Volume 9, Number 1
NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
Savage 7 2-3
Texas Marathon 4-5
First Chance Marathon 6
First Call Marathon 7-8
Winter Triple 8
Walt Disney World Marathon 9-11
Half Fanatics 11
Mississippi Blues Marathon 12-13
Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon 14
Houston Marathon 15-18
The Marathon Show 16
Maniac Poll 18
Carlsbad Marathon 19-20
Social Networking 19
From the Gatekeeper 20
Maui Oceanfront Marathon 20
Report from the InSane AlyLum 21
Lake Youngs Nuts 50k 22
Calendar 23
New Maniacs 24
Promotions 25
Note from the Editor 26
Discounts 27
Rhetorical Revelations from “The Rev” 28 Jeff Bishton and Wayne Sherman
Galen Shannon Hays Traviss Willcox and David Johnson Garrison Jean Evansmore
Valerie Hower
Troy and Cathie Johnson
Larry Macon Bettie Wailes http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 2 Traviss Willcox and SAVAGE SEVEN Angela Tortorice
DAY ONE (12/26): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Val Hower, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, Jackie Ong, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Craig Smith, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, Marsha 'BookladyWalker' White, Barb Wnek
DAY TWO (12/27): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Cheri Gross, Val Hower, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Navin Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Sadarangani Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, James "Hurricane" Norris, Jackie Ong, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Craig Smith, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, Barb Wnek
DAY THREE (12/28): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Val Hower, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, James "Hurricane" Norris, Jackie Ong, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Craig Smith, Chad Spilman, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, Barb Wnek
DAY FOUR (12/29): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Val Hower, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, James "Hurricane" Norris, Jackie Ong, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Chad Spilman, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, Barb Wnek
DAY FIVE (12/30): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Carol "Ponytail" Carol Earles Earles, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Mellody "Smiling Walker" Vicki Merry Bobby Nelson Hughes, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Troy and Cathie Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Tim Johnson with Daniel Nave, Bobby Danger Nelson, Maryann "malvs2walk" Ramirez, Lieb Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Chad Spilman, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner
DAY SIX (12/31): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Mellody "Smiling Walker" Hughes, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner
DAY SEVEN (1/1): Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Jim Fox, Galen Garrison, Mellody "Smiling Walker" Hughes, Cathie "Gotta Run" Johnson, Troy "Nasty Nine Runner" Johnson, Dagmar Knudsen, Roxana Lewis, Daniel "I Eat Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Ed Masuoka, Vicki Merry, Bobby Danger Nelson, Wayne "The Jeff Bishton Manimal" Sherman, Mark Stodghill, Jon "Pugsly" Turner http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 3 Daniel Murphy
Kim Gray Karen Castro
Don Womble
Glen Paula Boone Steve Hughes Anderson
Missy Peters Dave Mari shares a flight Dave Bell and with Larry Macon David Thierjung http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 4 Texas Marathon (1/1): Glen Anderson, Teresa Baker, 'race the Daniel Murphy states' - pyxie, Dave Bell, Diane "Sparkle Skirts" Bolton, Kevin Brosi, Richard "See Dick run" Carroll, Charles Clutter, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, Lora (AZ Runnergirl) Eklund, Jean "Mama Jean" Evansmore, Jim "Superdawg" Fisher, Jasmin "La Tortuga" Flores, David Rick Franks, Nina Grado, Kim Gray, "MM Diva #5", Elaine Green, Thierjung Matthew Hamidullah, Christine Hortick, Steve Hughes, DEO, Kathy Kass, Steve "gadget guy" Kipisz, Sheila Lewis, Steve Maliszewski, Dave Mari, Rick Marzullo, Vickie McDonald, Steve Metcalf, Steve Moisan, Dana Mosell, Daniel Murphy, Thomas "T.O." Okazaki, Chris "O-Dog" Oppenlander, Donna Palmer, Missy Peters, Pascal Radley, Eva Sanmartini, Clyde *the Glide* Shank, Chad Spilman, Rebecca Steven, John Strohmeyer, Chuck Struckness, Big Al Thomas, Angela Tortorice, Jeff "I want more stars!" Venable, Charlie Viers, Angie Whitworth Pace, Annette "mom's gone again" Wulffe, Donald Ying
Dave Bell
Thomas Okazaki Richard Carroll Daniel Murphy
Glen DEO Dana Mosell and Jasmin Flores Dave Mari and Kim Gray Anderson http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 5 Ginger Gruber
