By product
Fuel plan
3:45
Usual time
Ultra
North Vancouver
Home base
British Columbia
The story
Rhys Desmond is a versatile trail runner who races as part of team XACT Nutrition. Highlights include wins at the Sulphur Springs 20K (2024) and The Bad Thing 50K (2023), 2nd at the Harricana 42K Classique and a top-12 finish at the Squamish 50K.
Home turf
Go-to spots
What inspires Rhys
“The athletes that I coach.”
Highlights
4th of 210 at the Javelina Jundred 31K (2:15:40). Source ↗
Won the Sulphur Springs Trail Race 20K, 1st of 324 (1:25:52). Source ↗
2nd of 319 at the Ultra-Trail Harricana 42 km Classique (3:53:00). Source ↗
7th at the Québec Mega Trail 50 km.
Won The Bad Thing 50K in Goderich, ON (4:21:58). Source ↗
Off the clock
Guilty pleasure
XACT Chocolate Recovery Drink Mix
WHEN IT TASTES GOOD, IT’S GOOD.*
Rhys’s words, not ours: “XACT has helped me reach podiums at races, and big wins in both my athletic career and personal life.”
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