Newsletter Volume 28
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100 MARATHON CLUB NORTH AMERICA Newsletter #28 – August 11, 2012 UPCOMING EVENTS – Marathons Directed by Club Members 09-09-2012 – Skagit Flats Marathon, Burlington, WA, Terry Sentinella 10-21-2012 – Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon, Grand Rapids, MI, Don Kern 11-25-2012 – Ghost of Seattle Marathon, Seattle, WA, Scott Krell 12-08-2012 – Ghost of Birch Bay Marathon, Birch Bay, WA, Scott Krell 12-15-2012 – Pigtails Cedar River Marathon & 50K, Ravensdale, WA, Van Phan 12-21-2012 – End of the World Marathon, Humble, TX, Steve & Paula Boone 12-22-2012 – Day after the End of the World Marathon, Humble, TX, Steve & Paula Boone 01-01-2013 – Texas Marathon, Kingwood, TX, Steve & Paula Boone 02-02-2013 – Groundhog Day Marathon, Grand Rapids, MI, Don Kern 04-06-2013 – Yakima River Canyon Marathon..…100 Marathon Club Reunion….. Ellensburg to Selah, WA, Bob & Lenore Dolphin 04-15-2013 – Boston Marathon, Boston, MA, Dave McGillivray 05-08-2013 – Tacoma City Marathon…..Marathon Maniac 10th Anniversary….. Tacoma, WA, Tony Phillipi 05-19-2013 – Windermere Marathon, Spokane, WA, Elaine Koga-Kennelly 06-01-2013 – Green River Marathon, Kent to Seattle, WA, Steve Barrick Mainly Marathons, Clint Burleson (Organ, NM) – Day of the Dead Series (four marathons), End of October and Dust Bowl Series (five marathons in five days in five states), March 2013. Lois Berkowitz’s race suggestions – Run Like a Turkey 50K, November 10, 2012, and Glass City Marathon, April 28, 2012.. UNDELIVERED E-MAILS……..HELP! Please let me know if you have a current e-mail address for the following: Dave Bell, Richard Cromwell, Tom Husman, Mike Leahy, Ray Lim, Leslie Miller, Gina Moore and Neil Wakelin. Thanks! WELCOME TO CLUB MEMBER #360! Marathon Maniac Evelyn Smith (Rockford, IL) chose the Las Vegas Marathon on January 30, 2005, in Las Vegas, NV for her first marathon. Her 100th marathon was the Deseret News Marathon at Salt Lake City, UT on July 24, 2012. She has a total of 92 marathons and 8 ultras and became a STATES FINISHER at Joanna, SC on May 9, 2010. She set her Personal Record of 5:08:46 on August 20, 2006, at the age of 46. 1 THE 100 MARATHON CLUB FROM A TO Z Here are some questions that you’ll find answers for in the update on member accomplishments, activities etc. 1. Who were the five club members who had articles in the 50 States Marathon Club 2012 Summer Newsletter? 2. Who recently broke the world record for winning the most marathons ever? 3. Who rode a “seat-less” bike 3,000 miles across the country (Parris Island, SC to San Diego, CA) to raise money for injured Marines? 4. Which UK runner worked at the Summer Olympics in London? 5. Who is in charge of sending updates to the World Megamarathon Ranking 300+ twice a year? 6. Which runners recently celebrated the completion of Marathon #800 and #900? 7. Who is the 14 Times STATES FINISHER who broke his own Guinness Record for the third time by running 113 marathons in 2011? 8. Who has run more marathons away from his own country than he has in it? 9. Who holds the World Record for running a marathon in 114 countries? 10. Who ate dinner with Bill Rodgers the night before her 200th marathon? 11. What age is the oldest woman club member? 12. What couple is directing three marathons in a 12-day time period……and who is directing five marathons in five days in five states? 13. Who is in the Guinness Book of Records in 1990 as the youngest athlete in the world (age 28) to complete 100 marathons? 14. What couple ran 9 marathons in 9 days? 15. Which male holds the Guinness Record for being the male who ran the 7 continents in the shortest period of time (25 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes)? After 2 ½ years on the job of coordination for collecting marathon data and updates for the World Marathon Ranking 300+, Tom Adair (Alpharetta, GA) on January 1, 2012, transferred his responsibilities to Walt Prescott (Decatur, GA). Michael Alsworth (Swindon Wiltshire, England) sent a postcard from Las Vegas to let us know that he ran his 300th Marathon there in 4:25:19. It was his 11th Las Vegas Marathon, the same number as his London Marathon count. Dan Archambeau & Lois Brown (Sidnaw, MI) are both no longer running marathons. Steve Barrick (Kent, WA) was one of 20 participants who have completed all 12 Yakima River Canyon Marathons (YRCM) in Central Washington State. Frank Bartocci (Rochester, MN) became a 7 Times STATES FINISHER at the Newport Marathon in Newport, OR on June 2, 2012. Gary Berkowitz, husband of Lois Berkowitz (Riverview, MI), lost his battle