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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

Little Rock Marathon 2-5

Maniac Poll 4

Los Angeles Marathon 6

Pacific Rim ONE DAY Run 7-9

Social Networking 9

Dizzy Daze Endurance Runs 10-12

Half Fanatics 12

National Marathon 13

2011 Maniac Reunion 14

Bataan Death March 15

Tell Me Your Story 16-18

Report from InSane AsyLum 18

The Marathon Show 19

Promotions 20

Coming Up in April 21

New Maniacs 22

Discounts 23

Note from the Editor 24

Rhetorical Revelations from “The Rev” 25

MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTERVolume 8, Number 3

SEE PAGE 16!

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MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTER

Paige Vaiden Mucha and Nancy Oh

Meg Hays and Gaye Walter

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Little Rock Marathon (3/6): Rudy Acevedo, AlisonAcott, Deanna Alvarez, Linda Ambard, Andrea Amend,Glen Anderson, Francisco Javier Aranda, Chris Baker,Dawn "TronWife" Benz, Raj(RunningYogi), Annette"Crash" Blanton, Arland "Arkansas" Blanton, TrinaBright, David Bucklew, Lisa Cao, Claire Carder, EwellCondron, Lee Condron, Mindy Coolman, ConnieCorbett, Edith Crawford, Morgan 'Baby Cougar'Cummings, Scott Dahl, Bjoerg, Alicia MM Diva #3, JimEvans, "Pretend this is Real" Jen, Rick Franks, FrankGainer, Jesse "Thunder" Garrett, Charles Gattin, Clem"Mara-Hawk" George, Greg Glennon, MM Diva # 2,Nina Grado, Kim Gray, "MM Diva #5", Scott "FlyingDuck" Griffith, Jeff Hager, Matthew Hamidullah, RossHamilton, Michael Harmon, Doug "Carebear" Harrison,Will Hayes, Meg Hays, Greg "Caterpillar" Hennes, TalaHill, The Shoe, Steve Hughes, Becky Humes, DonnaJacobs, Kristine "KJ" Jahn, Darrell James, Brian "JesusFreak" Joachims, Cathie Johnson, Troy Johnson, RobertKazar, Valerie Kilcoin, John "Mad Hatter" Kinnicutt,Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, Lia Kinsey, Guy Klarfeld,Dagmar Knudsen, Mark Kramer, Gary 'Cougar Bait'Krugger, Paula Lee, Steven T Lee, Matt (Limp Bizkit)Lengel, "Dancin Donna" Loud, Ed Loy, Richard"Rickymac" MacLean, Tracy "Trixiemac" MacLean,Kristin "Mud Dauber" Malek, Sue "Italian Stallion"Mantyla, Dave Mari, Letty Marino, Nick Matthews,Terri Menghini, David Meroney, Steve Metcalf, LindaMoody, Maggie Mount, Mike Nasiatka, AndyNaumann, Terry Nelson, Mark Niblo, James"Hurricane" Norris, Nancy Oh, Thomas "T.O." Okazaki,Tina Orndorff, LOruns2cureNF, Lynn Palmer, Neil"Infantry CPT" Paulson, Joel "Warrior" Perez, RichardPye, Pascal Radley, Glen Raggio, "Captain" Dan Ratliff,Scott Richardson, Matthew Richter, "Lyle, LyleCrocodile" Robertson, Michelle "Running Reporter"Rupp, Gary Schancer, Sonja Schnautz, Bill Schultheis,Vicki Schumacher, Chip Southern, Johnny "The Animal"Spriggs, Melissa Taylor, Greg Terry, Kevin "Pork Rice"Terry, Big Al Thomas, Charlie Viers, Michelle"Marathon Mama" Walker, Luke Welvaert, LygeaWelvaert, Nancy Wentink, Steve "Half Nakedman"White, Eddie Yoakum, Jonathan Young, Rob (RocketMan) Young, Stephanie Zehr

Pre-race Maniac dinner!

I think Dave made a new friend!

Dave Mari met up with Pam Oliver (from Fox Sports), she ran her first marathon!

Arkansas State Capitol

Dagmar Katral

Dan Ratliff

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Each month there will be a “Maniac poll”. This poll will be posted online. Pleasetake a few moments to answer this poll. I will post the results in the nextnewsletter.

This month’s question: Have you ever run an ultra marathon?

Please vote online between now and May 5: http://www.marathonfreak.com/maniacpoll

Last month’s question: Assuming that you have to wear aManiac shirt/singlet, which is your favorite?

The “signature” yellow singlet is still the most popularshirt/singlet among Maniacs. Of the 91 votes 51% wouldwear the signature yellow singlet. The black and whitesinglet, flashy singlet, red shirt and pink Divas shirt all camein second with 8%. Thanks for voting!

