Jan 19, 2014
Maui Marathon

Congrats to these Regina-area runners on their performances in Hawaii.  Terry and Darwin Weimer finished their second-time-round finish of a marathon in all 50 states!

Wayne Neilson, 3:39:00, 6th M50-54

Darwin Weimer, 5:11:52, 28th M55-59

Chad Chorney, 5:30:55, 22nd M35-39

Terry Weimer, 6:11:38, 5th W55-59

Half-marathon

Keith Hecker, 2:13:06, 6th M65-69

Kim Martin, 2:18:17, 27th W35-39

 Feb 2, 2014
New Orleans Marathon and Half

Congrats to the MM members who ran this race:

Marathon

Laverne Masur, 15th M 40, 3:16:55

Gay Renouf, 14th W 50, 4:20:35

Mike Renouf, 21st M55, 4:20:35

Half-Marathon

Jennifer Masur, 15th W 40, 1:48:47

Feb 16, 2014
Lost Dutchman Marathon, Apache Junction, AZ

Congrats to our President, Cari Bode, who qualified for Boston with a 3:41:50 and was 9th woman and 1st in the Womens 35-39 age category!

 Apr 13, 2014
London Marathon

Congrats to Sean Reidy who finished the London marathon in 5:00:49.  Well done Sean!

Apr 21, 2014
Boston Marathon

Congrats to all the Regina-area finishers on their Boston finishes!  Special notes to our top finishing men and women and highest-age placing men and women: Rahul Bhattacharyya and Teresa Saccucci; and Rick Minett and Linda McBride.

Rahul Bhattacharyya, 2:48:57, 667th Open Men

David Langen, 2:58:44, 1430th Open Men

Gerry Nagy, 3:18:34, 428th M50

Shaun Hesse, 3:20:37, 1116th M40

Paul Duperreault, 3:22:50, 978th M45

Krista Seibel, 3:25:25, 1149th Open Women

Rick Minett, 3:29:53, 280th M55

Dave Evans, 3:34:56, 1476th M45

Teresa Saccucci, 3:40:58, 2618th W35

Philippe Lacroix, 3:42:39, 1245th M50

Tracy Fisher, 3:49:54, 950th W40

Diana Nagy, 3:54:13, 868th W45

Graham Harvey, 3:54:21, 311th M60

Cari Bode, 3:56:11,3658th W35

Barry Cyca, 3:59:40, 1650th M50

Rob Nelson, 4:06:05, 1088th M55

Carrie Newman, 4:08:34, 4176th W35

Thea Jacobs, 4:10:46, 249th W55

Ward Tuttle, 4:13:41, 2236th M45

Pauline Beaulieu, 4:18:46, 870th W50

Linda McBride, 4:54:39, 62nd W65

La-Loni Fox, 5:01:42, 615th W55

April 22, 2014
London Marathon

Three Regina (or former Regina) athletes just completed the London marathon on Apr 22. Cari Bode ran 3:54:50 to place 369th in the W40 division; Debbie Bellamy ran 4:45:09 for 77th in the W60 division; and Jennifer Evancio ran 4:51:28 for 854th in W45. Conditions were tough - it was said to be the hottest London Marathon ever!

London is one of the 6 World Marathon majors - finishers earn a coveted six star medal. Other Marathon Matters members to have completed the World Majors sweep are Teresa Donley and Milos Kostic. Debbie has one more race to earn her six star and Cari and Jen have one or two more...

Congrats, runners!

May 10, 2014
Fargo Marathon

Congrats to our Regina runners, especially Laurie Johnson for her age group placing and solid Boston qualifier!  Gary Johnson also got an age group placing in the half-marathon.

