Cabot Trail Relay Race

Cabot Trail Relay Race
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DateMay
LocationCabot Trail, starting and ending in Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Event typeRoad Relay
Distance276.33 km (171.70 mi)
Established1988
Course records15:43:23 - Team: Maine-iacs - Men (2023)
Official sitehttp://cabottrailrelay.com

The Cabot Trail Relay Race is an annual 276.33 km (171.70 mi) relay race around Cape Breton's Cabot Trail.[1] The race takes place over 24 hours in 17 stages and features up to 70 teams and 1,200 runners.[2][3] The race begins and ends in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.[4] The annual event began in 1988, when just 6 teams participated.[5] Since its founding, over 27,000 runners have participated in the event.[6]

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  2. ^ "Listing Details". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. ^ "Cabot Trail Relay Race underway - Local". Cape Breton Post. 2011-05-28. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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  6. ^ http://www.capebretonpost.com/sports/2017/5/19/cabot-trail-relay-race-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary-next-weeken.html[permanent dead link]