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Marathon Matters 2026 races: Cure for the Brrr - January 4th; Gopher Attack Marathon - Sunday, April 26th; Canada Goose Ultra - June 27th

Regina has two more 100 mile finishers (well…each of them was already a multiple 100 mile finisher) from the Lost Souls ...
09/21/2026

Regina has two more 100 mile finishers (well…each of them was already a multiple 100 mile finisher) from the Lost Souls ultra near Lethbridge on September 12-13. The Lost Soul is renowned as a very tough trail race - each 50 km lap has 16 hills and 1100 m of elevation gain and loss.

Our heroes were Paul Duperreault who finished in 26:26:01 (1st M50) and Preston Schaffer, who finished in 31:31:00 (10th M40). Heidi Schmalz, also a multiple 100 mile finisher, started the race, but was hampered by possible food poisoning from the fast food chicken the night before. Heidi reported severe nausea, projectile puking (in rainbow arcs, no less), before she packed it in at 110 km.

In the 100 km race, Ashley Marchi excelled with a finish time of 13:04 for 2nd W.

Congratulations, runners.

There were lots of great times at Prairie Sky Running’s Beaver Flat Fifty and Dam Hard 20 at Saskatchewan Landing yester...
09/20/2026

There were lots of great times at Prairie Sky Running’s Beaver Flat Fifty and Dam Hard 20 at Saskatchewan Landing yesterday. In addition to the gruesome elevation gains (2255 m in the 50k and 700 in the 2k), runners reported that wet spots on the steep climbs and descents turned into slippery mud traps. Huge congrats to Elizabeth Tomczak, the women’s winner, followed by Andrea Amiot (one week after being a marathon pace bunny). Our fastest man was Theo Dow in 8th spot. Special mention to Heidi Schmalz because of her 110 km at Lost Souls the week before, and her poetic descriptions: “I touched lots of sage and felt lots of beautiful stones”.

As with all races with lots of local participation, we limit our race reports to club members in the 50, and club members who age-group podiumed in the 20k.

50 k results (Marathon Matters members)
Elizabeth Tomczak,5:42:22,1W
Theo Dow,5:47:15,4M35
Andrea Amiot,6:25:09,2W
Jordan Rabak,7:37:51,15M35
Heidi Schmalz,7:45:41,4W40-44
Kalen MacLeod,7:46:00,16M35
Ara Steininger, 8:14:25,2W45+
Megan Ruf,8:36:41,5W40
Jenna Bedel,8:53:04,7W40
Cam Thick,9:17:28,22M45+
Nichole Kaytor,9:28:12,7W45+
Sheila Durey,9:45:46,10W45+
Haley Woytuik,10:14:22,10W40
Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar,10:18:17,13W45+
Sean Phillips,10:34:53,30M35

20k results (Marathon Matters age group podiums)
Joanne Noll,2:43:23,7W45+ included because Joanne is >20 years older than the rest of her age group!!

More photos to come - photo credit Shelley Zerr.

Congratulations to all the runners, organizers, and volunteers who made the QCM such a great event! Reginans are so prou...
09/14/2026

Congratulations to all the runners, organizers, and volunteers who made the QCM such a great event! Reginans are so proud to host this classy race. This being our hometown race with so many folks finishing the half-marathon, we’ll just list marathon results of club members and age group podium results of club members in the half-marathon. Full results are on the Sportsstats website.

Our fastest marathoners were Mike Reddick and Allyson Boychuk, and our fastest half-marathoners were Christopher Stoppler and Lorraine Brezinski! Congrats to Jordan Rabak, Lane Rathgeber, April Lloyd, and Danny Ritz for their fantastic new PRs. Any other PRs-please comment below!

