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High St., #213, Worthington, OH 43085 PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE Stats, New Members, Demographics . 3 Running and Cycling in Scenic WV . 12 PAID Finishers & Milestones . 4 Are You on the A Team or B Team. 13 DISCOVER PUBLICATIONS Member Profiles . 5 Grizzly Marathon & Shorts . 14 Member Profiles & Brookings. 6 Tupelo & ADT. 15 Destination Marathon & Shorts. 7 Germantown & Shorts. 16 Hooked on Marathoning & Shorts. 8 Running in Rio. 17 Omaha Reunion. 9 Doubles & Deals for Members . 18 Smowmaggedon Marathon. 10 Member Events . 19 Winthrop & Run with Horses. 11 Reunions & Advertising Info . 20 Volume 9 • Issue 3 • November 2010 DP #11101 NEWSLETTER 50 States Marathon Club • PO Box 15638, Houston, TX 77220 • www.50statesmarathonclub.com • Volume 9 • Issue 3 • November 2010 Board of Directors Members Watch for the 2011 renewal form in the next newsletter. • President • Tom Adair [email protected] What is the best finisher medal/award you have received? • Vice President/Reunions • (answers from the 2010 profile) Charles Sayles • Paris Marathon, Little Rock, First Light, Chicago—Randy Maugle,PA [email protected] • Taos, NM—Harry Hoffman, Jr.,FL • Secretary • • Barcelona Spain, March 1998—Jeannette Roostai,CA Susan Sinclair • Big Sur, Comrades and Antarctica—Tom Adair,GA [email protected] • Little Rock (huge) and Disney Goofy—Rick Crawshaw,NY • Treasurer • • A bottle of wine at the Medoc Marathon in France—Jodi Lee Alper,NJ Steve Boone • Marathon to Marathon—John Holland,PA [email protected] • Atlanta 1991 because it was the first—Ken Ott,CO • Membership • • My first marathon on 11/2/97 in New York City—Donald Arthur,NY Paula Boone • No favorites. All are cherished—Wally Herman, ON, Canada [email protected] • First Light Marathon hand made by clients of L’Arch Mobile—Richard Baber,CT • Newsletter • • North Pole Marathon medal—Clyde Shank,TX Lois Berkowitz • Hiking stick (handcrafted) from the Grizzly Marathon—Jody Goldman,AZ [email protected] • My first marathon (Marine Corps ‘87) and my first ultra (JFK50 ‘94)—Miles Haven,MD • Board Member • • Goofy Challenge—Sarah Gross,OH Dave Bell • Atacama Crossing (155 miles desert in Chile)—Doug Thompson,NC [email protected] • Plaque/clock for winning University of Okoboji Marathon—Gary Krugger,PA • Marine Corps—Minh Dang,AL Table of contents • 100th Boston Marathon—Edward Bateman,FL Stats, New Members, Demographics. .3 • B&A Trail—Mark Swanson, TX Finishers & Milestones . .4 • Boston 1996 (100th Boston) Need I say more?