January 10, 2015
Goofy Challenge, Florida

Tim Schneider went Goofy at the Disney World Goofy Challenge.  He completed the half marathon in 2:03:45 on Saturday and the marathon in 4:10:22 on Sunday. 

Jan 18, 2015
Phoenix Marathon

Congrats to our Marathon Matters who ran the Phoenix marathon.  Pat Kohli won the Womens 65 age group in 3:59:29, and Sean Reidy nabbed a 16 min PR (4:43:53 for 123rd in M50).  All the more impressive when you hear that the  temperature was 24 degrees at the finish.

Two other Reginans ran the half marathon:  Christa Weber ran 2:03:05 for 188th in W25 and Doug Grimstad ran 2:07:46 for 146th in M55.

 Feb 15, 2015
Lost Dutchman Marathon, Apache Junction AZ

Tim Schneider went Goofy at the Disney World Goofy Challenge.  He completed the half marathon in 2:03:45 on Saturday and the marathon in 4:10:22 on Sunday. 

Here are the Regina results from the Lost Dutchman race.

Conor Renouf, 3:35:30, 7th M25-29

Gay Renouf, 3:43:45, 2nd W50-54

Mike Renouf, 4:16:41, 6th M60-64

Half Marathon

Aubrey Swift, 2:21:53, 29th W25-29

Feb 16, 2015
Frozen Ass 50 km, Calgary Interim Results

Congrats to our prolific ultra/marathoners for yet another excellent ultra result.

Mark Newton, 5:21:

Jan Steenkamp, 5:54:25

Tania Diener, 6:05:41

February 28, 2015
Sask 60 Winter Ultra, Waskesiu

Jon Paradowski has done it again!  Only two weeks after the ActifEpica, not even enough time to heal his blisters (!), Jon placed 2nd Man in the running division of Waskesiu's first Winter Ultra.  His time was 7:20:38.  Congrats, Jon!

March 7, 2015
Dirty Duo 27 km, North Shore Vancouver

Congrats to Mark Newton for his 5th age group place in Men's 30-39 in a time of 2:58:34.

March 29, 2015

Around the Bay 30 km, Hamilton, ON

Congrats to Steve Whelan for running one of the classic races - Around the Bay is the oldest race in North America!  Steve ran the 30 km in 3:06:29 to nab 378th place in the Mens 40-44 division.  Congrats, Steve!

FEB 14, 2015
ctif Epica
St Malo to Winnipeg, MB

Jon Paradowski accomplished something truly special with his 6th place finish at the Epica race.  Jon teamed up on the run with Sue Lucas, the accomplished ultra runner from Winnipeg to finish the 130 km in 21 hours and 30 minutes.  The distance and time are impressive, yes, but listen to these other challenges:  

• Runners had to carry their supplies (Jon's pack weighed 50 pounds!!)

• The start of the race had a -43 windchill.  The temperature didn't rise much over the course of the day.

• Despite having his water pack and drinking tube double-insulated, the water froze.  Jon reports he drank only at the aid stations, i.e., only 6 or 7 times.

• Some of the course was on grid roads, but some was on the Trans Canada Trail, with snow drifts up to mid thigh.

• Runners had to do some way-finding with cue sheets and incomplete directions.  Jon and Sue ran an extra 12 km after getting lost.

Congratulations Jon, the club is so proud of you!

Feb 14-15, 2015
Jackpot Ultra, Las Vegas NV

Jen Ruland finished her first 100 mile in style!  She dived below the 24-hour mark with a 23:18:23 to garner the 6th place for women, and 2nd place for W30-39.  This, despite unusually high heat for the race - Jen reported up to 30 degrees!  Jen was helped by crew Leah White, who ran 55 km while pacing Jen.

Katherine Robinson ran in the 24 hour portion of the race, finishing as the 6th woman and completing an impressive 80.92 miles.  Christian Riegel had hoped to run in the event, but was felled by food poisoning (reported by Jen) and still managed 28.56 miles to help Katherine in her race.

Congrats, all!

March 2015
Milos' Excellent European Adventure

Milos Kostic toured southern Europe, taking in two marathons a week apart, and showing impressive consistency.

Barcelona marathon, March 15    3:31:14    8th M65+

Roma marathon, March 22            3:32:08    placing not posted yet   

March 15, 2015
Tobacco Road Marathon, Cary NC

Congrats to Lee-Ann Ricci for her 4:39:44 run at the Tobacco Road marathon near Raleigh NC.  Lee-Ann nabbed 22nd in the W50-54 age group, and a new state!

