The British Columbia Ultra and Trail Running Record: First and Fastest

It is about time that I updated this list of epic awesomeness: first and fastest running adventures; and milestones of ultra running races (at bottom).

Post your updates, additions, and corrections or send them to David Crerar at jeldac99 ‘at’ gmail.com.

http://www.clubfatass.com/blog/david-crerar/british-columbia-ultra-and-trail-running-record-first-and-fastest

This is a project that I’ve been thinking about for a while, and that I decided to put together yesterday as I slopped through the mud of the Juan de Fuca Trail.

• * = also the speed record

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: Enzo Federico,  Louis Briere, David Brown, Tom Brown, Gavin Cameron, Shane Collins, Rob Hartvikson, Brendan Kennelly 8:30 (24 June 1989) ##
• Fastest: Aaron Heidt 4:39:52 (11 July 2009, Kneeknacker Race) ##
• Fastest Female: Ellie Green­wood 5:06:09 (10 July 2010 Kneeknacker Race)  ##
• Double BP Trail (Vancouver 100K)

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st:  Murray Comley 3 days (18-20 October 2003)*
• Fastest Male: _____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: Frank Wolf & Kevin Vallely 6:16 (July 2000)
• Fastest Male: Shawn Nelson 5:28 (_____2009) ##
• Fastest Female: Carolyn Goluza 6:50 (_____2009) ##
• Double JDF Trail 94K:

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: Jeff Hunt & Bob Wall 11:00 (opening day: May 10, 2008)*
• Fastest Male: Jeff Hunt & Bob Wall 11:00 (opening day: May 10, 2008)
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: David Crerar July 4 - November 1, 2009 (44 peaks, Bagger Challenge)* ##

• 1^st: Aaron Heidt 6:12 (7 November 2009)*
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: Ean Jackson: 23:50 (3-4 July 2004)*
• Fastest Female:__________

• longest continuous run (male): __________
• longest continuous run (female): __________

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: ________________
• Fastest Male: ____________
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: ______ & ______ (“two servicemen”: who?) 18 hours (some time before September 1983): ##    
• Fastest: 1. Gary Robbins 10:08 (4 August 2010); 2. Frank Wolf & Kevin Vallely 10:13 (24 July 1997) ##
• Fastest Female:__________

• 1^st: Gary Robbins 23:40 (4 August 2007)* ##
• Fastest Female:__________

24-Hour Relay (Easter Seals, Central Park, Burnaby)

• Farthest distance: Glenn Pace 109.2K (20 June 2009) ##
• Farthest Female:__________

British Columbia Runner Ultra Milestones*

100-time ultra finishers  (and first race and  #100 race names and dates)

• Ryne Melcher: 140 (June 2010) 1st: Make-A-Wish 25-hour April 1995;  100th: Run for the Toad 50k October 2005
• Gail Forshaw: 121 (June 2010) 1st: Knee Knacker July 1991; 100th: Diez Vista, April 2007
• Karl Jensen:  133 (June 2010) 1st: Sri Chinmoy 50M March 1992; 100th: Diez Vista 50K April 2008
• Gail Bazely: 121 (June 2010)
• Lori Alexander: 114 (June 2010)
• Moe Boileau: 109 (June 2010)
• Brian VanOene: 108 (June 2010)
• Gilles Barbeau: 106 (June 2010) 1st: Kneeknacker June 1999; 50th: Haney to Harrison 2007; 100th: North Shore Enduro 50K May 2009
• Ean Jackson: 100 (June 2010) 1st: Ultraman Hawaii June 1990; 100th: New Year's Day Fatass 50K January 2010

50-time ultra finishers (and first race and #50 race names and dates)

• Bruce Grant
• Matt Sessions ?
• Rob Lang ?
• Sally Marcellus ?
• Ron Adams ?
• Al Harman ?
• Barry Hopkins ?
• Rob Grant ?
• John Machray ?
• Bill Dagg ?
• George Forshaw: 82 (June 2010) 1st: Knee Knacker in July 1991;50th: _______
• Rick Arikado: 1st: Knee Knacker 50K July 1992; 50th: Knee Knacker 50K July 2008
• Glenn Pace: 1st: Knee Knacker 50K, July 2002; 50th: Frosty Mountain 50K, Sept 2009
• Neil Ambrose 1st: Diez Vista April 2004; 50th: Vancouver 100 January 2010
• David Crerar: 1st: Dirty Duo 50K March 2003; 50th: Orcas Island 50K, February 2010

50-time 100-mile ultra finishers  (and first race and #50 race names and dates)

20-time 100-mile ultra finishers  (and first race and #20 race names and dates)

• Karl Jensen: 1st: Western States June 1993; 20th: Bighorn June 2005
• Gilles Barbeau: 1st: Western States June 2006; 20th: Stormy August 2009

* Entirely honour system, but recommended criteria and definitions of ultra races (no counting training runs, private runs, flash events, non-race adventure runs, treadmill runs, imaginary runs, splitting a 100 miler into two ultras, pacing duties, almost-there DNFs, long bike rides, watching movies about ultras, etc.) can be found at: http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/faq_criteria.html