Marathon Matters

Kudos to Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar for her run at the Black Spur ultra in Kimberley BC on August 22. Not only does the course climb and descend 4460 m, it does it on technical single track. Zoey trained harder than ever before, and trained on Saskatchewan’s toughest trails. Unfortunately, race day was hot - up to 32 degrees. Zoey’s stomach did not let her continue past 55 km. Congratulations on the courage to sign up and the determination to train hard!

Congrats to our Regina runners who have gone international! In the Reykjavik marathon on August 22, Katherine Lynas set a PR and broke 4 hours for the first time. Danny Ritz and Bree Cavanagh ran their very first marathons here! Kyle Smyth tried to soak up more Icelandic culture by stopping for a drink and snacks! The Regina Reykjavik results were:

Katherine Lynas,3:59:09,5th in age group
Shawn Seguin,3:59:09,47 in age group
Danny Ritz,4:27:45,84th in age group
Kyle Smyth,4:33:54,87th in age group
Bree Cavanagh,5:32:24,29 in age group

Meanwhile at the Helsinki marathon, Conor Renouf ran 3:11:12 for 84th in his age group, and Aubrey Swift ran the half-marathon in 2:44:25 for 206th in her category.

Down under, Gay Renouf ran the very hilly Kangaroo Island marathon (and stopped to try Vegemite at an aid station) in 4:52:02, good for first (and only) in the W65 category.

Congratulations runners!

LAST SITE TO NAB in our summer scavenger hunt. Good luck in finding this one! Extra points if you play the piano!

Note - all posts have to be made before the end of the game on August 31!

Take a photo of yourself and post below. 1 point for a photo; additional points for additional people (max of 5 points). Prizes at the end will include the top scorers, as well as two types of draw prizes. One will be based on participating at least once, and the other based on the number of times you have participated. You do not have to be a MM member to play, but you do have to be a MM member to win a prize.

Points standings so far:
56 points - Brenda Stricker
47 pts - Doug Sellinger
42 points - Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel
37 pts - Susan Schneider
36 pts - Wendy Tomyk
20 pts - Kerri Clark
18 pt - Sandy MacDonald, Jeanette Lye
17.5 pts - Jan Steenkamp
16.5 pts - Tania Diener
13 pts - Honni Lizee
10 pts - Cameron
9 pts - Marcella Zatwarniski , Deb Anderson
7 pts - Michael Dahlman
5 pts - April Lloyd, guy in red striped shirt, Heidi D
4 pts - Tracy Hall, Lisa Anthony
3pts - Cameron Thick
1 pt - David Shannon, LeAnne B

Congratulations to the runners at the Prairie Nightmare Backyard run at Echo Lake on August 15-16. A backyard run is an event in which runners cover 6.7 km every hour on the hour. They continue until they either can’t complete a lap within the hour; they choose to stop; or there is only one runner left standing. This year, that runner was Jamie Lombard who covered 19 laps or 127.5 km. The “assist” was Alex Laberge with 18 laps or 120.8 km. The top women’s runner was Madison Yaskowich with 15 laps or 100.7 km.

Special congrats to the runners who ran their personal longest distances: Alex Laberge,Joshua Robertson,Liam Jones,Riley Mihial,Madison Yaskowich,Derek Wheatley,Joey Buckmeyer,Gjis Bastiaansen,Grady Fiske,Alexandra Desbiens,Kirk Allan, Mark Fitzpatrick,Darren Engel,Dave MacDonald,Ashley Horan,Anne Klassen-Murray,Christopher Gagne,Joe Allan, and Maddy Macedo

Thanks to Race Director Shaun Quinney, and volunteers Megan Hazel, Nathan Ruecker, Kerri and John Rajczakowski!Congratulations all!