with cancer in November of 2011. Lois registered for the March 31, 2012, YRCM, but jury duty prevented her from coming. She ran her 350th Marathon on June 3, 2012, the Casper Marathon, at Casper, WY. Congratulations to Lois as she changed her 50 States Marathon Club title from Newsletter to President/Newsletter and to Dave Bell (Highlands Ranch, CO) who moved from Secretary to Vice President of the club. He ran Marathon #300 at Steve & Paula Boone’s Texas Marathon at Kingwood, TX on January 1, 2012, and became a 5 Times STATES FINISHER at the Charleston Marathon in Charleston, SC on January 14, 2 2012. Be sure to send your updates to Jeff Bishton (Ft. Myers Beach, FL) at [email protected]. In the past nine months postcards have been received from Roger Biggs (Stevenage, UK) from his worldwide marathon traveling to Los Angeles, Waco & Galveston, TX, Blackpool & Liverpool, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany & Istanbul, Turkey. As of June 4, 2012, Jim Bitgood (Laurel, MD) had a total of 120 marathons. He’s planning to run our YRCM on April 6, 2013! Steve & Paula Boone (Humble, TX) are adding two more marathons to their directors schedule: The End of the World Marathon on December 21, 2012 (for pessimists) and The Day after the End of the World Marathon on December 22, 2012 (for optimists). Information about these races can be found at www.50statesmarathonclub.com. Both events offer a full and a half marathon. Their next Texas Marathon is on January 1, 2013. That’s three marathons directed by them in 12 days!! We’ll wish them a Merry Christmas & and a Happy New Year now! Steve completed Marathon #500 at the Houston Marathon on January 15, 2012. As of July 26, 2012, Jim Boyd (Seattle, WA) had a total of 348 marathons. Be sure to read his article, “Jimbo’s Big 7 OH Celebration,” in the 50 States Club’s Summer Newsletter on page 12. It was good to get a T-shirt order from Michael Brandt (El Dorado Hills, CA). Beginning in February of 2006 “Dasher” Jack Brooks (St. Albans,UK) has written great stories about the continuing saga of the marathon adventures, misadventures and rivalry with “Basher” (Roger Biggs). To check them out, go to www.100marathonclub.org.uk and click on “Basher vs. Dasher.” You can find two stories in the 50 States Club’s Summer Newsletter: ”Not Sleepless in Seattle, but Definitely Keyless in Yakima” on page 10 and “Flying in Blackpool, England” on page 12. Mike Brooks (Danville, ME) became a 4 Times STATES FINISHER at the 24 the Hard Way Marathon at Oklahoma City, OK on October 24, 2011. The headline in a local newspaper article read “Lomira’s Marathon Man reaches 35,000 Miles.” Kevin Brosi (Flower Mound, TX) forwarded the information about an accomplishment of Al Kohli. For the first time in eleven years I wasn’t on the viewing stand last October at the start of the Marine Corps Marathon, so Todd Byers (Longbeach, CA) and I missed connecting there for our annual picture before he crossed the starting line. We were both disappointed. Burt Carlson (Mound, MN) ran his 300th Marathon on October 5, 2008, the Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis, MN. As of September 2011 his numbers were 265 marathons and 52 ultras for a total of 317. He’ll celebrate birthday #87 on September 26, 2012……and he’s still running marathons! Good to hear from John Connor (Newport, KY). Harold Copeland (Richland, WA) let us know that his wife Evelyn passed away on March 25, 2012, after a short illness. They had been married for 67 years. Beth Davenport (Santa Fe, NM) has added Secretary to her 50 States Marathon Club Verification job. Rich DeCample (Renton, WA) ran his 300th Marathon on February 4, 2012, at the “hot and tough” Death Valley Marathon in Death Valley, CA. The Hatfield McCoy Marathon at South Williamson, KY on June 9, 2012, was Marathon #500 for Eugene DeDronzo (Cheshire, CT). He became an 8 Times STATES FINISHER on November 19, 2011, at the White River Marathon in Cotter, AR. As of June 4, 2012, Carol Dellinger (Spokane, WA) had completed 261 marathons and was a Two-Year Breast Cancer Survivor. She was featured in the booklet of the October 9, 2011, Portland (OR) Marathon as a “24 consecutive finisher” of that race. At the age of 82, Bob Dolphin (Renton/Yakima, WA) completed Marathon #500 on March 31, 2012, at the YRCM, the race that we direct. He had completed #400 there on March 31, 2007. He’s a 12 times finisher of all of these races. Steve Edwards (Bourton on the Water, UK) is another member who is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. In 1990 at age 28, he became the youngest athlete in the world to run 100 marathons.