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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
Yakima River Canyon Marathon 2-4
From the Gatekeeper 5
Yakima Skyline Rim 50k 6
St Louis Marathon 7
Vernonia Marathon 8-9
2011 Maniac Reunion 9
Oz Marathon 10-11
Half Fanatics 11
Lumberjack Ultras 12-13
Maniac Poll 13
Boston Marathon 14-19
The Marathon Show 17
Social Networking 19
Tell Me Your Story 20-21
Report from InSane AsyLum 21
Promotions 23
Coming Up in May 24
New Maniacs 25
Note from the Editor 26
Discounts 27
Rhetorical Revelations from “The Rev” 28
Volume 8, Number 4
SEE PAGE 20
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Diane Robinson was one of about five runners that ran the Yakima
River Canyon Marathon then followed that up by running a
REALLY HARD 50k the next day!
Steve, Paula and SockeyMonkey Boone made their way
to the northwest! Steve and Sock Monkey celebrated there
birthdays on race day!
Cyndie Merten
Chuck Engle made his mark on the west coast by winning a marathon inCalifornia, Oregon and Washington
in 3 straight weekends!
Lenore Dolphin and her whole family did a fantastic job (as always) in putting on a great race!
Wendy and Tim Stensen
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Yakima River Canyon Marathon (4/2): DeannaAlvarez, Deanna Ashby, Miranda Bachman, *Hotrod*,Margaret Barrett, Steve Barrick, Bret Bellevue,Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Jim "Ol' Jimbo" Boyd, JohnBreding, Ken Briggs, Mic, Janet Burgess, CormacBurke, Carrie Caffrey, Adrian Call, Oliver "OysterEngineer" Chapman, Zdenek Chmel, James "Gimmemy Medal" Copley, Bob & Lenore Dolphin, DougDominey, Vivian "vvn" Doorn, Michael Dutton, TedEckert, Steph Eldore, Jean "Mama Jean" Evansmore,Deb Evdemon, Jasmin "La Tortuga" Flores, Andy Fritz,Marc Frommer, Mo Gillis, Reed Glesne, Susan Glesne,Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Istvan, Francie Hankins, Mary"mph" Hanna, Ric "the sweeper pacer" Hart, DebbieHaynes, Paul Hoffmann, Rich Holmes, Steve Hughes,Robert Jacobsen, Tony Johns, Heath Johnson, LauraJohnson, Barefoot Jon, Regina Joyce, Gary Kobold,Patti "pk" Krebsbach, "MMKuhl", John Lafayette, JillLangis, Andy Lin, Roger MacMillan, Mike Mahanay, Jon"Coconutboy" Mahoney, Sherry "MMM" Mahoney,Sara Malcolm, Tracy Marshall, Vickie McDonald, Dan"Fishbread" McElrath, Sean Meissner, Terri Menghini,Rich Menzel, Cyndie Merten, Steve Metcalf, PhilMillard, Little Leslie, Dana Mosell, Janice Moyer,LeannNO, Tracey (from NJ) Newenhouse, Bob 'BobO"OBrien, Jackie Ong, Gary Otheim, Keith Parks, MontePascual, Sheryl Perales, Piper Peterson, Jeff "Slice"Pettett, tony (tp!) phillippi, Cheri Pompeo, MelPreedy, Bill Ralph, Lisa "Cupcake" Reid, Cliff "quack,quack" Richards, S, Trava Pastrana, Jose Rodriguez,EatDrinkRunWoman, Peggy Rogers, Dr. Ashis Roy, BobSatko, Tom Scott, McGyver, Michael Shiach,David"Marathon Diet"Spooner, Brian Starkey, WendyStensen, Richard "Obiwan" Stewart, Rob Stretz,Gunhild Swanson, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, CJ**Hollywood** Warren, Francine Weigeldt, SteveWhite, Courtney Willson, Rusty Willson, Li-Chym Wu,Prez Steven Yee, Guy Yogi, Marie "Not Betsy" Zornes
Tony Phillippiran his 200th
marathon and ran it in honor of Maniac #70 Jack Swanson
(who died with a lifetime total
of 200 marathons).
Ted Eckert
Bill Barmore
Mel Preedy ran his 400th marathon!
MM#2 Chris WarrenJim Boyd
Rich Menzel
Rick Haase
Doug Dominay
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Andy Fritz
Jeff Bishton RogerChou
Great Maniac volunteers!
Lisa Bliss and Mike Shiach
Tony Phillippi giving Sock Monkey Boone a birthday kiss!
Jim Boyd and Andy Fritz Jeff Bishton and Jon Mahoney
Steve Walters, Bill Barmore and Miranda Bachman
Shelly & Jon Mahoney
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by Marc Frommer (MM#9)
Anyway, it starts off Friday night (actually it started with Cormac and I driving the 3.5 hours there) with a great pasta feed that always has awonderful speaker. This year was no exception since the legendary Dick Beardsley spoke. If you have never heard Dick speak, you shouldmake it your business to do so. Of course, he spoke of the Duel in the Sun race (Boston 1982 when he and Salazar staged an incredible race)but also of his inspirational life. I've heard him speak numerous times now and never get tired of his story. The dinner is also like a familymeeting since there are so many great friends and runners there that I don't get to see often enough.
