Submitted article--The Totem to Totem marathon, half marathon, 10km - and walk to breakfast - took place Saturday. After some rain and chilly days, the weather on race day could not have been better with the slight overcast and mild temperatures.This year's participants came from Australia, New York and Arizona, in addition to runners from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, BC and, of course Haida Gwaii.The men's marathon had an international component this year with Geoff Homma from Australia winning with a time of 3:11:59 while Chris Taylor from New York finished second at 3:38:21. Dennis Straussfogel from Prince George rounded out the top three with a time of 3:55:18. James Thompson, from Masset, who ran his first marathon last year was back in the field. James got a new personal best taking an amazing 22 minutes and 54 seconds off last year's time to finish in 4:24:59.A new course record was set in the women's marathon, with Juliana Tobon of Toronto completing the 42.2 km in 3:28:47. Erin Barclay, last year's winner, came in second at 3:31:35, while Heidi Mok, also from Toronto, celebrated her birthday by coming in third with a time of 3:34:34.The half-marathon was fast. Steven Ptucha from Richmond repeated as the winner in the men's, bettering his time from last year by more than five minutes, coming in at 1:21:58. On the women's side, Susan Gelinas, also from Richmond and last year's third place finisher, knocked just over 10 minutes off her time from last year, finishing in 1:39:53. James Hiebert, a new arrival to Masset came second in the men's event at 1:32:45, while Ryan Staschuck from Prince Rupert was third at 1:33:36. Jackie Taylor from Queen Charlotte came second in the women's event (1:41:16). There was a tie for third as Emma Payne and Sarah Williams from Prince Rupert came across the line together at 1:46:40. Catherine Birtwistle of Queen Charlotte improved on her 2013 time by 6 minutes and 15 seconds, coming in this year with a time of 2:02:25.The 10 km run had the biggest turn out yet with 41 participants, up from just 14 last year. The women's field had 29 participants. Julie Iverson of Vancouver repeated as the winner in the women's 10 Km run with a time of 50:32, while Merlyn Roberts of North Vancouver won the men's event with a time of 44:33. Caroline Parnell, from Skidegate, came second in the women's 10 km. Richard Gomes of Prince George, a last minute entrant, came second at 47:25 with Matthew Cotu-Moya coming third (49:20). Grace Cowan of Salmon Arm, a returnee to Totem to Totem, took third.There were many new local participants in the 10 km - which is what it's all about. Several of the returning runners got personal bests, including Melissa Edgars of Skidegate who took more than 12 minutes off last year's time, and Larissa Howlett of Queen Charlotte who improved upon last year's time by more than 5 minutes. The 10 km event also had its eldest participant with Jim McKinnon of Minden, Ontario, aged 70, completing the run in 54:25, coming in with Colin McKay of Richmond.The 10 km run filled out the Totem to Totem event bringing the total number of runners finishing to 79. Another dozen registrants didn't make it to the start line, meaning the total number of participants this year just tipped over 90. There's still room to grow as the organizers hope to get more than 100 people running.The T2T organizers and runners thank all the volunteers. This year the volunteers at the water stations added to the event by making a special effort to decorate the stations. Thanks as well to the cyclists and drivers and