Jan 21 2018
Cold Water Rumble 52 km, Estrella Mountain Park

Congrats to Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson for completing a tough ultrarace. The Cold Water Rumble has an elevation gain of 630 m, and travels through some varied and rough terrain. It reportedly includes single track, running through sand, over rocks and boulders, and through dry wash beds. The two finished a scant second apart in 7:38:18 and :19, giving Christian 12th place in the Men's 40 division and Katherine 13th place in the Women's 40 division.

JAN 29-31, 2018 Arrowhead 135 Miles, International Falls, Minnesota

The Arrowhead 135 ultra in northern Minnesota on January 29: Imagine running further than 100 miles. Imagine doing it in winter. Imagine that 135 miles being on a trail with relentless hills. Imagine 135 miles of snowy trail, pulling all your food and survival gear, perhaps seeing noone else for 10 or 12 hours. Imagine being on the course in -15 degrees and losing feeling in your hands and toes, and wondering whether to push on or not - will your fingers and toes recover, or will you actually lose some. Our Jon Paradowski finished this race in 52 hours and 49 minutes, finishing 23rd in the Running division. Imagine how proud we are.

Austin Marathon, Feb 18, 2018

Congrats to Mike and Shelley on their performance at the Austin marathon. Mike ran 3:28:25 for 28th in M40 and Shelley ran 4:22:03 for 29th in W45 - congrats to Shelley for a new state and to Mike for a whopping new PR!

April 17, 2018
Boston Marathon

Congrats to our stalwart Regina runners who persevered through bitter rain and wind to earn their coveted Boston marathon medals! The fastest Reginans were Jennifer and Verne Masur who finished in 3:58:56 for 692 in W45 and 1454 in M40. They had both qualified for the 2016 Boston, but when Verne got in and Jenn missed by 14 seconds, Verne didn’t run until he could do it with Jenn - and they ran it together!

Patrice Krueger ran 4:24:26 for 821st in W50 and Patti Sandison-Cattell, who once claimed she would never be able to qualify for Boston, ran 4:38:22 for476th in W55. Wayne Nielson ran 4:39:26 for 1223rd in M55. Elizabeth Popowich ran 5:02:19 for270th in W60. Milos Kostic ran injured but still finished in 5:43:23 for 17th in M75

April 28 and 29, 2018
Canyons 100 km, CA and Reno NV 

Congrats to all the runners who finished the last RPS half marathon today, and a sincere thank you to Patti Sandison Cattell and the group of volunteers who made this race such a success.

Other Regina runners ventured further afield - Heidi Schmalz ran the Canyons 100km trail Ultra. The race covers many of the same trails as the Western States 100. Heidi powered through in 16:19:09 and reported feeling strong the whole way. Congrats Heidi!

Not far away in Reno Nevada, the Weimers continued their round three 50 States tour. Darwin won second in the Men’s 60 division in 4:40:40 and Terry was 5th in W60 in the half-Marathon with 2:55:28. Congrats!

May 6, 2018
Vancouver Marathon and Half

There were some stupendous results for Regina (and former Regina) runners today at the Vancouver marathon and half. Two age group winners and two other top ten age group results in the half! Danielle Thiel was the 5th woman and first in W25 in 1:18:29. The other winner was Pat Kohli, first in W70 in 1:57:16. John Svec ran 1:29:21 for 5th in M50 and Gary Thiel ran 1:32:05 for 8th in M50.

Here are the Regina runners results:

May 27, 2018
Calgary Marathon 

Congrats to our Regina area athletes who ran Calgary. David Fox placed 5th in the Men’s 60 division in the 50 km in 5:32:03. In the marathon, Darwin Weimer ran 4:56:11 for 17th in M60; Rand Luhning was Just behind him in 4:57:08 for 18th in M60; Tania Diener was 8th in W50 in 4:58:59 and Jan Steenkamp ran 5:01:30 for 25th in M55. Terry Weimer ran the half in2:55:48 for 20th in W60.

Aug 4-5, 2018
Canadian Death Race, Grand Cache Alberta 

Death Racer! The Death Race is an Alberta trail race of 125 km of trail, climbing 5200 m, and most commonly done by teams of 5. Two Regina runners completed the course as soloists. 

Derek Anaquod is proving himself to be one of the most competent and consistent ultra runners around. Derek finished in 17:46:24 (30th M) despite having some interesting stomach adventures...Dan Collier finished possibly his first ultra?? in 23:20:36 (113th M). This year, it appears that the soloist finishing rate was 51%. Huge congrats

Aug 19, 2018
Yorkton Half Marathon

Our Regina runners truly excelled at the Yorkton marathon today. Lorraine Brezinski was the second place woman overall in a time of 1:34:58! And Robert Humphries was the third man overall and first in M60, in 1:40:01! They were followed by Tammy Nelson in 2:01:23 (1st W40); Kelly Howell Dalziel in 2:07:57 (5th W30) and Allison Kapp in 2:25:55 (2nd W40). Congrats to all!