2024 Club Results

Lost Our Marbles Ultramarathon, Regina, November 30, 2024

Congratulations to the patient runners with high boredom thresholds who ran in the timed indoor ultramarathon, Lost Our Marbles. This was an inaugural race conceived by Chris Tetlock, of Ultra Addiction, to provide local runners with their first opportunity to run a long race completely indoors, and to support a mental health charity. Runners ran a 220 m loop in three timed events: 3 hours, 6 hours, and 12 hours. Some of those runners ran looonng! Here are the results (rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilometer):

12 hour event

Michael Graff,101.4 k

Marie-Eve Cabot,98.3 k

Andrew Skwernuik,92.2 k

Dan Toogood,76.8 k

Jeremy Prentice,73.7 k

Michael Morrison,72.8 k

Trevor LaRose,72.4 k

Michael Dahlman,69.9 k

Warren Foord,68.0 k

Meg Braithwaite,65.3 k

Craig Johnson,57.2 k

Jennifer Robinson,56.5 k

Tania Diener,55.0 k

Ryan Probe,48.6 k

Heidi Schmalz,48.6 k

Regan Tessier,47.5 k

Kerri Clark,44.4 k

Trevor Tessier,39.4 k

Jan Steenkamp,31.5 k

Jannike Matlock,4.8 k

6 hour event

Prince Singh,55.8 k

Heidi Johnson,50.6 k

Jessica Petric,44.0 k

Blair Morris,36.5 k

Marcella Zatwarniski,36.3 k

Rick Minett,27.5 k

Aly Phee,23.3 k

Deanne Selinger,22.2 k

Yvan Fortier,1.3 k

3 hour event

Rod Nielsen,28.4 k

Preston Schaffer,26.8 k

Christopher Hall,26.6 k

Jason Hubick,22.2 k

Jon Sloman,21.8 k

Dale Harvey,20.9 k

April Lloyd,19.8 k

Brenda Stricker,19.4 k

Lisa Anthony,18.5 k

Kimberly Petrychyn,17.6 k

Lexi Switzer,17.4 k

Ty Shordee,16.9 k

Natasha Lumsden,17.4 k

Kristen Schaffer,16.3 k

Debra Anderson,16.3 k

Fran Knaus-Switzer,10.3 k

Dominick Mohr,7.0 k

Congratulations Runners!

Philadelphia Marathon, November 24, 2024

Conor Renouf continued his streak of running at least one sub-three hour marathon at the Philadelphia marathon. Conor finished in 2:57:19, for 89th in M30. Gay Renouf ran 4:25:28 for 25th in W60, and Linda Nguyen overcame an ankle injury to finish the marathon in 4:35:08 for 441st in W30. Congratulations runners!

The Dark 24 Hour Run, Bellevue Underground Mine, Alberta, November 2-3, 2024

Congratulations to Heidi Schmaltz who ran in the 24 hour race “The Dark”. It was held on November 2 in the Bellevue Underground Mine near Crowsnest pass, Alberta. The race was held in a tunnel of 250 m with a 1% grade so that each loop is 500m. Heidi reported cold temperatures and very high humidity so that she had to wear two puffer coats while running. Still, she proclaimed it an “underground running festival” with lights, music and great volunteers. Heidi ran with former Reginan Ryan Probe, and they completed 105 km. Congratulations to two tough runners!

Golden Gate Bridge Half-Marathon, San Francisco, November 3, 2024

Congratulations to Paul Westgate and Jodine Landman for running the very hilly Golden Gate Bridge half marathon in San Francisco. The final hill (of many) is reported to rise 30 m over a 250 m stretch. The duo finished together in 2:38:21, good for 126th in W40 for Jodine and 124th in M45 for Paul. Way to go, you two!

New York City Marathon, November 3, 2024

Congrats to Alvin Yau, who just completed his third Abbott world major marathon (one of the 7 major marathons worldwide - Tokyo,Boston,London,Sydney, Berlin,Chicago, and New York) at the New York City marathon. Alvin ran it in 4:17:48 for 2577th in M40. Way to go, Alvin!

European Marathons, October 27, November 3, 2024

Two of our Regina runners ran a couple of marathons in Europe this fall. Milos Kostic and Gay Renouf ran the Dublin marathon, where Milos placed 2nd in the M80+ division in 5:36:53, and Gay ran 4:19:17 for 28th in W60.

The following week, Gay ran the Brussels marathon in 4:27:13 for 5th in W60.

Ironman Triathlon World Championships, Kona, Hawaii, October 26, 2024

Congratulations to Regina’s world class Ironman triathletes! These two qualified for the world championships in Kona Hawaii and competed with great success. The Hawaii Ironman athletes not only swim 3.8 km, bike 180 km, and run 42.2 km, they do it in windy, hot and humid conditions.

Gary Thiel finished in 11:23:16 for 83rd in M55, and Doug Mackenzie finished in 13:00:09 for 33rd in M65. Huge congrats!

Backyard World Championships, Canadian Division, Edmunston, NB, October 19-21, 2024

Huge props to Preston Schaffer who made Team Canada's Backyard team in the Backyard Ultra World Team Championships. The team from each country is composed of 15 runners. Each country hosts their own Backyard race within their country, and the total laps for the entire team determine the winning country. To make Team Canada, Preston won the Grassroots Backyard in Alberta with 35 loops. Since every lap from each person counts, Preston was highly motivated to run his furthest ever. Despite taking over 59 minutes in lap 33 (yikes!), Preston revived to finish three more laps for the team. This sets Preston's new personal record as well as the new Saskatchewan Backyard record. Congratulations Preston, and crew chief Kristin Schaffer!