Marathon

Laurie Johnson, 3:30:59, 2nd W45

Luke Burkholder, 4:56:37, 81st M25

Half-Marathon

Brett Miller, 1:27:08, 14th M25

Laura Stith, 1:44:30, 33rs W20

Christine Barlow, 1:49:33, 52nd W35

Aaron Barlow, 1:50:04, 92nd M35

Gary Johnson, 1:57:32, 3rd M65

Katie Santha, 2:03:33, 173rd W25

Dani Williams, 2:17:02, 336th W30

Glenda Michalski, 2:19:39, 79th W50

Jodi Sartison, 2:31:51, 382nd W35

David Devine, 2:34:41, 92nd M55

Bradley Hanowski, 2:35:43, 180th M45

Shirl Morreljohnson, 2:38:22, 75th W55

Lindsay Shaw, 2:41:35, 485th W30

Lorrielynn Austman-Oleynik, 2:41:37, 131st W50

Allan Howard, 3:26:15, 158th M50

Joanne Farmer, 3:26:16, 172nd W50

May 4, 2014
Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati

Congrats to the runners from the Canadian Queen City who took on the hot and hilly Queen City of the US.  The race was cheered by arguably the best spectators on the continent (Kelly got his cramping calves massaged by a pack of spectators who treated him like a race car in a pit stop and sent him out back on the race course!), and organizers sure have fun with the Pig theme.  Runners line up in Pig Pens and run until they reach the Finish Swine.  And the medal is the BEST!

Special congrats to Debbie Bellamy for her top ten finish in her age category!

Cari Bode, 3:45:37, 20th W35

Mike Renouf, 4:15:13, 42nd M55

Jennifer Ruland, 4:16:11, 95th W30

Debra Bellamy, 4:19:21, 8th W55

Lee-Ann Ricci, 4:44:52, 52nd W50

Kelly Munce, 4:50:40, 188th M45

Gay Renouf, 5:01:30, 66th W50

Half-Marathon

Enio Ricci, 2:15:26, 228th M50

May 9-10, 2014
Spruce Woods Ultra, Manitoba

Congrats to our Regina runners who had great performances in Manitoba.  Can you believe this is Jon's first ultra?!

50 km trail run

Mark Newton, 5:24:40, 2nd M, 2nd M30

Donn Lay, 5:50:10, 2nd M40

Jeff Dudar, 6:46:22, 6th M30

Jon Paradowski, 6:46:22, 7th M30

Marsha Crossman was 3rd in the W30 division of the trail half-marathon in 3:37:28.

May 25, 2014
Saskatchewan Marathon

Congrats to the Regina runners who ran in a sweltering day!  The performance of the day goes to Jon Paradowski who ran within 5 minutes of his PR on a hot day, after doing 3 races in 3 weeks!  There were so many Regina finishers of the half-marathon, I include only the MM members.

Marathon

Conor Renouf, 3:01:00, 1st M20

Gary Thiel, 3:14:02, 5th M40

Brent Young, 3:20:59, 7th M40

Mark Newton, 3:30:36, 2nd M30

Robert Watkins, 3:47:36, 6th M50

Jon Paradowski, 3:47:44, 8th M30

Steve Booth, 3:59:25, 15th M40

Mike Renouf, 4:06:48, 9th M50

Thea Jacobs, 4:10:15, 3rd F50

Greg Dyck, 4:12:52, 16th M40

Jan Steenkamp, 4:26:15, 17th M50

Tania Diener, 4:33:24, 9th F50

Chris Butz, 4:34:02, 19th M50

Luke MacDonald, 4:38:51, 10th M20

Darwin Weimer, 4:39:00, 20th M50

Shannon Tichkowsky, 4:43:09, 15th F20

Alma Tholl, 5:17:50, 15th F40

Janet Norman-Smith, 5:17:50, 1st F60+

Half-Marathon

Tricia Brown, 1:58:32, 43rd F30

June 1, 2014
Calgary Marathon

Congrats to all the Regina area runners who completed the Calgary marathon, 50 km ultra or half-marathon.  Results for the marathon and 50 km are below for Regina-area runners.  Huge congrats to Neil Sharp, for his age group win - the best 2014 marathon time for Men 60-69 on the Prairies so far this year.  It's also the 5th fastest in all of Canada - very significant considering that Neil is in the 65-69 rather than 60-64 category.

Also congrats to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener for finishing their second marathon in a week - Marathon Maniacs qualifier!