Lisa CaoLetty MarinoScott Richardson

Pascal Radley

Kristin Malek

Lyle Robertson

Marla Wiggins James NorrisJonathan Young

http://www.marathonfreak.com/maniacpoll

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Janet Marshall

Guy Klarfeld and Neil Paulson

Clem GeorgeDarrell James

David Bucklew

Michael Hsu

Donna Loud

Annette Blanton

Donna Jacobs

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Los Angeles Marathon (3/20): Roger Adams, Hector Aleman, Ashley Andersen, Howard Audet,John "Pony Espresso" Backman, Andre Boulais, John Bozung, John Breding, Kirk Budds, Lan Bui,Ryan Cavinder, Min Chae, Marathon Mitch, Jon Chernila, Alexander "Neomedic" Chin, Martha"Ginger26.2" Corazzini, George Cornett, Sara Croft, Haywood Crowder, Lauren Dean, Lori Denton,Doug Dominey, Randy Donaldson, Ed "Mad Hatter-Fancy Pants" Ettinghausen, Jim Fox, Guillermo"Wil" Godinez, Irlan "Unstoppable Girl"Hebner, Eddie Hahn, Paula Hamilton, Emily Hansen, JoshuaHolmes, DEO, Buddy Jones, Joseph Kennedy, Karl "Twin" Kisch, Ethel Marie Kitching, Patti "pk"Krebsbach, Henry Kuwahara, John Lafayette, Albert Licano, Violeta Lopez, Dan Margolis, DaveMari, Carla McAlister, Holly Miller, Jessica "Wabbitz" Montoya, Rocco Morales, Dana Mosell,Jeffery "Maverick" Nakasone, Warren Nickerson, Satiro de Oliveira, Karen Osborn, Joseph "Jo JoStarbucks" Reilly, Silver Rivas, Rian Rosenthal, Nadia Ruiz, Terri Scadron, Cat. Schwartz, LouieSoriano, Chuck Struckness, Joseph "The Marathon Show" Taricani, Peter Thorne, Dolores Valencia,Jimmy Waki, Michelle "Marathon Mama" Walker, Karen Wang, Mike Westlake, Marina 'vasolina'White, Raye Winsor, Li-Chym Wu, Ely Yaron, gohmdoree, David YungMarathon Mitch, Violeta Lopez

Marathon Mitch, Violeta Lopez, Eddie Hahn

Karen Wang

Somebody locked up DEO!

Patti Krebsbach Ed Ettinghausen

Joe Taricanobroadcasted the Marathon Show while running the LA Marathon, but lost all his audio due to the rain!

Irlan Hebner

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Lisa Bliss won with a new female course record of 118.25 miles!!

Heidi Perry ran 150k!

Scott Krell

CyndieMerten

Gail and Bret Henry ran 51 miles each

Linda Walter

Heidi Perry

Monte Pascual

Tony Covarrubias and Shawn McTaggart

Marc Brewer, Cyndie Merten and Steve Walters

Debbie Bosilevac

ran her first

100k!

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Pacific Rim ONE DAY run (3/19-20): Jenny Appel, Rose Bak, Ruth Balf, Marc Brewer,Tony C, Jodi "JoJo" Cullen, Mark Dahlby, Andy Fritz, Gail "Detour" Phillips Henry, Rob"Rattler" Hester, Scott Krell, Andy Lin, Seth Lyon, Shawn McTaggart, Cyndie Merten,Jess Mullen, Pete Nicholson, Monte Pascual, Heidi Perry, S, Trava Pastrana, MarilouRussell, Steve Stoyles, Rob Stretz, Linda Walter, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters

Bart Brewer (son of

MM#335 & #889) took most of the photos at

Pacific Rim. A special

thanks goes to him for

these great photos!

Ben Blessing

Jodi Cullen and Debbie BosilevacSeth Lyon

Steve Walters sported a tutu for 20 miles to raise money for charity!

Jenny Appelran 101 miles

By running 100 miles for three straight years, Lisa Bliss won the “Wildman Award”!

Mike Lynes

Just a walk in the park!

Steve Stoyles ran 100 miles!

Rose Bak ran her first run of more than 50 miles with 62 miles!

Tim Englund and Lisa Bliss and their awesome crew!

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Steve Walters ran 110 miles during the 24 hours and in the

process raised about $2,800 for Operation Jack and those

affected by autism!!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8904689204LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1843119/MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marathonmaniacsTwitter: http://www.marathonfreak.com/mmtweet.pdfDailymile: http://www.dailymile.com/groups/1403-marathon-maniacsRunningAhead: http://www.runningahead.com/groups/MMs

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!

Marilou Russell

Jim Scheer

Jodi Cullen

Andy Lin

Andy Fritz

Jess Mullen

Fenny Roberts

Ryan McKnight

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8904689204










http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1843119/









http://www.myspace.com/marathonmaniacs







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http://www.dailymile.com/groups/1403-marathon-maniacs












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Dizzy Daze Marathon/50k/100k (3/26): Jim "Ol' Jimbo" Boyd, Adrian Call, Francesca Carmichael, Jonathan Clark, Tony C, Ted Eckert, Andy Fritz, Mo Gillis, Matt Glew, Martin Gordon, Margaret Gorog, Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Matt "Pooky" Hagen, Jill Hudson, Starrla Johnson, Tory "Teechur" Klementsen, Ashley "rogue wave" Kuhlmann, "MMKuhl", Andy Lin, Tim Lofton, Stevie Ray Lopez, Mike Mahanay, Kristin Malek, Jules Mann, Ruthie Meraz, Cyndie Merten, Little Leslie, Heather Myers, Monte Pascual, The Programmer, Lisa "Cupcake" Reid, S, Trava Pastrana, Katie Robinson, Tom Scott, Takao Suzuki, Shawna Tompkins, Linda Walter, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Dan Whitaker, Casey Wilkin, Marie "Not Betsy" Zornes

Jim Boyd

Sam Thompson

The Kuhlmann Crew!Francesca Carmichael Jill Hudson

Jules MannTory Klementsen

Monte Pascual Margaret Gorog Lorie Alexander

Susie Ro

Steve Walters and Nic Plemel Jon Yoon Tony Covarrubias

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AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TURN IN THEIR PHOTOS AT A

LATER TIME (I will ALWAYS accept your photos!) - [email protected]

Marilou Russell

Lisa Reid

Linda Walter

Paige Denison

Daniel Kuhlmann

Jon Yoon

Katie Robinson and Jessica Bienvenue

Lorie Alexander checking her swollen foot

Nic PlemelMike Mahanay

Ashley Kuhlmann and Tony Covarrubias each ran 100k

Diane Robinson

Kristin Malek

Takao Suzuki Adrian Call Stan Nakashima

mailto:[email protected]

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Tired of running marathons and ultras (HA!!)? Need toback down on that weekly mileage and concentrate ongetting faster? Then join the Half Fanatics(halffanatics.com). There are currently over 800members in the Fanatic Asylum, and I’m sure you’llrecognize a few names in the group. So jump on thebandwagon now, get your qualifying races in and jointhis new, zany group!

www.halffanatics.com

Marathon Maniacs

running half marathons…YES, it’s true!

