The M2M Ekiden Results
Y’all threw down out there on Saturday. Thank you so much for joining us.
You were 47 teams, running on 5 continents, covering more than 1900km at and average pace of less than 4:30/k.
We crunched some numbers (good grief there were a lot of numbers), had to make some tough calls that involved some board room executive decisions, that went to vote, and then a second secret vote, and in the end we have some award winners and full results of the M2M Ekiden.
AWARDS
| The Globetrotters (covering the greatest geographical distance between teammates) | One Team | David Valembois (Brussels Belgium), Jose Miguel Barros (Santiago Chile), Chris Atkinson (Vancouver Canada), Kerry Neilson (Auckland New Zealand) |
| The Lantern Rouge – a well known prize from the Tour de France, the ‘Lantern Rouge’ is awarded to the final finisher in each event | Team Kizuna | Kristin Saez, Tanja Urbancic, Daniel Liu, Mark Dawson |
| The Tony Tomsich – it’s all about the Strava Art | Team Unicorn | Luke Li, Yun hua Yuan, Yong Chen, Xiang Yu |
| The Median – the middle of the road – awarded to the team who finished in the exact middle position of all teams | Vintage Vixens | Elizabeth Tomczak, Lisa Hoffart, Bevin Thompson, Lorraine Brezinski |
| The AG – awarded to 1 female and 1 male participant with the fastest age-graded relay leg. | Female: Bri Hungerford (30 yo, 10.59km, 37:27=age graded, 3:32/km) Male: Carlos Lesser (29yo, 10.51km, 33:44=age graded, 3:13/km) | If you want to check out your AG graded we use this calculator |
The Crown
brought to you by Saucony Canada – awarded to the Top male team, Top female Team, and Top mixed team (2 male + 2 female). Members of each winning team will receive a free pair of Saucony shoes
| Category | Team | Time (Run + Baton Time) | Team Members |
| Female | Relayadies | 2:54:02 | Corri Longridge, Laurel Richardson, Carla Parsons, Kendal Paul |
| Male | Pace & Mind Italians | 2:41:21 | Andrew Guytingco, Dave Pan, Michael Auciello, Nick Mendes |
| Mixed | Suicide Pace | 2:40:57 | Bri Hungerford, Lee Kennett, Carlos Lesser, Brit Cooper |
Crew/Club/Group Awards
We didn’t get as many teams out from other crews as we’d hoped. All of these awards would’ve gone to M2M. But we still want to give a big shout out to Pace & Mind, Stridewise, OAC, East Van Run Crew, YYC Run Crew and a few others for turning out for this. We’ve got something coming your way.
Honorable Mentions
Best Team Name – Worst Pace Scenario
Fastest Baton Passes – Pace & Mind Italians
Least-Fast Baton Passes – Team Kizuna
Best Team Uniforms – Blister Sisters & Capital Punishment
It’s all in the Family – The Blister Sisters – Two sets of Thompson Sister on one team!
Most times contacting Virtual Baton App Support Staff before/during/after event – Running Wild
It Smell’s Like Team Spirit – All the teams taking part in Calgary: Carly’s Angels, Chase Pack Project, YYC Run Crew, and . Calgary is new to us and the coaches and athletes there put on a sweet little event. Thanks to all of you for joining in the fun.
Full Team Results
| Team Name | Category | Total Run Time | Total Baton Time | Total Time (Baton + Run) | Run Only Pace | Race Pace (Baton + Run) | Actual Distance Covered |
| SuicidePace | Mixed | 2:30:18 | 0:10:39 | 2:40:57 | 0:03:34 | 0:03:49 | 42.32 |
| Pace and Mind Italians | Male | 2:39:41 | 0:01:40 | 2:41:21 | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | 42.27 |
| Ekinadians | Male | 2:37:02 | 0:04:37 | 2:41:39 | 0:03:43 | 0:03:50 | 42.27 |
| Let the kids play*** | Male | 2:33:35 | 0:07:10 | 2:42:35 | 0:03:38 | 0:03:49 | 42.3 |
| Flatlanders | Male | 2:33:47 | 0:13:09 | 2:46:56 | 0:03:39 | 0:03:57 | 42.28 |
| 10K to Couch Challenge | Male | 2:48:42 | 0:04:37 | 2:53:19 | 0:04:00 | 0:04:06 | 43.61 |
