Half Fanatics August 2014 Newsletter
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HALF FANATICS AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER Angela #8730 NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Race Photos ...…………….. 1 Featured Fanatic…………... 2 Expo Schedule………………3 Fanatic Poll…………………..3 Sporty Diva Half Marathon Upcoming Races…………… 5 HF Membership Criteria…... 7 Jamila #3959, Loan #4026, Alicia, and BustA Groove #3935 Half Fanatic Pace Team…. ..7 Meghan #7202 New HF Gear……………….. .8 New Moons………………….. 8 Welcome to the Asylum…... 9 Shaun #7485 & Cathy #1756 Meliessa #8722 1 http://www.halffanatics.com 1 HALF FANATICS AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER Featured Fanatic Yvette Todd, Half Fanatic #5517 “50 in 50” and Embracing the Sun The idea of my challenge was borne in June 2011. I met a fellow camper/runner at the Colworth Marathon Challenge running event - 3 races, 3 days, 26.2 miles. The runner was extremely pleased to be there as he was able to bag 3 races in one weekend for what he called his “50 in 50 challenge” - 50 running events in his 50th year. Inspired, I decided to cele- brate this landmark age by doing 50 half marathons as a 50 year old - my own version of the “50 in 50” and planned to start the challenge right after I ran a mara- thon on my 50th birthday! Two challenges? Well the last one, I have been dreaming about for a few years, in fact, ever since I did the New York Marathon back in 2006 where I met a fellow lady runner staying in the same hotel as me. She was ecstatic the whole weekend as she was running the New York marathon on her actual 50th birthday. So I already had a running challenge planned for the big 5-0 and I wasn't about to drop it just because I came up with another good way to celebrate my birthday... Why half marathons? The half marathon had become my favorite running distance. As a fun runner, it was a challenge every time to get a sub-2 hour finish time - doable on a good day and such fun! What I didn't know, in those happy times when I declared my 2 challenges every now and then to family, friends and fel- low runners, was that at 50, both of them would prove to be more of a challenge than I ever expected them to be.... No challenge is easy - and I soon learned that challenges can, in a moment, be completely beyond you due to events not in your control. All your dreams are completely lost. This is what happened to me four months before race day in mid- December. A ruptured appendix, resulting in perintonitis and pneumonia, and then a twisted knee were setbacks that almost stopped the launch of my challenge - a marathon on the day of my 50th birthday - the Manchester Marathon on April 28, 2013. From then on the clock ticked as I ran 53 half marathons within 365 days before my next birthday. Reaching the Sun, my 52nd Half Marathon was special- hence my medal photo to celebrate at the Northampton Half Marathon held in the ancient grounds of Delapre Abbey in April 2014. I was happy to display all the medals received by the events I ran as a 50 year old. I have dedicated all my runs in memory of my late Father who died unexpectedly only 2 months before my own illness and also in celebration of my best friend Fiona - the bravest person I know who has suc- cessfully fought