—Steve Hibbs,MN Member Profiles . .5 • The Great Cranberry Island 50K, we all got a granite rock from the island with the stats Member Profiles & Brookings . .6 hand painted on it—Jill Hill,FL Destination Marathon & Shorts . .7 • Texas Marathon, of course—Rich Holmes,NC Hooked on Marathoning & Shorts . .8 • Cincinnati Flying Pig—John Leighton,OH Omaha Reunion . .9 • Cow bell from Pineland Farms 50K—Jon Rowe,WY Smowmaggedon Marathon . .10 • Disney World 10th Anniversary—Dana Mosell, CA Winthrop & Run with Horses . .11 Running and Cycling in Scenic WV . .12 • All of them—George Troia,MI Are You on the A Team or B Team? . .13 • St. George (stone)—Kevin Nolan,PA Grizzly Marathon & Shorts . .14 • Umstead 50—Robert Parker,NC Tupelo & ADT . .15 • Taos, NM...school children hand painted our “medals”—Mary Alice Purcell,MN Germantown & Shorts . .16 • Air Force Marathon has some of the best—William Reinecke,MN Running in Rio . .17 • My first Disney Marathon medal—Jonathan Robinson,UT Doubles & Deals for Members . .18 • Antarctica (wonderful trip, once in a lifetime)—Chuck Savage,FL Member Events . .19 • Gasparilla Ultra—Theresa Sullivan,FL Reunions & Advertising Info . .20 • Mississippi Blues guitar medal—Chris Thompson,CA | page2 | Stats, New Members, Demographics Membership - 2,248 Female - 819 Male - 1,429 Our members have a combined total of more than 135,015 marathons and counting… If everyone updates their statistics, our count will be even higher! Welcome to Anne Broussard-NH Stacy Fissel-OK Tom Jackson-CO Gary Pennell-KS Maria Chevalier-RI Danny Fleener-FL Marit Janse-MI Deborah Roth-MN our New Joseph Chick-NY Edward Fowler-NY Regina Joyce-WA Michelle Ryan-TX Members: Kenneth Childs-TN Jorge Garcia-IL Brian Karl-NJ Richard Shew-WI Brooke Sydnor Curran-VA Wayne Gibbons-NJ Jeffrey Klasky-VA Kristen Slater-OK Ray De Quintal-PA Dan Green-IL Nick Klein-PA Karen Slattery-IL Deanna Alvarez-WA Rebecca Diaz-TX Serene Griffin-TX Tom Koch-NH Thomas Stack-DE Orapin Asarangchai-MA Gina DiCello-IL Galen Garrison-FL Jeff Linwood-TX Rebecca Sudduth-VA Brendan Babish-CA Michael DiGennaro-TX Jeffrey Hamlin-VA Sharon Marks-WV John Babish-NY Henry Domeracki-TX Bill Hartman-OH Kristy McKibbin-OH Peggy Trager-MN John Backman-CA Kip Eldridge-FL Irlan Hebner-CA Michael McLean-NY Kim Jacob Wander-IA Gordon Bennett-CT Robert English-CA Amy Hodges-LA Steve Metcalf-NC Daniel Weaver-TX Alison Black-MA Eliot Ephraim-IL Dawn Inman-MN Nancy Morehead-CA Michaela Wilcox-NY Rob Brogna-MA Lauren Farkash-MA Michelle Jackson-CO George Hunter Myers-GA Cheri Woldt-TX Demographics: AL-27 HI-6 MI-58 NC-52 UT-13 AROUND Sweden-1 AK-8 ID-11 MN-77 ND-3 VT-8 THE WORLD Thailand-1 AZ-23 IL-123 MS-8 OH-107 VA-77 UK-5 Australia-1 AR-24 IN-64 MO-66 OK-21 WA-49 Austria-2 CA-162 IA-30 MT-6 OR-26 WV-15 Bermuda-1 CO-74 KS-31 NE-20 PA-79 WI-51 Canada-25 CT-32 KY-31 NV-11 RI-3 WY-8 China-1 DE-4 LA-33 NH-15 SC-24 Germany-3 DC-7 ME-10 NJ-57 SD-7 Iceland-1 FL-128 MD-47 NM-10 TN-35 Japan-1 GA-101 MA-33 NY-91 TX-200 Male Finishers AL-3 FL-30 LA-9 NE-7 OK-1 VT-2 AROUND Iceland-0 AK-1 GA-13 ME-2 NV-2 OR-6 VA-8 THE WORLD Japan-0 AZ-1 HI-1 MD-6 NH-4 PA-11 WA-10 Sweden-0 Australia-0 AR-2 ID-1 MA-5 NJ-7 RI-0 WV-4 Thailand-0 Austria-1 CA-18 IL-24 MI-9 NM-1 SC-6 WI-14 UK-2 Bermuda-1 CO-16 IN-12 MN-17 NY-11 SD-0 WY-1 Canada-4 CT-5 IA-2 MS-1 NC-6 TN-5 China-0 DE-0 KS-6 MO-10 ND-2 TX-39 Germany-1 DC-1 KY-9 MT-0 OH-24 UT-2 Female Finishers