Victoria Marathon, October 13, 2024

Congrats to our Regina runners at the Victoria marathon.

Marathon Results

James Bradshaw,3:56:29,146th in M30

Ron Burdon 4:05:07,7th M65

James Feuring,4:56:32,137th M40

Tania Diener,5:16:01,13th W60

Half-marathon Results

Deb Anderson, 3:02:19, 52nd in W65.

Congratulations, runners!

Chicago Marathon, October 13, 2024

Congratulations to all our Regina runners who ran the Chicago marathon - one of the six worldwide major marathons in the Abbott six star series. Allison Samoleski reported that her first star was so much more than she ever expected. “There was not a second without people cheering”.

Chicago is known for its flat course, but this is offset by having to maneuver in crowds and often running more than 42.2 km. However, our Regina runners posted some great times. Our fastest runners were Andrew Shanks and Laura Sullivan, and Lana Thompson-Van Eaton earned an impressive top hundred finish in her age group.

Andrew Shanks,3:12:15,1056th M35

Brent Young,3:20:10,148th M55

Laura Sullivan,3:34:25,707th W30

Rebecca Sweeney,3:53:29,1312th W25

Lana Thompson-Van Eaton,4:03:37,64th W60

Jordan Duesing,4:06:56,1762nd W25

Allison Samoleski,4:12:38,950th W45

Maureen Powell,4:23:46,133rd W60

Monica Rainbow,4:24:39,816th W50

Christine Garcia,6:47:36,4696th W25

Iron Horse 100 Miler, St Paul, Alberta, October 5-6, 2024

If you’re familiar with Jason and Melissa Burns’ successes as ultra obstacle racers, you won’t be surprised that they absolutely crushed their first 100 mile race. Both runners finished third (3rd M, 3rd W) at the Iron Horse ultra in St Paul Alberta. It’s not a mountain race, but the running is very challenging. The race climbs and descends 2000 m over some really steep hills, and goes through single track trails, gravel roads, cow pastures (ugh!), and thorny brambles. Only 11 of thirty starters finished the 100 mile event. Melissa ran with Harold Litzenberger (a non-Reginan well known to Regina trail runners). Jason finished in 22:32:42 and Melissa and Harold finished in 26:03:08. Their crew, Erin Knutilla and Kristin Caldwell, and pacers Sheila Durey and Ara Steininger, were essential!

Portland Half-Marathon, Oregon, October 6, 2024

Here’s a different race report for you. People have lots of different goals when they run a race, and Jenn Ruland and Cari Bode decided on a new set of goals for the Portland half-marathon. Jenn said they “decided we were going to purposely make this our personal worsts so we could actually enjoy all the things we often don’t when we are running for time.  We stopped for periods of times to take cool pictures.  We stopped and had mimosas twice with two different sets of people in front of their homes.  We had beer, took pictures with beer dressed folks, hot dog dressed folk, dog petting station.  Took our time and had tourist pictures in front of signs etc…Cari and I have not ever finished a road race together, we often start together but one [finishes ahead]. Today was different, start and finish together, get personal worsts, and try all the things.”

Berlin Marathon, September 29, 2024

Congratulations to our three Regina runners who completed the Berlin marathon - one of the six Abbott world majors. Gaylene Jeannot finished in 3:38:46 for 262nd in W50, and incredibly, a new PR. I say incredibly because although the course is flat, the crowded conditions (58,000 runners!) slow down all but the elites. This was Gaylene’s fifth “star” on the road to six for the coveted Abbott major six star medal.

Greg Chovin finished in 4:25:03, good for 1825th in M55. This was Greg’s second world major marathon. Will he be like his training partner, and keep that marathon ID bracelet on for months afterward?

Yvonne Cafik had a different goal for Berlin. After finishing well at the World age group marathon championships in Sydney Australia just two weeks ago, Yvonne just wanted to finish healthily, and she did, in 5:15:41 for 439th in W60. This was Yvonne’s fourth star.

Congrats to our local runners who represented us so well on the world stage.

Bismarck Marathon, North Dakota, September 22, 2024

Congrats to Tania Diener on her ninth marathon this year. Tania finished the Bismarck marathon in 5:04:26 for sixth in W60 division. Way to go, Tania!

Sydney Marathon, Australia, September 15, 2024

Those that follow the news of the Abbott world major marathons know that the Sydney marathon in Austrailia is in the running to be the seventh Abbott major. And we had two Regina athletes testing it out!

Our Pres, Michael Dahlman, scored a huge 8 minute PR, running 3:39:12 for 485th in M40. And Yvonne Cafik had qualified for the Wanda world age group marathons held in the Sydney race (meaning she got two medals!). Yvonne ran another Boston qualifying time of 4:16:54 for 111th in W60.

Congratulations to these two great representatives!

