2015
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
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!
April 20, 2015
Boston Marathon
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
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.
May 3, 2015
Vancouver Marathon and Half
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 31, 2015
Comrades Marathon, South Africa
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
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
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
June 21, 2015
Banff marathon
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
July 18, 2015
Chase the Goose Marathon and Half, Regina
Chase the Goose Marathon and Half, Regina
Congrats to all the runners doing the Chase the Goose! Special mentions should go to Chad Debert (3:42:53 for the marathon) and Tim Schneider (1:44:28 for the half) for their almost PRs in an almost race. Congrats also to Sean Reidy who ran the marathon dressed as a bunch of grapes! Here are the results:
July 28, 2015
Badwater 135, Death Valley CA
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
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.
Aug 16, 2015
Yorkton Road Race
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.
September 19, 2015
Bismarck Marathon, North Dakota
Bismarck Marathon, North Dakota
Congrats to Jan Steenkamp for his second marathon in a row, and to Tania Diener for her first half-marathon after recovering from a broken bone.
Jan Steenkamp, 4:42:27, 10th Men 50
Kendra Leboldus, 2:17:12, 42nd W35
Tania Diener, 2:52:15, 11th W50
Oct 11, 2015
Chicago Marathon
Chicago Marathon
Milos Kostic has made it three age group wins for three tries in the World Majors so far. Stay tuned to see how he fares in the final three World Majors within the next year! Jan Steenkamp is on a roll with I-can't-count-all-the-races-in-a-row and Tania finishing a marathon after a short time of getting her leg/foot cast removed. Wow, we know some amazing folks!
Oct 11, 2015
Victoria Marathon
Victoria Marathon
Congrats to our Regina-area runners who ran in Victoria. Notably, Shari Mombourquette set a PR, and Gerry Nagy won his age group!
oct 24, 2015
17 Hour Movement for Mito
17 Hour Movement for Mito
What a tremendous day when Regina runners showed incredible community spirit and generosity. Fifty plus runners came out to run 4 km laps around Wascana lake, donate to Mito Canada, and support each other. Runners had 17 hours to see how much distance they could accumulate, helped by the support of race director Marsha Crossman, great volunteers, and pizza! Here are the distances everyone ran (times excluded unless two runners ran the same distance) (Please email for corrections, thanks.)
One of the runners that participated right until the 11 pm cutoff was Andy Sward of Vancouver, who has an interesting story behind his participation. Andy has been RUNNING across the country, picking up bottles as he goes, and educating folks about their environmental footprint (see millionbottlepledge.blogspot.ca). He met Jon and Marsha earlier in the week, and the next day continued his westward running, making it to Caronport by Saturday. But he was so enthused about the 17 hour run that he hopped on the greyhound bus at Caronport, bused back to Regina, ran with the group until 11 pm, bused back to Caronport on Sunday, and only then continued his cross-country journey!
Dec 13, 2015
Dallas Marathon
Dallas Marathon
Congrats to our Regina runners who rounded up a new state at the Dallas marathon.