50 km Ultra

Conor Renouf, 3:40:40, 12th M, 1st M20

David Fox, 4:51:12, 6th M60

Richard Mawson, 4:51:13, 7th M55

Derek Anaquod, 4:53:32, 13th M25

Darryl Meier, 4:55:01, 22nd M45

Chad Debert, 5:05:10, 28th M40

Teresa Donley, 5:13:20, 2nd W55

Dennis Dreher, 5:28:20, 28th M50

AJ Tabin, 5:29:26, 27th M50

Tom Maher, 5:46:42, 15th M60

Linda Fox, 5:46:43, 5th W55

Marathon

Neil Sharp, 3:11:03, 1st M65

Andrew Baulin, 3:34:31, 28th M25

Danielle Ulmer, 3:50:42, 13th W40

Brad Young, 3:54:25, 45th M35

Derek Burt, 3:57:45, 43rd M30

Jason Hubick, 3:58:58, 54th M45

Patrick Charagu, 4:00:35, 53rd M45

Doug Matthies, 4:23:07, 55th M50

Jan Steenkamp, 4:22:23, 58th M50

Jonathan Llewelyn-Williams, 4:25:53, 34th M20

Patrick Parrott, 4:28:01, 93rd M45

Darwin Weimer, 4:29:21, 42nd M55

Tania Diener, 4:38:59, 23rd W50

Senthil Damodharan, 4:44:40, 100th M45

Kevin Murphy, 4:47:19, 87th M25

Kristen Leigh, 4:47:20, 67th W25

Tom Reimer, 5:11:42, 41st M20

Sandy Macdonald, 5:11:17, 2nd W65

Donna Jackson, 5:11:17, 73rd W40

Jarvis Pelletier, 5:43:01, 142nd M40

Casey Riffel, 6:02:59, 107th M25

Terry Weimer, 6:03:58, 31st W55

Danielle Evans, 6:18:35, 101st W35

June 7, 2014
FANS24 Ultra Race, Minneapolis

Kathryn Rachar was able to add another marathon in a new state to her tally.  She had to wait in pouring rain for lightening to stop so that the organizers would start the race, and if you know Kathryn, you know she hates being cold!  However, she persevered through shoe-sucking mud, and washed-away trail to complete 27 miles in order to claim marathon status.

June 14, 2014
Active Kids 6 HR Run & Walk, Regina

This was a timed event in which runners tried to complete the furthest distance they could (or wanted!) in six hours.  Thanks to Katherine Robinson and Christian Riegel for putting on this event - ten finishers of at least a marathon make it official for Marathon Maniacs and 50 States Clubs!  Congrats to all the finishers!

Mark Newton, 57.1 km in 5:40:03

Tania Diener, 50.2 km in 5:53:44

Jan Steenkamp, 50 km in 5:20:00

Katherine Robinson, 48 km in 5:57:15

Jon Paradowski, 44 km in 4:32:44 

Kathryn Rachar, 44 km in 5:26:03

Christian Riegel, 44 km in 5:35:40

Cari Bode, 42.2 km in 3:57:18

James Vadeboncouer, 42.2 km in 3:58:07

Lee-Ann Ricci, 42.2 km in 5:19:21

Suzanne Hunter, 24 km in 2:18:56

Nancy McNeill, 20 km in 2:43:30

Pamela Loster, 20 km in 2:43:30

Don Mortenson, 4 km in 48:13

Corey Linford, 4 km in 48:13

Dylan Linford, 4 km in 48:13

Trent Linford, 4 km in 48:13

Pressley Linford, 4 km in 48:13

June 15, 2014
Manitoba Marathon 

Wow, three of our club members deserve a lot of hand clapping!  Daryl Arendt finished his FIRST marathon, and Loanne Myrah and Sean Reidy both nabbed PRs.  Loanne also qualified for Boston (by a lot!)

Here are the Regina runners' results - places are their rank in their category - Manitoba Marathon didn't specify what age group runners were in.

