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High St., #213, Worthington, OH 43085 PRESORTED Stats, New Members, Demographics . 3 2010 Back to Backs at Bear Lake. 12 STANDARD Finishers . 4 Bataan Memorial/Berkshires . 13 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Member Profiles . 5 Are Milestones a Curse or Joy? . 14 DISCOVER Member Profiles & Shorts. 6 Missed It?! & Shorts . 15 PUBLICATIONS In Memoriam: Rick Worley . 7 New Jersey Reunion . 16 Hardrock Mike & Shorts . 8 2010 World Tour: Rio de Janeiro . 17 Running Saved My Life . 9 Doubles & Deals for Members . 18 The Final Ten-WY & MT. 10 Member Events & Milestones . 19 Tacoma City Marathon . 11 Reunions & Advertising Info . 20 Volume 9 • Issue 2 • September 2010 DP #10996 NEWSLETTER 50 States Marathon Club • PO Box 15638, Houston, TX 77220 • www.50statesmarathonclub.com • Volume 9 • Issue 2 • September 2010 Board of Directors Answers from the Personal Profile on the 2010 Renewal Form • President • Members Goals for 2010/2011: Tom Adair • Run 13 states in 2010/15 states in 2011 -Chris Thompson [email protected] • Start running marathons again! -Paul Kilvington • Vice President/Reunions • • Staying healthy and inspiring friends and family to join me-Jeremiah Gibbons Charles Sayles • Run Boston -Tom Abbruscato [email protected] • Add three or four states in 2010, same in 2011 -Brent Manley • Heal injuries and start to PR in marathons again -Tami Harmon • Secretary • • Stay healthy, avoid injury, build mileage, get back in the game -Conrad Clark Susan Sinclair • Finish 50 states -Christopher Haeckler [email protected] • Take it easy and have fun -Lauri Fauerbach Adams • Treasurer • • Finish 3 more marathons (states) -Marguerite Mogul Steve Boone • 16 marathons per year -Clyde Shank [email protected] • BQ and finish 3-4 states -Wynne Harvey • Continue to work on 50 states @ sub 4 hours -Bob Kennedy • Membership • • Complete 12 states -Steve Laine Paula Boone • For 2010, 10 or more and 2011 is completion of 50 states -Terry Nelson [email protected] • Get healed from ankle fracture in 2 places -Pam Penfield • Newsletter • • Pass 25 states -William Reinecke Lois Berkowitz • Keep healthy, enjoy life, and keep marathoning and dog agility -Tom Adair [email protected] • Stay healthy while running 20 marathons to stay on track for finish #2 in 2013 and #3 in 2014 at marathon #200 -Beth Davenport • Board Member • • Complete about 5 new states a year -Delbert Giese Dave Bell [email protected] What other hobbies and interests do you have besides marathoning? • Cooking, reading, antiquing, interior design, photography -Ken Blahut Table of contents • History, biking -Luci Vaden Stats, New Members, Demographics . .3 • Gym, volunteering, biking, traveling -Jonathan Robinson Finishers . .4 • Fencing, cross training, Bikram yoga -Annette Wulffe Member Profiles . .5 • Travel -Dale Bullard Member Profiles & Shorts . .6 • Scuba diving, baseball -Jim Moore In Memoriam: Rick Worley . .7 • Gardening -Bill Theis Hardrock Mike & Shorts . .8 • Sports memorabilia -Bennett Blumenkopf Running Saved My Life . .9 • Trails, pictures, beach boating -Michael Goolkasian The Final Ten-WY & MT . .10 • Love to read -Don Pattison Tacoma City Marathon . .11 • Golf -Chung