Beaver Flat Fifty Ultramarathon, Saskatchewan Landing, September 14, 2024

Congrats to all the runners at the famously difficult Beaver Flat Fifty at Saskatchewan Landing provincial park. Despite the name, the course is definitely not flat - the 50 km event has 2255 m of elevation gain and loss, and the 20 km event climbs 700 m. As the organizers describe the course, “it’s wet shoes, ankle strain, sandy hands, scratched shins…there’s cacti, juniper bushes, rock, sand, snakes and water.”

Full results are at https://my.raceresult.com/307565/results

Since so many local runners took part, we include only results from MM club members. Our fastest runners were Ryan Clark and Joanna Richardson in the 50 km, and Abbey Schmidt and Dallas Irwin in the 20 km. Big shout out to Joanna Richardson who won her age division!

50 km

Ryan Clark,6:48:26,12th M20-34

Gary Larson,7:59:31,6th M45

Joanna Richardson,7:18:15,1st W45

Jason Tomaszewski,8:55:01,3rd M50

Sandy Ehrman,9:14:23,2nd W45

Sheila Durey,9:31:29,2nd W55

Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar,10:18:54,6th W45

Ray McKay,10:19:29,24th M35

Adam Rose,10:22:28,25th M35

20 km

Abbey Schmidt,2:23:28,3rd W35

Dallas Irwin,2:34:42,7th M40

Joanne Noll,2:43:01,2nd W65

Chantel De Lorme,3:26:46,5th W50

Cameron Symon,3:36:08,14th M20-34

Tammy Serbu,3:54:34,5th W45

Deanne Selinger,4:00:56,5th W40

Queen City Marathon, Regina, September 8, 2024

Regina’s Queen City marathon just experienced its hottest race, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees after only 3 hours in. Thanks to the organizers and volunteers, it was still a success. The runners completing the event in those conditions should be rightfully proud!

Full results are at: https://sportstats.one/results/140504

Congratulations to all the runners - club members’ results follow. Owing to the large number of half-marathon runners, we couldn’t list all club member results. Please comment for errors and omissions.

Our fastest runners were Morgan Bradshaw and Jannike Matlock! Special mentions to first time marathon finisher Darryl De Lorme; age group placers Morgan Bradshaw and Tania Diener in the marathon; and Lorraine Brezinski (1:35:23,3rd W40) and Gaylene Jeannot (1:42:48,1st W50) in the half-marathon!

Marathon (club members)

Morgan Bradshaw,2:53:00,2nd M30

Conor Renouf,3:26:19,17th M30

Brian Godwin,3:42:27,23rd M30

Warren Foord,3:45:02,25th M30

Mariano Gustilo,3:47:11,28th M30

Harley Barrett,3:56:25,14th M20

Chris Soika,4:13:03,13th M40

Dallas Irwin,4:27:05,16th M40

Jannike Matlock,4:30:56,13th W30

Shaun Quinney,4:49:49,27th M40

Ara Steininger,4:54:41,11th W40

Christopher Hall,4:58:13,31st M40

Trevor Common,5:01:44,32nd M40

Michael Horacki,5:10:01,36th M40

Tania Diener,5:42:34,3rd W60

Blair Morris,6:01:12,18th M50

Darryl De Lorme,6:02:48,19th M50

Sundance to Spearfish, Wyoming and South Dakota, September 8, 2024

The Sundance to Spearfish marathon is a downhill course with an average drop of 2%. However, that advantage is offset by the elevation of almost 2,000 meters and running on gravel road. This year's conditions were HOT! too. Paula Bzdell handled the challenges, taking third in W50 in 3:56:15.

Congratulations!

Helsingborg Marathon, Sweden, September 7, 2024

Gay Renouf ran a marathon in a new country in the Helsingborg marathon. She finished in 4:49:13 for sixth in W60.

Finlayson Arms 50 Mile, September 6, 2024

Congrats to Abby Miller who finished as 8th Woman in the incredibly difficult Finlayson Arms 50 mile trail race in Goldstream provincial park on Vancouver island. The 82 km trail climbs and descends almost 4,000 m over rugged trails. To give you an idea of how difficult it is, the cutoff time is 18 hours.

Way to go Abby - we are proud of you!

Marathon des Chateaux du Medoc, France, September 7, 2024

In the famous Marathon des Chateaux du Medoc, Sonia Rees and Jonathan Hull finished the 23-wine stop race/party dressed in costumes, and slurping down raw oysters. Sonia achieved 18 wine stops and Jonathan 22 - wow! They spent 6:21:24 on course, finishing 203rd and 331st in their respective age divisions.

The Blood Run, Lennox South Dakota, August 31, 2024

Congrats to Chris Tetlock who ran in the 24 hour timed race - the Blood Run in Lennox South Dakota. Chris was running well in the heat, and reached 79.4 km in less than 10 hours when he rolled his ankle and suffered an Achilles injury. Recover well, Chris!

Prairie Nightmare Backyard Run, Echo Lake, August 24. 2024

The 2024 Prairie Nightmare Backyard in Echo Lake has been put to bed, and the last person standing was Erik Barrett from Minnedosa MB. The 22 year old beat 42 others and the hot and humid weather (37 humidex) to reach 21 laps (140.9 km). The “Assist” went to Peter Pazerniuk of Winnipeg. The “Last Woman” standing was Heidi Schmalz of Lumsden who missed the cutoff when she experienced a sudden migraine, but ran 14 laps. Despite the difficult conditions, the runners were especially supportive and very positive- perhaps the most delightful comment of the day was from Adam French, who stopped early (?) at 100 km so that he could taper for the Lost Souls 100 in two weeks:”my face is sore from smiling”.