Blaine Whitney, 3:11:13, 5th

Kevin Petrychyn, 3:59:33, 22nd

Loanne Myrah, 4:05:28, 6th

Lauren McLellan, 4:28:57, 13th

Daryl Arendt, 4:50:24, 42nd

Sean Reidy, 4:59:45, 44th

Mary Johnson, 5:24:27, 17th

Stephen Johnson, 5:24:28, 47th

Banff marathon, Jun 22, 2014

South Saskatchewan was well represented by the Regina and Moose Jaw athletes that took on the hills, sun, altitude, and hopes to see a Yogi.  Sports Stats reports athletes' age group placing, but not what age group he/she is in.  Congrats to:

Jennifer Bolt, 3:52:41, 5th

Derek Burt, 3:58:27, 8th

Richard Mawson, 4:00:14, 6th

Jennifer Taylor, 4:10:30, 3rd

David Fox, 4:19:35, 6th

Teresa Donley, 4:23:50, 2nd

Richard Manzon, 4:26:56, 14th

Mike Renouf, 4:52:29, 18th

Dale Toni, 5:18:05 3rd

Scott Wilson, 5:25:52, 20th

Half-Marathon

Alix Fox, 1:36:08, 2nd

Laurie Hamers, 2:05:07, 6th

Justine Hartung, 2:12:12, 21st

Jennifer Brand, 2:14:43, 29th

Linda McBride, 2:17:33, 3rd

Laurie Campbell, 2:19:14, 19th

La-loni Fox, 2:22:48, 9th

Sofia Burt, 2:29:48, 77th

Joyce Zimmerman, 2:30:45, 5th 

June 22, 2014
Rundle's Revenge, Canmore

Congrats to our intrepid trail runners, carrying their bear spray and hydration packs through the wilds of Canmore's mountain biking trails.  Jennifer Ruland (the Jeneral) placed 6th amongst Open Women in a time of 6:37:53 for the 50 km run, and Donn Lay was 9th in the Men 40+ in 6:56:22.  

July 5, 2014
Powderface 42, Alberta

Those that have done the Powderface 42, know that the race is decidedly longer than 42 km, as well as including many kilometres of climbing and rough trail surfaces.   Jon Paradowski measured 48 km!!  Congrats to our local finishers:

Alix Fox, 5:58:19, 6th W

Jon Paradowski, 6:36:35, 10th M

David Fox, 6:52:41, 21st M

Oct 4, 2014
St George Marathon

Congrats to our Moose Jaw crew, who set some great times and BQs for all the Foxes in St George.

Alix Fox, 3:34:02, 30th W25 

David Fox, 3:49:49, 20th M60 

Richard Mawson, 3:55:32, 99th M55

La-Loni Fox, 4:17:53, 37th W55 

Teresa Donley, 4:20:00, 42nd W55 

Aug 16, 2014
Iron Legs 50 Mile Run, Kananaskis

Congrats to Jon Paradowski, a true ultra runner, who clearly believes "too much is not enough"!  Jon completed his first 50 miler at Iron Legs, renowned to be one of the hardest ultras in Canada.  And the race director made it even harder than in previous years.  The route now covers 88 km and climbs 26,000 ft.  Jon finished 58th in 16:50:44.  What a great job!

Aug 17, 2014
Yorkton Charity Road Race

A number of our MM members set new PRs in the half-marathon in Yorkton!!  Congrats to:

Rick Minett, 1:30:50, 2nd M50

Loanne Myrah, 1:56:29, 2nd W50

Sean Reidy, 1:58:53, 1st M40 PR!

Steve Whelan, 2:01:27, 2nd M40, PR (I think)

Wendy Tomyk, 2:08:36, 6th W50, PR!

Shannon Ostapowich, 2:08:36, 2nd W40

Barb Eatock, 2:14:00, 4th W40, (1st half!)

Sept 09 2014
Queen City Marathon

Congrats to everyone running the QCM this year - the 27 degree temperature at the end sure made it interesting.  Congrats to our first-time marathoners: Luanne Ferner, David Wessel, and Doug Best - you started with a hard one!  Also congrats to our age group placers: Conor Renouf, Rick Minett, Brent Young, Tracy Fisher, Cari Bode, Jennifer Ruland, David Fox, Tricia Brown, Loanne Myrah, Kathryn Rachar, and Teresa Donley.  Here are the results of the MM members - please let me know if anyone was missed.