April 20, 2015
Boston Marathon

Congrats to our fabulous Regina area runners who excelled at Boston!  These are great times, and reflect a season of hard work and dedication.  Super job, you five!

Gary Thiel, 3:15:15, 306th M50-54

Robert McLeod, 3:17:39, 113th M55-59

Cari Bode, 3:35:08, 463rd W40-44

Laurie Johnson, 3:39:26, 339th W45-49

David Fox, 4:52:48, 817th M60-64 (2 months post surgery - WOW!)

April 26, 2015
Big Sur Marathon, California

Our President Cari Bode just completed the Boston to Big Sur Challenge - two marathons, make that, two HILLY marathons, in just six days.  Cari finished Big Sur in an impressive 3:49:30, placing 27th in the W40-44 division.

April 26, 2015
Regina Police Service Half Marathon, Regina

Congrats to our MM runners who posted PRs at the RPS:

Derek Anaquod, 1:35:16, 4th M30 (Derek reported later this was only 2nd fastest time)

Aaron Wirth, 1:37:54, 10th M30

Justin Kline, 1:42:19, 18th M30

Jan Steenkamp, 1:50:38, 22nd M50

David Wessel, 1:56:44, 10th M60+

Full results can be found at www.startlinetiming.com/races/2015/rps

If I missed anyone's PR, give me a shout, thanks!

May 3, 2015
Vancouver Marathon and Half

Special congrats to Daryl Arendt for his new PR in the marathon!  Here are the Regina results.

Chad Debert, 4:17:08, 183rd M40

Daryl Arendt, 4:33:13, 205th M45

Donna Jackson, 5:18:27, 170th W40

Dhon Gumban, 5:22:45, 297th M30

Half Marathon

Carly Graham, 2:00:49, 268th W25

Florence Hwang, 2:30:37, 361st W40

May 8-9, 2015
Spruce Woods Ultra, Manitoba

Wow - Regina athletes have rarely been so dominant at any race - awesome job, everyone!  Particular congrats to Jon Paradowski in his first 100 mile race.

100 mile

Jon Paradowski, 25:34:17, 6th M

50 mile

Brent Young, 9:06:14, 2nd M

Donn Lay, 11:17:50, 12th M

Mathieu Ludlow, 11:17:50, 12th M

Adriana Moryski, 11:20:09, 5th W

50 km

Shaun Hesse, 5:19:14, 2nd M

Mark Newton, 5:21:31, 3rd M

Derek Anaquod, 5:28:49, 5th M

Brenda Vaness, 5:31:38, 1st W (I know, but she's still honorarily a Reginan!)

Rick Minett, 5:31:57, 6th M

Jason Hubick, 5:47:06, 10th M

Michael Harvey, 5:53:10, 11th M

Dennis Dreher, 6:19:40, 19th M

Jennifer Taylor, 6:27:02, 4th W

Russ Hodgins, 6:31:12, 24th M

Kurt Matthewson, 6:33:26, 25th M

Alan Barry, 7:01:53, 30th M

Don Laing, 7:06:50, 32nd M

Craig Johnson, 7:25:12, 35thM

Lee-Ann Ricci, 7:25:12, 7th W

Half-Marathon

Kellie McCallum, 1:50:53, 2nd W

Shawn Hesse, 2:15:57, 24th M

Wendy Tomyk, 2:20:31, 10th W

Loanne Myrah, ? 2:20:31 ?

Marsha Crossman, 3:34:17, 23rd W

Laurie Campbell, 3:50:43, 24th W

Lee Ubell, 3:50:43, 25th W

May 10, 2015
Fargo Marathon

Congrats to all the Regina runners - some great times at the Fargo marathon!

