Disney Marathon
Jan 13, 2013

Congrats to our two MM members who ran Disney.  Cari  Markewich ran 3:42:30 on the warm and humid day to finish 24th in her age division of W35.  Jennifer Evanvio took on the Goofy Challenge, running the half on Saturday in 2:20:28 (340th in W40), and the full on Sunday in 5:32:39 for 708th place in the W40.  

Jan 20, 2013
Phoenix Rock and Roll Marathon

Congrats to all the Regina runners who rocked the desert.  Particular congrats to Rob Nelson for his 5 MIN PR!!  Here are their results.

Marathon

Laverne Masur, 3:20:06, 34th M35

Darryl Meier, 3:45:04, 58th M45

Jennifer Masur, 3:59:44, 53rd W40

Tracy Kennett, 4:00:25, 26th W45

Kim Reavie, 4:05:47, 145th M35

Half-Marathon

Rob Nelson, 1:36:28, 16th M55

Pauline Beaulieu, 1:52:04, 22nd W50

Peggy Junek, 1:52:20, 89th W35

Ron Jones, 1:54:52, 132nd M50

Heather McConnell, 1:58:01, 179th W25

Mary Deane, 2:03:22, 84th W50

Doug Grimstad, 2:11:42. 297th M50

Tim Zulkoski, 2:12:58, 310th M50

Lorna Zulkoski, 2:12:58, 53rd W55

Dan Bihun, 2:20:13, 571st M40

Renae Grubb, 2:40:12, 327th W50

Cat Grimstad, 3:03:25, 46th W50

Jan 20, 2013
Maui Oceanfront Marathon

Congrats to our Regina runners - here are the results for the full and half marathon events, but in the shorter races, a shout out to Murray Gurski who was 3rd overall in the 5k and Penny Gurski, who was 3rd in her age division, also in 5k.

Full Marathon

Nadia Williamson, 4:29:33, 15th W30

Half Marathon

Chad Fenrick, 1:44:23, 5th M35

Keith Hecher, 1:56:19, 3rd M65

Larry Hurst, 1:58:06, 1st M under 14

Colleen McCallum, 2:29:07, 34th W40

Feb 2 and 3, 2013
Rocky Raccoon 100 miler, Huntsville State Park, TX

Stacey Shand just finished her third 100 mile race in 5 months!  She ran the Texas trail race in 25:52:41 and was the 28th woman to finish.  Amazing effort, Stacey.

Apr 6-7, 2013
Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run, Raleigh NC

Gay Renouf was a sub-24 hour finisher at the Umstead 100 miler in North Carolina.  The course is set out as 8 laps with 8000 feet of elevation gain and loss.  Organizers even provide personal pacers after dark to ensure it remains one of the best 100 milers for first timers and PR-seekers.  Her time of 22:51:38 was good for 9th Woman and 2nd Woman in the 50-59 age group.

 Apr 15, 2013
Boston Marathon

We've all heard of the heart breaking events at Boston this year.  Our thoughts go out to the victims and runners.  The Regina-area runners at Boston were:

Gerry Nagy, Philippe Lacroix, Barry Cyca, Basil Pappas, Angela Stolz, Dave Evans, Cari Markewich, Diana Nagy, Lisa Schwann, Tom Maher

Apr 28, 2013
Regina Police Service Half-Marathon

Well the organizers of the RPS outdid themselves - it looked like an excellent race!  The full results are available at http://www.startlinetiming.com/races/2013/rps/

Here are the results from this year's MM members:

