NEWSLETTER CONTENTS - Marathon Maniacs

NEWSLETTER CONTENTS 

Little Rock Marathon 2-6 

Half Fanatics 6 

Rock N Roll New Orleans 7-8 

Pacific Rim One Day 9-10 

Social networking 10 

Rock N Roll USA 11-12 

Georgia Marathon 13 

Report from the InSane AlyLum 13 

Los Angeles Marathon 14-15 

Maniac Poll 15 

Tobacco Road Marathon 16 

B&A Trail Marathon 16 

Sand Hollow Marathon 16 

Shamrock Marathon 17 

Maniac Book 17 

Dizzy Daze Endurance Runs 18-19 

Bataan Memorial 20 

Yakima River Canyon 21-22 

Calendar 23 

New Maniacs 24 

Promotions 25 

Note from the Editor 26 

Discounts 27 

Rhetorical Revelations 

from “The Rev” 28 

Volume 9, Number 3

Julie Severns 

Denis McCarthy 

Shawna and 

Geoffrey 

Simpson 

http://www.marathonmaniacs.com 

Cheri Pompeo 

Bob Hearn 

Shannon 

Hayes Scott Dahl 

Kristine Jahn 

Luke and Lygea 

Welvaert 

Leah Zoey 

Thorvilson 

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Larry Macon 

Jim Almquist 

Susan 

Phillips 

Larry 

Macon 

Joe Taricani 

John Lui 


Annette 

Blanton 

Barb Hoffman 

Big 

Medal! 

Joni Pinkley 

3

Kelly 

Pfannenstiel 

Little Rock Marathon (3/4): Ali A, Jim Almquist, Tim 'RTR' Bade, Jim Ballard, Linda Ballard, Dave Bell, Jennifer Belmore, 

Shane "Runnin' Pimp" Bennett, Jill Bidwell, Annette "Crash" Blanton, Arland "Arkansas" Blanton, Carla Borst, Steph 

Bradsher, Ray O' Sunshine, John Carboni, Suzanne Caruso-Brown, Mark "Superman" Cato, Marathon Mitch, Pony 

Express, George Cornett, Danielle Cupido, Anita Dabrowska, Scott " Deuces Wild" Dahl, Greg Davis, Michelle Day, Brian 

Dedeke, Aprelle Deuell, Van DeWald, Carol "Ponytail" Earles, Derek England, Abbi (Abbi-Normal) Florence, Rick Franks, 

Angela Fritz, Jesse Garrett, Ram, Laura Gorycki, Carol Goslin, Elaine Green, Kristina Grisham, Deborah Gulley, Lisa 

Gunnoe, Kelly Hammack, PrincessPatti Hammerstein, Emily Hansen, Meg Hays, Shannon Hays, Bob Hearn "UltraBob", 

Barb Hoffman, Marie Hoffman, Steve Hughes, Dean "Lazy Ass" Ishida, Running Rob Kay, Lia Kinsey, Sami Kirkendall, 

Gary Klawans, Zachary Knebel, Jodina Lam, Edward Lebowski, Laurie Lindstrom, John Shaft, Paul Maness, Dave Mari, 

Jay Martin, Lacey Martinosky, Denis McCarthy, Pat Mccracken, Bryan Meadows, Don Morgan, Maggie Mount, Andy 

Naumann, Tim Nave, Jean Neely, Terry Nelson, Nicholas L. Norfolk, James "Hurricane" Norris, Jamie O'Connor, Colin 

O'Donnell, Tina Orndorff, LOruns2cureNF, John Oster, Kelli Oyewole, Jackie Panfili, KP, Sarah Parrish, Missy Peters, 

Kelly Pfannenstiel, Chris Phillips, Joni Pinkley, Cheri Pompeo, Patty Powell, Crew_Dawg, Pascal Radley, Richard 

Ramirez, Cade Remsburg, Michael "Dr Dude" Rhodes, Marcia "Super M" Rignault, "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" Robertson, 

Paul "Progman2000" Rogers, Patrick Rosch, Cassy Russell, Jenny Savold, Randall Schramm, Julie Severns, Lori 

