Founder Milos Kostic was named the Sask Sport Athlete of the Year for 2011 in the Masters Athlete division.  Milos was the dominant winner in the Men's 70-74 age group at both the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 world championships, setting a world age group record at Ironman by more than an hour.  His running exploits nearly matched his triathlon accomplishments - he won his age group (on his birthday, no less!) at the Boston marathon in 3:17:38 and posted the second and third fastest marathon times in Canada for men over 70.  

Also nominated for the Masters Athlete of the Year are Carol Lafayette-Boyd in Athletics and Jean Roney in Lawn Bowling.  

Aug, 2011
Iron Legs 50 Miler, Kananaskis

Congrats to our Marathon Matters members who completed this very tough course. The Iron Legs has 20,000 feet of elevation gain and loss and is mostly on single track. Yikes!

Greg Dyck, 14th M, 11:55

Barry Hopkins, 28th M, 13:56

Laurie Simons, 14th W, 14:24

Aug 21-26, 2011
Trans Rockies Run, Colorado

Two MM members finished the six day stage race, traveling from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek, Colorado.  Simon Kostic from Regina and his partner Blair Anderson of Wynyard finished 16th yesterday in the Men's Masters division (combined age over 80) of the 6 day Gore Tex Trans Rockies Run in Colorado.  Racers in teams of two run from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek Colorado, covering 200 km, climbing and descending over 8,000 m and reaching altitudes of over 4,000 m.  Their aggregate time for the six stages was 30 hours, 15 minutes and 19 seconds.

Crater Rim Marathon, Oregon, Aug 13, 2011

Five club members completed the famously hilly Crater Lake Rim runs - after riding 100 miles the day before (except Gay, the wimp!)

Milos Kostic, 3:59:06, 12th M, 1st M70+

Gay Renouf. 3:59:19, 4th W, 1st W50-59

Mike Renouf, 4:33:34, 34th M

Justin Kline, 59th M, 5:21:34

In the half-marathon, Nadia Williamson was the 12th W in 2:04:31

Aug 13-17, 2013
Trans Rockies 6-Day Race, Colorado

Three Regina-area teams competed in this year's version of the Trans Rockies 6 day stage race.  The event travels 188 km from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek on single track and dirt roads, with a few technical sections.  Each day, the distances range from 21 to 39 km and the climbing is significant - from 800 to 1600 m.  The elevation is the most challenging of all - each night, the runners sleep above 3000 m and the highest point on the course, Hope Pass, is over 4000 m.  The results of our teams were:

Michael and Loralie Hoffort, 30:09:52 for 15th place in the Mixed combined age 80+

    - best placing 12th in Stage 2 (21 km, 1000 m)

Enio and LeeAnn Ricci (the Dead Gophers!) 32:18:16 for 21st place in Mixed 80+

    - best placing 17th in Stage 3 (39 km, 900 m)

Shelley and Doug MacKenzie 34:28:42 for 26th place

    - best placing 21st in Stage 5 (38 km, 1300 m)

Note that all the teams this year were married couples.  In addition to the fine finishes, the really good news is that all are still married!

Aug 13, 2011
Crater Rim Marathon, Oregon

Five club members completed the famously hilly Crater Lake Rim runs - after riding 100 miles the day before (except Gay, the wimp!)

Milos Kostic, 3:59:06, 12th M, 1st M70+

Gay Renouf. 3:59:19, 4th W, 1st W50-59

Mike Renouf, 4:33:34, 34th M

Justin Kline, 59th M, 5:21:34

In the half-marathon, Nadia Williamson was the 12th W in 2:04:31

Aug 24,25, 2011
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Chamonix, France

Regina runner Stacey Shand completed the prestigious North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, France today.  The race was 120 km long and crossed numerous Alpine passes.  Shand was 18th in the Women's aged 23-39 years division with a time of 31 hours, 28 minutes and 42 seconds.  The UTMB is a closed race which accepts entries on a points basis of previous mountain ultras - Shand was admitted owing to finishing the Canadian Death Race 125 km, Sinister 7 146 km and Costa Rica Coastal Challenge 227 km.