The weather forecast for the race was not great. When we were driving there, the day was fantastic -- it was in the mid-70s with a brightblue sky -- something we haven't seen in quite a long while. But the forecast for Saturday was rain and very windy with gusts around 20-30mph. Well, as Beardsley said, you can't do anything about the weather and everyone has to deal with it so don't worry. When we woke upSaturday, the forecast turned out to only be 50% correct. There weren't any rain clouds in sight but it was a bit breezy. Cormac and I ateour breakfast and then went off to catch the bus to the start. Now many of you know that I usually operate on Frommer Time, which is a bitdifferent timing scheme than Standard time. I (well, to be fair, we both did) figured we had plenty of time (the buses started at 6AM) tocatch the bus. We left the hotel around 6:15 for the short drive to the bus and saw there were two buses in front of the Selah ConventionCenter. However, after parking the car and walking to the buses, there was a big OOPS (actually some other words were said). There wasn'ta bus in sight. We asked the one remaining volunteer when the next bus was coming and he said next year. After some more choice words,we sweet talked him into giving us a ride to the start. So Hal (the wonderful volunteer), Shadow (his sweet dog), Cormac and I all piled intohis small pickup for the ride. We made it to the start in plenty of time and got ready for the race. Maybe we learned a lesson for next year -- but I wouldn't bet on it.
On to the race. My goal was to use this as a nice last long training run forBoston. I was thinking of starting around 8:15 pace and basically running anevenly paced race. Well, I got to the start and ended up running with the Prezand Hollywood (aka, #1 and #2 or Steve Yee and Chris Warren). They took meout a little faster than I thought I was going to go (around 8:00/mile) but it feltfine. I hung with them for the first 3+ miles but then had to pull off to the sidefor a quick porta-bush stop. I didn't see them again until the finish but I gotback into the 8:00/mile groove and just kind of put it on auto-pilot, chattingwith other Maniacs along the way but mostly just enjoying the scenery. In thepast, I've run the course with a slight negative split since I usually don't start outfast and even though the second half is harder, there is a nice 5K downhillfinish, which I like to push. The same happened this year (1:44:50, 1:43:45) butsince I was going at a faster pace to start I ended up running a bit faster than Iwas planning. The gusty wind was weird and probably didn't have a hugeoverall effect. Sometimes it was a vicious headwind, sometimes a greattailwind, and other times a crosswind.
Turns out it was my fastest Yakima by around 6 minutes. In 2009, I ran this race in 3:34:40 and followed it up two weeks later with myfastest Boston in 3:27:33.
After the race, Cormac and I hightailed it out of there with the obligatory stop at Miner's Big Burgers (yes, they do have a Veggie Burger -- Ifigure they sell less than a dozen a year) for some greasy food and milkshake (as usual, I gained a couple of pounds running this race).
As I said way back at the top, the best part of this race is seeing everyone at the pasta feed and race. What a great community of friends. I'llcertainly be back next year when we are all hoping to celebrate Bob Dolphin's 500th marathon -- it should be my 97th (101st, including myultras)
YAKIMA RIVER CANYON MARATHON (4/2/11) – SELMA,WAThis is one of my favorite marathons by far. It is a bit old-school -- no chips, no other race distance, no bands, nocrowds. Just you running along a gorgeous course with a bunch (around 500) of other runners. And, of course, theRace Directors are the famous and incredible Dolphins -- Bob and Lenore. They know how to stage an event that isfor runners. Lots of multi-marathoners show up for this event from all over the country, especially Maniacs, 50staters, and 100 club members. Someone told me that the average number of marathons/ultras per person was 67(I'm at 91 total so I guess I'm a little above average but we all know that :-).
Marc Frommer with Monte Pascual
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Yakima Skyline Rim 50k (4/3): FrancescaCarmichael, Rich Holmes, Sonny "Tranquilrunner"LaForm, Sean Meissner, S, Trava Pastrana, RobStretz, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Jeff"Elevation Snob" Webb
Jeff Webb
Steve Walters got his 8th star!
Rob Stretz
Shawna Tompkins
Van Phan
Glenn Tachiyama (#10) did an awesome job of taking photos!
Francesca Carmichael
Francesca Carmichael and Diane Robinson
Justin Kohrs
Terry Sentinella
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St Louis Marathon (4/10): Rudy Acevedo, Francisco Javier Aranda, TeresaBaker, Jennifer Browning, Michael Browning, Paul "Pacer Paul" Carringer,Patrick "Hellcat" Cash, Connie Corbett, Charlotte Corriher, Haywood Crowder,David J. Darr, Lisa Davis, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, DeeDee "DeeDle Dee" Earles,Charles Gattin, Jay Gibson, Kerri Haskins, Mike Herrin, Steve Hibbs, Derek"Toes" Hogle, Murray Honick, Cathie Johnson, Troy Johnson, Lia Kinsey, SteveLaine, Jodina Lam, Peter Lamb, Tom Lavin, Steven T Lee, John Leighton, MaryLenari, John "J Lo" Lopez, Tamara Mackey, Richard "Rickymac" MacLean, Tracy"Trixiemac" MacLean, Dave Mari, Alexis Mazzini, Terri Menghini, SteveMetcalf, Mark Moniuszko, Kevin Moore, Nancy Oh, LOruns2cureNF, Mark'Doc' Ott, Nancy Pratt, Richard Pye, Pascal Radley, "Captain" Dan Ratliff, KarenRoss, Karin Sandoval, "Superman Steve" Schwalbach, Tony Stafford, Richard"Obiwan" Stewart, Alison Talarcek, Michelle "Marathon Mama" Walker,Charlie Weiland, Barb Wnek, Jonathan Young, Heather Zeigler
John LopezManiacs at the expo!
