Have you ever ever needed to write down your identify within the historical past books and be a part of a world document? Now could be your likelihood. On July 7 at McMaster College in Hamilton, two of the town’s monitor golf equipment, Harbour Monitor Membership and Hamilton Olympic Membership, are placing collectively a workforce to go after the Guinness World File for a 100 girls x 100-mile relay.
The time to beat for the 100 girls x 100-mile relay is 9 hours and 18 minutes, set final yr (a mean tempo of just below 3:30/km). McMaster College monitor and subject coach and former two-time Canadian Olympian Paula Schnurr (1992 and 1996) beforehand held the document 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 document 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 document, they began fascinated by methods to get it again. When 73 Canadian girls ran below 5:05 for 1,500m at Hamilton HOKA 1,500m evening final July, Moore informed Schnurr that Ontario had the expertise to probably reclaim the document. The catch: the document requires 100 particular person girls to every run a mile leg at 5:30 per mile or sooner throughout this steady occasion.
In line with Guinness World Information, the monitor must be surveyed and measured to qualify for a world document. The occasion additionally will want two cameras to document the race constantly, in addition to human timekeepers along with the digital timing system. Pacers aren’t allowed. The outcomes will should be verified by Guinness World Information, which might take three months.
“We’re inviting all Canadian feminine athletes to use for a leg of the relay,” says Moore. “We wish to have among the quickest girls in Canada competing as a celebration of Canadian monitor and subject.”
The identify of the July 7 occasion might be 100 Girls CAN–an ode to the problem and energy of Canadian feminine distance working. The one standards for ladies trying 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 group to come back out and cheer and provides help,” says Schnurr. “There’s no registration payment, and a shirt for everybody who participates.”
When you’d like to use to be part of the 100 Girls CAN relay occasion, you possibly can fill out an utility type right here or head to their official Instagram web page. Let’s convey this document residence and hold it right here,” echo Moore and Schnurr. When you’ve got any questions or assist indirectly, you possibly can attain out to 100xmile@gmail.com.
