Lethbridge, Canada · Trail
Official site ↗Lost Soul Ultra
A lapped ultra from Softball Valley in Lethbridge, Alberta, first run in 2000: 100 miles in 33 hours, 100 km in 21 and 50 km in 11, each lap about 50 km with 16 significant hills.
Distances
100 Miles
- Distance
- 100 mi (161 km)
- Start
- 8:00 a.m. Mountain
- Cutoff
- 33 hr
WSER 2028 qualifier (sub-33:00)
100 km
- Distance
- 100 km (62 mi)
- Start
- 8:30 a.m. Mountain
- Cutoff
- 21 hr
WSER 2028 qualifier (sub-21:00)
50 km
- Distance
- 50 km (31 mi)
- Start
- Sep 11, 7:00 a.m. Mountain
- Cutoff
- 11 hr
| Distance | Start | Cutoff | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 mi (161 km) | 8:00 a.m. Mountain | 33 hr | WSER 2028 qualifier (sub-33:00) |
| 100 km (62 mi) | 8:30 a.m. Mountain | 21 hr | WSER 2028 qualifier (sub-21:00) |
| 50 km (31 mi) | Sep 117:00 a.m. Mountain | 11 hr |
Course records: Cassandra De Winter 10:03 (100 km, 2025) · Stefan Schreiber 10:07 (100 km, 2019) · Chelsey Topping 22:06 (100 Miles, 2018) · Jordan Heinrichs 18:04 (100 Miles, 2026) · Cassandra De Winter 4:12 (50 km, 2026) · Evan Bayer 4:11 (50 km, 2018)
About
Lost Soul Ultra runs laps from Softball Valley in Lethbridge, Alberta. A lap is about 50 km with 16 significant hills, so the 50 km is one lap, the 100 km two, and the 100 miles three laps plus a shorter extra loop, with limits of 11, 21 and 33 hours. It has run since 2000, apart from 2008, when it was cancelled for weather, and 2020, for COVID-19.
In 2026 Jordan Heinrichs set the 100-mile course record of 18:04, and Cassandra De Winter won the 50 km outright in a women's record 4:12. The 2027 race is on September 10 and 11. Entry opened on November 1 and every distance is already sold out. Both the 100 miles and the 100 km are Western States 100 qualifiers.
Course
Laps from Softball Valley in Lethbridge: the 50 km is one lap, the 100 km two (102 km), and the 100 miles three laps plus an extra loop of about 7.7 km. Each lap climbs and descends somewhere around 1,100 to 1,300 m over 16 significant hills. The 100 miles starts at 8 a.m. Friday, the 100 km at 8:30 a.m. Friday and the 50 km at 7 a.m. Saturday. Runners cannot drop from the 100 miles to the 100 km during the race.
How to register
Entry is first come on UltraSignup, capped at 65 for the 100 miles, 145 for the 100 km and 160 for the 50 km. Fees are CAD 280, 255 and 225 plus UltraSignup's fee. Entry for 2027 opened on November 1, 2026 and every distance is sold out, with a waitlist on UltraSignup. Entry closes on August 15, 2027.
Results by year
Official links
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Western States qualifiers
Lost Soul Ultra is a Western States qualifier. Every qualifying race, the lottery dates and the odds.