Athletes ‘overrun’ the Crowsnest Pass for an international race The Crowsnest Pass was home to an all-new race this past weekend Nick AlleN Pas Herald Reporter The spry Minotaur SkyRace on June 25 in the Crowsnest Pass was part of the Skyrunner World Series of races. The Skyrunner World Series was launched in 2004 and represents the ‘height’ of outdoor running in terms of altitude and technical difficulty. This is the only North American stop on the international circuit of 13 races spanning 10 countries. Race director Erin Fairhurst said the event was planned for both 2020 and 2021 but had to be cancelled. 2020 was supposed to be the year they first launched as a race in the Skyrunner World Series. “We've had people waiting for a long time and we are grateful that they hung in there for us,” said Fairhurst. Fairhurst said the first step for the race to become part of the Skyrunner World Series was the race organizers had to satisfy course criteria. “We had to have a course that had a certain amount of elevation gain compressed into a certain amount of kilometres and we have to utilise terrain that's more like trails and mountainous terrain as opposed to roads or paths,” said Fairhurst. For that reason, she said most of the work on the course was done on foot. The course was remote with the terrain being difficult to map. The path featured 2900 m of climbing over 33.5 km. Along with difficulties regarding coursework, Fairhurst said there were administrative challenges. “It's ironic that we organise an uphill race because it's been an uphill battle to do the race,” said Fairhurst. She said the race directors were happy to see that the athletes coming are really excited to explore the
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Damien Humbert from France crossed the finish line first after four hours, six minutes and 48 seconds at the spry Minotaur SkyRace on June 25 in Blairmore.
new terrain. “We definitely love the opportunity to showcase our community. We have such a beautiful backyard here and it makes us so proud to see people coming,” said Fairhurst.
People came to the race from around the world with runners from France, Spain and Scotland taking part in the event with the first-place finisher coming from overseas. The winner of the race was Damien Humbert from France. He crossed the finish line after four hours, six minutes and 48 seconds. His completion time was over 20 minutes faster than the next closest contestant. Humbert said the race was probably the best one of the Skyrunner World Series so far. He expressed an interest in returning to run the course. “I was pretty good the whole time, except towards the end on the asphalt section,” said Humbert. According to Humbert, he has never run in Alberta before even though he lived in B.C. for two and a half years. He commented on how sharp the Rockies were and how they damaged his legs and shoes. “I almost fell down the mountain at one point and I [had to] catch myself on the rock… so I had a bloody hand for a while,” said Humbert. When asked how he was going to relax after the race, Humbert said he heard about a burger topped with poutine and was looking forward to trying one. Visit meettheminotaur.com for the full list of results and more information on the event.
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