| Relaydies | Female | 2:46:26 | 0:07:36 | 2:54:02 | 0:03:57 | 0:04:07 | 42.4 |
| Team Wild Horse | Male | 2:46:45 | 0:08:04 | 2:54:49 | 0:03:57 | 0:04:09 | 42.22 |
| SPEED WERK | Female | 2:48:07 | 0:07:03 | 2:55:10 | 0:03:59 | 0:04:09 | 42.47 |
| Chase Pack Project | Mixed | 2:48:02 | 0:07:37 | 2:55:39 | 0:03:59 | 0:04:10 | 42.25 |
| Josh’s Joggers | Mixed | 2:37:45 | 0:20:17 | 2:58:02 | 0:03:44 | 0:04:13 | 42.64 |
| Carly’s Angels | Mixed | 2:54:28 | 0:04:31 | 2:58:59 | 0:04:08 | 0:04:15 | 42.32 |
| OAC Ladies | Female | 2:58:19 | 0:05:48 | 3:04:07 | 0:04:14 | 0:04:22 | 42.61 |
| YCC Run Crew | Male | 2:58:46 | 0:07:51 | 3:06:37 | 0:04:14 | 0:04:25 | 42.32 |
| Mile 2 More Ice Cream | Mixed | 2:56:23 | 0:13:10 | 3:09:33 | 0:04:11 | 0:04:30 | 42.39 |
| Rob & Kelsey & Grace & Dominik | Mixed | 2:56:25 | 0:19:19 | 3:15:44 | 0:04:11 | 0:04:38 | 42.46 |
| Ekidudes | Male | 3:02:45 | 0:13:27 | 3:16:12 | 0:04:20 | 0:04:39 | 42.28 |
| Agony of de feet | Mixed | 3:11:47 | 0:08:27 | 3:20:14 | 0:04:33 | 0:04:45 | 42.64 |
| Burnabarians | Mixed | 3:13:55 | 0:08:29 | 3:22:24 | 0:04:36 | 0:04:48 | 42.63 |
| W2W | Female | 3:10:28 | 0:13:02 | 3:23:30 | 0:04:31 | 0:04:49 | 42.35 |
| Holy Fit! | Mixed | 3:06:28 | 0:17:08 | 3:23:36 | 0:04:25 | 0:04:50 | 42.39 |
| Twisted Blisters | Female | 3:18:30 | 0:05:38 | 3:24:08 | 0:04:42 | 0:04:50 | 42.38 |
| Vintage Vixens | Female | 3:02:55 | 0:21:33 | 3:24:28 | 0:04:20 | 0:04:51 | 42.79 |
| TFT & The 3 Amigos | Male | 3:10:03 | 0:17:36 | 3:27:39 | 0:04:30 | 0:04:55 | 42.36 |
| Capital Punishment | Mixed | 2:50:06 | 0:54:12 | 3:44:18 | 0:04:02 | 0:05:19 | 42.35 |
| Blister Sisters | Female | 3:38:27 | 0:09:04 | 3:47:31 | 0:05:11 | 0:05:24 | 42.49 |
| Worst Pace Scenario | Mixed | 3:35:47 | 0:14:18 | 3:50:05 | 0:05:07 | 0:05:27 | 42.49 |
| Running Wild | Mixed | 3:31:34 | 0:21:23 | 3:52:57 | 0:05:01 | 0:05:31 | 42.32 |
| Quarter Horses | Mixed | 3:31:32 | 0:21:58 | 3:53:30 | 0:05:01 | 0:05:32 | 42.45 |
| Just some guys out for a run | Mixed | 3:45:51 | 0:11:10 | 3:57:01 | 0:05:21 | 0:05:37 | 43.13 |
| Late2Register | Male | 2:41:03 | 1:16:05 | 3:57:08 | 0:03:49 | 0:05:37 | 42.41 |
| East Van Global Crew | Male | 3:28:54 | 0:30:39 | 3:59:33 | 0:04:57 | 0:05:41 | 42.52 |
| 3 babies and a babe | Female | 3:19:24 | 0:45:29 | 4:04:53 | 0:04:44 | 0:05:48 | 42.57 |
| Unicorn | Male | 3:55:02 | 0:11:29 | 4:06:31 | 0:05:34 | 0:05:51 | 42.53 |
| Legs 4 Dayz | Mixed | 4:08:35 | 0:08:41 | 4:17:16 | 0:05:53 | 0:06:06 | 42.3 |
| Baton Beaches 2 | Female | 3:49:40 | 0:28:35 | 4:18:15 | 0:05:27 | 0:06:07 | 42.35 |
| Somebody come get her, she’s racing like a sprinter | Female | 3:40:25 | 0:38:36 | 4:19:01 | 0:05:13 | 0:06:08 | 42.25 |
| Last Min | Mixed | 3:55:22 | 0:26:14 | 4:21:36 | 0:05:35 | 0:06:12 | 42.54 |
| M2M Burnaby Warriors | Male | 3:41:54 | 0:47:07 | 4:29:01 | 0:05:16 | 0:06:23 | 42.53 |
| SW A | Mixed | 3:48:03 | 1:00:55 | 4:48:58 | 0:05:24 | 0:06:51 | 42.84 |
| Baton Beaches 1 (BB1) | Female | 3:58:21 | 1:10:09 | 5:08:30 | 0:05:39 | 0:07:19 | 42.59 |
| One Team | Mixed | 3:42:59 | 1:42:41 | 5:25:40 | 0:05:17 | 0:07:43 | 42.55 |
| The Trotting Ponies | Mixed | 3:56:35 | 2:03:50 | 6:00:25 | 0:05:36 | 0:08:33 | 42.28 |
| lululemon | Mixed | 3:17:32 | 3:00:54 | 6:18:26 | 0:04:41 | 0:08:58 | 42.35 |
| Kizuna | Mixed | 6:32:23 | 2:19:06 | 8:51:29 | 0:09:18 | 0:12:36 | 43.29 |
| Last Call | Mixed | 2:37:43 | 7:15:20 | 9:53:03 | 0:03:44 | 0:14:03 | 31.31 |
| Kingston Krew | Mixed | 3:22:06 | 6:31:27 | 9:53:33 | 0:04:47 | 0:14:04 | 40.64 |
| **time adjusted due to crazy/inaccurate gps data |
Full Individual Results
This is a long long list, too long to display here without any search or filter functions. So, please go to this Google Sheet for all that data.
The M2M Ekiden Individual Runner RESULTS