2017

 January 15, 2017
Carlsbad Marathon

Congrats to Katherine Robinson and Christian Riegel for their 5:05:06 finish in Carlsbad, good for 39th place (W45) for Katherine and 80th place (M45) for Christian.


Jan 21, 2017
Cold Water Rumble Trail Race, Goodyear AZ

Congrats to Adriana Moryski and Donn Lay who finished the 52 mile trail race in the Sierra Estrella mountains.  The 52 mile course climbs 3600 feet and is all trail, going through a variety of desert conditions.  Adriana finished as the 7th Woman (!!) in 14:12:21 and Donn finished as the 15th Man in 14:12:20.  Congrats


April 16, 2017
Boston Marathon

Regina sent only six athletes to the big race, but they were some of the fastest Regina runners to run Boston over the years.  The weather was hot, hot, hot! The start was reported to be 65 degrees F, in full sun - very tough weather for Regina runners who prepared in -10 and -20 weather. Be that as it may, our runners did splendidly. These are great times even in cool weather! I must give a special shout out to MM's own Ashley Desjardins, who qualified last year with three PRs in a row. After running her BQ in the Edmonton marathon last August, Ashley had about 30 minutes before the start of the 5 km race, where she paced her mom in her mom's first race!  Congrats to Ashley and all the other Regina runners

May 7, 2017
Vancouver marathon and half-marathon

Congratulations to all the Regina runners, led by President Wade Hagen, who ran the beautiful Vancouver course. Our top performer was Lana Thompson-van Eaton with a 5th place finish in the Women 55 age group. 

 May 28, 2017
Calgary marathon 

Congrats to David Fox and Richard Mawson, who earned age group places at the 50 km ultra in Calgary!  In the half-marathon, Robert Humphries won his age group and John Svec came 2nd!

September 15, 2017
Beaver Flat 50, Saskatchewan Landing

Congrats to the hardy souls who completed the famously tough Beaver Flat 50. In 50 km, runners gain and lose 2300 meters of vertical. The organizers describe the course as a "get-your-feet-wet, wreck-your-shins, and roll-your-ankle kind of run". Here are the results from the 50 k for MM members - please notify if we missed any! Congrats all!

Cody Wilkes, 7:06:26, 10th M

Jason Hubick, 7:27:35, 14th M

Dennis Dreher, 7:40:44, 16th M

Colleen Laskowski, 9:30:36, 11th W

Sept 16, 2017
Bismarck Marathon and Half-Marathon, North Dakota

Congrats to the Regina runners at the Bismarck marathon this week - Jan Steenkamp ran 4:47:36 for 7th in the Men's 50 age group and Tania Diener ran 6:00:45 for 6th in the Women's 50 age group - this is 6 days after their QCMarathon! In the half marathon, John Leboldus ran 1:45:38 for 6th place in the Men's 45 age group and Dale Harvey ran 2:05:07 for 4th in the Men's 55 age group.

 September 24, 2017
Berlin Marathon

Congratulations to the Regina-area runners who took part in one of the World Majors. Gerry Nagy, Milos Kostic and Loanne Myrah scored top-25 age group placings!

 October 8, 2017
Chicago Marathon

Three Regina runners ran faaasst at this World Majors marathon, despite temperatures of over 20 degrees. Rob McLeod ran 3:08:34, to place 12th in his M55 age group - a truly impressive accomplishment!  Stacey Cattell and Patti-Sue Sandison-Cattell ran together for 4:06:59, with Stacey placing 802nd in the M50 age group. Congrats all


Oct 8, 2017
Victoria Marathon

Congrats to Regina and Marathon Matters runners who ran in the Victoria marathon last week. Both Kimberley Schneider and Philippe Lacroix earned top ten results in their age groups.  Great job, crew! Philippe actually ran with famous Olympic race walker Evan Dunfee, and had Evan encouraging him to keep up!


October 28, 2017
Chicago Lakefront 50/50

Jen Ruland and Gay Renouf ran this low-key event in Chicago that tours the lakefront on the bike path. Conditions were perfect! Jen ran the 50 km in 5:44:31 for 8th place in the Women's 30 division. Gay ran the 50 miles in 8:30:51 for a PR and 1st place in the Women's 50 division.