Steven Lee
Stephen Hibbs
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Vernonia Marathon (4/10): Roger Adams, Rose Bak, Roger Chou, Ewell Condron, Peter"Pedro" Corduan, George Cornett, Jodi "JoJo" Cullen, Bret Fat-Boyee Henry, Gail"Detour" Phillips Henry, Eric Jensen, Andy Lin, Carl Marshall, Cyndie Merten, GidgetDawg, Justin Rosas, Roni Slye, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Dan Whitaker
Steve Walters Bret HenryRoger Adams
Ewell Condron
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While we are still working out the details for the MM Reunion atthe Fox Cities Marathon, here is a bit of news from the RaceDirector:
Marathon Maniacs can get special colored bibs for all theMarathon Maniacs that sign up for the Full or the Half Marathon.Participants NEED to use the Marathon Maniac code whenregistering in order for them to know who needs those bibs. Therace director doesn't know what colors will be available yet, butwill keep us informed.
She is thrilled to have the Maniacs come to the FCM. She alsosaid that there is a cap on the event and encouraged me to tellyou (Maniacs) to sign up early.
Hotels are listed on the FCM website, but here are the ones thathave blocks of rooms of 40 or more:
SEPTEMBER 17-18, 2011
Cambria Suites (also has Expo and Race Day shuttles)
Comfort InnHampton InnMicrotel Inn
PDX Running Chix group before the Vernonia Marathon. The group is made up of Maniacs and future Maniacs in the Portland (OR) area.
Gail and Bret Henry
Roger Chou
Cyndie Merten
Peter Corduan
Steve Walters and Ewell Condron
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Oz Marathon (4/16): David Aldous, Malisa Anderson-Strait, Francisco JavierAranda, Bethany Barnes, Robert Bens, Aaron Braunstein, Ewell Condron, Donnie"Limping Turtle" Dempewolf, Alicia MM Diva #3, KAC "Perky" Garcia, Carol Goslin,Elaine Green, Michael "Mike-iac" Hagen, Debbie Haynes, Greg "Caterpillar"Hennes, Kelly Hudick, Valerie Kilcoin, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, Lia Kinsey, Steven TLee, Vincent Ma, Dave Mari, Kelby Marks, Steve Metcalf, Frank Muller "BeerHunter", Terry Nelson, Kelli Oyewole, Missy Peters, Michael Pfannenstiel, JoniPinkley, Pascal Radley, "Captain" Dan Ratliff, Amy Reed, Scott Richardson,Matthew Richter, "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" Robertson, Gary Schancer, Susan Spence,Richard "Obiwan" Stewart, Melissa Vetricek, Charlie Weiland, Brian Wright,Annette "mom's gone again" Wulffe, Jonathan Young, Rob (Rocket Man) Young,Stephanie Zehr
Hideki Kino
Pascal Radley
Lyle Robertson
Kac Garcia
Amy Reed
Show me your stars!!
Dan Ratliff
Kelly Hudick
MalisaAnderson-
Strait
Rob Young
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Elaine Green
Tired of running marathons and ultras (HA!!)? Need toback down on that weekly mileage and concentrate ongetting faster? Then join the Half Fanatics(halffanatics.com). There are currently over 1000members in the Fanatic Asylum, and I’m sure you’llrecognize a few names in the group. So jump on thebandwagon now, get your qualifying races in and jointhis new, zany group!
www.halffanatics.com
Marathon Maniacs
running half marathons…YES, it’s true!
Half Fanatics at the OC Half Marathon
HALF-M AR ATHON CRAZY
Elaine Green
Larry Macon
Steven Lee, Lyle Robertson and Kino
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50 miles/100k/100 miles
Lumberjack Endurance Runs(4/16): Barb Blumenthal, TracyBrown, Francesca Carmichael,Jodi "JoJo" Cullen, MarkDahlby, Jill Hudson, DeanKayler, Brandon Lott, MikeMahanay, Shawn McTaggart,Don Pierce, Terry Sentinella,Linda Walter, Steve "MarathonFreak" Walters, Jeff "ElevationSnob" Webb, Karen Wiggins
Melissa Williams
Tracy Brown, Linda Walter, Jill Hudson and Francesca Carmichael
Heidi Perry
Terry Sentinella
Jae-Byung Jung
Teri Smith, Jodi Cullen, Deb Bosilevac
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Each month there will be a “Maniac poll”. This poll will be posted online. Pleasetake a few moments to answer this poll. I will post the results in the nextnewsletter.
This month’s question: Are you a Half Fanatic?
Please vote online between now and June 5: http://www.marathonfreak.com/maniacpoll
Last month’s question: Have you ever run anultra marathon?
It looks like most Maniacs have run at least oneultra marathon. Of the 119 votes, 74.8% have runan ultra. Thanks for voting!
Melissa Williams
Steve Stoyles
Jodi Cullen, Deb Bosilevac
Kevin Douglas
Van Phan
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Thomas Okazaki, Diane Jones-Bolton, Sally Jackson Boles
Marc Frommer with a bunch of woman! Must be nice to be the “Gatekeeper”!
David Spooner
Jeff Bollman
Tony PhillippiMM#3
Chris WarrenMM#2
Marc FrommerMM#9
Steven YeeMM#1
Jeff McKay
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Patti Krebsbach, Bryan Miller
Marcia Gray-Wilkerson with her family.
Suzanne Potts with her husband Leo.
