MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTER - Marathon Maniacs

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http://www.marathonmaniacs.com MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTER 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 you have great stories of incredible weight loss and many of you have changed lives since you started running. I know some of your 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 and give 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 can be a summary of how your life has changed! It can also be just words of encouragement or a thank you to the Maniacs as a 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 how your 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 (26freak@gmail.com). 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 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? Elaine Green 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 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, and decided I wanted to run a marathon. I had always 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 Seattle Marathon 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 Diet by 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 low carb diet. I started loosing weight so I decided to start running to help speed thing along. I went to the track to run a mile, I think I almost died. I started increasing my mileage little by little. I could see running was changing my body. I read a story about the Seattle marathon and decided to run it. People would say I couldn't run that far so that’s all I needed for inspiration. At mile 18 I felt awful, gutted it out and told myself I would never do that again. I changed my mind the next day. I started eating some carbs again and that helped. My next mission was to get to Boston and people told me I was too big to run fast enough. It took me 16 marathons and I made it. I would see Marathon Maniacs at the races and looked at the 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 friends from running. My goals are to Make it to the 100 marathon club(almost there), The 50 state club and run Boston every year, And of course loose some more weight. My starting weight was 328lbs. Now I am at 208lbs. That’s why I go by marathon Diet. I want to get below 200. 16
I’m going to run The Los Angeles Marathon this coming March 20th... and Elaine fromGreen there my plan is to run a full or half marathon each month... as preparation to run an ultra marathon (32 to 50 miles) at the end of 2011. http://www.marathonmaniacs.com MARCH 2011 NEWSLETTER I started running because of my fast and stressful life, took on the big challenge of the marathon as my first race ever, having never ran over 8 miles before that I had only 3 weeks of training and half the fourth to achieve 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 after a mile because of the excruciating pain. My doctor recommended acupuncture to help me ease the back pain and as of today I have not needed it, my only therapy to the pain was running, started on April and after one and a half month of hard work and dedication reached my first 10 miles focused on progression not 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 I had 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 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, live life. 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 this commitment for several reasons. First, I lost my wonderful sister, Jincy “Smiley”, to cancer at the age of 39, and decided to raise money for TNT. I believe cancer touches all of our lives and wanted to help by raising money for research. Second, I was, and still am, grateful for my good health and still follow through with this commitment in honor of her and the pain she endured. My sister, or shall I say, my “Guardian Angel”, keeps me motivated…there is not enough pain from running to ever match what she went 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 first one being in January 07 and I have not stopped yet. My fondest memory is the first time I crossed the finish line. I was hooked after that. All the pain, at the time invested, just doesn’t’ matter once you have crossed that line at the finish. The friends I have made 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 little girls 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 few minutes later running and practicing. You never know who is watching and may be inspired by you along the way… - Lisa Short (#1394) 17
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