Sherwood, Geoffrey Simpson, Shawna Simpson, Susan Siragusa, Lu-E "-(O_O)-" Soriano, Chad Spilman, Andrea Spohn, 

Rebecca Steven, Kelly Tabara, Joseph "The Marathon Show" Taricani, Chris Thompson, Shen Turner, Stacey Varner, 

Trish Wakeham, Gregg Walchli, Larry Wasson, Patrick Weldon, Luke Welvaert, Lygea Welvaert, Marsha 

'BookladyWalker' White, Patrick "Wiseguy" Wise, Jeff Witt, Sandra Wright, Lichu Wu Sloan, Lacer the Racer 

Jackie Panfili 

Elaine Green 


Pascal Radley 

Tebowing! 

“Larry, you are awesome!” 

Lyle 

Robertson 

Lygea Welvaert 

and Mark Cato 

James 

Norris 

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Kelli Oyewole 

Jim 

Almquist 

Tina Orndorff 

Joe 

Taricani 


Dave 

Bell 

Abbi Florence 

Jenny Savold 

Gregg Walchli and 

Cheri Pompeo 

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Kelly Tabara 

HALF- M AR ATHON C R AZY 

Jill Bidwell 

Tired of running marathons and ultras (HA!!)? Need to 

back down on that weekly mileage and concentrate on 

getting faster? Then join the Half Fanatics 

(halffanatics.com). There are currently over 1900 

members in the Fanatic Asylum, and I’m sure you’ll 

recognize a few names in the group. So jump on the 

bandwagon now, get your qualifying races in and join 

this new, zany group! 

www.halffanatics.com 


Elaine 

Green 

Marathon 

Maniacs 

running half 

marathons… 

YES, it’s true! 

Louie Soriano 

Patty Powell 

Pascal Radley 

Susan 

Siragusa 

Elaine Green 

Andrea Spohn 

Joe Taricani 

Half Fanatic at the NC Half Marathon. 

Marathon Mitch 

Lygea Welvaert and 

Sami Kirkendell 

Sarah Parrish 

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Brian Wright and Heather Zeigler 


Cathy Bradford Mary Ibbetson 

Sandra 

Whisnant David Holmen 

KC Kleinman 

Thomas Okazaki 

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Lori 

Schwartz 

Tracy Crane and Malisa 

Anderson-Strait 

Tom Hallee 


Rock N Roll New Orleans (3/4): Timothy Agee, MasterVixen, Cheryl Anderson, Malisa Anderson-Strait, Matt 

Antinossi, Paul "Bronx Boy" Arroyo, Chris Baker, Kane Baker, Bethany Barnes, Cheryl Baumann, Cassie Beck, Pete 

S. Bochek, Emily Bolling, Diane "Sparkle Skirts" Bolton, Leslie Booker, Cathy Bradford, Ila Brandli, Aaron 

Braunstein, Todd "T-Dog" Breneiser, Greg Brumagen, Lisa Cao, Howard Choi, Bryan Cichon, Stephanie Clark, Rich 

Colfack, Sue Colgan-Borror, Jim Collins, Ewell Condron, Jerri Lynn Coody, Martha "Ginger26.2" Corazzini, 

Charlotte "costume chic" Corriher, Tracy "Trixie" Crane, Julie Crusor, Jeff Davenport, SpatulaPete, Jessica Deree, 

Susan DeRoberts, Stacey Doherty, David Donald, Rachel Edney, Traci Falbo, Mabel Fong, Bobby Gallagher, Eric 

"& Carlos PartyMonkey" Glass, Greg Glennon, Joanne Gondert, Mike Gonzalez, Phillip Griffith, Brenda Gutmann, 

Davin Hagman, Tim "Harro" Harrington, Debbie Haynes, Judith "JudyDenver" Henderson, Nathanael Hevelone, 

Greg Hoff, David Holmen, Joshua Holmes, Murray Honick, Ethan Hopkin, Mary Ibbetson, Brian "Action" Jackson, 