Marathon:

Conor Renouf, 2:55:21, 1st M20, 8th M

Rick Minett, 3:13:05, 1st M55

Brent Young, 3:17:59, 3rd M45

Darryl Meier, 3:38:00, 10th M45

Tracy Fisher, 3:38:28, 1st W40, 3rd W

Basil Pappas, 3:40:46, 9th M40

Jim Carlson, 3:45:09, 10th M50

Cari Bode, 3:46:02, 1st W35, 5th W

Jon Paradowski, 3:51:05, 13th M35

Donn Lay, 3:52:08, 11th M40

Jennifer Ruland, 3:54:15, 3rd W30, 8th W

David Fox, 3:58:25, 2nd M60

Derek Burt, 3:58:40, 15th M35

Richard Mawson, 4:02:54, 7th M55

Tricia Brown, 4:03:11, 2nd W35

Lorne Boyle, 4:06:51, 10th M55

Richard Manzon, 4:11:11, 15th M40

Denise Harry, 4:18:06, 4th W40

Loanne Myrah, 4:19:24, 2nd W55

Matt Macknak, 4:25:41, 21st M55

Alan Barry, 4:27:08, 22nd M55

Shamus Reilly, 4:34:00, 19th M30

Chad Debert, 4:34:28, 19th M40

Robert Neufeld, 4:36:24, 26th M50

Gerald Fox, 4:36:38, 5th M60

Tom Maher, 4:37:27, 6th M60

Tania Diener, 4:45:12, 9th W50

Doug Grimstad, 4:50:40, 25th M55

Darwin Weimer, 4:53:01, 26th M55

Jan Steenkamp, 4:53:43, 28th M50

Linda Fox, 4:53:56, 4th W55

Kathryn Rachar, 5:04:49, 2nd W60

Luanne Ferner, 5:10:11, 16th W30

Doug Best, 5:32:15, 35th M55

Christian Riegel, 5:35:49, 24th M45

Katherine Robinson, 5:35:49, 11th W45

Teresa Donley, 5:42:04, 1st Walker

Sean Reidy, 6:03:04, 25th M45

Half-Marathon

Chris Dornstauder, 1:32:47, 6th M30

Tim Schneider, 1:45:26, 4th M55

Rowena Collins-Huber, 1:49:03, 5th W50

Jenn Masur, 1:49:06, 9th W40

Duane Mombourquette, 1:56:24, 17th M50

Don Ditson, 2:03, 08, 11th M60

Shari Mombourquette, 2:03:18, 11th W55

Wendy Tomyk, 2:09:25, 25th W50

Brenda Stricker, 2:12:49, 28th W50

Terry Allan, 2:30:36, 49th M50

Elfie Nkongolo, 2:30:52, 88th W25

Laura Kapp, 2:56:13, 77th W50

Ron Burdon, 2:56:15, 60th M55

Bruce McKee, 3:11:46, 4th M70

Heather Irvine, 3:22:51, 190th W30

Sep 21, 2014
Mogathon, Saskatoon

I don't know why they call it the Mogathon, but I do know that Regina runners ran fast!  Here are the 30 km results:

Mark Newton, 2:16:50, 4th Man, 2nd M30

Jon Paradowski, 2:25:31, 4th M30

Jan Steenkamp, 2:56:31, 8th M50

Tania Diener, 3:03:24, 3rd W50

Chris Soika, 3:17:7th M30

Michele Soika, 3:17:31, 2nd W30

Sep 27, 2014
Self Transcendence Ultra Classic 6 hour Race, Ottawa

Congrats to Kathryn Rachar, who was the Women's overall winner in the 6 hour race.  She ran 44.75 km in the allotted time.

Sep 28, 2014
Berlin Marathon

Two Regina runners were in Berlin at one of the World Majors to witness the setting of a new Men's record in the Marathon.  Milos Kostic WON his age group (M70) over 148 other 70 year-olds in a time of 3:29:49.  Nadia Williamson ran 4:09:07 and placed 422 in the W35 age group.

Oct 11, 2014
Le Grizz 50 Mile Race, Hungry Horse, MT

Conor Renouf placed 4th Man at the very competitive Le Grizz 50 miler along the west side of the Hungry Horse reservoir in Montana.  Conor's time of 6:51:34 was capped with an impressive 16 min for the final 4 km.  Congrats!!!

Oct 12, 2014
Okanagan Marathon, Kelowna

Wow, Regina runners posted some impressive times.  Congrats to Neil Sharp for the 3rd fastest marathon this year for Canadian Men aged 60-69; and to Jon Paradowski for his eye-opening 16 minute PR!  Hard work sure pays off!

