JULY 2010 NEWSLETTER Volume 7, Number 4
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JULY 2010 NEWSLETTER Volume 7, Number 4 NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Foot Traffic Flat Marathon 2-4 From the Gatekeeper 3 Missoula Marathon 5-7 The Road to Boston… 8-9 San Francisco Marathon 10 Tunnel Marathon 11 Trading Cards 12 Maniac Poll 12 Report from InSane AsyLum 13 Maniac Couples 14 What’s coming up in August 14 The Marathon Show 15 Discounts 16 New Maniacs 16 Promotions/Milestones 17 Note from the Editor 17 Rhetorical Revelations from “The Rev” 18 July 2010 Newsletter Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (7/4): Stephanie Arango, Lisa Reid Stars and stripped Maniacs! Rose Bak, Neil Paulson, Bill, Jim Boyd, Cormac Burke, Peter Corduan, Morgan 'Baby Cougar' Jim Boyd Cummings, Marc Frommer, Clark "The Dude" Gilbert, Greg "Flatlander" Goebel, David Hajek, Tami Harmon, Bob Hearn, David Holmen, Laura Johnson, Tory "Teechur" Klementsen, Michael Larkin, Bradford Lombardi, McLovin, Donna Loud, Vickie McDonald, Scott "Glass Knees" McMurtrey, Cyndie Merten, Pete Nicholson, Carla Owen, Josh Owen, Lisa "Lovely Feet" Reid, Megan Reuther, Randen Richards, Cat. Schwartz, Tom Scott, Mary Signorelli, Ann Sloan, David"Marathon Diet"Spooner, Steve Happy 4th Maniacs! "Marathon Freak" Walters, Melissa M. Williams Lisa Reid, Tory Klementsen and Ann Sloan Melissa Williams Robert Lopez, Lisa Reid and Cormac Burke The Man, Larry Macon! Megan Reuther and Tory Klementsen 2 July 2010 Newsletter From the Gatekeeper by Marc Frommer (MM#9) FOOT TRAFFIC FLAT MARATHON (7/4/10) - PORTLAND,OR First, let me say -- wow, what perfect weather. I've run this race (either the full or half) just about every year they have had it and today was the best conditions by far. Usually it is pretty toasty out there but the weather gods decided to hold off a few days before we finally hit the 90s this year. Since everyone who has run this race before knows that the traffic is a bit difficult (to put it mildly) getting to the island, we decided to leave fairly early this morning. I left my house at 4:45 to pick up Lisa, Ann, and Cormac and we were off. And, it was a good thing since many people did not make it to the starting line in time -- it was chip timed. As mentioned above, the weather is a key part of this race. But since the weather was great, I decided to go for 3:20 and run with Cormac who I knew would be around that pace. Unfortunately, Cormac decided to make a pit stop around mile 4 but caught up to me around mile 11 and I kept up the pace pretty well without him. We ran pretty consistent miles but there were a few mile markers that were way off. We passed the halfway mark in around 1:39 so we were in pretty good shape for 3:20. But mile 14 suddenly registered 8:20 and neither Cormac or I thought we were slowing down. Later, we ran mile 17 in 6:42 so I think it was made up there. There was a new wrinkle in this year's race, which added a short out and back around mile 16 that contained a couple of pretty decent hills. Last year (the first year without the double loop), the long out and back went further but you ran a bit along gravel, which the RD wanted to remove this year. It will be interesting to see if the course changes next year. After the out and back, Cormac started to pull away though I kept him in sight most of the way. Around mile 22, my calf cramping issue started up a bit. I had taken one S-cap at the start and another 2 hours in. I decided to pop another one and cramps held off but mile 22 and 23 were my two slowest miles (only ones above 8 minutes - I'm assuming mile 14 was long). I got the rest of the miles down to around 7:55 but it wasn't enough to break 3:20. While I didn't break 3:20, obviously I'm pretty pleased. I beat my Portland time (previous PR) of last year by 1:15. I have run Steve Supkoff's favorite course faster 3 times and I would have loved to beat my 3:18:41 there so I no longer have to mention the short Newport course (though it is fun to discuss it with Steve). My next attempt at 3:20 will probably be Portland in October since my only other planned marathon before then is next month at the ET Midnight Madness run -- not exactly a PR course. Thanks for reading. marc Steve Walters, Marc Frommer, Lisa Reid, Julie Kamerrer Marathon Maniacs running half marathons…YES, it’s true! Tired of running marathons and ultras (HA!!)