David "Running Preacher" Johnson, Kathy Kass, Maureen Kennedy, Gopal Kharbanda, Stacy Kincy, John "What's 

under the kilt" Kinnicutt, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, KC Kleinman, Al Kohli, Mark Kramer, Paige "quacky running 

chick" Kurtz, Beatrice Le, Steven "Thunder" Lee, John Kent Leighton, Charli Long, Ed Loy, MM Diva #7, Suann 

"Honeybee" Lundsberg, Sue Mann, Joao Marinho, Peter Marriott, Yosuke Matsumura, Liz McMichael, Greg 

"Plodalong" Miller, Angela Morris, Tracy Mueller, Kimberly Oehrlein, Thomas "T.O." Okazaki, Andrew Olsen, 

Chris "O-Dog" Oppenlander, Sue Parks, Suzanne Petro, Maria Poranski, Nancy Pratt, Joseph "Jo Jo Starbucks" 

Reilly, Lettie "Wrong Way" Reinhart, Matthew Richter, Karen Ross, Jennifer Sandenaw, Jc "The Saint" Santa 

Teresa, Brent Schmitter, Lori Schwartz, Mike Schwartz, Charlie "Buzz" Scott, Terry Sentinella, Lisa "Runner Girl" 

Short, Frank Sizemore, Evelyn Smith, Lisa Smith, Angie Spencer, Scott Stader, Eric Strand, Chuck Struckness, 

Rebecca Sudduth, David "Dog Bone" Thierjung, Craig Thompson, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, Eddie Vega, Katie Wade, 

Michelle "Mom o' 6" Walker, Darwin "runninguy" Weimer, Terry "rocketgirl" Weimer, Nancy Wentink, Sandra 

Whisnant, Jessica Willis, Claudia Wolfe, Brian Wright, Li-Chym Wu, Heather Zeigler, Marie "Mimi" Zornes 

Susan DeRoberts and Heather Zeigler 

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Pacific Rim One Day Run (3/17): Jenny Appel, Rose Bak, Todd Bellamy, Sarah Duncan, Ron Frederick, Rob "Rattler" Hester, Genia "Tiptoes" 

Kacey, King Arthur Martineau, Cyndie Merten, Frank Purdy, Bob Satko, Linda Walter, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Karen Wang 


Steve wins the 

Wildman Award by 

running 100 miles 

three years straight. 

Gail Henry 

Jenny Appel and Steve Stoyles 

Frank Purdy 

Roger Chou Sarah Duncan, Karen Wang and Tim Lawson 

Tim Lawson 

Bret Henry 

Genia Kacey 

Stephanie Duncan 

Arthur Martineau 

Heidi Perry 

Ron Frederick 

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Ryan McKnight Bret Henry 

Gail Henry 

Tim 

Lawson 

Steve Walters 


Seth Lyon 

Cyndie Merten 

Heidi Perry 

Sarah Duncan 

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! 

