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The Canadian Death Race is a 125 kilometre 
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foot race
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
through the Canadian rocky mountains in Grande Cache
Grande Cache is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within and administered by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located on Highway 40 approximately northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. Grande Cache overlooks the Sm ...
, Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
. It includes three mountain summits, one major river crossing, and 17,000 feet of elevation change. The race has been held annually on the August long weekend since the year 2000. In 2010 The North Face
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became the title sponsor and the race was renamed The North Face Canadian Death Race. The North Face's sponsorship was quietly removed from all promotional material on February 20, 2014. It is organized by a non-profit organization known as the Canadian Institute of Extreme Racing. Racers can compete by themselves or in relay teams of up to five people.
History
Grande Cache
Grande Cache is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within and administered by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located on Highway 40 approximately northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. Grande Cache overlooks the Sm ...
was a mining town that once thrived from the mining of coal. After the mine was closed, the town suffered. Many homes were in foreclosure and the morale of the people who lived there was low. With the hope of possibly bringing their hometown back to life, Paul Bailey and Dale Tuck began the ultramarathon now known as the Canadian Death Race. In the beginning, Bailey and Tuck did not have the support of the town council. However, that did not hinder the race from being a success in its first year. The first race was launched in August 2000 with 193 participants. By 2010 the race was attracting more than 1000 participants each year from around the world. In 2015, Alissa St Laurent became the first woman to win the race; she finished in 13:53:35.{{cite magazine , author=Scott Leitch , url=http://runningmagazine.ca/edmonton-runner-is-first-woman-to-win-canadian-death-race/ , title=Edmonton runner is first woman to win Canadian Death Race , magazine=Canadian Trail Running , date=August 4, 2015, accessdate=2015-08-05
See also
*Festivals in Alberta
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*Ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...
References
External links
Canadian Death Race YouTube Channel