Neil Sharp, 3:04:17, 1st M60

Jon Paradowski, 3:30:44, 16th M30

Chad Debert, 4:04:36, 31st M40

Ted Boyko, 4:15:01, 14th M60

Don Ditson, 4:29:13, 16th M60

Oct 12, 2014
Victoria Marathon and Half

Congrats to our Regina runners who performed so well in Victoria.  Special mention has to go to Wendy Tomyk and Loanne Myrah, who set PRs in the half, and Sean Reidy who completed the full with his arm just out of its post-surgery sling!

Marathon

Terry Scott, 3:47:44, 22nd M55

Gerald Fox, 4:21:21, 28th M60

Linda Fox, 4:28:05, 23rd W55

Sean Reidy, 5:25:47, 113th M45

Half Marathon

Loanne Myrah, 1:49:38, 10th W55

Ron Burdon, 1:57:02, 68th M55

Wendy Tomyk, 2:06:10, 67th W50

Brenda Stricker, 2:14:03, 98th W50

Colette Costack, 2:16:54, 170th W40

Glenda Sedgwick, 2:17:03, 76th W55

Doris Burdon, 2:40:08, 175th W50

Oct 12, 2014
Grizzly Ultra, Canmore

Reports were that this race was TOUGH!  Congrats to all our Regina-area finishers, especially Lane Warsylewicz for his top ten age group finish.

Christopher Mieske, 5:29:35, 12th M30

Jason Hubick, 5:59:28, 16th M40

Donn Lay, 6:21:15, 21st M40

Lane Warsylewicz, 6:26:55, 5th M50

Mat Ludlow, 6:49:10, 36th M30

Derek Burt, 7:19:04, 44th M30

October 18, 2014
RIP 51 Trail Ultra, Saskatoon

Looks like the runners got beautiful weather to check out the riverbank trails in Saskatoon.  Here are the South Sask results for the 51 km race:

Quinton Johb, 6:12

David Fox, 6:44

Jon Paradowski, 7:53

Jon twisted his knee in the race, and stubbornly kept going to the finish

October 19, 2014
Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Our members keep running great times!!  Congrats to Debbie Bellamy for a PR, first sub-4 and BQ qualifier, and to Tania Diener for her PR!  Worth noting that Jan missed a PR by only two minutes on his 12th (??) marathon of the year.

Regina results:

Marathon

Debbie Bellamy, 3:59:51, 15th W55

Alvin Yau, 4:05:17, 237th M30

Jan Steenkamp, 4:24:07, 204th M50

Tania Diener, 4:27:01, 49th W50

Milo Grimsrud, 4:45:13, 60th M60

Half Marathon

Brandon Gorr, 1:45:48, 157th M25

Elizabeth Popowich, 1:53:38, 16th W55

Shannon Harasen, 1:55:51, 301st W25

Clinton Griffiths, 2:02:29, 411th M25

Edward Tse, 2:19:01, 35th M65

Meg Braithwaite, 2:23:57, 635th W35

Diana Coulombe, 2:26:47, 657th W35

Tracy Steele, 3:22:23, 460th W45

Oct 25-26, 2014
The Equalizer 24 hour Race, Des Moines, IA

Our mega-ultra runners, Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson, have done it again...Katherine was third overall and Christian fourth overall, with both covering 77.95 miles.  This was a 5 mile boost to each's previous longest distance, and an improvement of 90 minutes on each's 100 km split.  Even more impressive when you hear that the race was hot, and that many runners suffered in the heat.  Congrats, Christian and Katherine!  

November 2, 2014
Hamilton Marathon

Congrats to our MM runners finishing this race, especially to Tim, who set his second PR in 6 months!

Tim Schneider, 3:41:21, 15th M55

Don Ditson, 4:52:00, 22nd M60

November 2, 2014
New York City Marathon

Congrats to our Regina runners for completing one of the world majors!  Please note that Gerry placed in the top ten of his age group!!!

