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Squamish's Loutitt on top at 5 Peaks Squamish

Over 400 runners took part in the first 5 Peaks Trail Running Series event held in Squamish this past weekend, with two course options for athletes — a 6.9km Sport course and an 11km Enduro course.
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Over 400 runners took part in the first 5 Peaks Trail Running Series event held in Squamish this past weekend, with two course options for athletes — a 6.9km Sport course and an 11km Enduro course.

The run was based out of Alice Lake Provincial Park, taking place on a series of trails including the Four Lakes trail, Mike's Loop, Credit Line, Jack's, Kiki and Crouching Squirrel Hidden Monkey. The Sport course included about 140 metres of vertical and the Enduro course 350 metres.

Squamish's Jason Loutitt, one week after placing second in the Whistler Half Marathon, placed first overall in the Enduro with a time of 48:47 as well as first in the Male 30 to 39 race. For Loutitt, the race was only part of his day — he ran to the start line from his home near downtown Squamish and then ran home afterwards. He is currently preparing for the 100-Mile Ultra Trail Mont Blanc run, one of the toughest ultra runs in Europe, and is starting to ramp up for the race with some longer training runs.

The 5 Peaks run was more competitive than he expected.

"I was surprised with the battle actually," he said. "A guy took off ahead of me and there were a couple of guys behind me after the start, and then a guy I was leading passed me and I had nothing to do but let him go because I couldn't go any faster at that point. I slowly caught up, and when I tried to pass he kicked hard and stayed right beside me, but in the end I pulled away from him and got ahead. Once we were in the technical terrain I really dug in and pulled ahead of him.

"I like that (competition), especially when it's a little more technical."

Since January, Loutitt has been battling an issue with calf, which could go right to his lower back if it's related to the nerve. However, he's been feeling better even if it's not 100 per cent yet.

"I've been dong a lot of yoga and building up my training, and the real high mileage stuff hasn't started yet," he said. "I can still feel it, but I'm getting great support. I have a massage therapist who sponsors me and gives me a few free massages, and it's a lot better than it was."

Loutitt will be back in action yet again this weekend, his third event in as many weeks, tackling the running leg in the three-stage Red Bull Divide and Conquer Race in the North Shore. The race also includes a mountain bike leg and a whitewater kayak section.

Vancouver's Nathan Detroit-Barre placed second overall and second in Male 30 to 39, almost two minutes back of Loutitt in 50:37. Third place overall and first in Male 20 to 29 went to Michel Stewart in 51:04.

The fastest Whistler racer was Daniel Havens, who placed fourth in Male 50 to 59 in 1:04:07.

In the women's Enduro, Lauren Babineau of Belcarra was first overall in 1:00.54, followed closely by Amy Schneeberg in 1:01:02 and Katie Wadden in 1:02:18. Babineau was first in Female 20 to 29, Schneeberg first in Female 30 to 39 and Wadden second in Female 20 to 29.

Wendy Jewett was the fastest Whistler female, finishing sixth in Female 40 to 49 in 1:12:35.

Other Whistler racers include: Russell Boyd, 19th in Male 20 to 29 in 1:07:03; Mike Thomas, 17th in Male 40 to 49 in 1:11:05; Wolfgang Sterr, 18th in Male 40 to 49 in 1:11:48; Leah Trudeau, eighth in Female 20 to 29 in 1:15:15; and Corinne Nolte, 11th in Female 20 to 29 in 1:19:39.

From Squamish, Jim Sandford was second in Male 40 to 49 in 57:30; Ryan Robertson was sixth in Male 30 to 39 in 58:29; Colin Geddes was 18th in Male 20 to 29 in 1:06:12; Meghan Illingworth was second in Female 30 to 39 in 1:06:21; Taeko Terauchi was fourth in Female 30 to 39 in 1:07:38, Dave Smith was seventh in Male 50 to 59 in 1:07:44; John Redpath was 31st in Male 30 to 39 in 1:12:43; Christina Rice was seventh in Female 40 to 49 in 1:13:25; Sharon Gosnell was first in Female 50 to 59 in 1:20:46; Catherine Fleming was 24th in Female 30 to 39 in 1:25:02; Shannon Lorenz was 36th in Female 30 to 39 in 1:49:11.

On the Sport course, the top racer was Marcus Ribi of Richmond in the Male 15 to 19 age group, finishing in 32:18. A.J. Ballou of Bowen Island was second in 32:37, as well as first in the Male 20 to 29 category; Trevor Bowkett of Surrey was third in 34:58, and first in Male 30 to 39 in 34:58.

Sara Treloar of Vancouver was the top female in 37:53, competing in Female 20 to 29; Emily Van Ooyen and Nicole Ahern of Maple Ridge were second and third overall, in 41:44 and 41:45. Both hail from Maple Ridge.

The fastest Sea to Sky runner was Rory Strickland of Squamish, placing seventh in Male 30 to 39 in 41:18. Also from Squamish, Jessica Palmer finished in 50:15, Ralf Strub in 50:28, Garrett Gentle in 51:09, Brenda Davison in 51:29, Marie Gosling in 52:40, Linda Dupuis in 56:35 and Yasmine Jodrey in 1:20:26.

From Whistler, Remo Henzi finished in 42:28, Dori Faulkner was third in Female 50 to 59 in 50:13 and Claire Mozes finished in 58:54.

For complete results visit www.raceheadquarters.com.