Half Fanatics at Publix Georgia Half Marathon

HALF

FANATICSHALF-M AR ATHON CRAZY


Robert Lopez

Ashley Kuhlmannran her first 100k

Stan Nakashima and Rick Haase

Tom Scott

Mike Kuhlmann

Tony Covarrubias

Ted Eckert

Barry Hopkins

http://www.halffanatics.comwww.halffanatics.com/

http://www.halffanatics.comwww.halffanatics.com/

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National Marathon (3/26): David Aldous, Stephanie "MM Diva #1" Arango, Carrie Baker, PeteBartels, Raj(RunningYogi), Cowboy Jeff Bishton, Kevin Brosi, Jacqueline "Choisauce" Choi, ConnieCorbett, Tom "Drag-on" Craven, Maria Cummings, Morgan 'Baby Cougar' Cummings, AlexisDavidson, Tom Dente, Joel Fenlason, Ram, Elaine Green, Miranda Hafford, Steve Hibbs, RichHolmes, Murray Honick, Lisa Howell, John Hull, Lien James, Ray "Run Ray Run" Javier, Yoshiko Jo,Cathie Johnson, Troy Johnson, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, William Kolb, Gary 'Cougar Bait' Krugger,Kay LaBanca, Eve Lane, Steven T Lee, Albert Licano, Vincent Ma, Eric "Mann-iac" Mann, Dave Mari,Rick Marzullo, Ed Masuoka, Vickie McDonald, Steve Metcalf, Gregory Milbourne, Bart Muzzin,Kathleen Nadherny, Greg Nelson, Jerry Noble, Amanda, Grace & Ocean, Michael Pulley, PascalRadley, Brian Rayl, "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" Robertson, Terri Scadron, Brent Schmitter, VickiSchumacher, Eric Setash, Myron Sidloski, Mary Signorelli, Laura Skladzinski, Mosi Smith, ElizabethSparling, Alan Tominack, Robert Towne, Vamsi Valleri, Jeff "I want more stars!" Venable, Jeffrey"Wardium" Ward, Richard Yanoski, Jr., Donald Ying, gohmdoree

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Lyle Robertson

Alan Tominack

Rick Marzullo

Kevin Brosi

Alison Burke, Sean Arnette

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While we are still working out the details for the MM Reunion at theFox Cities Marathon, here is a bit of news from the Race Director:

Marathon Maniacs can get special colored bibs for all the MarathonManiacs that sign up for the Full or the Half Marathon. ParticipantsNEED to use the Marathon Maniac code when registering in order forthem to know who needs those bibs. The race director doesn't knowwhat colors will be available yet, but will keep us informed.

She is thrilled to have the Maniacs come to the FCM. She also said that there is a cap on the event and encouraged me to tellyou (Maniacs) to sign up early.

Hotels are listed on the FCM website, but here are the ones that have blocks of rooms of 40 or more:

Cambria Suites (also has Expo and Race Day shuttles) Comfort InnHampton Inn Microtel Inn

Ashley Kuhlmann and Andy Fritz

Mark Dahlby

Rob StretzMichael Miller

Elaine Green

Nina Grado

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Bataan Memorial Death March (3/27): Amber Alexander,Stephanie "MM Diva #1" Arango, Gary Beaty, Emily Bolling,"Xtreme Mike", Clint "Last Again" Burleson, Marathon Mitch,Sheryl Collmer, Lora (AZ Runnergirl) Eklund, Terry Frank, Kel"Perky Turkey" Garcia, Shane Garling, Nina Grado, Kim Gray,"MM Diva #5", Steve G, Michael "Mike-iac" Hagen, Arla Hile,Mellody "Smiling Walker" Hughes, Steve Hughes, DEO, David"Running Preacher" Johnson, Gary 'Cougar Bait' Krugger,Michael Larkin, Vincent Ma, Tamara Mackey, Dave Mari,Michelle "Mushi" Mason, Michael Miller, Gregg Mrkvicka,Andy Naumann, Jackie Ong, Laurie Osterberg, Neil "InfantryCPT" Paulson, Martin, Maryann "malvs2walk" Ramirez, AaronRedinger, Shanan Redinger, Joshua Rykowski, Michelle Schall,Renee "Run Girl Run" Shaw, Lori Sherwood, Evelyn Smith,Chad Spilman, Tony Stafford, Mark Stodghill, ChuckStruckness, Kate Teichman

Larry Macon and Dave MariTamara Mackey

Aaron and ShananRedinger

Kac Garcia

Chuck Struckness

Amber Alexander, Lori Sherwood, Renee Shaw

Michelle Mason

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Here are some possible topics for your short story:• How did you get into running? • What was your life like before running and how has it changed? • What inspired you to become a Maniac? • Have you lost a lot of weight because of running?• What groups or friends have inspired you the most?• What words of thanks would you like to say to the Maniacs?• How have you inspired others through your running?

This is a call out to ALL MANIACS, I want to hear your story!! I know many of you have a great story to tell. Many of youhave great stories of incredible weight loss and many of you have changed lives since you started running. I know some ofyour stories, but I’m sure everyone would like to hear them too. Don’t be shy to tell the story, it will encourage us all andgive us all a little motivation.

Here is what I want you to do, take a few minutes and write out your story, it can be on one main topic or point, or it canbe a summary of how your life has changed! It can also be just words of encouragement or a thank you to the Maniacs asa whole. All I ask is that you keep your story to 500 words or less, basically what I want is a short and simple story of howyour life is different then it was before running!