Sep 3-10, 2011
Trans Alpine Race, Oberstdorf, Germany

MM members Stacey Shand and Gay Renouf survived the 8 day stage race traveling from Oberstdorf Germany, to Latsch, Italy.  The four stages varied from 6 km to 53 km, passing through four countries, covering 274 km, and a total elevation gain of 15,400 m.  Their team, the Mountain Gophers, was 22nd in the Women's division, out of 36 women's teams finishing in 55 hours, 17 minutes. 

Sept 11, 2011
Queen City Marathon

For full results, please go to:

http://www.raceheadquarters.com/results/2011/run/QCMMarathonNet2011.html

I have attempted to list MM members of this and previous years - please send a note if you have been missed.

Quinton Johb, 3:12:13, 5th M30

Laverne Masur, 3:19:58, 2nd M35

Conor Renouf, 3:28:41, 4th M20

Jim Carlson, 3:36:46, 6th M45

Cari Markewich, 3:37:06, 1st W35

Tim Gross, 3:37:55, 5th M50

Kelly Munce, 3:45:31, 9th M45

Jennifer Ruland, 3:45:50, 5th W25

Alan Barry, 3:52:28, 11th M50

Jason Hubick, 3:52:38, 13th M45

Michael Sali, 3:55:59, 10th M25

Denise Harry, 3:57:06, 4th W40

Gerald Fox, 3:58:11, 7th M55

Simon Kostic, 4:01:40, 16th M35

Doug Hynne, 4:02:18, 15th M50

Justin Kline, 4:04:53, 16th M25

Linda Fox, 4:10:27, 2ndW50

Tim Schneider, 4:11:14, 24th M50

Jim Wonnek, 4:14:24, 27th M50

Sage Fox, 4:18:47, 10th W30

Jenn Masur, 4:22:47, 10th W35

Duane Mombourquette, 4:23:04, 31st M50

Dave Fox, 4:23:09, 12th M55

Jason Moryski, 4:28:05, 24th M35

Craig Johnson, 4:28:38, 35th M50

Adriana Moryski, 4:30:32, 12th W35

Bill Brown, 4:31:22, 24th M45

Shari Mombourquette, 4:34:02, 6th W50

Matt Macknak, 4:44:46, 15th M55

Darwin Weimer, 4:47:08, 41st M50

Bob Neufeld, 4:53:36, 46th M50

Kathryn Rachar, 5:04:13, 7th W55

Wade Hagen, 5:25:55, 29th M40

Terry Weimer, 6:13:38, 9th W55

Half-Marathoners

Gareth Dillistone, 1:35:44, 2nd M45

Shawn Wedewer, 1:36:50, 7th M35

Frank Gelinas, 1:44:15, 19th M35

Darryl Mailander, 1:44:38, 9th M45

Teresa Donley, 1:45:40, 4th W50

Tandi van Tol, 1:46:43, 7th W35

Pat Parrott, 2:02:51, 30th M40

John Mykytchuk, 2:04:58, 10th M60

Terry Allan, 2:10:08, 35th M45

Debbie Bellamy, 2:10:34, 26th W50

Erinn-Jane Brawn, 2:11:52, 64th W35

Diane Yachina, 2:21:10, 59th W40

Mark Rathwell, 2:24:05, 75th M35

Sara Thibeault, 2:35:51, 69th W20

Sonja Doyle, 3:02:17, 88th W45

Sep 23, 2011
Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run Logan, Utah

Greg Dyck of Regina was one of the 66% of  the field who finished the "Bear 100 MileEndurance Run" held Sep 23 and 24 traveling from Logan, Utah to Fish Haven, Idaho.  Dyck was 138th overall and his time was 33 hours, 34 minutes and 19 seconds.  The race is considered to be one of North America's hardest 100 mile races, and climbs almost 22,000 ft in elevation in the Wasatch Bear River range.

Sep 23, 2011
Bear 100 Mile Endurance Run Logan, Utah

Greg Dyck of Regina was one of the 66% of  the field who finished the "Bear 100 MileEndurance Run" held Sep 23 and 24 traveling from Logan, Utah to Fish Haven, Idaho.  Dyck was 138th overall and his time was 33 hours, 34 minutes and 19 seconds.  The race is considered to be one of North America's hardest 100 mile races, and climbs almost 22,000 ft in elevation in the Wasatch Bear River range.

Baden Marathon, Karlsruhe, Germany, Sep 18, 2011

Mike and Gay Renouf finished their marathon in a new country - They both finished in 3:59:11, with Mike placing 41st in the M55 category and Gay 81st in the Mens 50 category - translation troubles, perhaps?

