The list of entrants in the 2012 Leadville is online, so I made a summary of the list of Canadians who will be running Leadville.
You love your country. That’s wonderful. I’m happy you happened to be born here, you must be so proud.
It’s certainly possible I missed some, I didn’t use a very robust methodology for picking them out. I looked up the BC runners to see if anyone interesting is running. If you know of these people, let me know and I’ll look them up.
- Steve Beach, Richmond Hill ON
- Moe “The Eagle” Beaulieu, Victoria BC – ran 24:24 at Western States 100 miler
- Jean Daniel Begin, Toronto ON
- Mary Betts, Surrey BC – ran 28:33 at Western States and 39:59 at Badwater 2011
- Matt Cecill, Victoria BC – ran 7:11 at Sun Mountain 50 miler
- Simon Donato, Calgary AB
- Sheri Foster, Calgary AB
- Stephen Gould, Powell River BC – ran 25:11 at Badger Mountain 100 miler
- Jon Heshka, Kamloops BC – ran 14:55 at Squaw Peak 50 miler
- Patrick Houde, Montreal QC
- Wade Jarvis, Canmore AB
- Louis Lazar, Calgary AB
- Michel LeBlanc, Vancouver BC – “This is he.”
- Torben Lind, Victoria BC –
- Chris McPeake, Toronto ON – ran 6:17 at Sun Mountain 50 miler
- Dave Melanson, Saltspring Island BC – ran 7:35 at Sun Mountain 50 miler
- Alston Miller, Powell River BC – ran 25:11 at Badger Mountain 100 miler
- Charles Oatman, Etobicoke ON
- Kendra Olsen, Caledon ON
- Ammon Piepgrass, Calgary AB
- Gilles Poulin, Bromont QC
- Mathew Rogers, St. Albert AB
- Morgan Schick, Mississauga ON
- Jen Segger, Squamish BC – ran 32:31 at Badwater 2008!
- Tammy Sieminowski, Toronto ON
- Mike Suminski, Victoria BC – ran 28:57 at Leadville 2007
- Carlos Vicens, Mississauga ON – 57th with a 9:16 finish at Silver Rush 50ver Rush 50
- Stew Wilson, Beaumont AB
Total is:
- 11 from British-Columbia
- 7 from Alberta
- 8 from Onterrible
- 2 from Quebec
Of note is athlete Jen Segger. She’s an ultra-runner from Squamish, who I actually had a chance to run with back when I was training for the Tenderfoot. Apparently she’s never run Leadville, but she has a pretty impressive list of results, including a 9th place at Badwater in 2008, which is pretty cool. I believe her time (32 hrs) is a course record for her age group at the time (women’s 20 to 28.)
It’s strange I’m the only one running out of Vancouver, although I guess Mary Betts is running out of Surrey, and that’s plenty close enough. East Coast is seriously under-represented. I wonder if anyone has ever run Leadville out of New Brunswick? Or Manitoba? Does anyone ever do anything interesting out of Manitoba or Saskatchewan, except leave the place?
This is what I’m proud of: cops on horses. Fuck I love horses.
Here’s a hilarious news spot I found that features three of our BC runners! Thankfully it reminds me why I don’t watch TV, least of all the news, but it is great to see they are getting some coverage!
Train hard, boys, race starts in 24 days…
Mitch out.