Here are the results (names in bold ran their longest distance ever!)

Erik Barrett, Minnedosa MB,21 laps,140.9 km

Peter Pazerniuk,Winnipeg MB,20 laps,134.2 km

Michael Graff,Edmonton,16 laps,107.4 km

Adam French, Islay AB,15 laps,100.7 km

Lloyd Sehn,Esteban,14 laps,93.9 km

Heidi Schmalz, Lumsden,official 13, 87.2 km, ran 14

Shannon Roy,Calgary,12 laps,80.5 km

Dave Murray,Saskatoon,12 laps,80.5 km

SHELAN ENNIS,Garson MB,12 laps,80.5 km

KOSTAS BACH,Saskatoon,11 laps,73.8 km

Michael Morrison, Prince Albert,9 laps,60.4 km

Preston Schaffer,Regina,8 laps,53.7 km

Omri Lifschitz,Brandon,8 laps,53.7 km

JAMES BRADSHAW,Regina,7 laps,47.0 km

Dallas Irwin,Kronau,6 laps,40.3 km

Nathan Brignall,Regina,6 laps,40.3 km

TOM LOWE,Rocanville,6 laps,40.3 km

Arlen Sjodin,Regina,6 laps,40.3 km

Warren Foord,Regina,6 laps,40.3 km

HALEY WOUTUIK,Regina,official 5, 33.6km, ran 6 laps

Joshua Friedrick,Balgonie,5 laps,33.6 km

Jamie Tait,Pilot Butte,5 laps,33.6 km

Gay Renouf,Regina,official 4,26.8 km, ran 5

David Sears,Edmonton,official 3,20.1 km, ran 4

Daydream event

Roanna Sehn,Estevan,5 laps,33.6 km

MOHAMMED NAZARI,Regina,5 laps,33.6 km

Shawn Seguin,Regina,5 laps,33.6 km

Sheila Smith,Regina,5 laps,33.6 km

David Ennis,Garson MB,5 laps,33.6 km

Paul Westgate,Regina,4 laps,26.8 km

Jodine Landman,Regina,3laps,20.1 km

Katherine Lynas,Regina,3 laps,20.1km

Imogen Rennie,Regina,3 laps,20.1 km

Ray-Anne Bradshaw,Swift Current,1 lap,6.7 km (two months after heart attack!!)

Black Spur Ultra, Kimberley BC, August 24, 2024

Congrats to our brave Flatlanders who faced the mountains of Kimberley BC at the Black Spur ultra. The 54 km course goes straight up the ski hill and runners climb a whopping 2230 m. We are proud of our Regina area runners! Here are the results - sorry, no age group results available.

Wendy Tomyk,10:31:15,44th W

Matty Spiedel,10:32:41,83rd M

Tammy Serbu,11:46:49,54th W

Natasha Lumsden,13:30:13,57th W

Tia Mitchell, ran 37 km, had to drop out owing to leg injury

Congrats, all!

Squamish 50 Ultra, August 18, 2024

Congrats to the Regina runners who excelled in the very gnarly mountainous ultra of Squamish 50, on August 18. The BC race for the 50 mile event has  3350 m of elevation gain and is mostly on technical single track trails. Wyatt Woycik finished in 16:05:35 for 72nd in the M40 age division. Rebecca Knowles ran the 23 km race, finishing in 5:28:57 for 23rd place in W50. Congratulations you two!

Edmonton Marathon, August 18, 2024

Congrats to our Regina runners who finished the Edmonton marathon and half-marathon today. In the marathon, our fastest runner was Ric Sablada. Our fastest half-marathoners were Troy Jule and Patti Sandison Cattell, with Neil Sharp achieving the highest age group placing.

Regina results were:

Marathon

Ric Sablada,4:20:53,158th M20

Ian McFadyen,4:26:10,88th M40

Rec Mercado,4:45:49,99th M40

David Htoo,4:53:08,227th M20

Po Shee,5:17:44,279th M20

Half-Marathon

Troy Jule,1:38:15,49th M30

Neil Sharp,1:55:16,3rd M70+

Patti Sandison Cattell,2:06:31,11th W60

Stacey Cattell,2:06:33,67th M50

Lee Poe,2:12:08,264th M20

Elise Brass,2:14:59,124th W20

Ashley Ho,2:17:37,152nd W20

Kayla McKenzie,3:02:37,316th W20

Shannon Obey,3:15:34,356th W30

(Note age groups are ten year brackets rather than the usual five year groups.)

GrassRoots Backyard Run, Okotoks, AB, Aug 3-4, 2024

Big exciting news from the GrassRoots Backyard event in Okotoks, Alberta, held August 3 and 4. Preston Schaffer has won the event with 35 laps (35 hours) and 234.7 km! The Okotoks event was a silver ticket event, which means, as the winner, Preston earns an entry into the World Backyard Run Championships in October as part of Team Canada!

The Backyard format is one where runners run a loop of 6.71 km every hour on the hour. If you finish in 35 minutes, you have 25 minutes to rest, eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc. But if you finish in 58 minutes, you only have 2 minutes to take care of business. The odd distance is set so that runners who last 24 hours, will finish 100 miles.

