In simply her second-ever 100-mile race, Molly Hurford of Collingwood, Ont., stormed to a first-place end on the Sulphur Springs Path Race 100-miler, clocking a powerful 17:22:46. Hurford set the tone early, taking the lead from the beginning and by no means trying again. Her relentless tempo didn’t simply earn her the ladies’s win—it additionally landed her third place general.
Hurford is an completed athlete in each the biking and operating world (she calls herself an “occasional ultrarunner”) and can also be an writer and the founding father of Sturdy Woman Publishing. She received outright her first 100-mile race, the 2022 Outlaw 100 Oklahoma, held in Robbers Cave State Park close to Wilburton, Oklahoma.
“Sulphur Springs was truthfully a blast from begin to end—so many mates on track and initially/end, it felt like I spent half the race grinning and high-fiving individuals,” Hurford instructed Canadian Operating. “That mentioned, it’s a very difficult course in that it’s all runnable however with a stunning quantity of elevation acquire on each lap, so that you’re nearly at all times powering up or pounding down a hill!”
“And to have 5 ladies within the prime 10 general is simply superior—it’s not that there wasn’t a whole lot of competitors within the males’s area, it’s that the ladies are simply so rattling sturdy and fast,” Hurford added. Within the ladies’s race, Hurford was adopted by Krista Bolyea of Collingwood, Ont., who completed in 18:45:46 and was sixth general, and Kalei Hering of Hornell, Ont., who crossed the road in 18:59:43 and was seventh general.
Hurford’s method to coaching is refreshingly balanced. She retains her weekly mileage within the 90–100 km vary, with regular weekday runs and longer path adventures on the weekend. A former aggressive bike owner, she nonetheless sneaks in bike rides for cross-training and begins each morning with a fast yoga and body weight routine. “What labored at 23 doesn’t work at 37,” she says, emphasizing the significance of mobility and power work to maintain her operating easily and injury-free.
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Paul Vanoostveen of Etobicoke, Ont., led the boys’s race in 14:38:21. Allanburg, Ontario’s Ryan Niclasen was second in 16:47:38, and John Cole of Hampton, Ont. rounded out the rostrum in 17:37:01.
Sulphur Springs Path Race additionally contains 50K, 50-mile, 100K and 100-mile relay races, and the 100K and 100-mile races are each Western States 100 qualifiers.
For full outcomes of the 2025 Sulphur Springs Path Races, head right here.