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

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

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marathonmaniacs 

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

RunningAhead: http://www.runningahead.com/groups/MMs 

Lisa Bliss 

Ryan McKnight 

Rose Bak 

Bob 

Satko 

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Floyd Crawford and 

Carol Earles 

Charli Long 

Wayne Sherman 


Robert 

Sokol 

Henry 

Rueden 

Barry Smith 

Paul Nagel 

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Jill Davis 

Narongdej 

Jaroensabphayanont 

Christie Hayes 


Deydre Teyhen 

Alexis Davidson 

Rock N Roll USA (3/17): John "Pony Espresso" Backman, Chris Baker, Cassie 

Beck, Sara Brunazzi, Chris Calimano, Dana Casanave, Connie Corbett, Floyd 

Crawford, Julie Crusor, Alexis Davidson, Jill Davis, Stacey Doherty, Carol 

"Ponytail" Earles, Al Emma, Hope Fox, Amanda Freedle, BJ Freeman, Mike 

Gonzalez, Mary Harvey, Christie Hayes, Kathleen Holmes, Margaret Hvatum, 

Lien James, Narongdej "Jay" Jaroensabphayanont, Yvette Ju, Gerald King, 

Charli Long, Jessica Lynch, Vincent Ma, Matthew Maday, Ed Masuoka, Peggy 

McKean, Eric "The Great" McMath, Carrie McNish, Eve Mills, Maggie Mount, 

Bart Muzzin, Paul Nagel, Jason Park, Missy Peters, Kathy "Rad Queen" Pryor, 

Richard Ramirez, har, Laura Schneider, Bill Schultheis, Jessie Sentivan, Wayne 

"The Manimal" Sherman, Barry "dcgriz" Smith, Mosi Smith, Robert Sokol, 

Bridget Steele, John Teyhen, Alan 'CrabShaman' Tominack, Robert Towne, Tim 

Troxel, Eddie Vega, Tammy Watkins, Brad Wolvin, Richard Yanoski, Jr. 

Ed Masuzaka and Paul Nagel 

Eric McMath and Paul Nagel 

Charli Long 

Lien James 

Maricar Korff 

Eric McMath 

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Georgia Marathon (3/18): Fred Alger, Malisa Anderson- 

Strait, Bethany Barnes, Dave Bell, Jim Blake, Jeff Chaney, 

Bryan Cichon, Doug "It's Cheaper Than Therapy" Clark, 

Michael Dunn, Seth Elsheimer, Steven Elster, Anders 

"Biking Viking" Forselius, Rick Franks, Lori Furr, Galen 

Garrison, Marcia Godwin, Shannon Hays, Mike Herrin, 

David Holmen, Rich Holmes, Chris Humphries, Tom Jarosz 

from Norcross, Georgia, Kathy Kass, Mark Kramer, Steve 

Laine, C. Kinnier Lastimosa, John Kent Leighton, Karl Leitz, 

George Lockhart, Milagros Lockhart, Vincent Ma, Peter 

Marriott, Denis McCarthy, Kathleen McElhannon, Brian 

Mount, Mike Nasiatka, Tim Nave, Bobby Danger Nelson, 

Mark Pack, Brenda Penland, Pascal Radley, Seth Ramaley, 

Chris Revoir, Michael "Dr Dude" Rhodes, Scott 

Richardson, Stephanie Roberts, Jason Rogers, David 

"marathonrye" Rye, "Superman Steve" Schwalbach, 

Steven Scoleri, Heather Shoemaker, Andrea Spohn, Aya 

Takeichi, Kenneth "Just Running", Larry Wasson, Nancy 

Wentink, Marsha 'BookladyWalker' White, Keith Whited, 

Barb Wnek, Patrick Wood 

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. 

Monthly Growth 

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

Averages ► 42.0 39.3 42.5 36.0 64.7 50.4 33.3 19.8 23.4 58.7 71.2 73.7 537.2 

2011 ► 95 101 113 94 209 128 77 50 51 171 218 174 1481 

2012 ► 154 95 126 - - - - - - - - - 375 


Tim Nave 

New Maniacs in Mar 2012 126 

New Maniacs in 2012 375 

Total Maniacs 5211 

Shannon Hays 

Barb Wnek 

Dave Bell 

State MM Pct% 

Washington 880 16.9% 

California 525 10.1% 

Texas 402 7.7% 

Illinois 232 4.5% 

Florida 214 4.1% 

New York 181 3.5% 

Virginia 166 3.2% 

Oregon 161 3.2% 

Oklahoma 137 2.6% 

Ohio 123 2.4% 

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Ed Ettinghausen 

Los Angeles Marathon (3/18): Tripster Roger, Hector Aleman, Stephanie "MM Diva #1" Arango, John "Pony Espresso" Backman, 

Jonathan Betanoff, Jill Bidwell, Kirk Budds, Lan Bui, Min Chae, Marathon Mitch, Susie Chan, Pony Express, Casey Chernesky, Jon 

Chernila, James "Gimme my Medal" Copley, Martha "Ginger26.2" Corazzini, William Crader, Tracy "Trixie" Crane, Sara Croft, 

