan (who’s initially from Newfoundland) mentioned. “A lot of the 7,000m of climbing is within the first a part of the course, so I stayed affected person early on, targeted on fueling effectively and maintaining an excellent tempo, after which left all of it on the market for the online downhill last 35km. My legs are very drained immediately!”
Case, a human rights lawyer and the founding father of Free to Run (a non-profit that helps ladies in areas of battle by sport), is contemporary off a 2025 season the place she made a gorgeous post-partum comeback with a win at Extremely-Path Snowdonia by UTMB in Wales. “Stoked to complete seventh feminine in savage situations, and two hours quicker than my 2018 end on this race when the climate was higher and the course was shorter,” she shared on social media post-race. “My finest years in working are but to return!
Asselin-Demers captures fourth within the 81K
Within the 81K race, which options greater than 4,300m of elevation acquire, Asselin-Demers charged to a fourth-place end in 9 hours and 59 minutes. Asselin-Demers is coming is contemporary off of a robust 2025 season, the place she took third on the Desert RATS Path Operating Competition by UTMB 110K and fourth on the Swiss Canyon Extremely Path 111K in 2025, in addition to ending fifth at Quebec Mega-Path 135K and representing Canada within the 80K Lengthy Path occasion on the World Mountain and Path Operating Championships in Spain.
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