If you want to share a photo along with your story you can e-mail it to me ([email protected]).

I have set up a very simple form that will only take seconds to fill out. Click on the following link to share your story!

http://marathonfreak.com/mm/mystory.htm

I started running in 1989 on Block Island. I babysat for a family who spent several wks a year there, and the parents were runners.They were in their late 30's/early 40's and could outrun me -a 20 yr old (I'd put on those lovely freshman 15 in college). I quicklygot in good running shape. Kept it up til I got married and had kids. Stayed in shape by walking for the next 10 yrs. In Dec. 2009 afriend asked me to run a 5K w/ her(that was my 1st race). Ran another 5K, a 12K, and decided I wanted to run a marathon. I hadalways been a lone runner, but have found it much more fun to run w/ others...thus have taken to these races! Started chatting w/another runner on my 2nd marathon (the Tri-Cities Marathon), and she was a Maniac. She encouraged me to run the SeattleMarathon and join the Maniacs. So I did, and I'm very happy to be part of this awesome group of runners!

- Miranda Bachman (#3153)

Marathon Dietby David Spooner (#446)

I started running to lose weight. I was up to xxxl shirts and they started getting tight so I went on a lowcarb diet. I started loosing weight so I decided to start running to help speed thing along. I went to thetrack to run a mile, I think I almost died. I started increasing my mileage little by little. I could see runningwas changing my body. I read a story about the Seattle marathon and decided to run it. People would sayI couldn't run that far so that’s all I needed for inspiration. At mile 18 I felt awful, gutted it out and toldmyself I would never do that again. I changed my mind the next day. I started eating some carbs againand that helped. My next mission was to get to Boston and people told me I was too big to run fastenough. It took me 16 marathons and I made it. I would see Marathon Maniacs at the races and looked atthe web site. I didn't know if I could make it in. I ran 6 in 6 weeks to get in. I have made allot of friendsfrom running. My goals are to Make it to the 100 marathon club(almost there), The 50 state club and runBoston every year, And of course loose some more weight. My starting weight was 328lbs. Now I am at208lbs. That’s why I go by marathon Diet. I want to get below 200.





http://marathonfreak.com/mm/mystory.htm

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I started running because of my fast and stressful life, took on the big challenge of the marathon as my firstrace ever, having never ran over 8 miles before that I had only 3 weeks of training and half the fourth toachieve those 26.2 at the Los Angeles Marathon 05/25/2009.

After my second marathon Las Vegas on Dec 06, 2010 on my way back to Los Angeles had a car accident(Dec 7, 2009) that left me with 7 fractured bones in my spinal cord from L1 to L5; L1 and L3 left and right,kept me from running for 4 months, God knows how many times I tried to run before that only to stop aftera mile because of the excruciating pain. My doctor recommended acupuncture to help me ease the backpain and as of today I have not needed it, my only therapy to the pain was running, started on April andafter one and a half month of hard work and dedication reached my first 10 miles focused on progressionnot perfection at that point...

Took my first challenge after my accident on 05/29/10 Half marathon Long Beach Marina Vista Park.Ran my second half marathon Legg Lake 06/27/10.

After that ran my first FULL marathon on 07/25/10 not any but the challenging San Francisco Marathon.Followed by the Long Beach Full marathon 10/16/10.

Las Vegas Rock n Roll full marathon 12/05/2010... This was a very important run mentally and physically was going back to where Ihad the accident.Operation Jack Marathon 12/26/10. Which qualified me to become a Marathon Maniac !!!

Run in the Sun Marathon 01/30/2011.Surf City Half Marathon 02/06/2011.Presidents Day Marathon 02/21/2011.

I’m going to run The Los Angeles Marathon this coming March 20th... and from there my plan is to run a full or half marathon eachmonth... as preparation to run an ultra marathon (32 to 50 miles) at the end of 2011.

I’m thankful now every day of my life that I’m alive and running again, I was given a second chance and I'm going to hold on to it, livelife. If this story helps motivate other runners or anyone to take on a challenge and DO IT! , then my purpose was done.

- Violeta Lopez (#3344)

Why I began running…..Up until 2006, I never thought I would run a ½ marathon, much less a full marathon. Originally I made thiscommitment for several reasons. First, I lost my wonderful sister, Jincy “Smiley”, to cancer at the age of 39, and decided to raisemoney for TNT. I believe cancer touches all of our lives and wanted to help by raising money for research. Second, I was, and stillam, grateful for my good health and still follow through with this commitment in honor of her and the pain she endured. Mysister, or shall I say, my “Guardian Angel”, keeps me motivated…there is not enough pain from running to ever match what shewent through for two years.

My son, Garrett, is my biggest cheerleader and fan! Once I overheard him telling a friend, who was asking about my medals on my“wall of fame”, and referred to me as a “kick-butt MOM”. There is not a better feeling than for your kids to be bragging on you.HOW COOL!!!

I have now completed 24 full marathons (Including Boston ’10 and running Boston again this year) along with many ½’s. My firstone being in January 07 and I have not stopped yet. My fondest memory is the first time I crossed the finish line. I was hookedafter that. All the pain, at the time invested, just doesn’t’ matter once you have crossed that line at the finish. The friends I havemade along the way – and the inspiration I receive from other runners is amazing.

One other memory I have from my running experience, was a practice run prior to the RNR San Antonio marathon when two littlegirls saw us running and said they “wanted to be like us” (my friend and I). So we stopped and talked to them and saw them a fewminutes later running and practicing. You never know who is watching and may be inspired by you along the way…

- Lisa Short (#1394)

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Monthly Growth

Month ► Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Yearly

Averages ► 34.4 30.4 32.4 27.7 46.6 40.8 27.9 16.0 20.0 44.6 52.9 61.1 372.7

2010 ► 105 81 90 67 127 111 78 38 50 131 171 190 1239

2011 ► 95 101 113 - - - - - - - - - 309

New Maniacs in Mar 2011 113New Maniacs in 2011 309

Total Maniacs 3663

State MM Pct%Washington 707 19.3%California 374 10.2%Texas 263 7.2%Illinois 166 4.5%Florida 150 4.1%Virginia 129 3.5%Oregon 121 3.3%New York 106 2.9%Ohio 90 2.5%Oklahoma 83 2.3%

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.