Gerry Nagy, 2:52:30, 9th M50

Stacey Cattell, 3:21:38, 344th M45

Ronn Brian, 3:39:55, 173rd M55

Basil Pappas, 3:40:28, 1240th M40

Diana Nagy, 3:44:18, 149th W45

Wayne Nielson, 3:51:27, 846th M50

Don Laing, 4:05:47, 490th M55

Daphne Bilokury, 4:09:29, 526th W45

Doug Opseth, 4:09:36, 2866th M40

Garry Schultz, 5:18:46, 1466th M55

Patti Sandison-Cattell, 5:28:07, 1346th W50

Hayley Cattell, 5:28:07, 633rd W20

 November 8, 2014
Goosebump 3/6/12 hour Run

What a great day for a run in November - no snow, many smiles!  Organizers Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson put on a superlative event, and our volunteers rose to the challenge!  Kelly Munce was devoted to the runners, doling out fortified fluids and puppy hugs.  LeeAnn Ricci, Adriana Moryski, Marsha Crossman, Cari Bode, Jen Ruland, Aubrey Swift, and Enio Ricci froze themselves silly helping the runners.

Jon Paradowski ran in the 12 hour event, impressing us all with his determination.  And even though Jen Ruland is listed in the 12 hour event, clearly she ran much faster - she waited to start later to give Jon some company.   Congrats to:

12 hour run

Jon Paradowski 81.1 km (50.7m) 10:42:50

Jen Ruland 42.2 km 9:22

6 hour run

Jan Steenkamp 50.2 km 5:49

Gay Renouf 47.3 km 5:05:17

Tania Diener 46.2 km 5:49

Mark Newton 44 km 4:35:43

Conor Renouf 42.2 km 3:22:03

Milos Kostic 42.2 3:55:52

Mike Renouf 42.2 km 4:14:48

Craig Johnson 42.2 km 4:54

Loanne Myrah 42.2 km 4:55:15

Chris Riegel 42.2 km 5:43:03

Katherine Robinson 42.2 km 5:43:03

Pat Kohli 37.1 km 4:03:48

Shannon Ostapowich 37.1 km 4:03:48

Brenda Stricker 33.1 km 3:22:58

Wendy Tomyk 32 km 3:47:03

Jen Taylor 28 km 3:06

Sean Reidy 28 km 3:17 

Doug Best 25.1, 3:04

Marsha Crossman 24 km 4:01:13

3 hour race

Daryl Arendt 25.1 km 2:54:07

Laurie Campbell 21.1 km 2:22

Nancy McNeill 21.1 km 2:45:23 

Pam Loster 21.1 km 2:45:23

Tara Hudye 13.1 km 2:57:53

November 16, 2014
Las Vegas Marathon

Congrats to Regina runners, Matthew Macknak and Lisa Grieves for completing the Las Vegas marathon.  Matt finished in 4:34:35 for 48th place in Mens 55, and Lisa finished in 5:36:02, good for 126th place in W45.

Dec 7, 2014
California International Marathon, Sacramento 

This may have been Marathon Matters' most successful race yet, with 15 runners, 2 top ten finishes, 10 Boston qualified times, and 7 PRs!  Amazing, and well done everyone!  All the runners were helped by the almost perfect weather conditions, and the second half that boasts a gradual downhill for 15 km.  Nothing is free though, right?... We had to climb and descend 21 km of rolling hills in the first half.  Here are the results:

Laverne Masur, 2:59:20, 41st M40-44    PR

Philippe Lacroix, 3:21:46, 27th M55-59    PR

Milos Kostic, 3:22:34, 1st M70-74

Jon Paradowski, 3:28:13, 5th Clydesdale     PR

Darryl Meier, 3:29:43, 109th M50-54    PR

Jen Ruland, 3:37:02, 97th W30-34

Gay Renouf, 3:42:26, 20th W50-54

Chad Debert, 3:42:30, 220th M40-44    PR

Rowena Collins-Huber, 3:42:38, 21st W50-54

Jenn Masur, 3:42:46, 67th W40-44        PR

Tim Schneider, 3:45:55, 78th M55-59

Mike Renouf, 3:50:43, 36th M60-64

Shannon Ostapowich, 3:57:36, 90th W45-49    PR

Jennifer Evancio, 4:14:35, 166th W40-44

Loanne Myrah, 4:19:04, 40th W55-59

And in the relay category, Terry Allan and Diane Yachina ran 4:58:27 for 203rd place in the Co-Ed Open division.