Marathon - MM members
Mike Reddick,3:08:38,8M30
Jordan Rabak,3:12:05,11M30
Conor Renouf,3:19:58 (pacer),18M30
Kris Mailman,3:22:19,19M30
Lane Rathgeber,3:22:35,4M50
Devin Gabel,3:22:42,13M40
Jordan Stepan,3:30:35,26M30
Daniel Anderson,3:31:53,2M-19
Allyson Boychuk,3:32:37,8W30
Dave MacDonald,3:34:47,7M50
Andrea Amiot,3:39:36 (pacer),7W40
Kevin Cuddington,3:39:50,35M30
Kemp Nguyen,3:51:00,43M30
Lloyd Sehn,3:57:07,15M50
Gaylene Jeannot,3:57:13 (pacer),4W50
Justin Rempel,4:00:27,53M30
Zachary McIntosh,4:03:26,55M30
Brett Moore,4:16:01 (pacer),62M30
Ray McKay,4:19:20,42M40
Tyler Gorrell,4:22:46,44M40
April Lloyd,4:36:24,8W50
Britney Brodt,4:51:28,37 W30
Aly Phee,4:53:00,17W40
Stephanie Montpetit,4:55:18,39W30
Travis van Meer,4:56:46,58M40
Ainsley Oldershaw,5:03:51,41W30
Deanna Miller,5:34:12,24W40
Lisa Anthony,6:01:01,15W50

Half-Marathon age group podiums, MM members
Christopher Stoppler,1:14:36,1M40
Lorraine Brezinski,1:35:04,2W40
Thomas Newton,1:43:20,3M60

Congrats to all!

We try to compile and maintain a list of top ten results for Saskatchewan runners - overall and age group placings for 2...
09/13/2026

We try to compile and maintain a list of top ten results for Saskatchewan runners - overall and age group placings for 2026. As of September 13:

Top Ten Women
1 Robyn Luthi, 2:58:37, Cape Town
2 Darbi Edwards, 3:07:00, Saskatchewan
3 Elizabeth Tomczak, 3:10:05, Fargo
4 Andrea Amiot, 3:11:43, Boston
5 Megan Schmidt, 3:19:12, Saskatchewan
6 Julia Totosy, 3:19:39, Ottawa
7 Jordin Wilyman, 3:21:12, QCM
8 Shawna Enns, 3:21:50, Ottawa
9 Abbey Schmidt, 3:23:51, Fredericton
10 Chelsey Stevenson, 3:24:51, Vancouver

Top Ten Men
1 Andrew Giassa, 2:37:06, Boston
2 Morgan Bradshaw, 2:46:07, Boston
3 Neal Renwick, 2:46:56, Boston
4 Andrew Rempel, 2:49:14, Manitoba
5 Andrew Shanks, 2:49:43, QCM
6 Conor Renouf, 2:50:26, Seville
7 Devon Christofel, 2:50:54, Calgary
8 Jakub Skrzypczyk, 2:50:56, Saskatchewan
9 Christopher Stoppler, 2:51:32, Saskatchewan
10 Morgan Kilgour, 2:52:54, Saskatchewan

Top Ten Women 19 and under
1 Caitlyn Hollywood, 3:50:47, QCM
2 Ayla Tarasoff, 3:59:28, Saskatchewan
3 Anna Lapchuk, 4:17:06
4 Sabrina Dykstra, 4:36:12, Saskatchewan
5 Maggie Simonson, 4:41:42, Saskatchewan
6Jinger Mehls, 4:57:06, Gopher
7 Mya Kreutzwieser, 5:06:09, Saskatchewan
8 Nelia-Ann MacNevin, 5:30:45, QCM

Top Ten Women Age 20-29
1 Darbi Edwards, 3:07:00, Saskatchewan
2 Tianna Dodds, 3:38:02, Manitoba
3 Jayda Baker, 3:49:19, QCM
4 Alyssa Bennett, 3:51:17, Gopher
5 Abby Morris, 3:54:39, Vancouver
6 Lindsay Balezantis, 3:57:03, Saskatchewan
7 Natalia Bidulka, 3:58:46, Saskatchewan
8 Danika Messer, 4:02:56, QCM
9 Morgan Schaeffer, 4:03:45, QCM
10 Kati Culbertson, 4:12:22, QCM

Top Ten Women Age 30-39
1 Elizabeth Tomczak, 3:10:05, Fargo
2 Megan Schmidt, 3:19:12, Saskatchewan
3 Jordin Wilyman, 3:21:12, QCM
4 Chelsey Stevenson, 3:24:51, Vancouver
5 Erika Tkachuk, 3:26:00, QCM
6 Andrea Harris, 3:26:41, Saskatchewan
7 Racquel Marshall, 3:29:24, QCM
8 Erika Tkatchuk, 3:31:33, Manitoba
9 Allyson Boychuk, 3:32:37, QCM
10 Cassandra Silva, 3:40:20, QCM

