Final weekend on the U Sports activities Canada West convention championships in Abbotsford, B.C., issues didn’t go to plan for Canadian marathon champion Trevor Hofbauer, who raced the whole thing of the 8K cross-country race in socks.
Given his latest resume, Hofbauer was the favorite to win the championship however made a rash resolution to ditch his cross-country spikes after a malfunction on the opening lap. As a substitute of stopping and placing his footwear again on, he ran the ultimate seven kilometres in his socks.
MXC – Trevor Hofbauer
With out footwear on, he ran to a sixth place end main his squad to a best-ever fifth place outcome on the CW Championship.
WXC – Joanna Brown
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The 30-year-old held his personal within the lead pack of college runners for a couple of kilometres however ended up falling again to complete sixth in 24:12. His outcome nonetheless helped his crew, the UBC Okanagan Warmth, put up their best-ever fifth-place end within the Canada West convention.
Tyler Dozzi of the UBC Thunderbirds gained the race in 23:55.Â
“The race was a little bit of a problem with out having footwear on,” stated Hofbauer in a post-race report. “The socks didn’t maintain the heel down in my spikes very effectively, and my ft slid out throughout the first kilometre.”
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Hofbauer stated the very first thing that got here to his thoughts was to race with out footwear, and having run a marathon solely two weeks prior—his legs didn’t agree with the choice. Despite the fact that the 2020 Olympian and three-time Canadian marathon champion certified for the 2022 U Sports activities Championships in Halifax on Nov. 12, it’s uncertain he’ll race.
Canada’s second-fastest marathoner of all-time made gentle of the sock state of affairs, stating it was a “human error” on his sock alternative.