I was out pulling weeds one day, feeling depressed because I couldn't play softball the summer of1978 because of an elbow injury. along came a guy I had seen running by every now and then. hestopped and ask if I ran. I said a mile each day. he said he needed someone to train for amarathon with him. so I asked how far is that. his reply 26.2 miles. my reply "YOU GOTTA BESHITING ME". to which he said when you can run 6 miles call me and gave me his number. thatwas a Friday. Sunday I called said I can do it. we ran six on Monday and I thought I was going todie. we (Glenn Bearson and I) started running together six days a week and that lasted 22 years.we never ran more then 13 miles for a long run leading up to our first marathon, Seattle 1978. wesaid never again, three months later another marathon and the same thing, NEVER AGAIN. wellYakima 2011 will be my 99th and hopefully Whidbey April 10 will be my 100th when I visit the guythat got me started. Oh, and I became a maniac with the urging of Lesa Overfield # 49. I am proudto say that after running Napa this year (March 6, 2011) with my friend Doug Jordan of Santa Rosacalif, he was so inspired by the maniacs that he joined and is now #3590.

- Gary Otheim (#232)

I started running in 1989 on Block Island. I babysat for a family who spent several wks a yearthere, and the parents were runners. They were in their late 30's/early 40's and could outrun me -a 20 yr old (I'd put on those lovely freshman 15 in college). I quickly got in good running shape.Kept it up til I got married and had kids. Stayed in shape by walking for the next 10 yrs. In Dec.2009 a friend asked me to run a 5K w/ her(that was my 1st race). Ran another 5K, a 12K, anddecided I wanted to run a marathon. I had always been a lone runner, but have found it muchmore fun to run w/ others...thus have taken to these races! Started chatting w/ another runner onmy 2nd marathon (the Tri-Cities Marathon), and she was a Maniac. She encouraged me to run theSeattle Marathon and join the Maniacs. So I did, and I'm very happy to be part of this awesomegroup of runners!

- Miranda Bachman (#3153)

Terry Sentinella

at the Gorge Waterfalls

50k

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The Marathon Show (hosted by Maniac #1817, Joe Taricani) was first broadcast in June 2010. It’s a one of akind show that spot lights the marathon and marathon runners. Maniacs have found a safe haven with thisgreat show. A few times a week Joe broadcast the show live online, the shows are then made available todownload from iTunes (via Podcast). Each week Joe features a marathoner, and often does shout outs tomarathoners from all over. Another great part of this show is the “runners chat”, in these shows Joe getsthree marathoners together and does a round table discussion about many great topics. So if you havealready come across the show, please do.

Check it out and tune in! http://www.themarathonshow.com

On March 22, MM #1159John Davis lost hiscourageous battle withcancer. Our prayers arewith his family andfriends, especially withCARA and the ChicagoManiacs whom knew himwell. RIP John....theMarathon Maniacs willmiss you....

Monte Pascual

Melissa Williams

Rob Stretz Susie Ro

Rob Young

Allen Thomas

Janna McKedy

Nina Grado

Paul David

Jae-Byung Jung

Bjoerg Edberg, Naresh Kumar, Kino

http://www.themarathonshow.com/



Please let me know if you reached a higher Maniac level and want the recognition in the Newsletter!

Titanium (10 star) Maniac: Carol Goslin

Platinum (8 star) Maniac: none

Palladium (7 star) Maniac: none

Osmium (6 star) Maniac: None

Ruthenium (5 star) Maniac: Tim Sandor, Naresh Kumar, Charles Yoo, Bjorg Edberg, Steven T Lee

Iridium (4 star) Maniac: Laura Euckert, Kristin Malek, Leong Ying

Gold (3 star) Maniac: None

Silver (2 star) Maniac: Nancy Oh, Larry Kirk, Debbie Bosilevac, James Brennan, Jim O’Donnell, Ali Wheat, John Coffey, Don Fitzgerald

Driving 26.2 miles, I might as well have just ran it!!

Rachel Smith Kathy Kass and Traviss Willcox

Carol Goslin

New TitaniumManiacs!!

Brian Pendleton

Clyde Shank and Steve Kipisz

Clyde Shank, Leong Ying, Michele Smith-Harden, Steve Kipisz, Chris Thompson

Lisa Cao with Scott Jurek

Russ “I never repeat a marathon” Smith

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Saturday, April 2, 2011Bus 6hCAR Run the Dove MarathonCrawley 6hHells Hills 50m/50kLake Sonoma 50Martian MarathonPhiladelphia Endurance RunsRockin K Trail Runs 50m/26.2TATUR Lake McMurtry 50kTrailbreaker MarathonUmstead 100Yakima River Canyon Marathon

Sunday, April 3, 2011Athens OH MarathonBrew to Brew 44mCAR Rock the Ocean MarathonCrossroads MarathonKnoxville MarathonMaratón de SantiagoORRRC MarathonSussex MarathonVista View 360 6hYakima Skyline Rim

Thursday, April 7, 2011North Pole Marathon

Friday, April 8, 2011Dead Sea Ultra Marathon 50k/26.2

Saturday, April 9, 2011American River 50mAndrew Jackson MarathonBull Run Run 50mCharlottesville MarathonCroom Fools Run 50m/50kDavy Crockett Bear ChaseDiamond Valley Lake MarathonDiez Vista 50k Trail Run