Haywood Crowder, Teota Dangel, David Dassey, Michelle Day, Sako (Run for Peace), Rob Distante, Doug Dominey, Ed "Mad Hatter- 

Fancy Pants" Ettinghausen, Jim Fox, Noel "Knees Hurt" Garibay, Jim Green, Paula Hamilton, Michael Hanson, The Shoe, Dean "Lazy 

Ass" Ishida, DEO, David Keck, Tracy Kellam, Jaehee Kim, Hideki "Kino" Kinoshita, Sami Kirkendall, Diana Kitching, Ethel Marie 

Kitching, Andrea Kooiman, Vickie Lau, Steven "Thunder" Lee, Albert Licano, Violeta Lopez, Meg "Chuck" Lurie, Steve "Sole Runner" 

Mackel, Kenichiro Maemura, Laird Malamed, Thomas Mangan, Dan Margolis, Dave Mari, Kirby W. Mills, Jessica "Wabbitz" Montoya, 

Rocco Morales, Kevin Morris, Dana Mosell, Robert Nagle, Mark Niblo, Steven Peterson, Joseph "Jo Jo Starbucks" Reilly, Larry Rich, 

Nadia Ruiz, Keith Schlottman, Ann Scholl, Cat. Schwartz, Barbara Shainberg, Mary Signorelli, Lu-E "-(O_O)-" Soriano, Rebecca Steven, 

Chuck Struckness, Ward "Winded Wonder" Sullivan, Joseph "The Marathon Show" Taricani, Sabine Thier, Craig Thompson, Elizabeth 

Trask "50 for Billy", Dolores Valencia, Li-Chym Wu, Ely Yaron, David Yung 


Kino 

Sami Kirkendall 

Cat 

Schwartz 

Jill 

Bidwell 

Ethel Marie & Diana Kitching 

Kirby Mills 

Casey Chernesky 

Roger Adams 

Steven Lee 

Jessica Montoya 

and Joe Taricano 

David 

Dassey 

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Michelle Day 

Michael Hsu 

Hector Aleman 

Elizabeth Trask 


DEO 

Susie Chan 

Mark 

Niblo 

Nadia Ruiz 

Each month there will be a “Maniac poll”. This poll will be posted online. Please 

take a few moments to answer this poll. I will post the results in the next 

newsletter. 

This month’s question: What is your favorite season For running a marathon? 

Steve Hernandez and Jessica Montoya 

Please vote online between now and May7: http://www.marathonfreak.com/maniacpoll 

Last month’s question: How long have you been 

running (regularly)? 

We have lots of veteran runners (26= yrs) and a lot 

of new runners (1-5 yrs). Thanks for voting! 

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Shane Garling and Julia Khvasechko 

B&A Trail Marathon (3/4): Cowboy Jeff 

Bishton, Claire Carder, Dana Casanave, 

"Runner Lis" Cooper, Barb Damon, Greg 

Damon, Wil Dirkin, Karen Faber, Lisa 

Gesualdo, Craig Haugaard, "Insane 

Jane", Kevin 'The Machine' Hewitt, Lecia 

Holley, Chad Johnson, Duane Kroeger, 

Alvin "AL" Lee, Kenichiro Maemura, 

Thomas Mangan, Ed Masuoka, Peggy 

McKean, Terri Menghini, Cyndie 

Merten, Ed Nikowitz, Carolynn Parker, 

Talva Parker, Joseph Poliquin, Don 

Raake, McGyver, Wayne "The Manimal" 

Sherman, Myron Sidloski, Mosi Smith, 

Big Al Thomas, Vamsi Valleri, Brad 

Wolvin, Bekkie Wright, "Kenyan Keith" 

Wright 


Teota Dangel and Sue 

Mantyla 

Wayne Sherman 

Marsha Monson 

Tobacco Road Marathon 

(3/18): Kristin Allen, Robert 

Antulov, Diane "Sparkle Skirts" 