Top Ten Women Age 40-49
1 Robyn Luthi, 2:58:37, Cape Town
2 Andrea Amiot, 3:11:43, Boston
3 Julia Totosy, 3:19:39, Ottawa
4 Shawna Enns, 3:21:50, Ottawa
5 Abbey Schmidt, 3:23:51, Fredericton
6 Ann McKellar, 3:35:47, Boston
7 Alana Kulyk, 3:36:39, Boston
8 Younkyung Hwang, 3:37:10, QCM
9 Ann McKellar, 3:38:20, Saskatchewan
10 Andrea Amiot, 3:39:36 (pacer), QCM

Top Ten Women Age 50-59
1 Gaylene Jeannot, 3:50:32, Boston
2 Betty Annala, 3:52:07, QCM
3 Gaylene Jeannot, 3:57:13 (pacer), QCM
4 Allison Samoleski, 3:57:46, Manitoba
5 Kerry Strong, 4:06:33, Manitoba
6 Yuka Yamaguchi, 4:27:47, Saskachewan
7 Alynn Burrows, 4:28:33, QCM
8 Vicki Macpherson, 4:29:21, QCM
9 Paula Bzdell, 4:30:04, Tokyo
10 April Lloyd, 4:36:24, QCM

Top Ten Women Age 60-69
1 Josie Leiter, 4:00:10, Boston
2 Lana Thompson-Van Eaton, 4:12:02, Boston
3 Patrice Krueger, 4:30:27, QCM
4 Gay Renouf, 4:32:24, Split
5 Gay Renouf, 4:32:40, Cluj Napoca
6 Gay Renouf, 4:33:25, Sydney
7 Gay Renouf, 4:38:54, Limassol
8 Gay Renouf, 4:52:02, Kangaroo Island
9 Gay Renouf, 4:57:00, Saskatchewan
10 Dee Hobsbawn-Smith, 5:49:35, QCM

Top Ten Men Age 19 and Under
1 Enoch O'Soup, 2:58:42, Gopher
2 Henry Blue, 3:23:49, QCM
3 Daniel Anderson, 3:29:50, Gopher
4 Daniel Anderson, 3:31:53, QCM
5 Owen Nightingale, 3:37:13, QCM
6 Alex Fung, 3:37:56, QCM
7 Kyle Kinar, 4:17:05, Saskatchewan
8 Daniel Osamor, 4:59:11, Saskatchewan
9 Jay Oh, 5:11:37, Gopher
10 Kamaluddin Hashimy, 5:30:54, Saskatchewan

Top Ten Men Age 20-29
1 Devon Christoffel, 2:50:54, Calgary
2 Morgan Kilgour, 2:52:55, Saskatchewan
3 Todd Walsh, 2:58:00, QCM
4 Todd Walsh, 3:09:45, Saskatchewan
5 Kevin Minto, 3:15:42, Saskatchewan
6 Braydee Prokopchuk, 3:16:06, Vancouver
7 Dylan Powell, 3:19:05, QCM
8 Jordan Bailey, 3:21:22, Vancouver
9 Dominic George, 3:22:19, Saskatchewan
10 Zhedric Sadac, 3:24:49, Gopher

Top Ten Men Age 30-39
1 Andrew Giassa, 2:37:06, Boston
2 Andrew Rempel, 2:49:14, Manitoba
3 Andrew Shanks, 2:49:43, QCM
4 Conor Renouf, 2:50:26, Seville
5 Jakub Skrzypczyk, 2:50:56, Saskatchewan
6 Prince Singh, 2:53:10, QCM
7 Andrew Shanks, 2:54:38, Vancouver
8 Prince Singh, 2:59:48, Saskatchewan
9 Julian Fritz, 2:58:02, QCM
10 Nick Hadhistavropoulos, 3:01:18, QCM

Top Ten Men Age 40-49
1 Morgan Bradshaw, 2:46:07, Boston
2 Neal Renwick, 2:46:56, Boston
3 Christopher Stoppler, 2:51:32, Saskatchewan
4 Mark Luba, 2:59:42, QCM
5 Gabriel Diaz, 3:02:38, Calgary
6 Yvan Fortier, 3:02:55, QCM
7 Warren Dudar, 3:03:51, Gopher
8 Chris Tetlock, 3:06:07, QCM
9 Luis Gabriel Diaz Hernandez, 3:10:19, Manitoba
10 Scott Kurytnik, 3:11:37, Gopher