First Chance Marathon (1/1): Miranda Bachman, Jonathan Clark, Peter "Pedro Max" Corduan, Ron Frederick, Reed Glesne, Susan Glesne, Ginger Gruber, Georgeta Gruescu, Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Eric Jensen, Laura Johnson, Gary "The Red Rabbit" Marr, Gary Otheim, Kristin Parker, sLuG w/sTaRs, Tom Scott, Terry Sentinella, Rob Stretz, Linda Walter, Dan Whitaker, Steve White, Casey Wilkin, Guy Yogi, Marie "Mimi" Zornes Kevin Douglas
Peter Susan and Reed Glesne Corduan
Mike and Monica Bloom with Jessica Bienvenue
Miranda Bachman
Georgeta Gruescu and Ginger Gruber Linda Walter
Jonathan Bernard and Terry Sentinella Jon Clark Ron Frederick Bill Baremore Laura Johnson http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 6 Tony Seabolt
Jessica Bienvenue and Tony Phillippi Monte Pascual
Karen Wang and Takeo Suzuki Diana Robinson
Scott Sebelsky Ric Hart
Ethel Marie Kitching Francesca Carmichael Bob Dolphin http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 7 First Call (1/2): Matthew Abel, Shawn Aebi, Jessica Bienvenue, Jonathan Clark, Peter "Pedro Max" Corduan, Bob & Lenore Dolphin, Deb Evdemon, BJ Farish, Ginger Gruber, Georgeta Gruescu, Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Ric "the sweeper pacer" Hart, Eric Jensen, Laura Johnson, Tory "Teechur" Klementsen, Mike Mahanay, Rich Menzel, Ruthie Meraz, Gary Otheim, Monte Pascual, The Programmer, sLuG w/sTaRs, Neal "Stinkerbell" Saxe, Scott Sebelsky, Terry Sentinella, McGyver, Takao Suzuki, Gary Mike Mahanay "Ben Franklin" Walker, Linda Walter, Casey and Ray Shaw Deb Evdemon Gregg Walchli Wilkin, Marie "Mimi" Zornes
Patty McKerney Karen Wang Monte Pascual and Adrian Call Brian Pendleton
Karlee Coble Michelle Barnes and Rob Hester
Winter Triple (12/31-1/2): Ginger Gruber, Georgeta Gruescu, Rick Haase, Laura Johnson, WINTER TRIPLE Linda Walter, Marie Zornes
Ginger Gruber Laura Johnson Linda Walter Georgeta Gruescu Rick Haase and Marie Zornes http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 8 Xanthe Belsky
Sandy Hugill
KC Kleinman Jeff Franciski Diane Bolton
Vicki Merry John Kinnicutt Jeff Wood Brendon Lachance http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 9 Zach Kelly Lisa Wood Fodor Agnew Michael Hanson
Walt Disney World Marathon (1/8): Kelly "Lace_Up" Agnew, Bryan Baroffio, Rodney Beeker, Tomer Benyair, Jim Blake, Diane "Sparkle Skirts" Bolton, John Bozung, Golfer Norm, Pony Express, Ryan Beatrice Le "Chukkathon" Chukuske, Stephanie Clark, Teal Clark, Tim Cleary, Karen Clements, Jerri Lynn Coody, Tim Cook, Haywood Crowder, Danielle Cupido, Michelle Day, Marlene Deem, Jessica Deree, Hillary Dietz, "Sherpa" Ken Earley, Heather Echols, Seth Elsheimer, Alicia MM Diva #3, Ken Fattmann, Zach Fodor, Paul Fournier, Jeff Franciski, Steve "El Pinguino" Frederickson, Jan Gagnier "RhodeRunner1", Heather Gannoe, Galen Garrison, Alanna Garrison-Kast, Rodrigo Gomez, Sarah Greene, Michael Hanson, Gina Harris, Dayna Harrison, Larry Herman, Kevin 'The Machine' Hewitt, Jim Higgins, Andrea Hill, Harry L. Hoffman Jr, Barefoot Shawna Wentlandt Vance, Joshua Holmes, Sandy Hugill, Stephanie Jackson, madDOG, Howard Keener, Jr, Tracy Kellam, Billy Kelley, John "What's under the kilt" Kinnicutt, KC Kleinman, Joseph Kolinsky, Francis Kwok, Brendon Lachance, C. Kinnier Lastimosa, Beatrice Le, Josivan Lima, McLovin, Dave Mari, Peter Marriott, Ayten Mauk, Wil Mauk, Karen May, James McCan, Danilo Mendoza, Johnny B Good, Vicki Merry, Bob Miller, Michele Miller, Bob Navarro, Andrew Nerney, Maureen Neumann, Kimberly Oehrlein, Andrew Olsen, Brian Olson, Sarah Parrish, Jerry Pringle, Tony Ripberger, Damaris Rosich-Schwartz, Mark Russell, Bob Schluben, Laura Schneider, Vicki Schumacher, "Superman Steve" Schwalbach, Steven Scoleri, Barry "dcgriz" Smith, Andrew Solovay, Susan Spence, Craig Spivey, John Strohmeyer, Bryndis Svavarsdottir, Joseph "The Marathon Bryndis Svavarsdottir Show" Taricani, Gary Thompson, Shen Turner, Mark Valentine, Charlene Valerio, John "MaraJohn" Wallace, Karen Wallace, Julie Weidner, Shawna Wentlandt, Peter "Old Man" Westcott, Jeff Wood, Lisa "Mama Lisa" Wood, Brandi Zakrzewski
Vance Hollywood
Heather Echols Joseph Kolinsky http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 10 Ropert Lopez Joshua Holmes
Hillary Dietz
Steve Schwalbach
Seth Elsheimer
Dayna Harrison
Bryan Baroffio
Rodrigo Gomez
Steve Frederickson Houston Wolf
Marathon Maniacs running half Elaine Green marathons… HALF-MARATHON CRAZY 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 1900 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 Half Fanatic at the Disney World Half Marathon. http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 11 Lyle Robertson
John Susan DeRoberts Carboni Elaine Green Kerri Haskins Carol Goslin
Todd Baxter
Kristin Allen
Tim Troxel Lygea Welvaert http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 12 Lygea and Luke Welvaert Barb Hoffman
Tessa Lucero
Richard Harrison