the photographers. This year the volunteers at the water stations added to the event by making a special effort to decorate the stations. Thanks as well to the cyclists and drivers and the photographers. Congratulations to the runners and to everyone who helped make this year's event a success. The Totem to Totem Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10 km race will take place on July 18, 2015 - start training!Totem to Totem 2014 ResultsMarathon MenNameCityFinishing Time1Geoffrey HommaAustralia3:11:592Chris TaylorBrooklyn3:28:213Dennis StraussfogelPrince George3:55:184Don RaymerSouris, Man.4:14:285James ThompsonOld Massett4:24:59WomenNameCityFinishing Time1Juliana TobonToronto3:28:472Erin BarclayChilliwack3:31:353Heidi MokToronto3:34:344Alyson ThibodeauToronto3:48:115Brianna MeyerPowell River3:56:466Suzanne LeblancTerrace4:07:487Vicky ElsomVancouver4:09:098Christine BuchelWinnipeg4:31:02 David SeymourVancouverDNF Phillip SheppardSmithersDNSHalf MarathonMenNameCityFinishing Time1Stephen PtuchaRichmond1:21:582James HiebertMassett1:32:453Ryan StaschukPrince Rupert1:33:364Ryan Barber 1:44:035John SurteesNanaimo1:55:446Ben DavidsonSkidegate1:56:047Sebastien AbbaMontreal2:14:258Les DillabaughPrince George2:16:169Michael McMillanPrince George2:16:3310Fergus WilsonQueen Charlotte2:18:1011Leslie AnthonyWhistler2:37:00WomenNameCityFinishing Time1Susan GelinasRichmond1:39:532Jackie TaylorQueen Charlotte1:41:163Sarah WilliamsPrince Rupert1:46:404Emma PaynePrince Rupert1:46:405Helen McMillanPrince George1:55:566Cora ParnellPrince Rupert2:01:377Catherine BirtwistleQueen Charlotte2:02:258Heather BruleQueen Charlotte2:08:259Christine DillabaughPrince George2:12:5610Eden HiettPhoenix2:13:2711Akane WadaVancouver2:20:5312Faye LaidlawQueen Charlotte2:24:5413Carrie VanderhoopMassett2:27:3014Michelle StephenPrince George2:31:47 Kristen BaileyLangleyDNS Jacquelyn CannonPhoenixDNS Sylvia ErwinNorth VancouverDNS Kirsten HitchcockWest KelownaDNS Marc HrehirchekPrince RupertDNS Em McCormickVictoriaDNS Ashley SmithVancouverDNS Jamie WesselPrince RupertDNSDNS - "Did Not Start"10 Km Run to the RockMenName CityFinishing Time1Merlyn RobertsNorth Vancouver44:33 2Richard GomesPrince George47:25 3Matthew Coutu-MoyaSummerland49:20 4Sean MoraesPrince Rupert51:235Colin McKayRichmond54:256Jim McKinnonMinden, Ont54:257Mike ReidTerrace57:128Mike CreedVancouver59:019Bernie HowlettQueen Charlotte59:1810Doug BurlesKamloops1:02:0411Stephen TollasSkidegate1:10:4712Robert DavidsonMasset/White Rock1:14:37WomenNameCityFinishing Time1Julie IversonVancouver50:32 2Caroline ParnellSkidegate52:08 3Grace CowenSalmon Arm52:14 4Ayla PearsonQueen Charlotte52:445Megan ReidTerrace53:126Vicki IvesQueen Charlotte53:467Larissa HowlettQueen Charlotte54:088Chelsea BadgerSandspit55:249Kelly MillerQueen Charlotte55:5810Rosanna ShepherdVictoria58:1211Teleza ShafooliTerrace58:2012Joanna BrunsdenSandspit59:4613Brenna WoodburnSandspit1:01:3814Asta KovanenWhistler1:04:1615Shari HowlettQueen Charlotte1:04:5116Faye BurlesKamloops1:05:3317Tracy MoraesPrince Rupert1:08:2718Jennifer KelleyNorth Vancouver1:10:3919Carole IvesQueen Charlotte1:11:1520Melissa EdgarsSkidegate1:14:0521Terri-Lynn DavidsonSkidegate/White Rock1:14:3722Leaha BroomeTerrace1:16:2723Monica JonesQueen Charlotte1:16:3324Tammi McNeilVictoria1:16:4225Tawni DavidsonSkidegate1:18:0526Nikki HumphervillePrince Rupert1:31:1727Amanda MurphyQueen Charlotte1:33:4228Kate VermeerQueen Charlotte1:33:4229Starnita NyceGitwinksihlkw1:56:1130Lori NyceGitwinksihlkw1:56:36Ashley CrosbySkidegateDNFJuanita MayfieldKamloopsDNSTony McCormickVictoriaDNSJaydn Paquette DNS