Eisenhower MarathonEnviro-sports Muir Woods Marathon

Garden Spot Village MarathonKings Mountain MarathonLabor of Love 100m/50m/26.2Mad City 100k/50kMoab MarathonMountains-to-Sea Trail 50kWinona Lake Trail Ultra 50m/30m

Sunday, April 10, 20114D Soaring Eagle 50k/26.2Big D Texas MarathonCAR Rock the Forest MarathonConnemarathonGo! St Louis MarathonGreat Welsh MarathonHogeye MarathonLabor of Love 50kMilano City MarathonMt Si 50m/50kParis MarathonPCTR Skyline to the Sea 50k/26.2Peterson Ridge Rumble 40mRotterdam MarathonSouthern Indiana Classic MarathonVernonia MarathonWhidbey Island Marathon

Saturday, April 16, 201124 Hour Run for CancerBlue Ridge MarathonDesert RATS Trailrunning Festival 50m

Double Chubb 50kDreiburgenland MarathonGansett MarathonHogs Hunt 50kJersey Shore Relay MarathonLumberjack Endurance Runs 50m/100k/100mMoses Lake Marathon

Ouachita Trail 50m/50kOz MarathonSalt Lake City MarathonSeaton Trail 50m/52kSweetH2O 50kSybil Lundington 50kTraprock 50kWenatchee MarathonWestern Pacific MarathonZane Grey 50m

Sunday, April 17, 2011CAR Marina MarathonEarth Day Challenge MarathonEaster MarathonGlass City MarathonKasumigaura MarathonLondon MarathonMaratón de MadridSpokane River RunTARC Dont Run BostonVienna City MarathonWSU 100kZurich Marathon

Monday, April 18, 2011Boston Marathon

Friday, April 22, 2011Bletchley Enigma Trail MarathonGopher Attack

Saturday, April 23, 20114D Squak Mountain 50kCAR Running the Coto Trails Marathon

Cheyenne Mountain Trail RaceChippewa Moraine 50kEaster EggstravaganzaFree State 100k/40m/26.2Lake WaramaugNew Mexico Texas Challenge Marathon

PAC Skagit Valley Ultras 100k/50m/50kPCTR Sycamore Canyon 50kPine Line MarathonPromise Land 50kRed Mountain 50kRunning for RisaTie-dye 50kTwo Oceans Marathon

Sunday, April 24, 2011CAR Hoppin Easter Trail MarathonEaster Marathon

Monday, April 25, 2011Utrecht Marathon

Friday, April 29, 2011Royal Berkshire Marathon

Saturday, April 30, 2011Brainerd Jaycees Run for the LakesCapitol Peak Ultras 50m/55kCAR Arroyomania MarathonCountry Music MarathonDelaware Trail MarathonFrisco Fifty 50m/50k/26.2Illinois MarathonJailbreak MarathonKentucky Derby Festival MarathonLeona Divide 50m/50kMinot Family YMCA Marathon and Double MarathonMuddy MarathonNWTR Soaring Eagle 50k/26.2Oxon 40mQuicksilver 50m/50k

Rick HaaseShawna Tompkins

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Ryan Ho (#3551)Steve Mackel (#3552)Louie Soriano (#3553)Elizabeth Ascencio (#3554)Brian Edmison (#3555)Paul "Pacer Paul" Carringer (#3556)

Chou Hor George Lee (#3557)Vivian Cook (#3558)Travis Thompson (#3559)Allison Zelinski (#3560)Steve Moisan (#3561)Albert Islas (#3562)Ewe Bee Hong (#3563)Scott Patrick (#3564)Carrie Askew-Walker (#3565)Donna Palmer (#3566)Holly Klein (#3567)Leila Torres (#3568)Myron Sidloski (#3569)Carol Kuhn (#3570)Stephen Mulrine (#3571)Heather Gannoe (#3572)Jason Anton (#3573)

Amy Stewart (#3574)Rich Walker (#3575)Julie Dural (#3576)Kimberly Oehrlein (#3577)Doug Mowbray (#3578)Anne Jeffcoat (#3579)Jim Kolezynski (#3580)David Aldous (#3581)Brent Gunderson (#3582)Vicki Szot (#3583)Mabel Fong (#3584)Joe Warfield (#3585)Gopal Kharbanda (#3586)Starrla Johnson (#3587)Steve Hopper (#3588)Angela Hart (#3589)Doug Jordan (#3590)Sonya Himsieh (#3591)Ria Barrows (#3592)Sean Arnette (#3593)Heather Whiteside (#3594)Mike Edwards (#3595)Thompson Law (#3596)Bridgitte Hokinson (#3597)Ryan Ordway (#3598)Lacey Martinosky (#3599)Jon Artz (#3600)Linda Truong (#3601)Tim Tompkins (#3602)Intisar Hamidullah (#3603)Debbie Stewart (#3604)

Michael Bloom (#3605)Robert Sokol (#3606)Trang Black (#3607)Tommy Black (#3608)Rebecca-Ayme Hughes (#3609)Emily Kooiman (#3610)Jennifer Burns (#3611)Rebecca Kandt (#3612)Doug Basinski (#3613)Jon "Pugsly" Turner (#3614)run2thehills (#3615)Diana Kitching (#3616)Dan Moss (#3617)Kenichiro Maemura (#3618)Wendy Perry (#3619)Teri Smith (#3620)Corina Cervantes (#3621)Wil Mauk (#3622)Ayten Mauk (#3623)Jennifer Rocha Fahy (#3624)Lonnie Kaye (#3625)Mohan 'Mattsaur' Dutt (#3626)Derek England (#3627)Becki Middlebrooks (#3628)Jennifer Skjellum (#3629)Lourdes Gutierrez-Kellam (#3630)Joni Pinkley (#3631)Elizabeth Trask "50 for Billy" (#3632)

John Siqueiros (#3633)Stephanie Roberts (#3634)Landon Dunn (#3635)