In a race as long as this, a runner’s crew is vital! Preston was crewed by his wife Kristen, daughter Olivia and her partner Dharyen. Congrats to Preston and his crew! We are so proud of you!

Canadian Death Race, Grande Cache AB, Aug 3-4, 2024

Congratulations to Paul Duperreault for crushing the Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache Alberta. The race is typically a five-person relay, summiting three mountains for an elevation gain of 5180 m, and covering 118 km over rugged trails. Paul did it as a solo racer, finishing in 19:39:27 and placing an impressive 11th in the Men’s Masters division.

Hoot N Howl 12 hour Nighttime Run, Wascana Trails, July 27, 2024

Congrats to the runners at the Hoot and Howl held July 27 out at Wascana Trails. The event is a fixed time format - runners had 12 hours to accumulate their longest distance - the kicker is that the trails are windy, tough singletrack; and the run is held at nighttime! Plus race director Jason Hubick is out hiding in the bushes at night trying to jump out and scare the runners! Thanks to Jason and his crew for the multiday preparation and all-night dedication.

The runners with the longest distance were Elias Williams with 93.5 km and Joanna Richardson with 79 km. Particular congratulations go to these runners for achieving their longest personal distances or first ultra:

Alex Laberge,77 k

Brittney Visvanathan,60 k

Logan McMurtry,60 k

Sheila Durey,60 k

Stephanie Laberge,53.5 k

Erin Knuttila,50 k

Shelley Zerr,50 k

Dallas Irwin,40 k

Jillian Huber,30 k

Sinister 7 Ultra, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, July 13-14, 2024

Congratulations to all our Regina runners at the Sinister 7 ultra at Crowsnest Pass in Alberta this weekend. The 100 mile course is on difficult technical trails and climbs and descends 6,600 m. Runners, or relay teams doing the 100 miles have only 30 hours to complete. This year, the difficulty was compounded by super hot, sunny conditions. The 100 mile had a success rate of only 35%. All of our Regina-area 100 milers got caught by the heat and didn’t finish!

In the 50 mile, our fastest runners were Chris Tunison and Jannike Matlock! In the 50 k, the fastest Regina runners were Trevor Norgan and Ashley Marchi! The Prairie Chickens relay team grabbed fourth place in the Men’s division!

Congratulations to:

50 miler

Chris Tunison, 13:50:02,49th M

Jannike Matlock,15:21:11,24th W

Chris Tetlock,15:21:11,74th M

Sean Behiel,18:08:17,111th M

50 km

Trevor Norgan,7:10:29,21st M

Ashley Marchi,7:50:02,22nd W

Mitchell Smith,7:50:50,38th M

Ryan Thomas,8:16:40,48th M

Dennis Dreher,9:34:54,86th M

Regan Tessier,10:18:02,103rd M

Relay Teams

Prairie Chickens (Scott Mitchell,Jordan Sperling,Scott Fraser,Tom Martin,Sandy Bain,Cameron Mang,Justin Cheshire),18:08:21,4th Men’s Team

Lactic Asses (Dallas Hesse,Jason Burns,Gerry Nagy,Shaun Hesse,Shawn Hesse),20:42:59,17th Mixed Team

A Running Joke (Ryan Clark),22:38:00,32nd Mixed

Prairie Dogging It (Brian Loden,Christine Loden),23:11:44,41st Mixed

Sea Wheats (Brad Jamison,Jordin Wilyman,Zach Turcotte,Ashley Jamison),22:54:51,38th Mixed

Simp City (Harley Barrett,Maeve McKinnon),25:55:47,89th Mixed

Hot Dogs Forever (Kristen Schaffer,Preston Schaffer,Matthew van Nus,Nick Dalrymple),26:36:56,100th Mixed

Note - results don’t include age groups

Kid's Race

And, although we don’t report results for distances less than 21 km, these runners in the Kid’s race are sure to be future marathoners and ultra runners: Brooklyn Loden,Charlie Cheshire,Emily Loden,Emma Cheshire,Etta Mang,Henry Cheshire,Julia Mang,Liam Totosy-Martin,Madelyn Loden.

Congrats to all our flatlanders taking on the challenge of the mountains!

Manitoba Marathon, June 15, 2024

Congrats to our Regina runners at the Manitoba marathon and half today. Our fastest marathoner was Jami Mann, and our fastest half-marathoners were Darryl and Sherry Meier. Here are the Regina results. Please comment for misses and errors!

Marathon

Jami Mann,4:16:22,12th W35

Shawndra Watson,4:23:22,4th W50

Natasja Barlow,5:07:55,14th W45

Half-Marathon

Darryl Meier,1:48:04,6th M55

Sherry Meier,2:23:19,21st W50

Debra Anderson, 3:08:11,8th W65

Congratulations, runners!

Banff Marathon, June 15, 2024

Congrats to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener on their Banff marathon finishes. This was the fourth marathon or ultra in four weekends and their seventh of the year. The Banff marathon is quite challenging with an elevation gain of 260 m and at an overall elevation of 1400 m. In addition to this, Jan and Tania were required to stop for nature emergencies when black and grizzly bears were on the course. The grizzly was reported to be enormous - the size of six or seven runners.

Jan finished second in M60 and Tania was fourth. Their times will be adjusted later to subtract the forty minutes they waited for wildlife - total times were 5:49:00 and 5:58:31 respectively. Congratulations!