Ryan French, 1:21:34, 2nd M30-39

Chris Dornstauder, 1:33:37, 8th M30-39

Milos Kostic, 1:36:06, 2nd M60+

Tracy Fisher, 1:37:30, 5th W40-49

Chad Fenrick, 1:38:36, 15th M30-39

Doug Hynne, 1:40:11, 7th M50-59

Enio Ricci, 1:40:20, 8th M50-59

Lane Warsylewicz, 1:40:28, 9th M50-59

Darryl Mailander, 1:42:05, 16th M40-49

Tandi van Tol, 1:43:04, 5th W30-39

Jennifer Evancio, 1:44:39, 6th W40-49

Nadia Williamson, 1:45:40, 10th W30-39

David Fox, 1:46:02, 21st M50-59

Richard Mawson, 1:47:54, 28th M50-59

Maureen Powell, 1:8:41, 11th W40-49

Adriana Moryski, 1:50:39, 19th W30-39

James Vadeboncoeur, 1:50:24, 29th M40-49

Paul Mehlsen, 1:52:03, 34th M50-59

Lee-Ann Ricci, 1:56:32, 11th W50-59

Craig Johnson, 1:58:20, 48th M50-59

David Wessel, 1:59:27, 8th M60+

Don Ditson, 2:01:03, 9th M60+

Linda Fox, 2:02:14, 20th W50-59

Linda McBride, 2:03:38, 2nd W60+

Wade Hagen, 2:07:40, 54th M40-49

Terry Allan, 2:13:04, 59th M40-49

Claire Belanger-Parker, 2:33:02, 49th W50-59

Laura Kapp, 2:48:47, 54th W50-59

Well done, and Congrats all!  I can't believe how awesome you all are!

Congrats to all the Vancouver runners, in particular Jim Wonnek for his whopping PR on a difficult day; Milos Kostic and Conor Renouf for placing in their age groups; and Debbie Bellamy for her stellar BQ.

Full Marathon Results of Regina runners

Conor Renouf, 2:58:31, 2nd M20-24

Milos Kostic, 3:28:26, 1st M70-74

Ron Burdon, 3:38:43, 43rd M50-54

Gay Renouf, 3:44:12, 4th W50-54

Jim Wonnek, 3:48:20, 66th M50-54

Joanne Noll, 3:53:46, 17th W50-54

Nadia Williamson, 4:01:34, 92nd W30-34

Debbie Bellamy, 4:06:55, 16th W55-59

Mike Renouf, 4:10:06, 61st M55-59

Stefano Diiorio, 4:17:38, 163rd M45-49

Chad Debert, 4:26:48, 217th M40-44

Tim Schneider, 4:46:22, 189th M50-54

Half-Marathon Results of Regina runners

Alvin Yau, 1:42:51, 98th M25-29

Duane Mombourquette, 1:53:31, 101st M50-54

Tracie McCracken, 2:00:53, 238th W35-39

Shari Mombourquette, 2:01:01, 63rd W50-54

Luanne Sawatzky, 2:12:35, 585th W30-34

James Bastian, 2:17:07, 185th M55-59

Doris Burdon, 2:17:55, 202nd W50-54

Lynn Anderson, 2:24:44, 637th W30-34

Laurie Hamers, 2:29:34, 377th W45-49

May 5, 2013
Vancouver Marathon and Half

Congrats to all the Vancouver runners, in particular Jim Wonnek for his whopping PR on a difficult day; Milos Kostic and Conor Renouf for placing in their age groups; and Debbie Bellamy for her stellar BQ.

Full Marathon Results of Regina runners

Conor Renouf, 2:58:31, 2nd M20-24

Milos Kostic, 3:28:26, 1st M70-74

Ron Burdon, 3:38:43, 43rd M50-54

Gay Renouf, 3:44:12, 4th W50-54

Jim Wonnek, 3:48:20, 66th M50-54

Joanne Noll, 3:53:46, 17th W50-54

Nadia Williamson, 4:01:34, 92nd W30-34

Debbie Bellamy, 4:06:55, 16th W55-59

Mike Renouf, 4:10:06, 61st M55-59

Stefano Diiorio, 4:17:38, 163rd M45-49

Chad Debert, 4:26:48, 217th M40-44

Tim Schneider, 4:46:22, 189th M50-54

Half-Marathon Results of Regina runners

Alvin Yau, 1:42:51, 98th M25-29

Duane Mombourquette, 1:53:31, 101st M50-54

Tracie McCracken, 2:00:53, 238th W35-39

Shari Mombourquette, 2:01:01, 63rd W50-54

Luanne Sawatzky, 2:12:35, 585th W30-34

James Bastian, 2:17:07, 185th M55-59

Doris Burdon, 2:17:55, 202nd W50-54

Lynn Anderson, 2:24:44, 637th W30-34

Laurie Hamers, 2:29:34, 377th W45-49

May 19, 2013
Echo Lake Road Race 20 km

Congrats to all the finishers.  Once again, Fort Qu'Appelle was a great host.  Here are the Marathon Matters finishers:

