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
Joanna Brown secured her second CW medal with a silver on the CW Championship serving to her crew additionally safe silver. pic.twitter.com/IVXoXEWCfx
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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.”
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.