OCT 2011 Atlantic Province Tour

Members Darwin and Terry Weimer completed three marathons in two weeks.  They started with the Valley Harvest marathon in Wolfville NS Oct 9, Darwin 4:20:48 (4th M50) and Terry 6:08:40 (5th W50); then went on to the Prince Edward Island marathon on Oct 16th, where Darwin finished in 4:12:09 (18th M50) and Terry in 5:58:31 (27th W50).  The last was the speediest, at the Moncton Legs for Literacy marathon on Oct 22, where Darwin finished in 3:59:59 (11th M50) and Terry in 5:35:23 (7th W50).

Oct 2, 2011
Flatlanders Road Race

Please go to the following website for the complete results.  We have tried to tease out the MM members - please let us know if there are any mistakes.

http://www.reginaroadrunners.ca/2011Site/index.html

Half-Marathon

Gareth Dillistone, 1:32:04, 3rd M40

David Nagel, 1:34:47, 4th M40

Jim Carlson, 1:35:18, 5th M40

Michael Sali, 1:36:08, 2nd M30

Ryan Schaffer, 1:36:31, 10th M30

Frank Gelinas, 1:37:12, 11th M30

Jason Hubick, 1:38:49, 8th M40

Cari Markewich, 1:38:52, 1st W30

Denise Harry, 1:39:56, 1st W40

Jennifer Ruland, 1:40:57, 3rd W20

Alan Barry, 1:41:12, 7th M50

Gerald Fox, 1:42:39, 9th M50

Luciano Togneri, 1:45:36, 12th M50

Darryl Mailander, 1:45:36, 16th M40

Jim Wonnek, 1:46:33, 13th M50

Jason Moryski, 1:47:47, 18th M30

Tim Schneider, 1:49:04, 14th M50

Dave Fox, 1:50:31, 16th M50

Linda Fox, 1:51:44, 2nd W50

Thea Jacobs, 1:54:42, 3rd W50

Donn Lay, 1:56:52, 23rd M40

Matt Macknak, 1:58:02, 22nd M50

Adriana Moryski, 1:59:14, 7th W30

Kathryn Rachar, 2:05:08, 8th W50

Shelley Zerr, 2:09:33, 11th W40

Jackie Lay, 2:32:55, 21st W40

Deanne Cannon and passenger, 3:28:55, 29th W30

10k results

Murray Gurski, 43:29, 2nd M

Simon Kostic, 48:21, 7th M30

Tandi van Tol, 48:37, 2nd W30

Nadia Williamson, 48:56, 3rd W30

Helen Outerbridge, 1:06:38, 13th W40

Oct 8, 2011
Le Grizz 50 Mile Road Race, Hungry Horse, MT

Two Regina-area runners placed well at the Le Grizz 50 mile footrace in Hungry Horse, Montana.  Conor Renouf was the 6th Man overall in a time of 7 hours, 4 min and 42 sec, and Jennifer Ruland of White City was the 7th Woman overall in 8:38:49. 

Oct 22, 2011
Saskatchewan Ultra 50 k

Marathon Matters members won both the Mens and Womens races in Saskatoon, with Conor Renouf winning in 3:44:16 and Jennifer Ruland winning in 4:30:10.  Other MM results were:

Gay Renouf, 4:33:06, 2nd W

Stacey Shand, 5:01:27, 4th W

Linda Fox, 5:04:11, 5th W

Dave Buchner, 5:05:45, 16th M

Alan Barry, 5:09:08, 18th M

Mike Renouf, 5:15:44, 19th M

Greg Dyck, 5:39:09, 22nd M

Craig Johnson, 5:39:09, 23rd M

Dave Fox, 5:55:24, 24th M

Dec 4, 2011
California International Marathon, Sacramento

New President Kelly Munce ran 3:56:09 in Sacramento.  Congrats, Kelly.

Dec 4, 2011
Las Vegas Rock and Roll Marathon

This is probably a VERY incomplete list of the Regina runners.  If you know of someone who ran Vegas, please e-mail our site so we can include their results.

Milos Kostic, 3:35:40, 1st M70-74

Nadia Williamson, 3:49:05, 28th W30-35

Carolyn Erfurt, 5:13:42, 280th W30-35