Have you ever ever needed to jot down your identify within the historical past books and be a part of a world file? Now could be your probability. On July 7 at McMaster College in Hamilton, two of the town’s monitor golf equipment, Harbour Observe Membership and Hamilton Olympic Membership, are placing collectively a workforce to go after the Guinness World Document for a 100 ladies x 100-mile relay.
The time to beat for the 100 ladies x 100-mile relay is 9 hours and 18 minutes, set final yr (a mean tempo of slightly below 3:30/km). McMaster College monitor and area coach and former two-time Canadian Olympian Paula Schnurr (1992 and 1996) beforehand held the file for 23 years, till it was damaged by a bunch of feminine distance runners from San Francisco final June.
Now Schnurr and Hamilton Olympic Membership coach Patti Moore are assembling a workforce to go after the file they as soon as held. “We’re in search of 9 hours and 10 minutes or higher,” stated Schnurr.
When Schnurr and Moore first misplaced the file, they began fascinated about methods to get it again. When 73 Canadian ladies ran beneath 5:05 for 1,500m at Hamilton HOKA 1,500m evening final July, Moore instructed Schnurr that Ontario had the expertise to probably reclaim the file. The catch: the file requires 100 particular person ladies to every run a mile leg at 5:30 per mile or quicker throughout this steady occasion.Â
In line with Guinness World Data, the monitor must be surveyed and measured to qualify for a world file. The occasion additionally will want two cameras to file the race repeatedly, in addition to human timekeepers along with the digital timing system. Pacers are usually not allowed. The outcomes will have to be verified by Guinness World Data, which might take three months.
“We’re inviting all Canadian feminine athletes to use for a leg of the relay,” says Moore. “We need to have a number of the quickest ladies in Canada competing as a celebration of Canadian monitor and area.”
The identify of the July 7 occasion can be 100 Girls CAN–an ode to the problem and power of Canadian feminine distance operating. The one standards for ladies wanting to enroll is a time of 5:05 for 1,500m or a sub-19:00 5K.
The occasion will happen on the McMaster College monitor in Hamilton, on July 7, beginning at 9 a.m. and hoping to complete shortly after 6 p.m. “We wish the neighborhood to return out and cheer and provides help,” says Schnurr. “There’s no registration price, and a shirt for everybody who participates.”
When you’d like to use to be part of the 100 Girls CAN relay occasion, you’ll be able to fill out an software kind right here or head to their official Instagram web page. Let’s convey this file residence and preserve it right here,” echo Moore and Schnurr. You probably have any questions or assist indirectly, you’ll be able to attain out to 100xmile@gmail.com.