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon, Snowqualmie, WA, June 8, 2024

Congrats to Kate Dreher on her finish at the Light at the End of the Tunnel trail marathon, travelling from Snowqualmie Washington to North Bend. Kate finished in 4:31:34 for 13th in the W60 division. Well done Kate!

Survivorfest 6 hour Run, Sherwood Park, AB, June 8, 2024

Congrats to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener on their third marathon or ultra three weekends in a row, and their sixth of the year. The duo ran the Survivorfest 12 hour timed run in Sherwood Park, Alberta. They completed 54.3 km despite hail, strong wind and rain. However, Jan said “it wasn’t that bad; we survived “.

Spartan Races, Bozeman, MT, June 1, 2024

Regina has some amazing obstacle course runners, and this past weekend, they showed their mettle in the Montana Spartan races. The 50k ultra had 68 obstacles like barbed wire crawls and sandbag carries. Jason Burns finished in a time of 5:35:03 to win the Men’s 45 age group. Jacqueline Myers, Melissa Burns and Lesley Dovell all finished in 9:12:49 to win the W35, W45 and W50 age groups respectively.

Jess Paul did the 21 km Spartan Beast with 34 obstacles in 4:36:19 to finish 5th in the W45 age group.

Congratulations to these amazing athletes.

Fargo Marathon, ND, June 1, 2024

Congrats to our runners who took part in the Fargo marathon and half, with particular congratulations to Tammy Serbu who nabbed a new PR!

Here are the results, note that the age groups are 10 year brackets.

Marathon

Matthew Speidel 4:44:39,151st M40

Tammy Serbu, 5:07:6,104th W40

Tania Diener,5:18:58,19th W60

Jan Steenkamp,5:34:35,54th M60

Natasha Lumsden,5:57:52,148th W40

Half-Marathon

Basil Pappas,1:58:58,54th M40

Blair Morris,2:14:00,96th M50

Angela Morris,2:36:34,290th W40

Aaron Barlow,3:02:32,224th M40

Christine Barlow,3:02:32,391st W40

Debra Anderson,3:07:11,101st W60

Suffer the Centennial Trail Race, Whiteshell Park, Manitoba, May 25, 2024

Congrats to Terri and Jim Carlson for their runs at the Suffer on Centennial trail race in Whiteshell provincial park in Manitoba. And suffer it was, with 24 hours of steady rain preceding the race, turning the trails to mud. The rain continued throughout the race, and there were also roots, rocks, and puddles to add to the challenge. Both runners did the 25 km event, with Jim finishing in 3:01 and Terri finishing in 3:27. What an impressive accomplishment!

In the same event, Heidi Schmaltz finished the 100 km race as the fourth woman. Those who know Heidi’s irrepressible spirit, would not be surprised to hear her describe the day as simply lovely. Even though she got so chilled in a deep water bog crossing, she had to strip down, change, and sit by the fire in foil wrap! Heidi was assisted by her crew and pacer, Kim and Cat (shown below). Results are not published yet, and when I asked Heidi what her time was, she responded: I don’t know, I wasn’t wearing a watch.!!! (16:42…)

Congratulations to all of our intrepid trail runners!

Saskatchewan Marathon, Saskatoon, May 26, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Saskatchewan marathon in Saskatoon today. Our fastest marathoners in the Regina area were Yvon Fortier and Brianna Solberg. We had three age group winners: Paula Bzdell and Tania Diener in the marathon, and Sonia Rees (1:31:16,1st W20) and Neil Sharpe (1:52:10,1st M75) in the half-marathon. Our fastest half-marathoners were Morgan Bradshaw and Sonia Rees.

Here are the results for the Regina-area marathon finishers. There were so many Regina half-marathoners, only MM club members are listed below:

Marathon

Yvan Fortier,2:56:58,3M35

Alex Laberge,2:58:28,5M35

Conor Renouf,3:04:23,3M30

Brianna Solberg,3:47:46,4W20

Paula Bzdell,3:47:51,1W50

Mariano Gustilo,3:56:24,20M35

Kirk Dehaven,4:16:46,14M40

Tyler Thurmeier,4:29:44,6M50

Stephanie Laberge,4:51:58,8W35

Chung Pang Siu,5:06:59,18M45

Jan Steenkamp,5:13:48,3M60

Tania Diener,5:18:29,1W60

Ray McKay,5:30:57,34M35

Half-Marathon

Morgan Bradshaw,1:21:40,3M35

Sonia Rees,1:31:16,1W20

Christopher Hall,1:56:28,17M45

Lesley Kitsch,2:09:38,10W45

Nathan Lafoy,2:21:04,30M45

Dale Harvey,2:22:42,7M65

Meagan Strinja,2:38:24,80W35

Anna Valimaki,2:39:54,12W60

Congratulations, runners!

Ottawa Tamarack Marathon, May 26, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Tamarack Ottawa race weekend. Nancy MacKenzie won the W60 division in the marathon in 3:43:18!

In the half-marathon, Kerri Clark ran 4:21:19 for 519th in W40. Way to go, Kerri!

Vancouver Marathon and Half-Marathon, May 5, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Vancouver marathon on May 5 - Regina athletes posted some speedy times!