off cancer twice. I would like to thank my family, especially my Mother, who never missed a visit whilst I was in hospital. I had lost 14 pounds in 10 days. She fattened me up and encouraged me, despite her own deep grief at the time, and was tremen- dously strong in returning every day to the very place where my Father had recently passed away; all my friends and fel- low runners who never let me give up on my running dreams, which includes the friend that sent me the link to Half Fa- natics; and a BIG thank you to all my US Half Fanatic friends without whom I would have never completed my 50 in 50 or reached the Sun! 2 http://www.halffanatics.com 2 HALF FANATICS AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER EXPO SCHEDULE Expo Dude Ray "McGuyver" Shaw will be at this Marathon Expos with club gear for Marathon Maniacs and Half Fanatics. Bass Pro Marathon Route 66 Half Marathon White River Conference Center Cox Business Center Springfield, Missouri Tulsa, Oklahoma Expo Hours: Expo Hours: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 | 10:00am – 7:00pm Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 | 11:00am – 8:00pm Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 | 10:00am – 5:00pm Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 | 10:00am – 6:00pm Want Expo Dude to come to your town? Make sure you are adding your name to the race calendar on the Half Fanatic website, so we know with races have the largest concentration of Fanatics! FANATIC POLL Each month there will be a “Fanatic 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. Last month’s question: Favorite Mileage/GPS Trackers? This month’s question: How old were you when you ran your first half marathon? Please vote online between now and Sept. 30th at: http:// survey.constantcontact.com/poll/ a07e9t44t4zhztbdlwa/start.html. 3 http://www.halffanatics.com 3 HALF FANATICS AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER Aurea #2435 Beth #8176 Loan #4026, Karen #3736 & Heather #6020 St. Clair #6791 & Jessica #6790 Rock 'n' Roll Laura #8727 Virginia Beach Lauren #8782 Laurie #8676 Callie #3591 4 http://www.halffanatics.com 4 HALF FANATICS AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER Upcoming Races in October 2014 WHEN WHAT WHERE WHEN WHAT WHERE 4-Oct 13.1 13.1 Atlanta GA 11-Oct 13.1 Gandy Dancer Trail Half Marathon WI 4-Oct 13.1 Adams Mill Covered Bridge Half Marathon IN 11-Oct 13.1 Hartford Half Marathon CT 4-Oct 13.1 Bay Ridge Half Marathon NY 11-Oct 13.1 High Desert Half Marathon CA 4-Oct 13.1 Bedford Half Marathon IN 11-Oct 16mi John Holmes 16m FL 4-Oct 13.1 Brazen Half Marathon Championship Rocky Ridge CA 11-Oct 13.1 Mainly Marathons Appalachian Series Day One (member discount) WV 4-Oct 13.1 Bruckelaufe Half Marathon MI 11-Oct 13.1 Murfreesboro Half Marathon (The Middle Half) TN 4-Oct 13.1 Buffalo Stampede TX 11-Oct 13.1 National Nurses Half Marathon NV 4-Oct 13.1 Clark Gardens Half Marathon TX 11-Oct 13.1 Old Orchard Beach Half Marathon ME 4-Oct 25k Cloudsplitter 25k KY 11-Oct 13.1 Prairie State Half Marathon IL 4-Oct 13.1 Double Half Mary Day One NE 11-Oct 13.1 Queen Bee Half Marathon OH 4-Oct 13.1 Flatlanders Road Race SK 11-Oct 13.1 Rock N Roll Cleveland OH 4-Oct 13.1 Freedoms Run WV 11-Oct 13.1 Rocktoberfest Half Marathon NC 4-Oct 13.1 