Mississippi Blues Marathon (1/7): Kristin Allen, Jawn "Marathawn Jawn" Angus, Benny "What me worry?" Arogyaswamy, Paul "Bronx Boy" Arroyo, Bethany Barnes, Cheryl Baumann, Todd Baxter, Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Emily Bolling, Caroline Burnet, Chris Calimano, Kara Campbell, Ray Capulong, John Carboni, Mark "Superman" Cato, Tim Collins, Stan Davis, Susan DeRoberts, Cindy DeSirant, Van DeWald, Joel Fenlason, Deana Dagmar Knudsen Fowler, Galen Garrison, Lara Gonzalez, Carol Goslin, Elaine Green, Scott "Flying Duck" Griffith, Scott Hardy, Kerri Haskins, Joann Helmus, Barb Hoffman, Marie Hoffman, Rob "Skinny Bear" Horton, Steve Hughes, Brian "Action" Jackson, Bob Jacobowski, Bob Kennedy, Valerie Kilcoin, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, Larry "Mississippi Breeze" Kirk, Arpad "the Other Twin" Kisch, Dagmar Knudsen, Steven "Thunder" Lee, John Kent Leighton, Ken Locke, Tessa Lucero, Ed Masuoka, John "Dying Hard" McClain, Steve Miller "Not the Band", Bill "Finish by Tuesday (Maybe)" Morton, Andy Naumann, Tim Nave, Nicholas L. Norfolk, Doug Osterberg, Laurie Osterberg, Don "Wait For Me!" Pemberton, Janis Posey, SSG Silverback, Pascal Radley, Aaron Redinger, Amy Reed, Chris Revoir, "Lyle, Paul Arroyo Lyle Crocodile" Robertson, Jim Roche, har, Jc "The Saint" Santa Teresa, Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Michelle "Mississippi" Sipe, Jennifer Skjellum, Evelyn Smith, Mike Smith, George" from Georgia" Southgate, Chuck Struckness, Craig Thompson, Elizabeth Trask "50 for Billy", Tim Troxel, Becky Tsai, Jennifer Tyron, Charlie Viers, Jeffrey "Wardium" Ward, Larry Wasson, Patrick Weldon, Luke Welvaert, Lygea Welvaert, Jonathan Wendel, Lacer the Racer Joann Tim Helmus Nave
Michelle Sipe Amy Reed http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 13 Michael Miller
Rock N Roll Arizona (1/15): Hector Aleman, Jim Almquist, David Appleby, Chris Baker, Tomer Benyair, Steph Bradsher, Dallas Campion, Marathon Mitch, Rich Colfack, Teota Dangel, Rob Distante, Greg Durnin, Lora (AZ Runnergirl) Eklund, Earl English, Tom Fabian, Noel "Knees Hurt" Garibay, Hal Gensler, Eric "& Carlos PartyMonkey" Glass, Mike Gonzalez, Liz Gotter, Steve Hansen, Shannon Hays, Jennifer Hienton, Amy Holt, Adam Irvin, Chris Jones, Gerald King, Joseph Kolinsky, Mark Kramer, Michelle Ladcani, Keath Lewin, Craig Lewis, Charli Long, Violeta Lopez, Janette Maas, Peter Marriott, Jay Martin, Larissa "Nordic Moxie" MM Diva #8, Wes McGaugh, Valerie Merges, Michael "Uncle Mike" Miller, Kent Moore, Kevin Morris, Keith Parks, Don "Wait For Me!" Pemberton, Jeff "Slice" Pettett, Lisa "Cupcake" Reid, Joseph "Jo Jo Starbucks" Reilly, Demetra "Demi" Reynolds, April Ritter, Silver Rivas, "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" Robertson, Ron Rodriguez, Brett Ruckle, Alice Schneider, Luke "Skywalker" Shumard, Nancypants Shumard, Bill Smith, Lu-E "-(O_O)-" Soriano, Chuck Struckness, Ward "Winded Wonder" Sullivan, Bryndis Svavarsdottir, Craig Thompson, Shen Turner, Andrew Urbaczewski, Teresa Verstraet, Angela Viland, Steve Wagner, Jeffrey "Wardium" Ward, Larry "Is it Still Sunday?" Welch, Lauren Wilke, Patrick Wood, Brian Wright Sofie Romero
Eric Glass
Cyndie Merten Noel Garibay & Cathy Troisi http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 14 DEO
Terri Menghini Josh Novack
Patti Hammerstein
Arland and Annette Blanton Jeff Bollman
Kim Gray
Sue Maybee, Dan Friesen and Paul David http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 15 Tim Tittelbach Ricky Deaver and Elizabeth Culver Lowell Handschke Karla Scroggins
Steve Steve Jim Mann Nalefski Boone
Jackie Gulino
Cheri Pompeo
Tim Perfume and Kenichiro Steven Yee and David Dave Macio Maemura Nemoto
The Marathon Show (hosted by Maniac #1817, Joe Taricani) was first broadcast in June 2010. It’s a one of a kind show that spot lights the marathon and marathon runners. Maniacs have found a safe haven with this great show. A few times a week Joe broadcast the show live online, the shows are then made available to download from iTunes (via Podcast). Each week Joe features a marathoner, and often does shout outs to marathoners from all over. Another great part of this show is the “runners chat”, in these shows Joe gets three marathoners together and does a round table discussionElaine about Green many great topics. So if you have already come across the show, please do. Check it out and tune in! http://www.themarathonshow.com http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 16 Thomas Okazaki and Charles Clutter Kino
Gary Allen Dean Katherine Kayler Zampolin