Andrew Shanks and Mallory Murchison were our top marathon leaders, and Rob McLeod was the top age group finisher with a 2nd place in M60, after fighting off cramps for 8 km!

The half-marathon finishers were led by Eric Thiel and Laura Moltz. Laura Moltz won her very competitive age group!

Marathon

Andrew Shanks,2:55:54,22nd M35

Mallory Murchison,3:26:43,9th W35

Lane Rathgeber,3:28:13,26th M50

Rob McLeod,3:30:02,2nd M60

Michael Torrie,3:40:37,69th M45

Charles-Henri Warren,3:50:48,110th M45

Jaimie Mimbs,4:07:47,35th W45

Jennifer Masur,4:15:01,27th W50

Suman Thapa,4:16:07,178th M45

Half-Marathon

Eric Thiel,1:27:58,47th M25

Gary Thiel,1:35:46,12th M55

Laura Moltz,1:44:51,1st W65

Stephen Bardutz,1:51:40,336th M30

Julie Waggoner,1:57:21,120th W35

Nikki McClellan,1:57:29,220th W30

Grace Kwok,1:59:37,393td W25

Brett Waggoner,2:03:13,581st M30

Cameron Symon,2:04:28,601st M30

Carter Wheaton,2:12:12,764th M25

Neekha Patel,2:12:14,743rd W25

Shelley Thiel,2:16:45,40th W60

Alyssa Kohl,2:18:29,668th W30

Congrats to all! 

BC Backyard Ultra, Sicamous, April 27-28, 2024

We think Preston Schaffer set a Sask record in backyard events at the BC backyard in Sicamous this weekend. For those unfamiliar with backyard events, each lap of 6.72 km starts on the hour. The strange distance is set so that if you last 24 hours, you’ll have run 100 miles. If you finish in 35 minutes, you have 25 minutes to eat, sleep, or whateverif you run it in 57 minutes, you only have 3 minutes. Runners keep going until they can’t make a cutoff or they choose to quit.

Preston ran 33 laps - 221 km !!! - and was one of the final four. Crew is so important at this kind of event - Preston’s crew was his wife Kristen plus Chris Tetlock. Preston said, “When someone puts your socks on for you, and puts food in your mouth, that’s team work…Success isn’t possible without a talented team. I’m still trying to figure out how to thank them enough.”

European Marathons, April 21-May 5, 2024

The club had a number of members running marathons in Europe in the April/May time frame. 

Congratulations to Tania Diener and Jan Steenkamp on their Madrid marathon finish on April 28! This marks Tania’s 150th marathon! It was the duo’s third marathon of the year and a new country to boot! Tania finished in 5:32:15, and Jan finished in 5:37:06. 

Milos Kostic finished the Belgrade marathon - his original home town - on April 28 in 5:30:10 at age 83! Milos placed 9th in the M70+ category.

Gay Renouf joined Milos in Belgrade, but also ran Zurich on April 21, and Prague on May 5. Her times were successively 4:23:54, 4:34:25, and 4:27:47, placing her 6th, 1st, and 8th in the W60 age category.

Mountains2Beach Marathon, Ventura, California, April 28, 2024

Huge congrats to Abbey Schmidt who ran her first sub 3:30 marathon and set a two minute PR. Abbey ran the Mountains to Beach marathon in Ventura California on April 28. As the name suggests, the race has a mild downhill drop, but runners had to contend with California heat. Abbey ran 3:29:26 for 18th in the W35 age group. Congratulations Abbey on your hard work and getting this result.

Marathon Des Sables, Morocco, April 14-20, 2024

Roanna and Lloyd Sehn of Estevan survived and excelled at the Marathon des Sables in Morocco, held Apr 14-20. The course covers 253 km in seven days and is it a challenge! The temperatures were in the mid-forties most days - and our Saskatchewaners had to handle that coming off winter training. The course is highly technical with jagged black rocks so sharp they can cut into runners’ shoes; soft sand; and sand dunes. The longest stage, number 3, had a technical descent where runners lowered themselves from rigging bolted into a mountain, and then skied through the sand to finish the descent. Distances each day were 31,41,86,43,32,and 21 km with two days allowed for stage 3. The finish rates were discouraging- 50% for women and 65% for men.

Runners slept in open sided Berber tents shared by 8 runners. The Sehns reported that sand got everywhere. A sand storm hit on the final night, knocking out one pole and requiring the runners to fix the tent in the middle of the night. Possibly the biggest challenge was foot care. With the slicing rocks and ubiquitous sand, both runners suffered bad blisters. And yet…our runners thrived, improving their rankings nearly every day. Both runners finished in 51 hours and 15 min, with Roanna placing 14th (of 46) the Veteran women’s V2 category , and Lloyd placing  94th in the V1 men’s category.

We are super proud of these two tough Saskatchewaners, and pleased that they ran MM’s Canada Goose ultra last year! Congratulations!

Boston Marathon, April 15, 2024

Congrats to our Regina area runners for fabulous running in Boston. Boston runners reported hot conditions (21 degrees - difficult after only winter training!) and runners collapsing on the course.