? Need to back down on that weekly mileage and concentrate on getting faster? Then join the Half Fanatics (halffanatics.com). There are currently over 400 members in the Fanatic Asylum, and I’m sure you’ll recognize a few names in the group. So jump on the bandwagon now, get your qualifying races in and join this new, zany group! www.halffanatics.com 3 July 2010 Newsletter Greg Goebel and Donna Loud Is Tory doing lunges? Cat Schwartz with son Elliot Yolanda Holder Marc Frommer, Yolanda Holder, Megan Reuther and Tory Klementsen Donna Loud Robert Lopez and Steve Walters Steve Walters and new Maniac Jon Dotson Portland Maniacs Melissa Williams, Steve Walters and Jon Dotson Have you joined Facebook yet? Over 1,000 Marathon Maniacs have. Members have been adding photos to the site to the “Marathon Maniacs” Group site (administrator is Steve “Marathon Freak” Walters), so please check out the site. And join if you want to interact with Maniacs already on the site, since we prefer not to give out members e-mail addresses. Also, be a “Fan” of the Marathon Maniacs (over 1,400 already Maniacs have) Marathon Maniacs group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8904689204 Marathon Maniacs group on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1843119/ 4 July 2010 Newsletter Missoula Marathon (7/11): Neil Paulson, Christine "Jorpeyt" Adams, Glen Anderson, Deanna Ashby, Teresa Baker, David Bartholomew, Diana Boehm, Sally "me and my dad" Boles, Jeff "Boneman" Bollman, Diane "Just a Rookie" Bolton, Janet Burgess, Carrie Caffrey, Doug "It's Cheaper Than Therapy" Clark, Ewell Condron, Morgan 'Baby Cougar' Cummings, Doug Dominey, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, Steph Eldore, Pat Finney, Buddy Gau, Clark "The Dude" Gilbert, Carol Goslin, Elaine Green, Matt "Pooky" Hagen, TJ Hancock, Joann Helmus, Sharon Hendricks, "Insane Jane", David Holmen, Mike Huvaere, Harold Jackson, Art Jacobson, Heath Johnson, Gary Kobold, Franz Kolb, Gary 'Cougar Bait' Krugger, "MMKuhl", Jim Levy, Sue Mantyla, Kelby Marks, Peggy McKean, Daniel "Mur" McMurtry, Heather "TrailMeeks" Meeks, Karl Michel, Little Leslie, Terry Nelson, Tracey Newenhouse, Jackie Ong, Gary Otheim, Monte Pascual, Teri "tpasto" Pastorino, Brian Pendleton, Piper Peterson, Hoa "Flower" Pham, Cheri Pompeo (Gillis), Martin, Pascal Radley, Tony Recker, Galina Richardson, EatDrinkRunWoman, har, McGyver, Barry "dcgriz" Smith, Russ "I never repeat a marathon" Smith, Chip Southern, Gary Sparr, Brian Starkey, Mark Stewart, Mark Stodghill, Tracy Strub, Ward Sullivan, Lorne Sundby, Gunhild Swanson, Big Al Thomas, Chris Thompson, Robert Towne, George Unruh, Joni Van Arsdale, Jeff Venable, Michael Wakabayashi, CJ **Hollywood** Warren, Francine Weigeldt, Charlie Weiland, Mary Weiland, Darwin "runninguy" Weimer, Terry "Rocket Girl" Weimer, Angie Whitworth Pace, Li-Chym Wu, Annette "mom's gone again" Wulffe, Prez Steven Yee, Marie Zornes Jackie Ong Tracy Newenhouse Steve Yee, Gunhild Swanson Post race Maniacs! Larry Macon Jane Herzog Tina Ellis, Tracy Strub Brian Pendleton 5 July 2010 Newsletter Francine Wiegeldt, Sharon Hendricks Brain Starkey with his family Kelby Marks, Mike Huvaere The Main Maniacs get a lot of ladies! The Prez and “Hollywood” Brian counting birds and Monte counting his marathons! Chris Warren and Sharon Hendricks PLEASE RENEW YOUR ANNUAL MANIAC DUES (ON YOUR MANIAC BIRTHDAY) * * IT HELPS TO PAY FOR THE MAIN MANIACS CAT FOOD!! * * A REMINDER IS SENT WITH THE MONTHLY E-FLASH AND SOME OF YOU ARE PAST OVERDUE!! 6 July 2010 Newsletter What is Matt doing? Annette L Wulffe, Jackie Ong, Carol "ponytail" Earles Maniacs having a post race meal at Hooters. Donna Jacobs, Diane Jones-Bolton, Jeff Venable Art Jacobsen Pascal Radley Back-to-Back Pascal's luggage didn't arrive with him so no Maniac singlet... Steve doing the “Dave Mari” pose! Joanne Helmus “El Presidente” with the Utah Maniacs Matt Hagen 7 July 2010 Newsletter The Maniac stories of success and triumph! Patti Krebsbach (#2584) – Yakima River Canyon Marathon (Yakima, WA) – March 27, 2010 – Age 47 The plan for my third attempt at a BQ was going to be Eugene Marathon on May 2. My running bestie (Kristin #2626) and I decided to become Marathon Maniacs so she suggested Yakima River Canyon as our first race. With 3 weeks before her first Boston and 5 weeks before Eugene, we were both on track for a 20 mile long distance training run. We were going to run the first 20 miles at a slow pace then walk the last 6. Time wasn’t an issue. The week leading up to YRCM, I was feeling strong. I started thinking about going for a sub 4-hr at YRCM instead of Eugene. I asked for advice from Mary Hanna (MM #299 and women’s YRCM record holder) on what she thought about my attempt. My last marathon was 3+ months prior, so I had the base training and I’d already completed several long runs. Mary said “go for it”. It was a cool, crisp, sunny March morning.