Houston Marathon (1/15): Ali A, Gary Allen, Salvador Almeida, Malisa Anderson-Strait, Carrie Askew- Walker, Tim 'RTR' Bade, Raj(RunningYogi), Ed Bickley, Annette "Crash" Blanton, Arland "Arkansas" Blanton, Pete S. Bochek, Jeff "Boneman" Bollman, Kevin Brosi, David Bucklew, Quicksilver Runner, Chris Calimano, Richard "See Dick run" Carroll, Pony Express, Ryan "Chukkathon" Chukuske, Charles Clutter, Jaye Cremer, Rick Cummins, David Dassey, Paul David, Rick Deaver, Breanna Dullum, Wade Dunn, Julie Dural, Amie Durden, Benji Durden, Jesse Garrett, Christiana Garton, Bruce Gilbert, Jungle Juli/ MM Diva # 2, Kim Gray, "MM Diva #5", Roger Greene, C Earl Grider, Derek Griffiths, Jackie Gulino, Lisa Gunnoe, Tim Guscott, PrincessPatti Hammerstein, Lowell Handschke, Mary "mph" Hanna, Emily Hansen, Bob Hearn, Kim *Eeyore* Heimbecker, Ben Hernandez, Andrea Hill, Jill Hill, Suzy Holt Goodwin, Murray Honick, Ethan Hopkin, Mike "Pedro" Horton, DEO, Steve Johnson, Dean Kayler, John "What's under the kilt" Kinnicutt, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, Lia Kinsey, Steve "gadget guy" Kipisz, Lou Kneeshaw, MikeDaMarine, Kurt Lauer, Steven "Thunder" Lee, McLovin, Lisa "LuLu" Luyet, Pat Lynch, Kenichiro Maemura, Mike Mahanay, Steve Maliszewski, Jim Mann, Dave Mari, Nick Matthews, Taharka McCleave, Peggy McKean, Terri Menghini, Laura Milak, Phil Millard, Blaine Moore, Maggie Mount, Daniel Murphy, Julie Musselman, Steve Nalefski, Nemo, Heather Nerhood, Dave Nevitt, Daniel Nieves, Tim Nolan, Jon Norcross, Josh 'Novtrack' Novack, Colin O'Donnell, Nancy Oh, Thomas "T.O." Okazaki, Donna Palmer, KP, tony (tp!) phillippi, Cheri Pompeo, Wendy Prindle, Melissa Rankin, Sherry Ricker, Patrick Rosch, Zander Ross, Nadia Ruiz, Diane S., Karla Scroggins, Tana Setness Hoefs, Lisa "Runner Girl" Short, Runner Bob Simon, Chad Spilman, Peter Stackpole, Rebecca Steven, Mary Sturgul, Greg Takacs, Ben Tam, Gary Tam, Tim Tittelbach, Alan 'CrabShaman' Tominack, Jimmy Toy, Nurian Toy, Garret Vandenbelt, Charlie Viers, Gregg Walchli, Gaye Walter, CJ **Hollywood** Warren, John "J-Bone" Weldon, Ryan Whitney, Steve Wisner, Barb Wnek, Lisa Tala Hill, Arland Blanton, Lia Kinsey "Mama Lisa" Wood, Prez Steven Yee, Jonathan Young, Katherine Zampolin
Kevin Brosi Dave Mari
Steve Kipisz
http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 17 Ethan Hopkin and Sherry Ricker Suzy Holt Goodwin
David Dassey
Nancy Oh Steve Maliszewski Lisa Bob Short Hearn
Each month there will be a “Maniac poll”. This poll will be posted online. Please take a few moments to answer this poll. I will post the results in the next newsletter.
This month’s question: How often do you wear Maniac gear at a marathon/ultra?
Please vote online between now and March 7: http://www.marathonfreak.com/maniacpoll
Last month’s question: How many stars do you expect to have by the end of 2012?
It looks like Maniacs are pretty diverse in there goals for more stars in 2012. Of the 18 votes, it looks like 4 stars is the goal for most (39%) followed by 5 stars (28%) and then 2,3 ad 6 stars (11% each). Thanks for voting! http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 18 Carlsbad Marathon (1/22): Dave Bell, Sally "me and my dad" Boles, Janet Burgess, Pony Express, Sporty Diva Coates, Sara Croft, Sef "Try-Athlete" Cuesico, Sako (Run for Peace), Ed "Mad Hatter-Fancy Pants" Ettinghausen, Marc Frommer, Noel "Knees Hurt" Garibay, Paula Hamilton, Tom Hosner, Harold "me and my daughter" Jackson, David Keck, John 'Oksie' Lazaro, Meg "Chuck" Lurie, John "Dying Hard" McClain, Rocco Morales, Dana Mosell, Joseph "Jo Jo Starbucks" Reilly, Nadia Ruiz, Tom Scott, Lu-E "- (O_O)-" Soriano, Ward "Winded Wonder" Sullivan, Joseph "The Marathon Show" Taricani, Chris Thompson
Ed Ettinghausen
Marc Harold Jackson and Frommer Sally Boles David Keck
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!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8904689204 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1843119/ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marathonmaniacs Dailymile: http://www.dailymile.com/groups/1403-marathon-maniacs Joseph RunningAhead: http://www.runningahead.com/groups/MMs Reilly
Rocco Morales http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 19 Tom Scott
Sara Croft
Paula Dana Hamilton Mosell
Noel Garibay
Joseph Taricani Janet Burgess
by Marc Frommer (MM#9)
CARLSBAD MARATHON (1/22/12) – CARLSBAD,CA As many of you know, I haven't had exactly the best marathon training for the past bit. Towards the end of December, my back had one of its lockups, which lasted a week or so. Then, as I got over it, during the ORRC 20.12K race, I suffered a calf/soleus strain that caused me to stop dead in my tracks and DNF. I took a little over a week off. So my base mileage really was not existent -- I really didn't run that much after the Niagara Falls Marathon in mid-Oct. I had no idea what to expect when I went to the starting line this morning but I was very glad to be there.
The weather was great for the race. It was probably the warmest at the start of all my Carlsbad races (probably in the upper 40s since there was a pretty good cloud cover) and it never really got hot. Usually the race starts in the mid-30s and by the end it is in the 60s because of the sun. I wore shorts, SS shirt, arm warmers (off around halfway) and throwaway gloves (kept them on the whole way).
