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Ottawa (UW) - Les Michalak of Burlington, Ont., and Aimee Runge of Toronto won the men's and women's titles at the 17th annual Sri Chinmoy International 24-Hour Race over the weekend.
The event is recognized by the Association of Canadian Ultramarathoners as the Canadian championship. An ultramarathon is a open-ended term used to describe any running event longer than the standard marathon of 42.195 kilometres.
Michalak, 47, ran 188.457 kilometres and Runge, 31, covered 147.237 kilometres to top a field of 45 long distance specialists from across Canada and the United States.
The event was held on a certified 400-metre track at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in Ottawa. It started at 8 a.m. Saturday and ended at 8 a.m. Sunday. Runners are scored on the basis of the total distance they are able to cover in the full 24-hour period.
Michalak and Runge are both experienced ultra runners. However, it was the first 24-hour race for each. As a result, they were awarded the Michel Careau Trophies as the male and female 24- hour rookies of 1997.
The winners shared the spotlight with Odino Soligo, an amazing 76-year-old runner from Thornhill, Ont., who ran a new North American record for his age group of 152.825 kilometres.
En route, Soligo also set several other North American records at shorter intervals and established 11 new Canadian 75-79 age group records. Age group records are recorded for every five year age group starting at age 40 for men and 35 for women.
Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour International Race (ACU Canadian 24-Hour Championships) Ottawa, Ontario - 13-14 September 1997 (Certified 400-metre track) (6hr, 12hr, 50km, 50mi, 100km, 150km 100mi splits)
(distances in kilometres) 1. Les Michalak, 47, ON 60.000 113.600 188.457 (4:59:46, 8:10:24, 10:18:46, 16:28:47, 17:53:58) 2. John Cookson, 51 ON 52.800 95.200 170.425 (5:24:06, 9:26:46, 12:34:18, 20:53:08, 22:36:44) 3. Scott Walsh, 19 ON 61.200 107.600 165.345 (4:48:48, 8:05:50, 10:20:06, 20:12:45, 22:32:02) 4. Paul Raymond, 43 ON 56.800 100.800 164.647 (5:12:19, 8:54:43, 11:44:15, 19:58:21, 22:10:43) 5. Jacques Caplette, 51, PQ 42.000 83.600 162.592 (7:07:51, 11:32:11, 14:27:06, 22:17:57, 23:45:56) 6. Tom Restoule, 47, ON 48.000 86.000 161.642 (6:16:58, 10:22:47, 13:50:18, 22:35:22, 23:52:05) 7. Bill Dickey, 58, CA 45.600 84.800 159.692 (6:37:09, 11:10:52, 14:14:10, 22:23:49) 8. Odino Soligo, 76, ON 50.800 86.800 152.825 (5:49:02, 10:08:31, 13:55:29, 23:21:48) (Canadian 75-79 records: 24hrs/152.825km, 12hrs/86.800Km, 6hrs/50.800km, 30mi/5:36:58, 50km/5:49:02, 60km/7:38:37, 40mi/7:44:09, 80km/10:05:25, 50mi/10:08:31, 100km/13:55:29, 150km/23:21:48. Also North American records 80km up to 24hrs) 9. Richard Urbanski, 50, ON 63.600 106.800 150.000 (4:25:35, 8:12:13, 11:00:33, 21:58:13) 10. Greg Bohuslawsky, 45, ON 50.400 93.600 149.511 (6:15:58, 10:14:08, 14:14:46) 11. Marcel Ratthe, 33, PQ 53.200 89.200 148.082 (5:34:21, 10:36:40, 13:59:30) 12. (F) Aimee Runge, 31 ON 49.200 89.600 147.237 (6:05:26, 10:24:13, 13:58:26) 13. Simon Laporte, 46, PQ 49.600 84.800 143.608 (6:02:21, 11:08:47, 15:18:26) 14. Terry Martin, 51, ON 66.00 120.000 142.403 (4:25:42, 7:21:18, 9:36:57) 15. (F) Diane Melanson, 56, CA 44.000 81.200 139.822 (6:56:29, 11:51:47, 15:26:45) 16. Ronald Gehl, 50, ON 60.000 102.000 136.113 (4:51:23, 8:56:12, 11:36:34) 17. Mike Gillespie, 47, ON 50.400 99.200 132.900 (5:55:20, 9:33:51, 12:03:02) 18. Gord Harthun, 43, ON 50.000 86.800 131.945 (5:56:09, 10:30:06, 14:37:47) 19. Joe Cleary, 57, ON 44.400 83.600 130.730 (6:45:30, 11:18:44, 14:58:47) 20. Neree St.-Amand, 52, PQ 45.600 76.800 130.637 (6:46:30, 12:38:04, 16:38:43) 21. Egor Egan, 43 NS 57.200 82.000 125.930 (5:04:35, 9:10:57, 14:25:57) 22. Paul Smith, 52, PQ 44.000 82.800 118.424 (7:01:24, 11:30:29, 15:19:29) 23. Jim Glen, 30, ON 48.800 78.800 117.164 (6:06:35, 12:14:36, 16:35:49) 24. Howard Parker, 48, ON 46.000 80.800 116.938 6:43:04, 11:47:05, 16:43:21) 25. (F) Sherry McLean, 48, ON 42.400 82.000 116.900 (6:58:57, 11:31:37, 15:11:37) 26. Grant Campbell, 38, ON 48.800 69.600 115.439 (6:06:29, 13:39:40, 17:24:49) 27. Michel Gouin, 37, PQ 49.600 80.800 115.409 (6:00:33, 11:53:37, 18:52:57) 28. Michael Gehl, 20, ON 46.400 80.400 113.534 (6:30:08, 11:58:30, 19:31:27) 29. (F) Linda Hodkin, 49, ON 42.400 82.000 110.899 (6:58:57, 11:31:37, 21:55:13) 30. (F) Kim Campbell, 41, ON 43.600 72.000 110.731 (7:08:00, 13:32:03, 19:19:08) 31. Tony Martin, 33, ON 58.000 98.800 107.600 (5:02:59, 9:24:24, 12:12:18) 32. Irving Silver, 63, ON 34.00 63.600 103.790 (9:20:59, 17:33:15, 22:28:59) 33. Peter Suomela, 48, ON 52.800 91.600 100.000 (5:27:59, 9:57:16, 13:46:19) 34. Doug Barber, 51, ON 65.600 84.400 96.075 (4:20:18, 7:45:54) 35. Ron Kempel, 54, ON 50.000 81.200 81.200 (5:54:09, 11:27:07) 36. Ian Hill, 47, ON 53.200 80.800 80.800 (5:31:33, 10:30:21) 37. Ross Millson, 44, ON 50.400 80.800 80.800 5:55:22, 11:55:36) 38. (F) Helen Malmberg, 51, ON 47.200 70.400 80.467 (6:26:31, 13:13:52) 39. Alfred Koehn, 56 ON 39.200 66.400 66.400 (8:11:26) 40. Elliot Aronoff, 43, ON 50.000 50.400 53.529 (5:56:02) 41. Mitch Miller, 30, ON 35.200 50.000 51.200 (11:03:35) 42. Edwin Alexander, 52, ON 40.000 50.000 50.000 (7:54:00) 43. Howard Gossack, 30, ON 30.400 47.200 47.200 44. Jess Heroux, 51, ON 38.000 42.000 42.000 45. (F) Lisa Dworkin, 24, ON 00.000 9.200 30.000
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