Cure for the Brrr

2024

Wendy Tomyk and Doris Burdon designed and made the fabulous ceramic medals!

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!

Here are the results. 

Ultramarathons (distance in km):

Zoe Clin,51.8, 6:00:00

Michael Dahlman,50.0,5:29:10

Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar,43.5,6:00:00

Marathons (Ultramarathoner times converted to their marathon time):

Michael Dahlman,4:28:40

Zoey Clin,4:45:16

Jan Steenkamp,5:33:51

Tania Diener,5:47:57

Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar,5:49:15

Ultrahalf-marathons (ha ha) distance in km:

Joanna Richardson,37

Adam Rose,32

Chris Tetlock,32

Paula Bzdell,28

Marcella Zatwarniski,28

Joanne Noll,25

Harley Barrett,24

Gary Larson,24

Yvonne Cafik,24

Lauren McLellan,24

Jannike Matlock,24

Christopher Hall,24

Bryce Thompson,24

Nathan Lafoy,24

Deidre Roberts,24

Half-marathons (ultra-half times converted to half time)

Trevor Hopkin,1:45:15

Rob McLeod,1:45:16

Lorraine Brezinski,1:50:38

Harley Barrett,1:57:16

Brian Godwin,1:57:30

Drew Johnstone,1:57:30

Gary Larson,2:01:24

Abbey Schmidt,2:04:29

Yvonne Cafik,2:04:44

Guillaume Laroche,2:06:33

Adam Rose,2:06:52

Lauren McLellan,2:07:29

Shaun Quinney,2:08:41

Joanna Richardson,2:08:42

Paula Bzdell,2:08:58

Chris Tetlock,2:13:51

Jannike Matlock,2:14:51

Cam Thick,2:24:23

Melissa Burns,2:25:12

Jason Burns,2:25:12

Joanne Noll,2:27:42

Heidi Schmalz,2:29:16

Jon Paradowski,2:29:16

Kel-Leigh Kirkness,2:29:39

Milos Kostic,2:30:00

Marcella Zatwarniski,2:33:36

Wendy Tomyk,2:37:18

Christopher Hall,2:40:53

Bryce Thompson,2:40:53

Dale Harvey,2:42:48

Shelley Zerr,2:45:46

Blair Morris,2:48:00

Craig Johnson,2:59:06

Nathan Lafoy,3:09:54

Meg Braithwaite,3:14:43

Elaine Li,3:15:49

Deidre Roberts,3:31:03

Loops

Jennifer Seaman,20

Carolyn Murray,20

Lesley Kitsch,17

Allison Samoleski,16

Jaimie Mimbs,16

Dale Clark,16

Sheila Durey,16

Chantel De Lorme,16

Michel Turmel,16

Susan Schneider,16

Tracy Hall,16

Angela Morris,16

April Lloyd,16

Sandy MacDonald,16

Debra Anderson,15

Greg Chovin,13

Jennifer Kayter-Brezinski,13

Murray Koptie,12

Cameron Symon,12

Sherry Chestney,12

Danita Stubel,12

Denise Harry,12

Ryan Holota,12

Deanne Selinger,12

Kimberly Brown,12

Lisa Anthony,12

Adrian Robinson,12

Christian Riegel,10

Katherine Robinson,10

Wendy Cowen,10

Constance Kozak,8

Natasha Lumsden,8

Tammy Serbu,8

Shari Mosthaf,8

Dorothy Josephson,8

Kerri Clark,8

Monique Goffinet Miller,8

Jamie Tait,6

Gay Renouf,6

Karen Lawson,4

Morgan Allen,4

Patrice Turmel,4

Valerie Biden,4

Leona Spruyt,4

Loretta Stevens,4

Heather Stronge,4

Heather Irvine,4

Emillie Desjardins,4


2020 photos courtesy of mike renouf!