Yul Kim 2010 Back to Backs at Bear Lake . .12 • Coin collecting, military history, ceramic painting, singing -Kenny McCleary Bataan Memorial/Berkshires . .13 • Working out, country dancing, volunteering for human rights -Bob Shimmel Are Milestones a Curse or Joy? . .14 • Work and train, play with my cats -Andrea Widberg Missed It?! & Shorts . .15 • Other than trying to keep up with 2 teenage kids and the sports they are in, I don't have time for New Jersey Reunion . .16 much else -Glen Anderson 2010 World Tour: Rio de Janeiro . .17 • Hiking (Grand Canyon traverse each year) -Jud Broom Doubles & Deals for Members . .18 • Baseball, basketball, football (watching and playing) -John Connor Member Events & Milestones . .19 • Reading and traveling -Tamara Enders Reunions & Advertising Info . .20 • Reading, biking, traveling -Robin Gialanella | page2 | Stats, New Members, Demographics Membership - 2,185 Female - 791 Male - 1,394 Our members have a combined total of more than 131,078 marathons and counting… If everyone updates their statistics, our count will be even higher! E-mail updates to your schedule, state count and marathon total count to [email protected]. Help us out by including your first and last name! Thanks! Keep your e-mail and address current. Kara Campbell-IL Kevin Hanna-FL Joseph McCright-LA Michael Schneider-OH Welcome to Claire Carder-OR Pixie Harrington-MA Carol McDonough-IL Kameron Shahid-MN our New Joshua Carnes-DC Mark Harris-IL John Meilink-IL Thomas Simon-OR Members: Sara Cherne-MN Craig Haugaard-SD Charles Monahan-MA Thomas Sinnott-PA Mark Compton-GA Lora Haugaard-SD Helene Neville-AZ David Sproles-LA Ginger Andrews-MD Ewell Condron-TX Judy Holden-NC Tom Notermann-IL Laura Sprung-VA Jon Austin-MI Michael Crongeyer-MI Margaret Hvatum-MO Erik Olsen-WI Larry Tabachnick-VA Kim Trepanier Austin-FL Morgan Cummings-TX Robert Insley-MI Chris Oppenlander-MI David Thompson-CO Karen Axelrod-MA Gene Dahlen-IA William Jackson-WI Rick Parisi-AL Karen Thomson-MO David Ayer, Jr.-MO Javier Damien-NJ Donna Janssen-TX Neil Paulson-IL David Threm-IN Bob Baker-UT Aprelle Deuell-CA Brad Jarvis-WA Autumn Perry-GA David Tucker-MI Teresa Baker-UT Karen Douglas Eric Kass-WI David Perry-GA Sara Turner-AK Nick Ballard-TN Alexandra Dronkers-CA Julia Foster Keevey-NJ Chris Pollock-VA Michael Utt-MN Bobby Bankston-IL Emmanuel Enujioke-GA Billy Glen Kennedy-TN Martin Powers-MO Arnat Vale-MD Scott Becker-PA Seth Farber-NY Christina Koehn-AZ Brian Pugh-GA Jeff Venable-TX David Bergeron-CA Yvonne Finnegan-MD Thomas Lavin-MD Donald Raake-OH Lou Villaire Gailmarie Berquist-CO Patrick Finney-TX Catherine Lazorko-NC Rahim Rahman-CA Nick Vlahopoulos-MI Jeff Bock-SD Deana Fowler-NM Doug Leach-AR Joe Redmond-GA David Weber-OH Aaron Braunstein-IL Michael Frontz-TX Henri Major-MB George Rehmet-CA Phillip Weiland-NV Francis Brisson-VT Laura Gehrig-ND Mirek Malinowski-TX Sherry Ricker-VT James Westbury, Jr.