Our top age group placing was Yvonne Cafik in 143rd place in W60, (although we should note the youngest age groups, 18-39, cover four times the span of years as the other age groups.) Our runners who covered the course the fastest were Morgan Bradshaw and Darbi Edwards in 3:00:04 and 3:17:34 respectively. Here are the Regina-area results:

Morgan Bradshaw, 3:00:04, 1895th M18-39

Darbi Edwards, 3:17:34, 826th W18-39

Sonia Rees, 3:18:29, 893rd W18-39

Gaylene Jeannot, 3:45:48, 261st W50

Yvonne Cafik, 4:09:15, 143rd W60

Brian Mikuliak, 4:22:24, 815th M60

Patrice Krueger, 4:28:08, 264th W60

Lana Thompson-van Eaton, 4:30:54, 279th W60

Alysen Phee, 4:39:36, 1352nd W40

Taipei Half-Marathon, March 10, 2024

Talk about an exotic adventure/race! Head Gopher Dale Harvey just finished the Taipei half-marathon on March 10. It was well attended with 3,500 runners and eight minutes just to reach the start line. The course along the Tamsui River had long undulations. Dale described the country as “safe, welcoming, and inspiring “.

Dale’s time was 2:18:47. Congratulations Dale!

Arizona Half-Marathons, March 2 and 9, 2024

Congrats to Jim and Terri Carlson on their recent Arizona runs. Neither has entered races for more than a year, but they returned in an impressive way! At the Arizona half-marathon in Peoria, Jim ran 1:49:42 to claim second place in the M60 division, while Terri ran the 10k event. A week later, they ran the Mesquite Canyon half marathon in White Tank Mountain regional park. The event has an elevation gain of 521 m! Jim ran 2:24:36 for 36th place man (sorry, no age group results), and Terri ran 2:35:47 to finish as the 19 th overall woman. Check out Jim’s trail rash from a wipeout. Congrats on these notable results!

Napa Valley Marathon, March 3, 2024

Congratulations to our three Regina runners who finished the beautiful but hilly Napa Valley marathon in the rain. Angela Arnold earned a super impressive 5th place in W55 with 4:07:23. Jed Azcueta ran 3:46:44 and Dhon Gumban ran 5:12:36 for 37th and 96th in M40 respectively. Congratulations to a group of great athletes!

Tokyo Marathon, March 3, 2024

Congratulations to the Regina runners who completed the Tokyo marathon. Tokyo is one of the six Abbott major marathons, and as those who are chasing their Abbott six star medal, very difficult to get into! Four lucky Reginans managed to do just that. Gaylene Jeannot finished in a PR of 3:40:07 (1269th); Teresa Saccucci ran 4:04:20 for 2410th; Kyle Smyth ran 4:19:44 for 14367th; and Doug Opseth ran 4:37:32 for 16427th. No age group rankings were found yet, and so at this time, we list only overall rankings.

An especially exciting part of the race is that Teresa Saccucci finished her Abbott six star challenge - check out the photo with Teresa showing off both the Tokyo and the six star medals. Although Teresa is a very fast racer, for her the six star journey wasn’t about achieving race times - she wrote about the life-long friends and the people she’s met along her journey.

Congratulations on a memorable achievement, runners!

Las Vegas Half-Marathon, February 15, 2024

Regina runners got to run the Vegas strip at night at the Las Vegas Rock and Roll half-marathon on February 25. Kerry Strong and Guillaume Laroche both finished in 2:07:25, good for 52nd in W50 and 334th in M40. Cari Bode finished in 2:14:34, good for 173rd in W45-59. Way to go, runners!

Atlanta, Georgia Marathon, February 15, 2024

Congratulations to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener who ran a marathon in their 27th state, at the Publix Atlanta marathon. Tania earned third place in W60 in 5:33:27, and Jan was 18th in M60 in 5:25:14. Jan reported that the course was non-stop hills with approximately 870 feet of climbing. Congratulations!

Mesa Half-Marathon, Arizona, February 10, 2024

Congratulations to Florence Michon who finished the half marathon in Mesa on February 10 in the cold and rain. Florence ran 2:02:37 for 6th place in the women’s 60-64 age division. Well done, Florence!

Bermuda Triangle Challenge, January 12-14, 2024

Gay Renouf ran the Bermuda Triangle Challenge - 1 mile on Friday night; 10 km on Saturday; and a marathon on Sunday. The courses are all varied - the mile is in the dark, on the main street with two 180 degree turns past crowds of spectators. The 10 km route is on very hilly country roads, and the marathon course winds through narrow lanes, a bike path and through a tunnel, and on coastal roads past turquoise blue water.Gay ran 4:35:51 in the marathon to win the Women’s 60-69 division. 

The cure for the brrr, January 7, 2024

Congrats to all our runners who braved the prairie winter weather to stamp their mark on 2024. The weather was gentle (-13) and the runners were invigorated! Many runners commented on the spectacular unique ceramic polar bear medals. These were designed and created by our own Wendy Tomyk and Doris Burdon - they put hours into sewing the flannel polar bear ribbons, cutting the polar bears, and figuring out how to hang the bears. The first iteration actually melted the metal hangers in the kiln. Our artists persisted and the medals are beautiful - thank you!

The fastest marathoners were Zoe Clin and Michael Dahlman, both of them going on to run an ultra - 51.8 km for Zoe and 50.0 km for Michael. Our fastest half-marathoners were Lorraine Brezinski and Trevor Hopkin.

Special congrats to Dale Clark, who ran his furthest ever, and was the happiest runner out there!

Full results in the Race Together>Cure for the Brrr tab.