Neil Sharp, 3:06:22, 1st M65

Basil Pappas, 3:22:13, 18th M40

Cam Thick, 3:45:35, 45th M35

Darwin Weimer, 5:23:57, 64th M55

Half Marathon

Darren Engel, 1:35:50, 25th M30

Brianna Hodges, 1:50:15, 69th F30

Christine Barlow, 1:52:51, 66th F35

Aaron Barlow, 2:00:33, 151st M35

Kelly-Ann McLeod, 2:03:34, 176th F30

Gary Johnson, 2:05:43, 7th M65

Deron Staffen, 2:13:13, 161st M40

Bradley Hanowski, 2:29:40, 139th M50

Shirl Morrelljohnson, 2:47:29, 84th F55

Mike Ferguson, 3:02:02, 102nd M55

Judy Ferguson, 3:02:02, 99th F55

Terry Weimer, 3:27:19, 111th W55

Joanne Farmer, 3:34:30, 116th F55

Allan Howard, 3:34:30, 73rd M60

May 31, 2015
Comrades Marathon, South Africa 

Eight Saskatchewan runners traveled to South Africa to do the renowned Comrades run - Durban to Pietermaritzburg - 87.8 km of hills.  This year was the up-year.

Rick Minett, 9:29:25, 18th M60

Gay Renouf, 9:42:36, 20th W50

Robert Neufeld, 11:41:19

Jennifer Ruland, 11:47:41, 953rd W Open

Jennifer Evancio, 11:57:15, 980th W40

The race is subject to very restrictive cut-off times.  This year, many pace bunnies (in Comrades parlance, "buses" didn't make those cut-offs.  Our Regina runners were caught by these as well.  These guys were the bravest of the group: Debbie running after missing 8 weeks of training to injury; Sean running with kidney stones and blood loss; and Mike with knee issues:

Debra Bellamy, 69 km

Sean Reidy, 58 km

Mike Renouf, 50 km

May 28, 2015
Blackfoot Ultra, Alberta

Jon Paradowski continued his max mileage ways by running the 100 km Blackfoot in a time of 11:52:53, good enough for 19th M.  Congrats, Jon!

May 31, 2015
Calgary Marathon

50KM
Richard Mawson, 5:07:41, 4th M55

Rand Luhning, 5:17:38, 1st M60

David Fox, 5:40:22, 3rd M60

Teresa Donley, 5:43:21, 2nd W55

Marathon

Jonathan Llewelyn-Williams, 4:04:21

Sage Fox, 4:10:53, 19th W30

Brian Lewis, 4:43:43, 62nd M40

Graham Hayes, 4:43:43, 63rd M40

La-Loni Fox, 4:47:01, 5th W55

Derek Smith, 5:03:30, 47th M45

Donna Jackson, 5:28:51, 49th W40

Monique Piche, 6:03:22, 12th W55

Half-Marathon, MM members only

Tricia Brown, 1:52:07, 34th W35

May 31, 2015
Saskatchewan Marathon, Saskatoon

Special congrats to Aaron Wirth on his first marathon, in a splendid time!  Also congrats to all five of the participants in the Saskatoon Triple (Three marathons in three days, with the Sask marathon on the final day).  Milos Kostic managed to speed up with every marathon: 4:02:49, 3:57:00, and then 3:50:27)!

Conor Renouf, 3:02:13, 2nd M25

Ingrid Currie, 3:28:30, 1st W55

Mark Newton, 3:32:13, 2nd M40

Dennis Mager, 3:45:37, 3rd M55

Aaron Wirth, 3:47:29, 6th M30

Shaun Quinney, 3:48:18, 7th M30

Milos Kostic, 3:50:27, 1st M70+  

Elizabeth Tomczak, 3:53:35, 3rd W25

Jim Carlson, 3:56:19, 6th M50

Paula Bzdell, 3:57:38, 2nd W40

Grant van Eaton, 3:57:44, 5th m55

Rob Currie, 4:06:31, 7th M55

Wyatt Woycik, 4:28:59, 10th M35

Charles McEachern, 4:29:15, 7th M25

Jan Steenkamp 4:36:22, 16th M50

Jarvis Pelletier, 4:52:11, 13th M40

Bernhard Prahauser, 5:02:18, 14th M40

Tania Diener, 5:06:07, 4th W50

Craig Johnson, 5:47:41, 12th M55

Half-Marathon (MM members only)

Basil Pappas, 1:33:21, 2nd M40

Tracy Fisher, 1:35:52, 1st W40

Tricia Brown, 1:46:19, 5th W35

Maureen Powell, 1:52:52, 7th W50

Paul Mehlsen, 1:56:43, 5th M60

Gloria Desjarlais, 2:21:57, 3rd W65

June 13, 2015
Goosebump 6 Hour and 50 km Race, Regina

Congrats to all finishers, especially to our new first-time ultra-runners, Loanne Myrah and Wendy Tomyk!