Teri Gray and her husband
Jodi Irey
Pat Gleason, Kevin Boe, John BrazdaJim Mann
Bob O'Brien with his daughter
Mike Cartwright
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Boston Marathon (4/18): Kevin Abraszek, Ali A, Gary Allen, Mickey (Quick Mick) Allen, Keith Almeida, Andrea Amend, Stephanie "MM Diva #1"Arango, Jon Artz, David Bartholomew, LeadFoot, Jessica Bienvenue, Jim Bitgood, Dan "danpatb" Blondin, Kevin "The Stingray" Boe, Sally "me andmy dad" Boles, Jeff "Boneman" Bollman, Diane "Just A Rookie" Bolton, Adrian Call, Golfer Norm, Pete Carter, Mike Cartwright, Dave Carver, MayCheng, Zdenek Chmel, Ruben Contreras, Mark C. Cook, Morgan 'Baby Cougar' Cummings, David Dassey, Wade Dunn, Kenneth Ebener, Dave"Daddyo" Emilio, Chuck "Marathon Junkie" Engle, Richard Ervais, Jacqueline Evans, Jeff Fago, Traci Falbo, Jen Fields, Paul Friese, Terry Fritz, MarcFrommer, Erin Genova, Gary Geuss, Lynn Gibson, Eric Gierke, Pat Gleason, Susan Glesne, Kim Gray, "MM Diva #5", Terri "Maverick" Gray, MarciaGray-Wilkerson, Janet Green, Roger Greene, Steve G, Jackie Gulino, Matt "Pooky" Hagen, Bill Hardy, Boonsom "Lipstick Lady" Hartman, Bob Hearn,Jack "JJ Mac" Heely, Judith "JudyDenver" Henderson, Kevin 'The Machine' Hewitt, Ethan Hopkin, Chris Humble, Michelle Isaak, Yoshiko Jo, GeneJochen, Genia "Tiptoes" Kacey, Dennis Kato, Kristina Kelley, Cherry Kent, Lou King (WillRunForBeer), Steen Klint, Carol Knez, Nicole Kramer, Patti"pk" Krebsbach, Jay Kruger, Gary 'Cougar Bait' Krugger, Deby Kumasaka, Andy Kumeda, Peter Lamb, Johnny "Shaka" Landeza, Harriet"predawnrunner" Langlois, Vickie Lau, Jim Laubsted, John Leighton, Jim Lepore, Keely Linn, Bradford Lombardi, Tony Lopes, Joyce Luloff, PeterLuplow, Kenichiro Maemura, Jon "Coconutboy" Mahoney, Sherry "MMM" Mahoney, Jim Mann, Sue "Italian Stallion" Mantyla, Dan Margolis, JoaoMarinho, Mike Marlowe, Tracy Marshall, JEM, Jack McDermott, Dan "Fishbread" McElrath, Jeff "Maroon Duck" McKay, Mike McMullan, Scott"Glass Knees" McMurtrey, Rod Merrell, Holly Miller, Michael Miller, Kurt "The Kidd" Neilan, Greg Nelson, Nemo, Mark Niblo, Phil Nimmo, JimNixon, Bob 'BobO" OBrien, Charles Oatman, Thomas "T.O." Okazaki, Sue Oldroyd, Mark "milkbaby" Ou, Dan Owings, Keith Parks, The Programmer,Brenda Penland, Joel "Warrior" Perez, Piper Peterson, tony (tp!) phillippi, Suzanne Potts, Bruce Quam, EIRE, Kathy Rafish, Nicky Redl, James Reed,Gay Renouf, EatDrinkRunWoman, Tom Rogers, Larry Rubenstein, Nadia Ruiz, Lorelei Sadowski, Jim "Splinter" Schroeder, Shirley Shaw, HeatherShoemaker, Mosi Smith, Noel "nonoruns" Smith, Chip Southern, Steve Speirs, David"Marathon Diet"Spooner, Peter Stackpole, Julie "the Seeker"Stark, Gail Stevens, Mark Stodghill, Chuck Stone, Don Sullivan, Mark Swanson, Doug "Lostinthenet" Sylvester, Greg Takacs, Rita Thiel, Rick Thiounn,Dolores Valencia, Teresa Verstraet, Tanya Warkentin, Marsha 'BookladyWalker' White, Ryan Whitney, Michael Willets, Courtney Willson, PrezSteven Yee, Rebecca Yi, Janet Yoest, Allison Zelinski
The Main Maniacs with the only Maniac from the Czech Republic Zdenek Chmel(2799). He also ran the Yakima and Whidbey Island Marathons the past 2 weeks.
Mike Willets
Matt Hagen and Betsy Rogers
Jessica Bienvenueafter her first Boston
Marathon!
Dan McElrathwith his soon to be Maniac wife.
Ruben Contreras
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Sherry Rickerand
Ethan Hopkin Vickie LauTerry Fritz
One of the perks of being the Prez!
Marci and Bob Martin
Nadia GonzalesGary Krugger, Morgan Cummings
Elaine Green
The Marathon Show (hosted by Maniac #1817, Joe Taricani) was first broadcast in June 2010. It’s a one of akind show that spot lights the marathon and marathon runners. Maniacs have found a safe haven with thisgreat show. A few times a week Joe broadcast the show live online, the shows are then made available todownload from iTunes (via Podcast). Each week Joe features a marathoner, and often does shout outs tomarathoners from all over. Another great part of this show is the “runners chat”, in these shows Joe getsthree marathoners together and does a round table discussion about many great topics. So if you havealready come across the show, please do.
Check it out and tune in! http://www.themarathonshow.com
Terri Fritz and a bunch of ladies!
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Betsy RogersMatt Hagen Brian Pendleton
California Girls!!
Tony Seabolt and Janna Theriault
Diva Burns, Andrea Casella Kooiman
Tony Phillippi, Faye Britt
Jessica Bienvenue ready to run Boston for the first time!