-GA Austin Budlong-MN Mark Grandonico-ME Greg Malone-OH Ralph Riddick-WA David Wingard-SC Christopher Bullock Elaine Green-IN Neil Mandel-CT Daniel Roach-MN Ronnie Wong-MD Elizabeth Cady-CO Lianne Griffin-GA Bekki Manville-CO Gregory Roth-VA David Zajic-AL Forrest Callicutt-AL John Grizzle-IL Joe Markley-NC Cassy Russell-OK Carmen Zimeri-SC Demographics: AL-27 HI-6 MI-57 NC-52 UT-13 AROUND Sweden-1 AK-8 ID-11 MN-74 ND-3 VT-8 THE WORLD Thailand-1 AZ-23 IL-119 MS-8 OH-104 VA-74 UK-5 Australia-1 AR-24 IN-63 MO-66 OK-19 WA-47 Austria-2 CA-157 IA-29 MT-6 OR-26 WV-14 Bermuda-1 CO-72 KS-30 NE-20 PA-77 WI-50 Canada-25 CT-31 KY-30 NV-11 RI-2 WY-8 China-1 DE-2 LA-31 NH-13 SC-24 Germany-3 DC-7 ME-10 NJ-55 SD-7 Iceland-1 FL-125 MD-47 NM-10 TN-34 Japan-1 GA-100 MA-29 NY-87 TX-193 AL-6 ID-9 MN-11 ND-3 VT-19 Where We Finished AK-53 IL-8 MS-6 OH-2 VA-6 AZ-5 IN-14 MO-5 OK-6 WA-11 the States AR-6 IA-15 MT-17 OR-4 WV-17 Our club members have completed CA-4 KS-16 NE-3 PA-9 WI-8 their 50th state in all 50 states. CO-14 KY-11 NV-3 RI-36 WY-15 CT-24 LA-11 NH-20 SC-19 Hawaii has been the most DE-15 ME-19 NJ-12 SD-16 common state in which to finish. FL-1 MD-5 NM-7 TN-3 Alaska is second. GA-3 MA-12 NY-7 TX-5 Rhode Island comes in third. HI-102 MI-6 NC-4 UT-3 | page3 | Finishers Congratulations Finishers *Certified Finisher Zan Franc Asbury Park Asbury Park, NJ 10/18/09 Jim Simpson 10th time Fattest Butt 50K Dover, DE 01/02/10 *Boonsom Hartman 3rd time Ocean Drive Cape May, NJ 03/28/10 FINISHER *Frank Bartocci 5th time Ocean Drive Cape May, NJ 03/28/10 *Rob Klein Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC 04/10/10 *Certified Finishers have provided *David Reid Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC 04/10/10 hard copies of at least one item of Steven Borchert Big-D Texas Dallas, TX 04/11/10 proof for each of the 50 states: Christopher Bullock Providence Providence, RI 05/02/10 * Certificate *Bettie Wailes Flying Pig Cincinnati, OH 05/02/10 *Amy Murphy Providence Providence, RI 05/02/10 * Results Tom Hallee Providence Providence, RI 05/02/10 * Bib AND Medal *Lou Wilson Providence Providence, RI 05/02/10 *Tim Marquardt New Jersey Long Branch, NJ 05/02/10 *Evelyn Smith Enoree Passage Joanna, SC 05/09/10 Female Member *David Holmen Vermont City Burlington, VT 05/30/10 Finishers – 157 Kendel Prescott 5th time Vermont City Burlington, VT 05/30/10 Male Member *Tamara Smith Vermont City Burlington, VT 05/30/10 Finishers – 373 Jeanine Cross Vermont City Burlington, VT 05/30/10 *Mark Rudnicki Sunburst South Bend, IN 06/05/10 29 Members finished in 2001 *Fran Drozdz Sunburst South Bend, IN 06/05/10 24 Members finished in 2002 *Laura Skladzinski Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN 06/06/10 *Vicki Becker Casper Casper, WY 06/06/10 38 Members finished in 2003 *Xiao Tu Steamboat Steamboat, CO 06/06/10 40 Members finished in 2004 *Mark Swanson Marathon to Marathon Marathon, IA 06/12/10 *Terry Ballinger Utah Valley Provo, UT 06/12/10 70 Members finished in 2005 *Richard Palmer Hatfield McCoy Williamson, WV 06/12/10 55 Members finished in 2006 *Michael Cordum Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 68 Members finished in 2007 *John Dietrich Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 *Steven Kuhl Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 91 Members finished in 2008 *Theresa Pipher Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 86 Members finished in 2009 *Bill Bonetz Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 *Eric Johnson Mayor’s Anchorage, AK 06/19/10 So far..