Loanne Myrah, 50k, 6:16:50

Wendy Tomyk, 50k, 6:26:30

Lee-Ann Ricci, 50k, 6:26:30

6 hour

Tania Diener, 44 k, 5:25:00

Jan Steenkamp, 44k, 5:25:00

Rob McLeod, 42.2k, 3:25:27

Darwin Weimer, 42.2k, 4:49:07

Katherine Robinson, 42.2k, 5:15:52

Christian Riegel, 42.2k, 5:15:52

Chad Debert, 36k, 3:17

David Wessel, 32.4k, 3:51:12

Cari Bode, 32k, 3:01

Brenda Stricker, 32k, 

Jon Paradowski, 28k, 3:30

Brent Young, 28k, 3:30

Don Ditson, 25.2k, 3:01:53

Douglas Best, 25.2k, 3:13

Pam Loester, 25.1k, 3:15

Nancy McNeill, 25.1k, 3:15

Darryl Arendt, 24.1k, 2:18:54

Carly Graham, 24k, 2:30:16

Kelly Munce, 12k

Cathie McLeod, 8k, 0:55

June 21, 2015
Banff marathon

Congrats to our Regina area runners who ran Banff!

Jennifer Bolt, 3:45:18, 2nd W30

Half Marathon (MM members only)

Pauline Beaulieu, 1:54:35, 8th W50

Peggy Junek, 1:55:44, 12th W40

Carly Graham, 2:17:13, 78th W25

June 21, 2015
Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg

Congrats to these Regina area runners who finished the Manitoba marathon.

Jim Carlson, 3:49:33, 14th M50

Ashley Desjardins, 3:54:52, 2nd W20

Mark Newton, 3:57:10, 23rd M40

Kathleen Moreau, 4:04:22, 8th W30

Jeff James, 4:10:55, 18th M25

Bill Elliott, 4:25:29

Jan Steenkamp, 4:46:43, 43rd M50

Tania Diener, 4:49:18, 17th W50

Paul Dhillon, 5:55:52, 39th M30

Carly Graham, 2:17:13, 78th W25

July 28, 2015
Badwater 135, Death Valley CA

Stacey Shand completed her second Badwater race - "the world's toughest footrace" - in a PR time!  Stacey is a long-time Regina runner and triathlete who only recently moved to Kelowna, and included MM's Jon Paradowski as a pacer on her Badwater crew.  Badwater runs from the lowest point in the lower 48 states - Badwater - to Whitney Portals - the gate to the highest point in the lower 48 states.  It travels through Death Valley - the site of the highest recorded temperature in the western hemisphere.  Runners talk about running on the white line to avoid having their running shoes melt.  Stacey has told stories about sunburning the roof of her mouth, and being in temperatures so hot, it melted toenail polish!  Over the 135 miles, and 14,600 foot elevation gain, Stacey ran 40:39:21, nabbing the 3rd place in the Women's 30-39 age category!  Well done Stacey and crew!

Jen Ruland was also a Badwater pacer.  In Jen's case, she was pacing Frank McKinney, who had to pull out owing to health reasons.

 Aug 1-2, 2015
Canadian Death Race, Grande Cache Alberta

Congrats to Matt Ludlow, Q Johb and Kurt Matthewson, South Sask's soloists at the Canadian Death Race.  Matt finished the gruelling 125 km Death Race, covering 3 mountain ranges and 17,000 feet of elevation gain, in a time of 22:26:40, good enough for 30th place in Men's 30-39!  Q finished the 125 km in a time slightly over 24 hours, and Kurt finished three stages and 65 km in 11:10:55, but unfortunately didn't make the strict cutoff time.

August 15, 2015
Iron Legs 60 km, Bragg Creek

Congrats to our Regina athletes who survived 60 km and climbing 2800 m in Kananaskis country.  Adding to the challenge was the bitter wet weather that induced many runners to drop out from hypothermia.  Our guys were tough and resilient!

Michael Harvey        9:38:54        10th M

Adriana Moryski    11:37:48           9th W

Lee-Ann Ricci           13:20:07        14th W

Aug 16, 2015
Yorkton Road Race

Here are the results of the Marathon Matters runners at the half marathon in Yorktown.  I am pretty wowed - everyone placed in their age group!  And Jon Paradowski was 5th overall.