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8904689204LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1843119/MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marathonmaniacsTwitter: http://www.marathonfreak.com/mmtweet.pdfDailymile: http://www.dailymile.com/groups/1403-marathon-maniacsRunningAhead: http://www.runningahead.com/groups/MMs
From Facebook to Twitter, the Maniacs have a presence in the world of social networking. Whatever social network your prefer I’m sure the Maniacs are there, so check them out!
Pete Carter, Suzanne Potts,
Steven Yee
Tony Phillippi, Yoshiko Jo
“Discount Guy” Jeff Bollman
Linda Robinson
Andrea Amend with her husband
Sue Mantyla and her husband with Sally Boles
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Elaine Green
Here are some possible topics for your short story:• How did you get into running? • What was your life like before running and how has it changed? • What inspired you to become a Maniac? • Have you lost a lot of weight because of running?• What groups or friends have inspired you the most?• What words of thanks would you like to say to the Maniacs?• How have you inspired others through your running?
This is a call out to ALL MANIACS, I want to hear your story!! I know many of you have a great story to tell. Many of youhave great stories of incredible weight loss and many of you have changed lives since you started running. I know some ofyour stories, but I’m sure everyone would like to hear them too. Don’t be shy to tell the story, it will encourage us all andgive us all a little motivation.
Here is what I want you to do, take a few minutes and write out your story, it can be on one main topic or point, or it canbe a summary of how your life has changed! It can also be just words of encouragement or a thank you to the Maniacs asa whole. All I ask is that you keep your story to 500 words or less, basically what I want is a short and simple story of howyour life is different then it was before running!
If you want to share a photo along with your story you can e-mail it to me ([email protected]).
I have set up a very simple form that will only take seconds to fill out. Click on the following link to share your story!
http://marathonfreak.com/mm/mystory.htm
As a military spouse who moves a lot, I depend on running to "introduce"me to the new areas I call home every couple of years. My husband iscurrently deployed in Afghanistan, so running is also my copingtechnique. With many things OUT of my control, such as contact fromhim and details regarding the work he is doing, training IS within mycontrol and frequent marathons/ultras provide measurable goals to worktoward. The Marathon Maniac community has been beyond supportiveboth on the race course and off...thank you!
Follow my quest to run 26.2+ in all 50 states at: http://run51.blogspot.com
- Suzy Goodwin (#891)
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Monthly Growth
Month ► Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Yearly
Averages ► 34.4 30.4 32.4 27.7 46.6 40.8 27.9 16.0 20.0 44.6 52.9 61.1 372.7
2010 ► 105 81 90 67 127 111 78 38 50 131 171 190 1239
2011 ► 95 101 113 94 - - - - - - - - 403
New Maniacs in April 2011 94New Maniacs in 2011 403
Total Maniacs 3757
State MM Pct%Washington 718 19.1%California 383 10.2%Texas 272 7.2%Illionis 169 4.5%Florida 152 4.0%Virginia 131 3.5%Oregon 121 3.2%New York 111 3.0%Ohio 92 2.4%Oklahoma 85 2.3%
The following is a statistical update on the growth of the Marathon Maniacs. It may not mean much to you, but I find it very interesting.
"Believe in Yourself"by Erin West (#3484)
I started running as a way to get in shape, but it has given me so much more! I struggled with negative self-esteem all through middle school, and I never felt like I belonged. But when I started running mysophomore year of high school, what other kids said didn't seem to matter anymore because I could runthirteen miles! I had a fantastic bunch of running friends that form a running family that cares about me onand off the road.
After running a few halves, I decided I wanted to run a full marathon before I graduated high school. Iwanted a fantastic race, so I chose the 10-10-10 Chicago Marathon for my first marathon. Luckily, there wasa training group that I joined that ran the race as well. Even though the group was significantly older thanme, they welcomed me like family and gave me a place to belong. Throughout training, I learnedperseverance, commitment, and most importantly, the ability to believe in myself, which was a very newconcept for me. The crowd cheering my name made me feel like a rock star! When I crossed the Chicagofinish line, it was my gold medal moment! My first marathon will always be one of my greatest memories!
A month after Chicago, a group of different runners invited me to join them for the IndianapolisMonumental Marathon. Then I discovered with one more marathon I could qualify for the Maniacs, so arunning club member invited me to run the Dallas White Rock Marathon with them to qualify! Runningthese marathons finally ran my self-doubt into the ground. Running has taught me that most limitationsare self-imposed and anything can be accomplished with hard work, dedication, and the will to succeed.
Following this amazing fall, I had a very rough winter. My mother and grandfather became very ill, in addition to my own surgery. It is amazing howmuch being a Maniac helped me through it. I always say, "I am a Marathon Maniac, so I can do this!", whether its relating to getting back in torunning, taking care or someone else, or balancing school on top of everything. Even though coming back from surgery is difficult, I have thementality that I did it once, I can do it again.
This spring, I have to give a salutatorian speech at graduation, and I know I will mention becoming a marathon maniac! As I prepare to go to theUniversity of Alabama in the fall, I know that my running buddies will always be there for me, even though I will be hundreds of miles away. I willalways look forward to visiting and running with them. I look forward to meeting runners and running marathons anywhere and everywhere!
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AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TURN IN THEIR PHOTOS AT A LATER TIME (I will ALWAYS accept your photos!) [email protected]
The only Maniac from the CzechRepublic Zdenek Chmel (2799). He ranthe Yakima, Whidbey Island and theBoston Marathon in his two week tripto the US!