At the start, I met up with a bunch of Maniacs for a photo shoot as well as Maniac Nadia who was treating this as an easy training run during the first half and planned a negative split (she more than succeeded). We ran a few miles together and then I got a little ahead of her when I met up with the swim teacher for Fit Right's founder/co-owner's children. Talk about small world. We ran together until we hit the coast again around mile 15 when I got a bit in front of her. But by that time, my quads were hurting quite a bit -- showing off my lack of training. My calf was a little sore over the first part of the race but once my quads started aching, the calf pain wasn't noticeable (I think the quads were hurting too much). I probably sped up a bit too much in the middle and paid for it a bit towards the end.
It was pretty even splits overall with the halfway mark being passed in around 1:49.
So, overall, I'm pretty pleased. The calf held up and while my time was 14 minutes slower than last year, I really couldn't expect much more with my lack of training. No AG award this year, which I wouldn't have received regardless of my training since the top 3 in my AG were at 3:10 or better (they all finished ahead of the 50-54 winner). I'm so glad to get out of this AG this summer -- too many youngsters (55) coming in. As always, I had a great time running this race. It is always one of my most enjoyable marathons (a lot, of course, has to do with the weather). But it is a well-organized, solid race with a very nice and fair (not too easy or hard) course. The last couple of miles does have the marathoners dodging the half marathoners (they are usually going about 90 seconds/mile slower than me) but that is the only minor issue I have with the race.
Now it is 12 weeks until Boston (with Yakima before then). I'm going to take it pretty easy the rest of the week to see how the calf and quads recover and then go into an abbreviated schedule to get ready for Boston. I'll have a few shorter races before Boston and then Newport (another goal race) 7 weeks after. I don't know how much I'll be able to push Boston since a lot depends upon my training. http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 20 Cori Heden
Cyndie Merten
Maui Oceanfront Marathon (1/22): Jim Almquist, Jim Ballard, Linda Ballard, John "JonBoi" Chun, Tom "Drag-on" Craven, Rick Franks, Matt Glew, Greg "Cardiac Kid" Goebel, Elaine Green, Cori Heden, Joshua Holmes, Edde Kanai, Bob Kennedy, Al Kohli, Ed Loy, MM Diva #7, Jon "Coconutboy" Edde Kanai Mahoney, Shoney Mahoney, Sue "Italian Stallion" Mantyla, Cyndie Merten, Ned Newlin, Les Jody Reed finished Rick state at Maui! "Maniacles" Omura, Lynn Palmer, John Bob Kennedy Franks Read her story here: Jody "wooden shoes" Reed, har, Chun Jessica Vavrus http://www.marathonfreak.com/mm/jodyreed.pdf
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. Monthly Growth
Month ► Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Yearly Averages ► 42.0 39.3 42.5 36.0 64.7 50.4 33.3 19.8 23.4 58.7 71.2 73.7 537.2
2011 ► 95 101 113 94 209 128 77 50 51 171 218 174 1481
2012 ► 154 ------154
State MM Pct% Washington 872 17.5% New Maniacs in Jan 2012 154 California 509 10.2% New Maniacs in 2012 154 Texas 356 7.1%
Illinois 230 4.6% Total Maniacs 4990 Florida 194 3.9% New York 173 3.5% Oregon 159 3.2% Virginia 159 3.2% Oklahoma 126 2.5% Ohio 122 2.4% http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 21 Jill Hudson Monte Pascual Rick Haase
Steve Walters
Lake Youngs Nuts 50k (1/28): Shawn Aebi, Ken Briggs, Mark Cartwright, Ted Eckert, BJ Farish, Andy Fritz, Reed Glesne, Susan Glesne, Matt Glew, Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Francie Diana Robinson Hankins, Mary "mph" Hanna, "Insane Jane", Jill Hudson, Steve Jensen, LoneWolf, Kurt Lauer, Jules Mann, Little Leslie, Janice Jon Clark Moyer, KP, Monte Pascual, Cheri Pompeo, Cliff "quack, quack" Richards, sLuG w/sTaRs, Marilou Russell, Mike Schlecht, Terry Sentinella, McGyver, Michael Shiach, Paul Turner, Linda Walter, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Dan Whitaker, Steve Van Phan White, Melissa M. Williams Kristin Parker
Reed and Susan Glesne Daniel Kuhlmann
Melissa Williams Shawna Thompkins
Linda Walter
Andy Fritz
Gregg Walchli
http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 22 Marathon/Ultra Calendar between January 14-February 12
