Sulphur Springs – Race Recap

Brampton Benders took to the trails this past Saturday to participate in the 25th running of the Sulphur Springs Trail Race. The race offered a few special distances this year to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Notably the 200Mile and 100K distances were added the standard distances of 10K, 25K, 50K, 50Mile, 100Mile and 100Mile Relay. A team of eight was assembled to complete the 100Mile Relay. Starting at 6am the team had 30 hours to complete 8 laps (1 lap per runner) of 20K for a total of 160K (100Miles)? Read more

Events this week

Sunday was the kick off of the ENDURrun. ?This week long event includes 7 stages to the race. Stage 1 – kicks things off with a half marathon. Stage 2 – 15km time trial Stage 3 – 30km trail run Stage 4 – 10 mile (16km) hill run (that does not sound fun!) Stage 5 – 25.6km Alpine run Stage 6 – 10km time trial Stage 7 – finishes things off with a full marathon. This event is a true test of endurance and we have a few Benders participating? Read more