Susie Ro
Tom Scott
Ed Ettinghausen
Steve Hernandez, Jessica Montoya and Tony Nguyen
Shawn Gay
Susan Spence
Barb Wnek
Jill Langis
Zdenek Chmel
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Please let me know if you reached a higher Maniac level and want the recognition in the Newsletter!
Titanium (10 star) Maniac: Traviss Willcox
Platinum (8 star) Maniac: Steve Walters, Hideki Kino, Troy Johnson, Cathie Johnson
Palladium (7 star) Maniac: none
Osmium (6 star) Maniac: None
Ruthenium (5 star) Maniac: Donald Ying
Iridium (4 star) Maniac: Karla Scroggins, Andrea Spohn, Derek Hogles, Elizabeth Mendiola,
Paul Arroyo, Lisa Howell, Karen FaberNavin Sadarangani
Gold (3 star) Maniac: None
Silver (2 star) Maniac: Jacob Morris, Doug Lwin, Ronald Clay
Completed the 50 states circuit: Stepphanie Arango
New TitaniumManiac!!
Thom Abrams and Steven Yee
Carol Earles climbing up Pinnacle Mountain at mile 4 of the Ouachita Trail 50k
Traviss Willcox
DEO
Steve Metcalf Pascal Radley
CarolGoslin
Jill Reynard Langis
Sheryl Perales
Earl Fenstermacher
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Elaine Green
Sunday, May 1Avenue of Giants MarathonBig Sur International MarathonBorneo International MarathonBury St Edmunds ChallengeColorado MarathonCox Providence Marathon Eau Claire MarathonEnoree Passage 40mEugene Marathon Flying Pig MarathonGettysburg North-South MarathonLaCrosse MarathonLincoln MarathonLong Island MarathonNew Jersey MarathonNorth Shore MarathonOC MarathonOklahoma City Memorial MarathonPotomac River Run MarathonRock-n-River MarathonTacoma City Marathon Trail Marathon Vancouver Marathon Walter Childs Memorial Race of ChampionsWaterloo Marathon
Monday, May 2Belfast City Marathon
Saturday, May 750s For Yo Momma 50m/50kCapon Valley 50kCAR May Day Madness MarathonEdge Coastal MarathonElk/Beaver Ultras 100k/50m/50k/26.2Fast Trax Ultra 100k/50kGrand Valley MarathonGreenland Trail 50kIronman St GeorgeLost Lake 50k+McNaughton 500m/200m/150m/100m/30mMiwok 100kMothers Day MarathonNew River MarathonNFEC Bear Mountain NY
50m/50k/26.2Provo City MarathonRiver Towns MarathonShiprock MarathonStrolling Jim 40mSunflower MarathonWisconsin Marathon
Sunday, May 8CAR Rockin the Beach Trail MarathonFredericton MarathonHalstead and Essex MarathonKalamazoo MarathonMothers Day 6hPrague Marathon
Friday, May 133 Days at the Fair 48hBad Marsh 50kInsomnia Run 12h
Saturday, May 143 Days at the Fair 24h/12h/6hBorn to Run Ultra 100m/100k/50kBrookings MarathonDances with Dirt Gnaw Bone 50m/50k/26.2Famous Idaho Potato MarathonHawk 50m/26.2Ice Age Trail 50m/50kJourneys MarathonKeys 100m/50mLake Perry Trail RunsLake Wobegon Trail MarathonLakeland Runaway and Walk on the Wildside
Macomb Orchard Trail 50m/26.2McDonald Forest 50kMind the Ducks 12hOrpington MarafunPalos Verdes MarathonSky Mesa Pass Trail MarathonTwisted Ankle Trail MarathonWhiskey Row MarathonWhoos in El MoroWindermere Marathon
Sunday, May 15Bob Potts MarathonCapital City Marathon
Chicagoland Spring MarathonCleveland MarathonColfax MarathonDelaware Marathon Great Ocean Road MarathonGreen Bay MarathonLeiden MarathonMississauga MarathonPasadena Marathon Pittsburgh Marathon Pocono Run for the Red MarathonRichmond Park MarathonRockford MarathonRunWild Leading Edge MarathonShires of Vermont MarathonSugarloaf MarathonToronto Marathon
Saturday, May 21Bishop High Sierra 100k/50m/50kFargo MarathonFirst Call Spring 50k/26.2Great Wall MarathonHuff to Bluff MarathonIronman TexasIronmasters ChallengeJemez Mountain Trail Run 50m/50kMarathon Mannheim Rhein-NeckarOgden MarathonScenic City Trail MarathonSuperior Trail 50k Tar Hollow 50m/50kWatershed Preserve 12 HourWe Walk! 50k/26.2Xterra Oak Mountain Marathon
Sunday, May 22Blue Nose MarathonCAR Running the Newport Trail Marathon
Copenhagen MarathonDirty German Endurance Fest 50m/50k
Edinburgh MarathonHamburg MarathonMaratona Internacional de Porto Alegre
Mountaineer MarathonSun Mountain 50m/50kWoodys RV World Marathon
Saturday, May 28Bayshore MarathonHochwald Mittelrhein Marathon
Nanny Goats 100m/24h/12hPocatello 50m/50kPrince of Wales Island MarathonQueens 50kRidgeline RambleRun for Kids Challenge 12h/50kSage Burner 50kSehgahunda Trail MarathonSulphur Springs Trail Run 100m/50m/50k