Conor Renouf, 1:22:24, 4th Men open

Brent Young, 1:22:39, 1st M35-45

Rick Minett, 1:31:35, 1st M45+

Tracy Fisher, 1:36:12, 3rd Woman overall, 3rd W35-45

Cari Markewich, 1:39:12, 4th W35-45

Jennifer Evancio, 1:39:22, 5th W35-45

Jim Wonnek, 1:40:23, 3rd M45+

Chad Debert, 1:40:52, 8th M35-45

Tandi van Tol, 1:42:10, 6th W35-45

Justin Kline, 1:43:21, 13th Men open

Chad Fenrick, 1:43:24, 14th Men open

Gay Renouf, 1:43:30, 2nd W45+

Bill Brown, 1:45:26, 6th M45+

Luciano Togneri, 1:50:38, 7th M45+

Alan Barry, 1:52:56, 8th M 45+

Craig Johnson, 1:57:41, 10th M45+

Dave Wessel, 2:01:37, 11th M45+

Adriana Moryski, 2:03:34, 12th W35-45

 May 26, 2013
Calgary Marathon

Congrats to the Reginans running Calgary.  Milos ran a stellar 3:23 and Jennifer Evancio made a new PR in the half.

Milos Kostic, 3:23:04, 1st M70+

Half-Marathon

Jennifer Evancio, 1:44:27, 7th W40-44

Nadia Williamson, 1:48:27, 31st W30-34

Donna Jackson, 2:13:34, 102nd W40-44

May 26, 2013
Saskatchewan Marathon

Congrats to all our members who ran well in Saskatoon.  Special congrats to Conor Renouf for winning actual money!  Neil Sharp's time will likely stand as one of the top times for Men over 60 for Canada this year.  Here are the results for Marathon Matters members and top Regina athletes:

Conor Renouf, 2:52:57, 3rd Man, 1st M20-29

Neil Sharp, 3:10:49, 9th Man, 1st M60-69

Andrea Rice, 3:17:49, 4th Woman, 2nd W30-39

Kathy Palmer, 3:35:45, 1st W50-59

Gay Renouf, 3:37:18, 2nd W50-59

Mike Renouf, 3:58:26, 10th M50-59

Kathryn Rachar, 4:44:45, 7th W50-59

Lee-Ann Ricci, 4:46:39, 9th W50-59

Craig Johnson, 4:46:18, 23rd M50-59

Pat Blakely, 6:19:22, 2nd W60-69

Half-Marathon

John Svec, 1:24:05, 3rd M40-49

Vern Masur, 1:25:18, 3rd M30-39

Alvin Yau, 1:38:14, 11th M20-29

Duane Mombourquette, 1:50:36, 26th M50-59

Tricia Brown, 1:59:53, 38th W30-39

Shari Mombourquette, 2:05:01, 12th W50-59

Renae Grubb, 2:26:19, 31st W50-59

Jun 29, 2013
Taylor Mountain Trail Marathon

Power duo Jenn Ruland and Kelly Kozakavich completed this beautiful but gruesome trail marathon.  But wait, here's the astounding part...this was Kelly's first marathon, and he did it on a "three week training program".  Jen reports his longest run was 16 km leading up to the race.  Taylor Mountain was 44 km of technical trail with 4000 ft of elevation gain and 8000 ft of loss.  If that wasn't difficult enough, temperatures reached 30 degrees.  Jen reports that they finished the race in 6:18, hand in hand with their friend Jocelyn Mamchur.  Congrats all, special kudos to Kelly!

Jun 15, 2013
Chinook Half-Ironman, Calgary

Regina athletes fared very well at the Chinook Half-Ironman in Calgary.  Emanuela Bandol was 4th woman and 3rd in her age group of 30-34 in a time of 5:18:29.  Other Regina area finishers were Steffa McLintock (6:23:39, 2nd W18-24) and Adriana Moryski (7:39:55, 10th W40-44).

Jun 16, 2013
Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg

Wow, so many Regina area runners excelled in this race.  Here are the results of top Reginans and MM members:

Ingrid Currie, 3:32:59, 1st W50-54, 9th Woman overall

Cari Markewich, 3:39:36. 1st W35-39

Sandy Stepan, 3:44:07, 3rd W45-49

Jen Ruland, 3:58:41, 3rd W30-34

In the half-marathon division, Neil Sharp won the men's 60-64 division in 1:27:26!  Congrats, all!

July 15, 2013
Badwater 135, Death Valley CA 

The Badwater 135 held each year in Death Valley is rightfully known as the toughest running race in the world.  Each year, hundreds of hopeful competitors submit their race resumes outlining their hot weather running experience.  Only 100 runners from around the world are admitted - 22 countries in 2013.  And this year, not only was one of our own admitted, she finished in the top ten women!  Stacey Shand finished the 217 km in 41:48:13 for 9th woman status.  