Saturday, February 18 Sunday, February 26 Buzz Marathon (CA) Cowtown 50k/26.2 (TX) Elizabeths Furnace Fat Ass 50k (VA) Cross Timbers 50m/26.2 (TX) EVGR Lord Hill Trail Run (WA) Graveyard 100m/100k (NC) Hagg Lake 50k (OR) Hyannis Marathon (MA) Gusher Marathon (TX) Hong Kong 100 (HKG) Iditarod Trail Invitational (AK) Land Between the Lakes 50m/60k/26.2 (KY) Iron Horse 100m/100k/50m (FL) Kilimanjaro Marathon (TZA) Prickly Pear 50k (TX) Moab Red Hot 55k (UT) Last Chance for Boston Marathon (OH) Run Through Time (CO) Myrtle Beach Marathon (SC) Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon Day Two (IN) Way Too Cool (CA) Pilot Mountain Payback (NC) Post Oak Marathon (OK) Rocky Road Endurance Runs 100m/50m/26.2 (CA) Tokyo Marathon (JPN) Sunday, March 11 Sierra Vista Marathon (NM) CAR Run the Canal Marathon (CA) Surfside Beach Marathon (TX) Saturday, March 3 Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch Marathon (FL) Susitna 100m/50k (AK) Albany Marathon (GA) Kyoto Marathon (JPN) Sylamore 50k (AR) CAR Run the Dove Marathon (CA) Lower Potomac River Marathon (MD) Woolley Trail Runs 50k/26.2 (WA) Carl Touchstone 50m/50k (MS) Mesquite Canyon 50k (AZ) Centennial Trail Run 60k (WA) NWTR Redmond Watershed Preserve Marathon (WA) Sunday, February 19 Crazy Desert Trail 50k/26.2 (TX) Richmond River Run (BC) A1A Marathon (FL) CTR Montara Mountain 50k/26.2 (CA) Twilight Ultra Challenge 16h (SGP) Austin Marathon (TX) Green Jewel 50k (OH) Birch Bay Marathon (WA) Guerilla Running Mountain Marathon (WA) Friday, March 16 Destin 50m/50k (FL) Invest In Youth "FUND" Run 6 hour (WA) Howard Aslinger Foundation 24/12h (MO) Five Points of Life Marathon (FL) Nueces Endurance Trail Run 50m/50k (TX) George Washington Birthday Marathon (MD) Old Pueblo 50m (AZ) Saturday, March 17 HMRRC Winter Marathon (NY) Orange Curtain 100k/50k (CA) CAR St Patricks Day Trail Marathon (CA) IMS Arizona Marathon (AZ) Seneca Creek Trail 50k/26.2 (MD) Chuckanut 50k (WA) Lost Dutchman Marathon (AZ) Umstead Trail Marathon (NC) CTR Canyon Meadow Winter 50k/26.2 (CA) Maratona di San Valentino (ITA) Woodlands Marathon (TX) Instant Classic Marathon Trail Run (VA) NWTR Fort Ebey Marathon (WA) Lt JC Stone 50k Ultramarathon (PA) Seville City Marathon (ESP) Sunday, March 4 MCF 2012 (WI) Winterman Marathon (ON) Antalya Marathon (TUR) Oriflamme 50k (CA) Atacama Crossing (CHL) Pac Rim One Day Run (WA) Monday, February 20 B&A Trail Marathon (MD) Rock N Roll USA (DC) First Call Presidents Day 50k/26.2 (WA) Bayleys Mountain to Surf Marathon (NZL) Savage Gulf Marathon (TN) Frozen Ass Fifty (AB) CAR Beachmania Marathon (CA) Tarawera Ultra 100k/85k/60k (NZL) Caumsett 50k (NY) Tatur Snake Run 6h (OK) Saturday, February 25 Little Rock Marathon (AR) Wilderness Park Trail Run for the Bridges (NE) Black Mountain Marathon (NC) Napa Valley Marathon (CA) CAR Run the Path Marathon (CA) Rock N Roll New Orleans (LA) Sunday, March 18 Cool Trail Runs 34m (CA) Big Island International Marathon (HI) Febapple Frozen Fifty 50m/50k (NJ) Friday, March 9 Georgia Marathon (GA) Maple Leaf Indoor Marathon Day One (IN) 3 Days of Syllamo Day One 50k (AR) ITR Rodeo Valley Trail Run (CA) Mount Cheaha 50k (AL) Antarctica Marathon (ATA) LA Marathon (CA) PCTR Chabot Trail Run (CA) Maratona di Roma (ITA) Post Oak 50k (OK) Saturday, March 10 Modesto Marathon (CA) Ray Miller 50/50 50m/50k (CA) 3 Days of Syllamo Day Two 50m (AR) Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon (TX) Tule Springs 12h/6h (NV) Calico Red Rock Canyon Marathon (NV) Seoul International Marathon (KOR) XTERRA Thrill in the Hills Marathon (GA) Catalina Island Conservancy Marathon (CA) Shamrock Marathon (VA) Columbia Marathon (SC) TARC Spring Thaw 6h (MA) Colville Connection (NZL) Tobacco Road Marathon (NC) Delano Park 12h (AL) Wrightsville Beach Marathon (NC)
Louisiana Marathon First Lights Marathon
Icebreaker Indoor Marathon http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 23 Mark Parrotte (#4871) Doug MacKenzie (#4912) Anh Le Vynh (#4953) Lupe Barraza (#4872) Matthew Fitzgerald (#4913) Carra Summers (#4954) Christy Paul (#4873) Wally Capps (#4914) Brad Garfinkel (#4955) Melissa Huggins (#4874) Amanda Almanza (#4915) Stephen Johnson (#4956) Brian Simpson (#4875) Jeffrey Green (#4916) Kane Baker (#4957) Dawnell "Runny Runnerson" Tara Simpson (#4876) Stan Davis (#4917) Kathy Wisthoff (#4958) Tokarchuk (#4836) Dan Folk (#4877) Eddie Vega (#4918) Jay Wisthoff (#4959) James Keldsen (#4837) John Ronge (#4878) Tom Alkire (#4919) Carla Borst (#4960) Melissa Barnum (#4838) Die1Lon (#4879) Carrie McNish (#4920) Amy Pannell (#4961) Nicole Sharp (#4839) Kelsey Kilinski (#4880) David Threm (#4921) Hung Hoang (#4962) Jennifer Sandenaw (#4840) Todd McCrory (#4881) Deborah Gulley (#4922) Hideko Opperman (#4963) Jeff Davenport (#4841) Rachel Runfola (#4882) Greg Yates (#4923) Mike Mote (#4964) Kenneth Safford (#4842) Katrina Mukherjee (#4883) Benjamin Stillman (#4924) Jamie Summerton (#4965) Ginny Selec (#4843) Jamie Knight (#4884) Rachel Williams (#4925) Thomas McNicholas (#4966) Brandy Layton (#4844) Tim Gray (#4885) Tracy Taylor (#4926) Chantal Levesque-Bristol (#4967) 'becca Flora (#4845) Marlene Deem (#4886) Louise Turner (#4927) James Robinson (#4968) Jill Davis (#4846) Lennie Groenewegen (#4887) Bob Brantner (#4928) Andrew Aguirre (#4969) Elizabeth Whitteberry (#4847) Sharon Andrews (#4888) Amanda Carmon (#4929) Amy Wisthoff-Martin (#4970) Laura Spears (#4848) Liz Chavez (#4889) Charlotte Simmons (#4930) Michelle Black (#4971) Suzette Roman (#4849) Andy Kraus (#4890) Sabuchan (#4931) Vanessa McGrogan (#4972) Lesley Jones (#4850) Terrica Preast (#4891) Gary Schmidt (#4932) Nurit Millman-Sandler (#4973) Keli Davenport (#4851) Katie Wade (#4892) Eric Hunziker (#4933) Traci Rodney (#4974) Lee Chu (#4852) Nicholas L. Norfolk (#4893) Keith Schlottman (#4934) Jeffrey Rees (#4975) Nancy Coe (#4853) Kenneth Massett (#4894) Jenine Wilson (#4935) RD Martin (#4976) Sarah Courtney (#4854) Agnes Porell (#4895) Bill Landers (#4936) Bobby Montague (#4977) Melissa Beard (#4855) Dave Dodge (#4896) Juanita Woods (#4937) Joshua Bryant (#4978) Penny Palumbo (#4856) Leah Ruesink (#4897) Scott Garrett (#4938) Colin Hawkes (#4979) Kathryn White (#4857) Amy Kreidler (#4898) Lori Schwartz (#4939) Monica Huff (#4980) Cruz Pitre (#4858) Paul Kreidler (#4899) Mike Schwartz (#4940) Danielle Mastrangel-Brown Daniel Katsin (#4859) Suezette Minch (#4900) Michelle Gibson (#4941) (#4981) Amy Gavin (#4860) Carey Hutchins (#4901) Jeremy Mann (#4942) Julie Crusor (#4982) SuLee Allen (#4861) Cynthia Gibson (#4902) Linda Williams (#4943) Jonathan Betanoff (#4983) Dana Oller (#4862) Chris Humphries (#4903) Syed Rizvi (#4944) Hazel Goh (#4984) Elizabeth Lobaugh (#4863) Anthony Shapiro (#4904) John "Johnny Turbo" Atkinson (#4945) Eric McMath (#4985) Terri Orr (#4864) Kirsten Reynolds (#4905) Christy Davis (#4946) Monika Carlson (#4986) Kim Miller (#4865) Tanya Higby (#4906) Pat Mccracken (#4947) Terri Smith-Wright (#4987) Matt Collins (#4866) Carrie Tarver (#4907) Sue Cottrill (#4948) Lisa Romig (#4988) Jim Batson (#4867) Suzanne Petro (#4908) Kai Ooi (#4949) Joey Schrichte (#4989) Shannon Puphal (#4868) Greg McIntyre (#4909) Martha Newton (#4950) Alexis Chen (#4990) Robin Dunlap (#4869) Daniel Hsien (#4910) Sandra Whisnant (#4951) Nichole Mathis (#4870) Danielle Whittaker (#4911) Karen Guerra (#4952)
Bobby Montague #4977
Nancy Coe
Suzette Roman #4849 Brandy Layton and Laura Spears http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 24 Please let me know if you reached a higher Maniac level and want the recognition in the Newsletter! New Titanium Maniac!! Titanium (10 star) Maniac: John Kent Leighton
Platinum (8 star) Maniac: Wayne Sherman
Palladium (7 star) Maniac: Tom Brand, Fran Libasci, Kirby Mills, Georgeta Gruescu, Bobby Nelson
Osmium (6 star) Maniac: Glen Anderson, Mike Mahanay, Brian Wright, Adam Irvin
Ruthenium (5 star) Maniac: Ginger Gruber, Vicki Schmacher
Iridium (4 star) Maniac: Christine Hertick, James O’Donnell, Cheryl Baumann, Ken Locke, John Kent Leighton Miranda Bachman, Nick Matthews
Gold (3 star) Maniac: Pedro Faria, Oswaldo Poggi, Scott Olitsky, Joe Taricani, Emily Knudso, Carra Summers, Sue Cottrill
Silver (2 star) Maniac: Kris Damiano, Elle Comeaux, John Wallace, Lisa Gunnoe
200 Marathons: Cydie Merten, Charlie Viers 300 Marathons: Cheri Pompeo, Dave Bell, Rick Haase 500 Marathos: Steve Boone
All 50 states: Dave Bell, Rick Franks, Pascal Radley, Jody Reed
Elaine Green Allison Richter, Scott Dahl, Nancy Pratt
Bryan West
Rick Haase
Traviss Willcox and Angela Tortorice
Kino and Susan DeRoberts http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 25 Steven Lee and Elaine Green
Karen and John Wallace Laird Malamed
Larry Macon and Tony Phillippi
Valerie Hower Jackie Gulino and Dave Mari
Rebecca Sudduth Monte Pascual FROM THE EDITOR…
There is no doubt the biggest event in January was the Houston Marathon (along with the Olympic Trials). But there were other well attended events like Disney World, Carlsbad, Maui, Rock N Roll Arizona, Mississippi Blues and I the Northwest the Winter Triple. I hope everyone Miranda Bachman and Steve Walters had a good start to the year. Personally January was a joyful end to a long year in which I earned my 10 stars (in June) and my 10 moons. I look forward to a more restful 2012.
February should be a fun month and I hope everyone is getting into shape for another great year. Keep the pictures coming an d as always, I will take race reports as well!