Sunday, May 29Andy Payne MarathonArkansas River Bluegrass MarathonBuffalo MarathonCalgary MarathonCarry The Load 20hCoeur dAlene Marathon Comrades! 89kForest Park 50kLong Cane 50m/55kMadison MarathonMed-City MarathonMemorial Day MarathonMont St Michel MarathonNorth Essex CircularOttawa MarathonParke County 50k/26.2Pineland Farms 50m/50kRun for WaterSaskatchewan MarathonSri Chinmoy Williamstown MarathonStillwater MarathonVermont City Marathon Wickham Park 200m/100m/50m/26.2Wyoming Marathon and Rocky Mountain Double Marathon
Monday, May 30CAR Memorial Day MarathonIssaquah Spring MarathonMemorial Day Marathon
Tala Hill
Carol Earles, Frank Massingill and Annette Blanton
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Elaine Green
Jason Delgado (#3664)Eng Han Tan (#3665)Brent Shearer (#3666)Angela Viland (#3667)Stephanie Scott (#3668)Andy Mathews (#3669)Christopher Gabbert (#3670)Greg Durnin (#3671)Shaun West (#3672)Steve Hansen (#3673)Kimberly "Lil' Stinger" Manfred (#3674)
Gary Tam (#3675)Brian Atkins (#3676)Joe Donnelly (#3677)Susan Kolbinsky (#3678)Aaron Taylor (#3679)Clifford Suan Teck Heng (#3680)Terry Odoms (#3681)Liz Allen (#3682)Deb O'Connell (#3683)
Anne Rentz (#3684)Vidal Gonzalez (#3685)Laura Milak (#3686)William Milak (#3687)Anthony Herring (#3688)Tara Challenger (#3689)Jessica Vavrus (#3690)John Love (#3691)Jeff Sosland (#3692)Jessica Fetter (#3693)Leigh Hornyak (#3694)Lisa Eagle (#3695)Jennifer Seward (#3696)Cathy Bradford (#3697)Jaye Cremer (#3698)Patti Hammerstein (#3699)Kelly Shank (#3700)Kim Mathieson (#3701)Alison Talarcek (#3702)DeeDee "DeeDle Dee" Earles (#3703)
Dan Stahl (#3704)Esther J Williams (#3705)Shawn Tolle (#3706)Derek Westbrook (#3707)Megan Lammons (#3708)Stacy Kincy (#3709)Jeff James (#3710)Denise Jorgensen (#3711)
Tim Jump (#3712)Tim Bailey (#3713)Laird Malamed (#3714)Wendy Kennedy (#3715)Ozzy Vidal (#3716)Todd Hine (#3717)Eric Wildt (#3718)Chad Johnson (#3719)Trent Morrow (#3720)Deb Lusby (#3721)Marcia Rignault (#3722)Lisa Gunnoe (#3723)Glenn Cornett (#3724)Joe Weaver (#3725)Cary Morgan (#3726)Chris Revoir (#3727)Linda Revoir (#3728)Sean O'Connor (#3729)Paul Bayes (#3730)Melissa Chen (#3731)Luis Castellanos (#3732)Colleen Kashawlic (#3733)Tim Hardy (#3734)Chris "Battman" Battaglia (#3735)
Raylene Griffin (#3736)Janelle Wagnild (#3737)Edwin Wagnild (#3738)Marc Potter (#3739)
Kim Elliot (#3740)Gordon Benedict (#3741)Hillary Peabody (#3742)Adam Miller (#3743)Anne Engel (#3744)Jeff Oh (#3745)Jerk W. Langer (#3746)David Strickland (#3747)Mary Rye (#3748)Nicky Redl (#3749)Jim Harris (#3750)Benjamin Emley (#3751)Cara Baugh (#3752)Andy Coldiron (#3753)Ted Hobart (#3754)Silly Girl Running (#3755)Kelly Tabara (#3756)Pandora Coleman (#3757)
New Maniac, Esther J Williams (#3705)
Paige Kurtz and Larry Tabachnick
Guy Yogi and David Jones
Diane Bolton joins a human pyramid at the Boston Marathon
Peggy and Keith Panzer.
Richard Stewart, Donnie Dempewolf
Mark Moniuszko
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F R O M T H E E D I T O R …
April was a full month. Here in the northwest most Maniacs had fun in Yakima. And as you wouldexpect the whole country came together in Boston for the granddaddy of all marathons. I knowmany Maniacs can only dream of the Boston Marathon, but those that were lucky enough to get in,it looks as though they had fun! The Oz Marathon in Olathe, Kansas looked like it was a fun a time.And some were disappointed to have to cut there marathon short in St Louis due to heat.
I want to continue to share the stories of the Maniacs. PLEASE send me your story! Tell me about how you got into marathons, tell me why youlove being a part of the Maniacs, tell me about your best race, tell me about your favorite race, tell me about your first marathon, tell me aboutyour great weight loss experience. I've seen the number of stories decrease and I know you have a story to tell!! The month of May starts off witha bang on May 1st as the weather gets warmer and the marathon season swings into full gear. Please send me your photos and lets make this thebest running club in the country!
- Steve “Marathon Freak” Walters MM#338
Chuck Engle and Steve Walters
Kenneth Tenebroin Paris for the Paris Marathon
Carol Earles, Annette Blanton
Terry Sentinella
Steven Lee
Aaron Braunstein
Sonny LaForm
Michael Miller, Kimberly Miller
Tony Nguyen
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Elaine Green
Jeff “Boneman” Bollman (#1058)
PLEASE RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MANIAC DUES (ON YOUR MANIAC BIRTHDAY)
YOUR DUES HELP MAINTAIN THE CLUB AND KEEP THE COVETED MANIAC GEAR IN STOCK!! A REMINDER IS SENT WITH THE MONTHLY E-FLASH
AND SOME OF YOU ARE OVERDUE!!