AL-0 FL-15 LA-3 NE-1 OK-0 VT-0 AROUND Iceland-0 AK-0 GA-7 ME-1 NV-2 OR-2 VA-2 THE WORLD Japan-0 AZ-4 HI-0 MD-4 NH-0 PA-3 WA-3 Sweden-0 Australia-0 AR-0 ID-3 MA-0 NJ-3 RI-0 WV-0 Thailand-0 Austria-0 CA-17 IL-10 MI-6 NM-1 SC-4 WI-4 UK-0 Bermuda-0 CO-5 IN-1 MN-2 NY-8 SD-1 WY-0 Canada-2 CT-1 IA-1 MS-0 NC-2 TN-7 China-0 DE-1 KS-3 MO-3 ND-0 TX-22 Germany-1 DC-0 KY-8 MT-0 OH-3 UT-1 | page3 | Finishers Congratulations Finishers *Certified Finisher * Chuck Van Duzee Maui Maui, HI 09/20/09 * Ed Martin Pocatello Pocatello, ID 09/04/10 FINISHER Jim Simpson 11th time Pocatello Pocatello, ID 09/04/10 * Jean Reid Tupelo Tupelo, MS 09/05/10 Female Member * Jim Miller Kauai Kauai, HI 09/05/10 Finishers – 167 * John Van Steenbergh Maui Maui, HI 09/19/10 Male Member * Mary Schumann Maui Maui, HI 09/19/10 Finishers – 386 Don Kern 2nd time Omaha Omaha, NE 09/26/10 29 members finished in 2001 * Peggy McKean Omaha Omaha, NE 09/26/10 24 members finished in 2002 * Larry Macon 11th time New Hampshire Bristol, NH 10/02/10 38 members finished in 2003 * Bryan Baroffio Hartford Hartford, CT 10/09/10 40 members finished in 2004 * Joanne Meier Chicago Chicago, IL 10/10/10 70 members finished in 2005 * Paula Erdle Portland Portland, OR 10/10/10 55 members finished in 2006 Walt Prescott 4th time Louisville Louisville, KY 10/17/10 68 members finished in 2007 * Phillip Millard Breakers Newport, RI 10/17/10 91 members finished in 2008 Cathy Minshall Breakers Newport, RI 10/17/10 87 members finished in 2009 * Beverly Paquin Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME 10/17/10 So far... 76 members have * Larry Handt Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI 10/17/10 finished in 2010 * Don Smythe Des Moines Des Moines, IA 10/17/10 Craig Withers Des Moines Des Moines, IA 10/17/10 *Certified Finishers have provided * John Buckley Des Moines Des Moines, IA 10/17/10 hard copies of at least one item of proof for each of the 50 states: * Mary Lenari Des Moines Des Moines, IA 10/17/10 * Certificate * Gary Krugger Spinx Run Fest Greenville, SC 10/30/10 * Results * Morgan Cummings Spinx Run Fest Greenville, SC 10/30/10 * Bib AND Medal * Bill Theis Hoover Dam Boulder City, NV 10/30/10 100 Milestones 150 Steve Hibbs 100th Great Wall Beijing, China 05/15/10 Paul Fournier 150th San Francisco San Francisco, CA 07/25/10 Layne Davis 100th Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe, NV 09/25/10 Dave Lindgren 100th Whistlestop Ashland, WI 10/09/10 New singlets are now available! We now have singlets in: Red or Blue Men's or Ladies’ Finisher or Non-finisher $30 including shipping Ladies' finisher front Ladies' finisher back Ladies' finisher front Ladies' finisher back www.50statesmarathonclub.com Men's non-finisher back Men's non-finisher back | page4 | Member Profiles Profile, Nancy Phelps, ID not like to run, although she played baseball and other pleted two marathons, but she has retired from long dis- Nancy Phelps has been marathoning for 13 years; during sports.