- Steve “Marathon Freak” Walters MM#338 http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 26 Jeff “Boneman” Bollman (#1058)
Christmas might be past, but the Maniac stocking is stuffed with discount goodness! Take a peek at the new discounts that have a * in front of the race name. And don’t forget about the Maniac discounts 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. • Myrtle Beach Marathon (SC) 2/18/12: www.mbmarathon.com • Arizona Marathon 2/19/12: http://thearizonamarathon.com • Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon (FL) 2/19/12: www.a1amarathon.com • Cowtown Marathon (TX) 2/26/12: www.cowtownmarathon.org • Little Rock Marathon 3/4/12: www.littlerockmarathon.com • Columbia SC Marathon (SC) 3/10/12: http://columbiascmarathon.com • *Lower Potomac Marathon (MD) 3/11/12: www.cbrcmd.org • Martian Marathon (MI) 4/14/12: www.martianmarathon.com • Peterson Ridge Rumble 40M/20M (OR) 4/15/12: www.petersonridgerumble.com • Carmel Marathon (IN) 4/21/12: www.carmelmarathon.com • The Oz Marathon (KS) 4/22/12: www.olathe.org/cvb/sports/Marathon • *Eugene Marathon (OR) 4/29/12: http://eugenemarathon.com • Big Sur International Marathon 5/1/12: www.bsim.org • *Knoxville Marathon (TN) 5/1/12: www.knoxvillemarathon.com • Wisconsin Marathon 5/5/12: www.wisconsinmarathon.com • Pittsburgh Marathon 5/6/12: www.pittsburghmarathon.comElaine Green • Tacoma City Marathon (WA) 5/6/12: www.tacomacitymarathon.com • Vermont City Marathon 5/27/12: www.vermontcitymarathon.org • *Casper Marathon (WY) 6/3/12: www.runwyoming.com • Utah Valley Marathon (MANIAC REUNION!) 6/9/12: www.utahvalleymarathon.com • Kona Marathon 6/24/12: http://konamarathon.com • *Make It By Midnight Marathon (GA) 7/14/12: http://makeitbymidnight.homestead.com • *SOGONAPMIT Marathon (UT) 7/28/12: http://afhalf.com/sogonapmit-marathon • San Francisco Marathon 7/29/12: www.runsfm.com • *Moose’s Tooth Marathon 8/19/12: www.bigwildliferuns.org • *Grand Rapids Marathon (MI) 10/12/12: http://grandrapidsmarathon.com • *Kansas City Marathon 10/20/12: www.waddellandreedkansascitymarathon.org • Mount Deseret Island Marathon (ME) 10/14/12: http://www.mdimarathon.org • *Norfolk Freedom Marathon (VA) 11/11/12: www.freedommarathon.org
Details on how to obtain the discount/perk are in the Discount section of the Bulletin Board on the Maniac web site. I post new ones on the Bulletin Board as the details are finalized, so keep an eye out. If you have any questions, shoot me an email at: [email protected]
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!! http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 27 RHETORICAL REVELATIONS AND W(RITES)… FROM THE RAMBUNCTIOUS REV
GREETINGS, Mr. Prez!
How are you my friend? I know, you miss me. Me too… I’ve been training so hard I’m not even perky enough to talk to myself. Had three thoughts for you today, SteveYee. First, being a Maniac about Marathons is affecting how I think through other activities now. I’ll give you a “for instance.” Despite the legendary stories about Rev, I actually get tired during many marathons. No, really!! Sometimes I tire early, sometimes as late as mile seven. But, not wanting to disappoint you, I finish most of them, one way or another. Even when I’m “convinced” I won’t be able to finish them, I do a little walking, restart the jogging, another mile goes by, I feel a little better, spectators tell me I look good, I pray for their optician, and next thing I know, there’s a medal around my neck. Something in there besides the absurdities resembles persistence.
Well Prez, this month I started swimming, and plodded through 8 laps. Next day, I really pressed, and made it through 16 laps. Next day I was thinking “marathon,” and … with a fair bit of resting at the walls … did 24 laps! Two days later, I did 40 laps. Three days after that, 50. Three days after that, 60! Man, I celebrated with a fine root beer that day. Couple more days rest, and then: 72 laps Prez, a bit more than a mile. Alert Tony. I’ll entering one of those triathlons before you know it. I just need to find one with a lake that has those neat little walls to rest on every 25 yards.
Marathon thinking tricks got the above small miracle done: forget about the swimming while continuing to swim; ignore the moaning of the muscles; set mini-goals along the way (though the motivation with swimming is easier: reach the wall or you’ll drown, Stupid). It was a curious experience. Your running long trained me to swim long. Little stuff can make a guy’s day, Prez, and you made mine. So, thanks.
Second, three folks’ hard-luck stories this month reminded me that we are in a yin/yang, up/down, good/bad, sort of world and life, all of us, right up to Jesus himself, you remember those stories? Sad stories happen to some pretty nice people. Ah, Life. These stories got me reflecting during the swims: calm down during troubles; accept what lessons might be lifted from the lows; be deeply grateful for the highs; and try doing something differently and better tomorrow, or today even.
Third and last, I have a favor to ask of you. I met a couple who launched five medical clinics in Haiti, operating without paying any Americans who work them. Kind of a remarkable effort, really. In America, “times are tough.” With their Charlie-Brown-like experience (“Win a game? That’d be something,”) Haitians have rather redefined the phrase.
So I asked these clinic-builders if the Haitians would appreciate running shirts I have in excess. “Oh my, yes. Yes, they would,” was the approximate reply.
So would you ask Maniacs, after reading this letter, to comb the closet a bit and send Rev maybe five or ten of their extra running shirts? It would be cool if together we sent along a thousand shirts from Maniacs, eh? I’ll re-pack them and forward. Maybe our little move will yin some folks’ yang.
Luvya, Rev [email protected]
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