The Discount Dude is back in force with a number of new discounts. The new discounts have a * in front of the race name. Don’t forget the old ones though, still some good deals to be had there too. Also, don’t forget that we have a discount at Running Skirts www.runningskirts.com and The Running Warehouse www.runningwarehouse.com for all your non-Maniac branded apparel and shoe needs and at TRY Chips www.trychips.com for your healthy snacking needs.
Details on how to obtain the discount/perk are in the Discount section of the Bulletin Board on the Maniac website. I post new ones on the Bulletin Board as the details are finalized, so keep an eye out. If you have anyquestions, shoot me an email at: [email protected]
• Tacoma City Marathon (WA) 5/1/11: www.tacomacitymarathon.com/• Eugene Marathon (OR) 5/1/11: www.eugenemarathon.com/• Cox Providence Marathon (RI) 5/1/11: www.rhoderaces.com/marathon.html• BMO Vancouver Marathon (BC) 5/1/11: www.bmovanmarathon.ca/• Wisconsin Marathon 5/7/11: www.wisconsinmarathon.com/• Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon 5/15/11: www.pittsburghmarathon.com/• Delaware Marathon 5/15/11: delawaremarathon.org/• Vermont City Marathon 5/29/11: www.vermontcitymarathon.org/• Coeur d’Alene Marathon (ID) 5/29/11: www.cdamarathon.com/• God’s Country Marathon 6/4/11: www.visitpottercounty.com/• Casper Marathon (WY) 6/5/11: www.runwyoming.com/• Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (OR) 7/4/11: www.foottraffic.us/flat• The San Francisco Marathon 7/31/11: www.runsfm.com/• The Kauai Marathon (HI) 9/4/11: www.thekauaimarathon.com/• Skagit Flats Marathon (WA) 9/11/11: www.skagitrunners.org/skagitflats.shtml• *Top of Utah Marathon 9/17/11: www.topofutahmarathon.com• *Omaha Marathon (NE) 9/25/11: http://omahamarathon.com• Fox Cities Marathon (MANIAC REUNION!!) 9/18/11: www.foxcitiesmarathon.org• *New Hampshire Marathon 10/1/11: www.nhmarathon.com• *Sioux City Sports Commission Marathon (NE or IA) 10/15/11: www.siouxlandmarathon.com• *Indianapolis Marathon (IN) 10/15/11: www.indianapolismarathon.com• *Grand Rapids Marathon (MI) 10/16/11: http://grandrapidsmarathon.com• *Amica Marathon (RI) 10/16/11: www.amicamarathon.com• *Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (IN) 11/5/11: http://monumentalmarathon.com• Williams Route 66 Marathon (VIP Tent) 11/20/11: http://route66marathon.com/
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F R O M T H E R A M B U N C T I O U S R E V
R H E T O R I C A L R E V E L A T I O N S A N D W ( R I T E S ) …
Hiya Prez,
Man, I’m sad.
Grete Waitz died, Prez, last week. Kind of early. 57.
She didn’t know me, but I got close enough to her to know something worth telling you, Prez, hope you won’t mind. First,some context.
Grete, from Norway, became an honorary New Yorker by winning the New York City Marathon as an unknown, and then…winning it an unbelievable eight moretimes between 1978and 1988. Over time, she agreed to help personally with one of the dozens of other Central Park runs the New York Road Runners Club hosts every year.
Well, I grew up near NYC, and so besides the Maniacs, the only other running club I’m a member of is the New York Road Runners Club. So, I ran Grete’s race acouple of times, and one day, curious about her, I walked around in the finish area near her after a race, just near enough to hear her talk with people, but didnot interrupt her myself. What I saw was something different from what celebrities sometimes do. She took time with people, with an unusual deference,kindness, and graciousness. She was, in a word, sweet to people.
Some of us die young, Prez. But 57? 57.
She Looked much younger than her age, too. Just like me, Prez.
Yee?
Life is short, and for some of us, shorter than others, and you know what, Steve?
I have started to go to sleep each night lately reflecting on what made today special. And then I have started to think about something to make tomorrow special,maybe different, maybe even memorable, maybe even just something little.
Because maybe I won’t have as many days as I might have thought, who knows.
Ten years seems like a pretty long time, but there are only about 3,650 individual days in ten years, and that doesn’t seem like so many, especially when I thinkabout how many I have misplayed by being worried or anxious, or being short-tempered, or unnecessarily negative towards somebody, any worthless stuff likethat.
I don’t know, Prez. I wish I could go back and change a bunch of things I have done. Now, I am glad when I hear someone old say they would not change anythingabout their lives. They mean something different: they are being grateful, and content, and humble about things in general. That is wonderful, and they areinspiring.
I know they do not mean to say they did not make mistakes.
I mean this: we have a short life, and we ought to treasure our days greatly. Each one is … priceless.
And being a celebrity, and a champion, and some-kinda-marathon-maniac, did not protect Waitz from a shorter life than you would hope sweet people wouldhave.
So, when I am done, it sure would be nice to leave a legacy like hers. Because I am convinced that people who knew her are not cherishing her brilliant nine NYCMarathon victories.
They are thinking about her sweetness.
Huh. Now when I think about the asylum page columns of our accomplishments, I have already started to make believe there is one more column I want peopleto think would be checked off for me there, Prez. Guess I better get to work on that.
One more thing, for what it’s worth, Yee. Yours would already be checked off. Thanks for being you, Prez.
Luvya,[email protected]