Galway Bay Half Marathon IRL 11-Oct 13.1 Showdown Half Marathon TX 4-Oct 13.1 Hero Run IL 11-Oct 13.1 Southernmost Half Marathon FL 4-Oct 13.1 IRC Tacoma Triangle WA 11-Oct 13.1 Stone Bridge Half Marathon IL 4-Oct 13.1 Jacksonville Marine Corps 1/2 Marathon FL 11-Oct 13.1 Under the Oaks Half Marathon GA 4-Oct 13.1 Leavenworth Oktoberfest Half Marathon WA 11-Oct 13.1 WhistleStop Half Marathon WI 4-Oct 13.1 New Hampshire Half Marathon (member discount) NH 11-Oct 13.1 Whitefish Point Run for Light MI 4-Oct 13.1 OktobeRun CA 12-Oct 13.1 BAA Half Marathon MA 4-Oct 13.1 Orange Chicken Run OR 12-Oct 13.1 Biggest Loser RunWalk - Seattle WA 4-Oct 13.1 Run Like a Girl OH 12-Oct 13.1 Blue Mountain Beach Half Marathon FL 4-Oct 13.1 Southern Tennessee Power Classic TN 12-Oct 13.1 City of Trees Half Marathon ID 4-Oct 20mi Stonewall Jackson 20 Mile Ambulance Run VA 12-Oct 13.1 City to Sea Half Marathon CA 4-Oct 13.1 Vintage Runs at Bethel Woods NY 12-Oct 13.1 CTR Bizz Johnson Half Marathon CA 5-Oct 13.1 Boulder Half Marathon CO 12-Oct 13.1 Dayton River Corridor Classic OH 5-Oct 13.1 Bournemouth Half Marathon GBR 12-Oct 13.1 Defiance 30k (note date change) WA 5-Oct 13.1 Crawlin Crab Half Marathon VA 12-Oct 13.1 Dirty South Half Marathon LA 5-Oct 13.1 Divas Half Marathon Long Island NY 12-Oct 13.1 Endurance Race Series - Louisville CO 5-Oct 13.1 Double Half Mary Day Two NE 12-Oct 13.1 Girlfriends Run for a Cure WA 5-Oct 13.1 Findlay Red White and Blue OH 12-Oct 13.1 Go! St Louis Great Halloween Race MO 5-Oct 13.1 Gretes Great Gallop NY 12-Oct 13.1 Green Mountain Half Marathon VT 5-Oct 13.1 Harvest Half Marathon NY 12-Oct 13.1 HITS Oklahoma City (member discount) OK 5-Oct 13.1 Heritage Half Marathon VA 12-Oct 13.1 Hokie Half Marathon VA 5-Oct 13.1 Ironman 70.3 Silverman NV 12-Oct 13.1 Iron Horse Half Marathon KY 5-Oct 13.1 Jersey Shore Half Marathon NJ 12-Oct 13.1 Lighthouse Half Marathon MI 5-Oct 13.1 Ladies First Half Marathon FL 12-Oct 13.1 Long Beach Half Marathon CA 5-Oct 13.1 Leaf Peepers Half Marathon VT 12-Oct 13.1 Lucy Town Half Marathon NY 5-Oct 13.1 Maine Half Marathon ME 12-Oct 13.1 Mainly Marathons Appalachian Series Day Two (member discount) VA 5-Oct 13.1 MO Cowbell Half Marathon MO 12-Oct 13.1 Mohawk Hudson River Half Marathon NY 5-Oct 13.1 North Face Challenge Utah UT 12-Oct 13.1 Munich Half Marathon DEU 5-Oct 13.1 Portland Half Marathon OR 12-Oct 13.1 Newport Half Marathon (Rhode Island) RI 5-Oct 13.1 Raptor Ridge Half Marathon CA 12-Oct 13.1 Northern Ohio Half Marathon OH 5-Oct 13.1 RioSA Half TX 12-Oct 13.1 NYRR Staten Island Half NY 5-Oct 13.1 Rock N Roll Lisbon PRT 12-Oct 13.1 Okanagan Half Marathon BC 5-Oct 13.1 Rock N Roll San Jose CA 12-Oct 13.1 Oxford Half Marathon GBR 5-Oct 13.1 RockN Rebellion 13.1 NC 12-Oct 13.1 Poulsbo Half Marathon (member discount) WA 5-Oct 13.1 Run and Ride - Carowinds NC 12-Oct 13.1 Prairie Fire Half Marathon KS 5-Oct 13.1 Run Crazy Horse (member discount) SD 12-Oct 13.1 Race 13.1 - Winston Salem NC 5-Oct 13.1 Sleeping Bear Half Marathon MI 12-Oct 13.1 Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon GBR 5-Oct 13.1 Smuttynose Rockfest Half Marathon NH 12-Oct 13.1 Saint Bronislava Half Marathon WI 5-Oct 13.1 Spirit of Survival Half Marathon OK 12-Oct 13.1 Shelby Farms Greenline 1/2 Marathon TN 5-Oct 13.1 Spirit of the Shore