Congrats to our four Regina runners who finished the Tokyo marathon. The day before the marathon, race organizers were warning about heat issues - the sun and humidity were real! Our guys suffered in the hot sun but finished well to each gain another star - the term used for completing each of the seven Abbott major marathons.
Michael Dahlman,3:49:12, 4 stars
Angela Arnold,4:28:58, 3 stars
Paula Bzdell,4:30:04, 4 stars
Cheerie Constantino,5:41:42, 2 stars
Age group placing cannot be found as of yet - we will add these when we get them. Congratulations to our local heroes!
Congrats to our three marathoners that took on European races in February. Conor Renouf ran 2:50:26 for 239th in M35 at the Seville marathon in Spain. This extends his streak of running a sub-three marathon each year to 18 years!
Meanwhile, Gay Renouf and Milos Kostic ran the Split marathon in Croatia. Gay ran 4:32:24 for 2nd in W65 and Milos ran 6:14:57 for 5th in M70+. Milos remains one of the few runners in mid-eighties that can run the 42 km.
Congratulations, runners!
Here’s a result that shows it’s not about time! Laura Sullivan ran the Disney marathon (in 4:55) but the Boston-qualifying athlete had goals that were not about running fast! Laura’s goals were to run in costume; to take as many photos with Disney characters as she could and to go on one of the rides during the race! She met all her goals - ran as Princess Jasmine; stopped for over 200 photos; and waited in line to do the Everest roller coaster. Congratulations Laura!