Multiple local athletes recently competed in the Canadian Death Race between August 3-4
Sweat Box athletes at the Sinister Sports Canadian Death Race in 2024 - Photo by Charlie Lefebvre.
The Peace Region was well represented at the 2024 Canadian Death Race which took place around Grande Cache, Aug 3-4. This course is a grueling 118km long, with a 24-hour cut off according to the Canadian Death Race website.
Both Griffin McCue and Joffre Jorgensen were first time soloist, with 16-year-old McCue being the first-place winner of the Junior Male soloist category, winning by a staggering three and a half hours.
Ken Bouck made his return as a Death Race Soloist, using this race to train for a 200-mile race he will be competing in during September.
12-year-old Harvey Toews is the youngest to ever finish the 42km Near Death Marathon and podiumed at the last two Kids Death Races, according to a Sinister Sports Instagram post.
North Peace locals Josh Brown, Dan Hawker, Kyle Gardner and Laurie Cardinal also competed as soloists at the event.
Some of the local marathon runners who competed include Jackie Miranda, Julie Bouck, Becky MacDonald, Rachel Fell, Kevin Fell, Jennie Muir, Joseph TeBulte, Steve Toews, and Ashley Faulkner.
The Sweat Box FSJ is a private gym which helped many local athletes prepare and condition for the 2024 Canadian Death Race.
“Sometime around 4am on August 4th, Nicki Haugan, was ready, waiting, and cheering for her final runner of the year at the finish line of Sinister Sports Canadian Death Race. She did the same for 7 marathon runners, 3 soloists, and 4 relay teams, all of which she had a hand in training and preparing for exactly this race,” said Charlie Lefebvre in an email to Alaska Highway News.
“Nicki herself is a phenomenal athlete and her passion for the sport is infectious. You will not find anyone more excited for someone else to hit their goals or more determined to help them get there via group runs/hikes and cross training at her gym, The Sweat Box FSJ. She creates such a positive environment and manages to bring together such a wonderful group of people to the Death Race every time and this year was no exception with some of the most consistently strong runners she’s brought along to this date.”
According to the Sinister Sports website, athletes have travelled to the Canadian Rockies since the start of the millennium for a chance to compete in one of the world’s most difficult ultramarathons. This grueling course is 118 kilometers, which starts and ends on a 4200- foot plateau, includes over 17,000 feet of elevation change, and passes over three mountain summits.
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