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

June 3, 2017
Stockholm marathon

Congrats to Debbie Bellamy, for her marathon in a new country! Debbie ran the Stockholm marathon in 4:24:09, placing 15th in her W55 age group!

June 27, 2017
Rundle's Revenge, Canmore

Congrats to our tough Regina athletes who survived 30 degree heat and gruesome climbs on this tough course.

50 km event

Jon Paradowski, 6:48:41, 14th Mens Open

Donn Lay, 7:24:50, 9th Mens 40+

Lee-Ann Ricci, 8:16:55, 11th Womens 40+

Half Donkey Event (50 km mountain bike Saturday, 25 km run Sunday)

Mike Nicholls, 2:30:23, 5th Mens 40+

Enio Ricci, 3:07:15, 15th Mens 40+

25 km Event

Trevor Schneider, 2:21:30, 4th Mens Open

Duane Banman, 3:04:21, 10th Mens 40+

12.5 km Event

Angela Ottenbreit, 1:24:00, 4th Womens Open

Marsha Crossman, 2:25:24, 24th Womens Open

July 8, 9, 2017
Sinister 7 100 Miler, Crowsnest Pass AB

The Sinister 7, a mountain trail race renowned for its difficulty, got more difficult this year. Organizers added to the length to make it 100 miles (161 km) compared to its 146 km length a few years ago; increased the amount of climbing to 6400 m of elevation gain and loss; and reduced the cutoff time to a very tight 30 hours. Then Mother Nature added her own challenges, with temperatures of over 30 degrees in the shade. The race had only a 18% finishing rate this year. Our Regina heroes, Jon Paradowski and Mathieu Ludlow managed over 12 hours on the trail, but had to concede to the mountain this year. 

Regina had one team entered from the Jaleta Pacers. Shaun Hesse ran three legs (1, 2 and 7); Rick Minett, Tracy Fisher, Angela Stolz, and Gerry Nagy came 6th in the highly competitive Mixed Relay division in a time of 19:32:38. Congrats!

July 16-22, 2017
Prairie Series 7 Marathons in 7 States in 7 Days

Tania Diener and Jan Steenkamp have done it again! Last year they amazed us with their feat of doing seven marathons in seven states in seven days: this year, they equalled that accomplishment, but with some additional challenges. The event started with a marathon in Wahpeton ND, and successively moved through Breckenridge MN, Baltic SD, Sioux City IA, Sioux City NE, Hiawatha KS, and St Joseph MO. Tania and Jan ran together, posting identical times every day that ranged from Day 1's 5:52:35 to Day 6's 7:35:57. The courses were generally out and backs - often the couple had to complete 10 or 20 out and backs to complete the distance. But the repetitiveness of the courses were not matched by the people they met, including world record holder Larry Macon!  The biggest challenge, as might be expected of races in the US prairies in July, was the heat. Day 1 was a not-too-horrible temperature of high-20's, but Day 4 in Sioux City actually reached 43 C!

Tania also reached her 50th marathon on Day 4 on that hottest day!  Congrats to Jan and Tania!!!

August 19, 2017
Reykjavik Marathon, Iceland

Congrats to Peter Hagar on his 3:29:28 marathon in Reykjavik Iceland - good for 30th in the Men's 50-59!

September 12, 2017
Queen City Marathon

This race just keeps getting better and better! Thanks to the many volunteers who pour their hearts, heads and hands into making it successful. 

First, let's recognize our first time marathoners:

Mike Cook - wow! 3:44:52 and 5th in M40 in his first marathon!

Connie Kozak - 5:37:16, 12th W50

Lisa Berezowsky - 5:45:08 - 10th W25

Jennifer Kurbis - 6:10:14 - 15th W50

It was a hot and smoky day, so it's pretty amazing that these people set PRs!

Lorraine Brezinkski - 3:38:07 - 5th W35 and 6th Women Overall - a 9 min PR and a BQ!

Douglas Sellinger - 4:47:03 - 19th M50

Chris Dornstauder - 1:28:11 - 1st in M35 for the half

Here are the club members who placed in their age groups or got a BQ - please email if we left someone out!

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
Prairie Summit Run-It, Buffalo Pound

Congrats to the runners who finished this marvellous trail race. Mark Newton was the overall Men's winner, and Jason Hubick placed second! Here are the 25 km results for MM members - please let us know if we missed you!

Mark Newton, 2:26:48, 1st M 40+

Jason Hubick, 2:38:02, 2nd M 40+

Cody Wilkes, 2:42:24, 2nd M under 40

Jeff Dudar, 2:58:18, 4th M under 40

 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

October 6-7, 2017
Virginia Ultra Fest, Mineral, VA

For some people, an Ironman triathlon is not enough. Two of those crazy people are Alan Barry and Rick Minett, who both excelled in their first foray into Ultra-Ironman territory. Rick's event was a double Anvil, consisting of a 7.6 km swim, followed by a 360 km bike, and then an 84 km run. No sleep! Rick did an amazing 29:37:39 time, and despite being the oldest athlete in the event, was fourth overall!!  Alan was even crazier - his event was the Triple Anvil, consisting of a 11.4 km swim, 540 km bike, and 126 km run. Alan had to stop at 84 km of run, at 58:27:27, making him an ultra double-Anvil finisher!  Awesome job gents, we are so impressed.