Teal Clark (#3636)Kathy Seastrunk (#3637)Eve Mills (#3638)Jacob Morris (#3639)John Fisher (#3640)Todd Joefreda (#3641)Mariusz Kurzajczyk (#3642)Erick Kuhlmann (#3643)Rodney Bardwell (#3644)Daniel Murphy (#3645)Justin Rosas (#3646)Mike Davis (#3647)Grady Harrison (#3648)Rick King (#3649)Mariappan Jawaharlal (#3650)Sandy Monson (#3651)Nicole LeVine (#3652)Paul Arroyo (#3653)Steve Zaharoff (#3654)Bob Coblentz (#3655)Steve Scharf (#3656)Liz Santos (#3657)Brett Heinemann (#3658)Derrick Hassell (#3659)Joe Kelly (#3660)Bill "Finish by Tuesday" Morton (#3661)

Annette Vega (#3662)Tim Nolan (#3663)

Terry Sentinella and Kevin Douglas both won the Badger 100 on 3/26!

Dane Rauschenberg with Tony Nguyen

Valerie Hower with a few Oakland Raiders fans at the Oakland Marathon

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Jeff “Boneman” Bollman (#1058)

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!!

Ever have one of those months where your job gets in the way of marathoning?? That’s been my life the lasttwo months and I’ve fallen behind in discount duty. No worries though. I’ll be hard at it as I start to taper forBoston, and what better thing to do than get Maniac discounts?!? There are a few new ones added to the listand hopefully many more by next month. Don’t forget that we have a discount at The Running Warehousewww.runningwarehouse.com for all your non-Maniac branded apparel and shoe needs and one for TRY Chipswww.trychips.com for your healthy snacking needs.

Details on how to obtain the discount/perk are in the Discount section of the Bulletin Board on the Maniac website. I post new ones on the Bulletin Board as the details are finalized, so keep an eye out. If you have anyquestions, shoot me an email at: [email protected]

• Martian Marathon (MI) 4/2/11: www.martianmarathon.com/• Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon (TN) 4/3/11: www.knoxvillemarathon.com/• Kings Mountain Marathon (SC) 4/9/11: http://kingsmountainmarathon2011.eventbrite.com/• Eisenhower Marathon (KS) 4/9/11: www.eisenhowermarathon.com/• Southern Indiana Classic Marathon (IN) 4/10/11: www.sicmarathon.com/• Big D Texas Marathon (TX) 4/10/11: www.texasmarathon.com/• Hogeye Marathon (AR) 4/10/11: www.hogeyemarathon.com/• Oz Marathon (KS) 4/16/11: www.olathe.org/cvb/sports/Marathon/index.html• Illinois Marathon 4/30/11: illinoismarathon.com/• Tacoma City Marathon (WA) 5/1/11: www.tacomacitymarathon.com/• Eugene Marathon (OR) 5/1/11: www.eugenemarathon.com/• Cox Providence Marathon (RI) 5/1/11: www.rhoderaces.com/marathon.html• BMO Vancouver Marathon (BC) 5/1/11: www.bmovanmarathon.ca/• Wisconsin Marathon 5/7/11: www.wisconsinmarathon.com/• Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon 5/15/11: www.pittsburghmarathon.com/• Delaware Marathon 5/15/11: delawaremarathon.org/• Vermont City Marathon 5/29/11: www.vermontcitymarathon.org/• Coeur d’Alene Marathon (ID) 5/29/11: www.cdamarathon.com/• God’s Country Marathon 6/4/11: www.visitpottercounty.com/• Casper Marathon (WY) 6/5/11: www.runwyoming.com/• Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (OR) 7/4/11: www.foottraffic.us/flat• The San Francisco Marathon 7/31/11: www.runsfm.com/• The Kauai Marathon (HI) 9/4/11: www.thekauaimarathon.com/• Skagit Flats Marathon (WA) 9/11/11: www.skagitrunners.org/skagitflats.shtml• Fox Cities Marathon (MANIAC REUNION!!) 9/18/11: www.foxcitiesmarathon.org• Williams Route 66 Marathon (VIP Tent) 11/20/11: http://route66marathon.com/

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http://www.knoxvillemarathon.com/

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http://www.eisenhowermarathon.com/

http://www.sicmarathon.com/

http://www.texasmarathon.com/

http://www.hogeyemarathon.com/

http://www.olathe.org/cvb/sports/Marathon/index.html

http://illinoismarathon.com/

http://www.tacomacitymarathon.com/

http://www.eugenemarathon.com/

http://www.rhoderaces.com/marathon.html

http://www.bmovanmarathon.ca/

http://www.wisconsinmarathon.com/

http://www.pittsburghmarathon.com/

http://delawaremarathon.org/

http://www.vermontcitymarathon.org/page.php?pid=1&pname=home

http://www.cdamarathon.com/

http://www.visitpottercounty.com/

http://www.runwyoming.com/

http://www.foottraffic.us/flat

http://www.runsfm.com/

http://www.thekauaimarathon.com/

http://www.skagitrunners.org/skagitflats.shtml

http://www.foxcitiesmarathon.org/

http://route66marathon.com/


F R O M T H E E D I T O R …

As you can tell, I changed the look of the Maniacs newsletter. I hope you like the new look. Ithink it improves the look of the newsletter. The month of March was a fun month for so manyreasons. Personally, it was a big month for me as I ran my "goal" race for the year in running for24 hours straight at Pacific Rim and ran a PR of 110 miles and raised about $2,800 for OperationJack and autism. Other highlights have to be the WET Los Angeles Marathon, the NationalMarathon, Dizzy Daze, Bataan Death March and the Gorge Waterfalls 50k.

