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Shae Caulfield

Team Running Free Markham

Member Since: 2022

Occupation: Operations Manager

Home: Toronto

About Me: Living my best life, one aid station at a time. 🏃‍♀️ Certified ultrarunning coach, trail runner, mother of 4, green witch/nature lover.

Sports: Running, rollerblading, rock climbing, SUPing, kayaking, and pickleball.

Athletic Goals: To help make Sulphur Springs Trail Race a WSER qualifier by successfully running the 100 miler this May. Also running my dream race Javelina 100 in Arizona this Halloween.

My most catastrophic racing experience was: In 2023 I got a terrible case of strep throat less than a week before a goal 100 mile away race. I was in bed for 5 days before hopping on a plane to Washington to run. I could barely breathe, hadn't eaten much, and was still on antibiotics. I actually did pretty well but it rained for a lot of the race and it was cold december rain and the slippery mud and technical trails slowed me down too much and I missed a cutoff at about 125k and wasnt allowed to finish.

My most memorable racing experience was: There are so many, but coming in first place AG at the TO Women's 10km in my first year of running is something I will always remember because I had no clue what I was doing, I just ran my heart out. Second was coming second place female (fourth overall) in the 24hr race at Happy Trails Talley in the Valley 2022. In 2023 I finished second place female in the Monster of Mazinaw 60k, and third place female in the creemore vertical ultra 80k.

Favourite Racing Gear: I have a hydration vest for every occasion and carbon fibre is the way to my heart. I also love my 39gram mini speaker for listening to music and podcasts on my run.

Favourite Race: To many to list but they are all trail races!

Favourite Race Food: Summer- coke, ginerale, frozen grapes, apples, pickles, mr noodles.