Québec Mega Path 2025 delivered quick instances, nationwide titles, and unforgettable moments throughout its signature races this weekend. With a sizzling solar beating down on runners throughout technical singletrack and steep climbs, the 50K and 80K occasions topped new Canadian path champions—and noticed course information fall.
Data fall within the 50K championship
When Élisa Morin lined up for the QMT-50 on Saturday morning, her objective was easy: end sturdy and transfer on from a DNF earlier within the season. As a substitute, she ran the race of her life—shattering the ladies’s course report by 40 minutes. Morin crossed the road in 5:09:43, nearly an hour forward of her personal projected splits and with none consciousness of the report itself.
“I used to be aiming for high 5,” Morin mentioned. “Breaking the report was not within the plan in any respect.” After two main climbs within the solar, she realized she was in for an extended day. However the closing stretch—the final kilometre and crossing the end arch—made all of it value it. “That was essentially the most memorable half,” she mentioned, nonetheless processing the win. Morin now units her sights on OCC in Chamonix, a part of the UTMB World Collection. “I’m simply completely satisfied, particularly as a result of I’m going to [the] World [Trail Majors].”
On the lads’s aspect, Dany Racine ran by really feel and by reminiscence. Opting to not put on a watch, he leaned on familiarity with the paths, particularly the technical Mestachibo part, to take management of the early race and maintain on for a course-record end of 4:46:25.
“I knew a report was attainable, however the course adjustments yr to yr, so I targeted on effort and managing the warmth,” Racine mentioned. “Path working offers again to essentially the most passionate runners. I continue learning about myself yearly.” He described QMT as “an excellent take a look at” forward of his subsequent race in September, the World Path Majors in Spain.
Each Racine and Morin now maintain the QMT-50 course information—and weren’t the one ones working quick. All the high seven ladies completed underneath the course report of 6:16:32 set by Alex Castonguay in 2024, signalling a deep and aggressive ladies’s discipline on this yr’s Canadian Quick Path Championships.
Regular leads and new titles within the 80K
Within the QMT-80, Claudine Soucie ran her personal race from the entrance—and by no means appeared again. “I simply needed to be within the high 5 and have enjoyable,” she mentioned. Regardless of solely being aware of the Mestachibo part, she embraced the remainder of the course’s unknowns. “I found trails I’d by no means run earlier than, and the views have been unimaginable.” For Soucie, essentially the most memorable moments got here not from the path itself however from reconnecting with pals. “That’s a bonus,” she mentioned about successful the 80K, “I’m simply completely satisfied to have completed wholesome.”
Soucie now turns her focus to an enormous bikepacking journey in Europe earlier than competing on the World Path Championships in September.
Jean-Philippe Thibodeau claimed the lads’s Canadian lengthy path title after ending second total behind American and QMT-50 course report holder Eric LiPuma. Thibodeau hung with LiPuma via the midway level however finally needed to let him go. “He was sturdy,” mentioned Thibodeau. Nonetheless, his efficiency earned him the highest Canadian spot, and a shot at defending his title subsequent yr at QMT.
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QMT-50 Outcomes – Canadian Quick Path Championship
Girls
- Élisa Morin – 5:09:43.2
- Sarah Bergeron Larouche – 5:35:58.6
- Stephanie Ryall – 5:40:01.0
- Karol-Ann Roy – 5:48:48.9
- Maïka Lamoureux – 6:09:41.6
Males
- Dany Racine – 4:46:25.0
- Christopher Lévesque-Savard – 5:10:04.5
- Sébastien Brochu – 5:16:10.6
- Philippe Blouin – 5:25:44.2
- Mathieu Pageau – 5:25:47.8
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QMT-80 Outcomes – Canadian Lengthy Path Championship
Girls
- Claudine Soucie – 10:02:22.9
- Britta Clark – 10:20:32.4
- Kelsey Hogan – 10:41:18.7
- Alex Castonguay – 10:59:56.7
- Jenny Quilty – 11:20:46.1
Males
- Eric LiPuma – 8:29:13.0
- Jean-Philippe Thibodeau – 8:36:32.5
- Rémi Hogue – 9:08:38.2
- Dylan Pust – 9:10:16.7
- Mead Binhammer – 9:13:49.6
For the total listing of outcomes, click on right here.