Some of the quirks of the race are stories about the extreme heat.  Death Valley was the site of the world's highest ever recorded temperature of 134 degrees F.  This year's race was also exceptionally hot.  One of Stacey's crew members, Terry Allan, reported the Day 1 temperature as being 120 degrees F (49 degrees C!!!)  Runners are reported to run on the white lines of the road to reduce the soles of their shoes melting.  Another crew member, Diane Yachina, reported that her toenail polish melted.  Other crew members were Stacey's coach Luke Way from Calgary, and pacers Colleen Zato, Dave O'Connor and James Danoff-Burg from California/Vegas areas.  

Jul 20, 2013
Chase the Goose Marathon and Half

Thank you to Cari Markewich for organizing and hosting this brand new event.  Cari also dragged out her family who volunteered from 5 in the morning to noon!  Thanks Lauren, Andrew, Chris, Rick and Janet!  Thanks also to Jen Ruland for making medals.  We scared enough geese to make it worthwhile to hold this again next year.  Many of the runners were happy to get the chance to qualify for the Marathon Maniacs too.  Here are the results:

Marathon

M1    Brent Young, 3:01:56

M2    Milos Kostic, 3:38:06

F1    Cari Markewich, 4:02:19

M3   Jim Vadeboncoeur, 4:15:21

M4    Kelly Munce, 4:17:39

F2    Jen Ruland, 4:17:55

M5    David Nagel, 4:23:31

M6    Darwin Weimer, 4:32:31

F3    Gay Renouf, 4:45:27

M7    Derek Burt, 4:45:27

M8    Chris Riegel, 5:15:07

M9    Jim Wonnek, 5:18:37

M10  Don Ditson, 5:33:54

Half Marathon

M1    Lane Warsylewicz, 1:55:18

F1    Tricia Brown, 2:03:02

M2    Matt Macknak, 2:07:58

F2    Wendy Tomyk, 2:18:01

F3    Debbie Bellamy, 2:19:44

F4    Luanne Sawatzky, 2:19:44

F5    Loanne Myrah, 2:19:44

F6    Katherine Robinson, 2:49:38 

Aug 18, 2013
ET Full Moon Midnight Marathon, Rachel NV

17 intrepid Regina-area runners traveled to the wilds of Las Vegas to brave the mysteries of Area 51.  We faced possible alien abduction, but survived the various distances.  Here are the results:

51 km

Conor Renouf, 1st M, 3:55:53

Gay Renouf, 1st W50-59, 5:17:52

Brenda Vaness, 2nd W30-39

Marathon

Mike Renouf, 4:39:48, 4th M50-59

Luciano Togneri, 5:03:39, 9th M50-59

Bill Brown, 5:18:42, 11th M50-59

Craig Johnson, 5:21:39, 13th M50-59

Laurie Campbell, 5:21:39, 10th W40-49

Darwin Weimer, 5:36:13, 15th M50-59

Kathryn Rachar, 6:01:37, 6th W50-59

Terry Weimer, 6:23:19, 12th W50-59

Jim Wonnek, 7:14:21, 21st M50-59

Half-Marathon

Rose Ann Reitmeier, 2:08:37, 2nd W50-59

Wade Hagen, 3:34:58, 28th M40-49

Lee Pitzel, 3:34:58, 14th W50-59

Jeff Campbell, 3:34:58, 12th M50-59

10k

Aubrey Swift, 1:07:12, 7th W20-29

Aug 25, 2013
Santa Rosa Marathon, CA

MM member Tim Schneider bagged a new state today, finishing the Santa Rosa marathon in 4:07:56 for 59th place in M50-54.

Aug 25, 2013
Edmonton Marathon

Congrats to Shaun Hesse of Regina who placed 2nd in the Mens 40 age group in 3:05:56.  Also to Derek Burt for his sparkling PR in the half (1:44:53, 46th M30) and Jen Ruland for a strong run after injury (1:45:03, 22nd W30).

SEPT 2013
Mike and Gay's Excellent Adventure

Mike and Gay Renouf upped their "marathons in different countries" totals along with Renae Grubb and honorary Reginan Regina O'Reilly.

Trondheim marathon, Norway, Sep 7, 2013

    Gay finished in 3:51:25 placing 1st in the W50-59 age group (1st out of 1!!)