Jamie Lombard,127.5k
Alex Laberge,120.8
Zenon Holinaty,107.4
Joshua Robertson,107.4
Liam Jones,107.4
Madison Yaskowich,100.7
Derek Wheatley,100.7
Gjis Bastiaansen,100.7
Riley Mihial,100.7
Joey Buckmeyer,100.7
Alexandra Desbiens,87.2
Grady Fiske,87.2
Garrett Springer,80.5
Ryan MacDonald,80.5
Todd Walsh,80.5
Eric Parent,80.5
Dorian Sagel,80.5
Kirk Allan,73.8+
Lisa Turinsky,73.8
Dave Murray,73.8
Cody Thoring,73.8
Mark Fitzpatrick,67.1+
Sam K,67.1
Joshua Friedrick,67.1
Darren Engel,67.1
Dave MacDonald,60.4
Ashley Horan,60.4
Simon Gagne,60.4
Colin Gallagher,60.4
Guillaume Laroche,60.4
Dale Richardson,60.4
Ryan Baete,53.7
Joe Allan,53.7
Jordan Stewart,53.7
Derek Simonson,53.7
Caleb Friedrick,53.7
William Case,53.7
Anne Klassen-Murray,47+
Christopher Gagne,47
Sheena Goodbrand,47
Justin Rempel,47
Andi Grace,40.3
Arlen Sjodin,40.3
Brett Chapman,40.3
Bruce Wobeser,40.3
Leslie Frei,40.3
Maggie Mannle,40.3
Sandy Ehrman,40.3
Shanon Hilton,40.3
Theresa Kosolofski,40.3
Jason Hubick,40.3
Lane Rathgeber,40.3
Miguel Roel,40.3
Maddy Macedo,33.6
Elmar Dionisio,33.6
Michael Clark,33.6
Chad Hilton,26.8+
Richard Bankert,26.8
Darryl De Lorme,26.8
Dallen Keen,26.8
Abbey Schmidt,26.8
Meg Braithwaite,26.8
Kerry Strong,26.8
Erin Pinder,20.1
Erin Harris,20.1
Shawn Dawson,20.1
Bridget Shannon-Wobeser,13.4
Amanda Schafhauser,13.4
Jamie Fraser,6.7
Aubrae Nayan Binlangan,6.7

The Edmonton marathon organizers admitted that both the marathon and half-marathon distances were 675 m too long! But Regina runners posted some amazing times! Our fastest runners were Calvin Sawatzky in the marathon and Ian Teichler and Kara Doll in the half-marathon. The half-marathon was the Canadian championship, so Alec Teichler is thyme Canadian half-marathon champion in the M16-19 age group!

Congratulations to:

Marathon
Calvin Sawatzky,3:44:13,53M30
Meyer San,4:22:08,91M35
Aye Ta,4:26:18,117M30
Max Seidler,4:54:51,117M20

Half-Marathon
Ian Teichler,1:11:54,2M20
Brett MacLean,1:13:02,3M20
Alec Teichler,1:16:56,1M16-19
Tye Doll,1:27:19,18M30
Vipul Raut,1:41:02,36M35
Bailey Hammer,1:47:18,70M25
Tristan Culham,1:59:23,52M45
Kara Doll,2:04:01,75W35
Bablu Htoo,2:08:46,188M25
Taurelle Berger,2:13:13,109W30
Eh Ler Thar,2:18:01,149M20
Mariano Ramirez,2:30:29,111M45
Arnulfo Ferrer,2:37:12,66M55
David Htoo,3:16:39,395M25
Shannon Obey,3:29:55,281W35

Second last week of our summer scavenger hunt. Last week was tough, and this week might be tougher!

Note - all posts have to be made before the end of the game on August 31!

Take a photo of yourself and post below. 1 point for a photo; additional points for additional people (max of 5 points). Prizes at the end will include the top scorers, as well as two types of draw prizes. One will be based on participating at least once, and the other based on the number of times you have participated. You do not have to be a MM member to play, but you do have to be a MM member to win a prize.

Points standings so far:
51 points - Brenda Stricker
42 pts - Doug Sellinger
37 points - Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel
29 pts - Susan Schneider
26 pts - Wendy Tomyk
19 pts - Kerri Clark
18 pt - Sandy MacDonald
15.5 pts - Jan Steenkamp
14.5 pts - Tania Diener
13 pts - Jeanette Lye, Honni Lizee
9 pts - Marcella Zatwarniski
8 pts - Cameron
7 pts - Michael Dahlman
6 pts - Deb Anderson
5 pts - April Lloyd, guy in red striped shirt, Heidi D
4 pts - Tracy Hall, Lisa Anthony
3pts - Cameron Thick
1 pt - David Shannon, LeAnne B

Week 13 of our summer scavenger hunt. This one is going to challenge you!