Top Ten Men 50-59
1 Lane Rathgeber, 3:22:35, QCM
2 Lane Rathgeber, 3:25:42, Saskatchewan
3 Ryan Baade, 3:27:12, QCM
4 Dave MacDonald, 3:34:47, QCM
5 Grant Adams, 3:42:51, Saskatchewan
6 Neil Catchuk, 3:48:16, QCM
7 Sean Morton, 3:50:07, Saskatchewan
8 Charles-Henri Warren, 3:54:59, Manitoba
9 Colin Beckworth, 3:57:03, Saskatchewan
10 Lloyd Sehn, 3:57:07, QCM

Top Ten Men Age 60-69
1 Gerry Nagy, 3:05:41, QCM
2 Robert McLeod, 3:20:31, Gopher
3 Robert St Amant, 3:35:07, QCM
4 Robert St. Amant, 3:45:09, Boston
5 Al Boutin, 3:49:03, QCM
6 David Hesse, 3:59:12, QCM
7 Marvin Denysiuk, 4:48:58, Vancouver
8 Terry Wreford, 4:54:43, QCM
9 Brett Eskes, 4:59:30, QCM
10 Greg Chovin, 5:12:42, Manitoba

Top Ten Men Age 70-79
1 Charles Baillargeon, 4:05:55, Boston
2 Rand Luhning, 6:06:06, QCM

Top Ten Men Age 80-84
1 Milos Kostic, 6:14:57, Split

Top Ten Men Age 85-89
1 Milos Kostic, 6:09:09, Gopher

Congratulations to all our participants in the Summer Scavenger hunt. Our two top scavengers were Brenda Stricker and Do...
09/03/2026

Congratulations to all our participants in the Summer Scavenger hunt. Our two top scavengers were Brenda Stricker and Doug Sellinger, who will each win a $100 gift certificate.

The other two gift certificates will go to lottery winners - to be drawn at the QCM expo. In the A draw, each participant (MM member) will get the number of tickets equal to the number of sites they selfied at. In the B draw, each participant will get one ticket.

It turns out, the easiest site was the Ukrainian girl statue and the hardest sites were the Buffalo bridge, the bones by the airport, and the residential school monument by government house.

Final standings were:
59 pts - Brenda Stricker
51 pts - Doug Sellinger
50 pts, 11 tickets - Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel
44 pts, 10 tickets - Wendy Tomyk
41 pts, 11 tickets - Susan Schneider
27 pts,16 tickets - Kerri Clark
18 pts - Sandy MacDonald (9 tickets) Jeanette Lye (12 tickets)
17.5 pts,10 tickets - Jan Steenkamp
16.5 pts,9 tickets- Tania Diener
14pts, 13 tickets - Honni Lizee
13 pts,10 tickets - Deb Anderson
10 pts - Cameron
9 pts, 5 tickets - Marcella Zatwarniski
7 pts - Michael Dahlman
5 pts, 1 ticket - April Lloyd
4 pts, 1 ticket - Tracy Hall, Lisa Anthony
3pts, 1 ticket - Cameron Thick
1 pt - David Shannon, LeAnne B

Jason Burns returned to racing after being side-lined from injury since May, at the Race the North Face Brandon Hills in...
08/30/2026

Jason Burns returned to racing after being side-lined from injury since May, at the Race the North Face Brandon Hills in Manitoba. The course had 1400 m of elevation gain on single track trails. Plus it was HOT - 38 degree humidex! Jason described the course as having "gorgeous views from 'the Spine' ...the highest point in the Brandon hills where you see farm land to the east and the canopy of Brandon hills to the west." Jason ran the 50 k in 6:37:14, good for 11th in M+40.

Kudos to Zoey Kim-Zeggelaar for her run at the Black Spur ultra in Kimberley BC on August 22. Not only does the course c...
08/24/2026

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!

UPDATED Congrats to our Regina runners who have gone international! In the Reykjavik marathon on August 22, Katherine Ly...
08/23/2026

UPDATED 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.

Katherine Lynas and Shawn Seguin followed their Iceland marathon with a half-marathon in Stavanger, Norway! They both ran a perfect sub-2: 1:59:37, yielding 47th for Katherine in W40 and 156th for Shawn in M35.

Gay Renouf followed the KI marathon with the Sydney marathon - her 7th Abbott major. Gay ran 4:33:25 for 42nd in W65.

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 - ...
08/23/2026

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 ...
08/20/2026

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

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