Cambridge runner completes 100 km 'ultramarathon'
Published on
Jun 28, 2009
CAMBRIDGE -- Lisa Leskien of Cambridge had quite a run last week.
She
represented Canada at the International Association of Ultra Runners
100-Kilometre World Cup in Belgium. She finished 138th among 202
runners who finished the race, completing the gruelling run in a time
of 9:30:30.
Another 69 runners didn't finish. Leskien, 29, a member of
the Cambridge Harriers running club and a teacher at Prince Charles
School in Brantford, was one of six Canadians in the race in Torhout, a
town an hour outside of Brussels.
Yasukazu Miyazato of Japan was the
top male finisher with a time of 6:40:43. Kami Semick of the United
States was the first woman to cross the finish line. Her time was
7:37:23.