Note - all posts have to be made before the end of the game on August 31!

Take a photo of yourself and post below. 1 point for a photo; additional points for additional people (max of 5 points). Prizes at the end will include the top scorers, as well as two types of draw prizes. One will be based on participating at least once, and the other based on the number of times you have participated. You do not have to be a MM member to play, but you do have to be a MM member to win a prize.

Points standings so far:
47 points - Brenda Stricker
38 pts - Doug Sellinger
33 points - Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel
29 pts - Susan Schneider
26 pts - Wendy Tomyk
18 pt - Sandy MacDonald
15.5 pts - Jan Steenkamp
15 pts - Kerri Clark
14.5 pts - Tania Diener
13 pts - Jeanette Lye
12 pts - Honni Lizee
9 pts - Marcella Zatwarniski
8 pts - Cameron
7 pts - Michael Dahlman
5 pts - April Lloyd, guy in red striped shirt, Heidi D
4 pts - Tracy Hall, Lisa Anthony
3pts - Cameron Thick
1 pt - David Shannon, LeAnne B, Deb Anderson

Congrats to our Regina runners who did the Sea Wheeze half-marathon in Vancouver today. Natasha Lumsden ran it (and stopped to sight see and take photos 😀) and was kind enough to send photos!

Who else from Regina ran it - please comment below.

Regina results so far:
Scott Mitchell,1:23:13,34th M
Emily van Heerden,1:41:25,188W
Joe van Heerden,1:42:25,297M
Tennille Finch,1:53:37,688th W
Brady Finch,1:53:38,663rd M
Kayla Gurski van Gelder,1:57:11,973rd W
Ryan van Gelder,1:57:11,835th M
Stevie Kelly,2:00:11,1236th W
Tessa Mitchell,2:02:53,1448thW
Shawn Kelly,2:18:22,1487 M
Pam Herbert,2:40:44,4848thW
Natasha Lumsden,2:58:06,5877th W

Congratulations runners!

Regina sent a strong contingent to Ironman Canada in Ottawa this past weekend! The Ironman distance has a 3.8 km run, 180 km bike, and 42.2 km run. The weather got hot - almost 30 degrees and both the bike and run course are described as “rolling”. Still, our athletes excelled! Our fastest triathletes were Beukes Vorster and Lauren Thies. Congratulations to:
Beukes Vorster,9:51:08,7M50
Conway Nelson,10:29:36,16M50
Jed Joseph Azcueta,11:00:21,56M40
Trevor Tessier,12:22:52,122M35
Benjamin Hamilton,13:07:48,197M25
Lauren Thies,14:07:49,81W25
Grant Thies,14:23:14,104M55
Angela Arnold,14:50:27,26W55
Peter Lazurko,15:37:53,195M18-24
Dhon Gumban,15:50:44,159M45

Congratulations, athletes!

Week 12 of our summer scavenger hunt. An easier one before our final really tough finds!

Note - all posts have to be made before the end of the game on August 31!

Take a photo of yourself and post below. 1 point for a photo; additional points for additional people (max of 5 points). Prizes at the end will include the top scorers, as well as two types of draw prizes. One will be based on participating at least once, and the other based on the number of times you have participated. You do not have to be a MM member to play, but you do not have to be a MM member to win a prize.

Points standings so far:
44 points - Brenda Stricker
35 pts - Doug Sellinger
33 points - Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel
26 pts - Wendy Tomyk, Susan Schneider
15 pts - Jan Steenkamp
14 pts - Tania Diener, Sandy MacDonald, Kerri Clark
13 pts - Jeanette Lye
12 pts - Honni Lizee
8 pts - Cameron
7 pts - Marcella Zatwarniski, Michael Dahlman
5 pts - April Lloyd, guy in red striped shirt, Heidi D
4 pts - Tracy Hall, Lisa Anthony
3pts - Cameron Thick
1 pt - David Shannon, LeAnne B, Deb Anderson