October 8, 2017
Okanagan Marathon, Kelowna

Congrats to our three Regina athletes who ran the Okanagan marathon! January Hutchison ran her very first marathon, in a time of 4:35:01, placing 33rd in the W40-49 age group. Mike Cook, in only his second marathon, is already a pacer! Mike paced wife Shelley to a new PR of 3:55:23, giving Shelley 22nd in the W40 age group and Mike 35th in the M40 age group. Way to go, 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 21 and 22, 2017
Three States in Eight Days, Iowa, Delaware and New Jersey

Darwin and Terry Weimer are continuing their multiple completions of 50 states. They ran a marathon followed a week later by a weekend double, gaining three states in eight days, with amazingly consistent results. The first one was the Des Moine marathon on Oct 15, where Darwin ran 4:52:12 for 16th in the M50 division, and Terry ran the half in 2:59:25 for 34th W50. The next weekend at the Monster Mash, in Dover DE, Darwin ran 4:35:06 for 5th place in M60 and Terry ran the half in 2:55:48 for 10th spot in W60.

The next day, they completed the Atlantic marathon in Atlantic City, NJ - Darwin in 4:41:57 for 10th in M60 and Terry in 3:02:54 for 16th in W60. Congrats you two!

October 22, 2017
Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Congrats to the Regina runners at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Kevin Petrychyn ran 3:13:41 for 37th in the M30 age group; Ashley Desjardins ran 3:37:18 for 36th in the W25 age group; and Derek Smith ran 4:16:18 for 205th in the M45 class.

In the half-marathon, Karen Lawson was 10th in the W25 age group with a 1:32:12; Jonah Toth was 6th in the Men's under 19 in 1:33:28; Robert Davis ran 1:34:11 for 61st in M30; Nancy MacKenzie ran 1:47:56 for 15th in W50; Jack Allan ran 2:04:26 for 65th in M60; and Paul Vieira ran 2:16:19 for 216th in M55. 

What a great job you all did! Congrats!

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.

October 28-30, 2017
Javelina Jundred, Fountain Hills Arizona

Jon Paradowski, our prolific ultra, ultra runner, has had another adventure. Jon was running the Javelina Jundred in Fountain Hills, handling the 90 degree temperatures with aplomb, when at about 100 km, he fell badly on some rocks and injured his arm. The race medical aid examined Jon's arm, and pulled him from the race, thinking it was broken. But Jon was not willing to give up - it was only a flesh wound! Jon got a volunteer to drive him (45 minutes) to a hospital in Scottsdale, got an x-ray, found out that the arm was not broken, only badly bruised, and convinced the doctor to write a note saying that x-rays showed that his arm was not broken. Back he raced to Fountain Hills, promising a large tip to the taxi driver if he got him back to the race course quickly. After some fast talk, Jon convinced the race officials to let him carry on. Despite his little break (ha ha), he still finished the race under the time limit.

Nov 11-13, 2017
Las Vegas Marathons

Las Vegas was filled with Regina runners this weekend! 27 did the Rock and Roll marathon or half-marathon, and four did a crazy event - three long distance runs in three days!

Our Regina athletes really brought home the hardware from the three day event, Three of a Kind, in Las Vegas. Lee-Ann Ricci ran a marathon on day 1 (5:06:04), two halfs on day 2 (2:13:57 and 2:23:52 in the Rock and Roll half) and a marathon on day 3 (5:33:06) to win the top woman status in the two marathons and second woman in the half marathon.

Meanwhile, Jan Steenkamp ran three marathons in three days (5:25:17, 4:54:16 and 5:45:15) to earn 2nd in 50, 2nd M overall and 3rd M overall. Tania Diener ran two marathons in two days (5:03:18 and 6:20:39) to win 2nd W50 and 2nd W overall.

Wendy Tomyk, in her first attempt in this kind of event, ran three half marathons in three days in 2:19:04, 2:14:07, 2:21:30 for 2nd W50, 3rd W overall and 2nd W overall.

In the Rock and Roll marathon, Lorraine Brezinski was the fastest Regina woman in 3:46:09 for 13th place in W35. Cam Thick was the fastest man (qualifying for Marathon Maniacs here!) in 3:57:08.

In the half, Darren Engel was the fastest Regina man in 1:35:53 and Donna Kish was the fastest Regina woman in 2:07:14. Congrats also to these half-marathon finishers: David Belanger, Scott Rattray, Greg Harris, Curtis Kish, David Button, Kelly Gallagher, Enio Ricci, Lee-Ann Ricci, Katherine Roberts-Zimmer, Dean Zimmer, Cheryl Cochrane, Tom Cochrane, Tori-Anne Bottom Desjarlais, Rics Laurence Lao, Roselin Gladys Stonechild, Jennifer Kaytvr-Berzinski, Kristie Feliciano, Benjamin Hernando, Tyneesha Eaglechild, Shaunessey Beriault, Danelle Reiss, Sandra Rae Wankel, Samantha Koch Burton, and Rochelle Lao.