As we come to the month of April, I can't help but think about the "BIG" race of the year: Boston! If you are going to be running Boston thisyear please do me a favor. Please write about your experience and take pictures. I would love to have a huge Boston Marathon section in thenext newsletter with photos and stories. You can e-mail them to me at: [email protected] Don't forget to keep sending me photos andstories. The more you guys provide the better this newsletter will be!

- Steve “Marathon Freak” Walters MM#338


Dave Mari and Deanna Alvarez

Endorphin Dude making his way through a mud pit!

Ashley Kuhlmann

Marc Brewer

Steve Walters and Linda Walter

Steve Metcalf, Troy Johnson, Cathie Johnson and Elaine Green

Tory Klementsen

Michelle Schall

Nina Grado

Takao Suzuki

Debbie Bosilevac and Jodi Cullen

Mike Mahanay

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F R O M T H E R A M B U N C T I O U S R E V

R H E T O R I C A L R E V E L A T I O N S A N D W ( R I T E S ) …

My Dear President Yee, Henderson, and Phillippi, I do hope this epistle finds you quite well.

Reading what the members have accomplished in the wake of what you three begat eight years ago is alwaysinspirational! ‘Tis glorious that ye have provoked wondrous feats!

Now, Mr. Prez, Sir, HAVE I GOT AN IDEA!!!I have been pondering outside the box of distance running. What could you three and I, Rev. Pokeyfeet, do together

that might inspire and create new fun? So I took stock.Mr. Prez, you run marathons like others take walks, an activity you also pursue passionately, at beautiful sites around

the world. Mr. Phillippi multiples his athletics through triathlons: swimming, biking, and marathoning. Mr. Henderson, inaddition to his enviable acumen for speed though an amateur, is pleasant companionship anywhere. Me? I entered yourworld from another world of discipline, tradition, and rich history: the world of golf.

So then? Follow my thinking in the letter I propose we send forward:

“Dear Gentle Members of The Augusta National Golf Club,

By way of vital introduction to what follows, we are the three founding members (plus one Reverend friend) of what has become an internationalphenomenon: The Marathon Maniacs, a club of nearly 4,000 amateur long-distance recreational runners world-wide.

We broke from the narrow thinking that marathons should be run, if at all, no more than twice per year. We discovered that subtleties in the challenges of thisancient sport inspire dedication, discipline, good health, and renewed appreciation for the world’s beauty and the miraculous nature of the human body. We runbecause it is trying yet fun, demanding yet joyful, and deeply so. We run marathons dozens of times per year.Upon finding we each made these discoveries independently, we united and launched a simple club for like-minded people. The idea has spread exponentially.Our very existence as amateurs and voluntary participants in this profoundly rewarding but maniacal “game” has unwittingly inspired acts of courage and effortsfor personal health and charity-raising that in turn has affected thousands, for which we seek neither fame nor praise. It is our sport that is the hero, and throughit, the thousands who participate. They have inspired and benefitted the millions.We believe we are kindred with you, and you with us, in the spirit of the above. Thus we bring to you an idea that might further compound and historicallyincrease the contributions of our parallel perspectives.

To wit:We beget together a new dual-sport, that itself might generate unknowable millions of good deeds, dollars, and days of delight in dual-sport devotion.That sport: Marathon-to-Golf.The tangible process we propose: together we create an historic event that exemplifies the tenacity, discipline, sportsmanship and endurance of our individualsports, but in a new light, celebrating two traditions that have in common foundations of profound honor, harking back through the history of the hills of Georgiato the hills of ancient Greece.That event: a competition combining a run of 26.2 miles commencing pre-dawn, followed immediately by eighteen holes, a combined score to determine theChampion.The Premier Inaugural Event of the Sport of Marathon-to-Golf would follow a carefully designed course around (if not gently through) the pristine, peaceful pine-needle-carpeted woods of Mr. Jones’ unsurpassed nursery, followed by 18 holes of striking the ball with implements ill-suited for the purpose… .

The Champion would be awarded The Paper Cup Trophy: a sculpture of the long-distance runner’s coveted paper cup of water resting on a table just beyondHogan’s bridge.

The friendly inaugural might have three simultaneous competitions: The Club President’s chosen foursome versus the MarathonManiacs’ team, or in otherwords, The Golfers who do not Run Much, versus the Runners who do not Golf Much. Second, join two golfers and two runners on each team. Third would be theIndividual Event.We are under no false notion that Augusta National needs to add to its standing in charitable traditions. Nor, please, do we propose this idea in the spirit of theSilly Season. Rather, we believe a prudently promoted event of 26.2 miles and 18 holes on the grounds among eight so proposed, for the express purpose ofsuggesting the new sport, would launch an epidemic of contagious proportions, which, in the traditions of both sports, would beget untold new charity-supportingevents, to say nothing of encouraging new and further healthy and civilized recreation generally.

For centuries we humans have run, and we have hit a ball with a stick into a hole, because both restore the mind and soul. None of us deserve any honor forparticipating in these which come so naturally, and which have been established so honorably by heroes before us. To combine the two thoughtfully has apotential that suggests great possibilities.

The world always craves a breath of newness. That the 21st Century might birth a genuinely new recreational idea, yet founded in these ancient and historictraditions, we think is compelling. As for the quiet chortles in the confines of the clubhouse or the bellicose banter in the beer gardens long after, these mightmake it worth doing alone, but we hope rather to see inspired the sort of reflections akin to those for golf, the marathon, and the Olympic Games themselves, thatmove humankind to selfless acts of compassion.

We are in awe of the great cities of Boston, New York and Washington, DC managing the marathon for tens of thousands. We hope more humbly that wemight together contrive a far simpler day that nevertheless would forever touch the lives of millions.

For the possibilities that may come of it, for the charity of it, and to share in simply a good, new, old-fashioned time, we thoughtfully greet you.

President Steve Yee, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Phillippi, and…

The [email protected]

p.s. Yee? I know… I’m nuts. But you started it. Luvya, Rev.




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