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Beverley Anderson-Abbs, an expat living in California, continues her stellar running career with her February 1st, 2025 performance at the Jed Smith Endurance Runs 50k in Sacramento. Beverley ran 4:04:32, which surpassed Christine Dirks' 2014 time of 4:30:14. Congratulations, Beverley!

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Congratulations to David (Wayne) Gaudet of Alberta on breaking five M65 records at Survivorfest 24 Hour on 8-9 June 2024.

Wayne reached 50 Miles in 8:28:23, surpassing Albert Miclette's 2005 performance of 8:35:59. He reached 100km at 10:35:57, bettering Miclette's 10:58:25 (2004). Wayne went on to pass the 12 Hour mark with 111.458km, bettering Miclette's 2005 mark of 104.800km. After passing 100 miles with 17:48:11 on the clock (surpassing Steve Tomajko's 2019 time of 22:23:42), Wayne finished 24 Hours with 202.892km (besting Rolly Portelance's 2008 mark of 168.941km).

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Catrin Jones of BC continued her challenge of W45 records in 2024 with a performance at the Dream Nation Apparel 24 Hour on 21 September 2024.

Catrin achieved 76.000km in 6 Hours, surpassing Bernadette Benson's 72.329km from 2018. She went on to achieve 8:08:26 for 100km, surpassing Benson's 8:27:39 also from 2018. Congratulations, Catrin!

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Congratulations to Julie Hamulecki (ON) and Bernadette Benson (living abroad), who have had the following records ratified:

 
Julie Hamulecki - New Open 100 mile (and W40) records of 13:32:07, with her performance at Tunnel Hill 100 in November 2024, surpassing Amanda Nelson's Open record of 14:45:51 set in 2022 and Michelle Leduc's W40 record of 15:19:45 set in 2017.
Julie Hamulecki - New Open 12 Hour (and W40) records of 141.526km, with her performance at Tunnel Hill 100 in November 2024, surpassing Amanda Nelson's Open record of 135.072km set in 2022 and Michelle Leduc's W40 record of 130.360km set in 2017.
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Bernadette Benson - New W55 50km record of 4:11:09, enroute to a W55 6 Hour record of 70.899km, with her performance at SA Track Ultra in November 2024, surpassing Dawn Hamel's W55 50km record of 4:25:33 set in 2014 and Bernadette's 6 Hour W55 record of 62.632km set earlier this year.
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Congratulations to Catrin Jones (BC) and Viktoria Brown (ON), who have had the following records ratified:

 
Catrin Jones - New W45 50km record of 3:42:27, with her performance at Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras in May 2024, surpassing Beverley Anderson-Abbs's record of 3:44:13 set in 2010.
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Viktoria Brown - New Open and W45 48 Hour records of 405.025km with her performance at BUFF-GOMU 48HR World Championship in May 2024, surpassing her previous record marks of 363.928km set in 2023.
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At the April 6-7 2024 Australian 24hr Track Invitational in Canberra, Bernadette Benson broke three W55 records, which have been ratified by ACU.

W55 6hr: 62.632km, surpassing Barbara McLeod's performance from 1992

W55 12hr: 118.596km, surpassing Barbara McLeod's performance from 1994

W55 100 mile: 16:54:18, surpassing Sue Armstrong's 2015 time of 21:06:44. Bernadette's performance is a pending IAU World Age Best Performance (WABP), which is currently with the IAU Records Committee for verification and ratification.

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Congratulations to George Biondic of Ontario, who set a new 48 Hour M70 record of 217.261km with his performance at 3 Days at the Fair (6 Day Run) in New Jersey in May 2023. His performance surpassed the 48 Hour M70 record of 210.824km set in 2017 by Donald Landry. George went on to break the M70 72 Hour record, covering 294.510km, and the M70 6 Day record, with a final total of 550.396km. His 72 Hour and 6 Day distances bettered the former records held by Charlie Upshall of 288.073km and 500.506km, respectively.

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  1. Catrin Jones breaks 6 Hour and 50 Mile Records
  2. New Women's Records
  3. Team Canada for 24hr World Championships 2023
  4. Trishul Cherns sets two new M65 records

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