Loch Ness marathon, Inverness, Scotland, UK, Sep 29, 2013

    Gay Renouf, 3:46:54, 8th W50-59

    Mike Renouf, 4:04:23, 100th M50-59

    Renae Grubb, 6:25:15, 90th W50-59

    Regina O'Reilly, 6:25:16, 513th W18-29

Jersey marathon, St Helier, Jersey, Oct 6, 2013

    Gay Renouf, 3:52:25

    Mike Renouf, 4:15:44

Sep 23, 2013
Dedmonton Ultra, Edmonton

Jen Ruland won the Women's division of the 6 hour ultra, posting 54 km.  The course was on the Edmonton cross country ski trails, and runners vied to see how many 4 km loops they could complete.  After 5 hours, runners switched to 1 km loops.  Congrats Jen!

Sep 29, 2013
Berlin Marathon

Four Reginans finished this prestigious marathon - one of the 6 world majors.  Congrats to:

    Maureen Powell, 4:21:12, 537th W50

    Paul Mehlsen, 5:01:54, 1721st M55

    Tom Henry, 4:52:51, 1637th M55

    Doris Henry, 5:39:30, 1178th W50

OCT 12, 2013 Baltimore Marathon

Kelly Munce added to his states total with a new marathon in Baltimore, finishing in 4:22:25.  Congrats Kelly!

Oct 13, 2013
Chicago Marathon

There were some extremely impressive times run by south Sask runners at Chicago this year!  Gerry Nagy turned in an amazing run, finishing 4th (4th!! At this marathon, age group placings are 4 digits)  in his age group.  Gerry's wife Diana was almost as impressive, finishing 23rd in her age category.  Derek Burt achieved his goal of beating George W Bush (best time of 3:44:52) as well.  All three runners earned PRs.

Gerry Nagy, 2:48:29, 4th M50

Diana Nagy, 3:24:13, 23rd W45

Basil Pappas, 3:30:48, 650th M40

Darryl Mailander, 3:39:09, 540th M45

Derek Burt, 3:44:14, 1009th M30

Daphne Bilokury, 3:54:41, 209th W45

Alvin Yau, 3:54:51, 1132nd M25

Brian Lewis, 3:57:35, 1478th M35

Debbie Bellamy, 4:04:03, 47th W55

Patrice Krueger, 4:07:23, 168th W50

Susan Cameron, 4:47:02, 1319th W40

Sherry Argue, 5:00:32, 1575th W40

Lindsay Vindevoghel, 5:00:32, 1901st W35

Theresa Gibson, 5:17:43, 1813rd W40

Mark Gibson, 6:30:46, 1941st M50

Oct 19, 2013
Whistler 50, Canadian 50 Mile Trail Championships

Jen Ruland is now a national medalist!  Jen placed third in the Women's race and 2nd in the W30-39 at the Whistler 50 miler with a time of 8:58:44.  Congrats Jen!

Oct 20, 2013
PEI Marathon, Charlottetown

Congrats to our MM members in their PEI races:

Loanne Myrah, 4:26:03, 9th Women 50-59

Half-Marathon

Brenda Stricker, 2:17:49, 31st Women 50-59

Wendy Tomyk, 2:18:21, 32nd Women 50-59

Krista Shields, 2:28:53, 93rd Women 40-49

Oct 20, 2013
Toronto Waterfront

Rowena Collins-Huber was the Regina star of the half-marathon here.  Rowena set a new PR of 1:36:08 and placed 4th out of more than 300 in the W50-54 age group.  Congrats Rowena!  Tim Schneider also grabbed a PR in the marathon!

Marathon

Mike Godfrey, 3:39:57, 694th M25

Tim Schneider, 3:46:33, 74th M50

Paul Dhillon, 5:12:47, 311th M30

Half Marathon

Rowena Collins-Huber, 1:36:08, 4th W50

Kayla Kozan, 2:05:12, 322nd W20

Edward Tse, 2:16:58, 43rd M65

Elora McLeod, 2:29:37, 602nd W20

Susan Hornung, 3:33:53, 644th W40

Paul Hornung, 3:33:54, 654th M40

Oct 26, 2013
Javelina Jundred, Fountain Hills AZ

Stacey Shand has completed yet another 100-mile race.  Stacey was the 13th place woman at Javelina Jundred near Phoenix in a time of 25:20:41.

DEC 2013
Chris and Katherine's Excellent Adventure

Our hard core runners, Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson have surpassed themselves at two (?) races in the southern US.  The first was at the Winter 7 in Long Beach CA, Dec 13-19.  Christian finished three 50 km races and 4 marathons in the 7 days, and Katherine did two 50 km races and 5 marathons.  That was followed in very short order by the Across the Years 72 hours race in Phoenix AZ on Dec 28.  Christian ran 243 km for 14th M, and Katherine ran 193 km for 8th F.  So impressed!!