Bolton, Ray O' Sunshine, Mike 

Chewar, Ray deQuintal, Shane 

Garling, Carol Goslin, Elaine 

Green, Ken Hamilton, Emily 

Hansen, Rebecca-Ayme Hughes, 

Steve Hughes, Adam Irvin, Eric 

Johnson, Julia Khvasechko, 

Dagmar Knudsen, Daniel "I Eat 

Hills For Breakfast" Lieb, Jordan 

Lynch, Ed Masuoka, Laura 

Milak, Julie Musselman, Jackie 

Ong, Marcia "Super M" 

Rignault, Jon "Pugsly" Turner, 

Katie Wade, Michelle "Mom o' 

6" Walker, Brian Wright 

Claire Carder 

Sand Hollow Marathon (3/31): Teresa Baker, Joshua Bryant, Jonathan Crampton, Teota Dangel, Kathleen Gorman, Gary 'Cougar Bait' Krugger, Melissa 

Kullander, Pepe the corsican, Dotty Maddock, Sue "Italian Stallion" Mantyla, Marsha Monson, Kurt "The Kidd" Neilan, Angie Whitworth Pace 

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Jason 

Walters 

Shamrock Marathon (3/18): Jordan Applebaum, 

Holly Aulen, Jarrett Banks, Scot Barco, Robert Bens, 

Jim Bitgood, Bethie Bremner, Lois Broussard, Dana 

Casanave, Nathan Cook, Maria Cummings, Amie 

Durden, Benji Durden, Earl English, Traci Falbo, Joel 

Fenlason, Jessica "GI Jess" Fetter, "Marky Mark" 

Fetters, BJ Freeman, Scott "Flying Duck" Griffith, 

Jennifer Hatcher, Cori Heden, Judith "JudyDenver" 

Henderson, Sandy Hugill, Hunter Jamerson, Bob 

Kennedy, Emily Knudson, MikeDaMarine, Paige 

"quacky running chick" Kurtz, Dotty Maddock, Letty 

Marino, Barb Meinecke, Ruthie Meraz, James 

Moloney Jr., Talva Parker, Jenster, Richard Ramirez, 

"Captain" Dan Ratliff, har, Vicki Schumacher, 

Wayne "The Manimal" Sherman, Barry "dcgriz" 

Smith, Bill Smith, Susan Snead, Chip Southern, 

Andrew Urbaczewski, Jason Walters, Darwin 

"runninguy" Weimer, Terry "rocketgirl" Weimer, 

Brendan Young 


Wayne 

Sherman 

Holly Aulen 

Darwin 

Weimer 

Jessica Fetter 

Nathan Cook 

In February the Main Maniacs released the Marathon Maniacs book! 

This book is collection of stories by members of the Marathon Maniacs. 

These stories are sure to be encouraging and motivation to current and 

future members. The book was edited by Maniac Malcolm Anderson 

author of the book “The Messengers”. 

Be sure to get your copy of the book and enjoy the 

stories of the World’s Most Insane Running Club! 

Maria 

Cummings 

http://www.databarevents.com/shopproductdetail.asp?prodID=105&catID=14 

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Sarah Malcolm and Terry 

Sentinella 

Kim Kuhlmann Jules Mann 

Ray Shaw 


Dan 

Whitaker 

Dizzy Daze (3/24): Margaret Barrett, Melissa Beard, Roger Biggs, Mark Cartwright, Gary 

Cote', Ted Eckert, Jim Fox, Matt Glew, Terri "Maverick" Gray, Ginger Gruber, Rick "Road 

Kill" Haase, Jill Hudson, Wendy Jelinek, Laura Johnson, Jules Mann, Tracy Marshall, 

Cyndie Merten, Little Leslie, Kent Moore, Heather Myers, Gary Otheim, Monte Pascual, 

Mike Pruyne, Rob Stretz, Takao Suzuki, Gary "Ben Franklin" Walker, Linda Walter, Dan 

Whitaker, Rusty Willson 

Linda Walter and Jill Hudson Ashley Kuhlmann 

Scott Krell 

Robert Bondurant 

Rick Haase 

Cyndie Merten 

Kevin Douglas 

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Jeff Wood 

Leslie Miller 

Courtney Willson 

Rob Stretz 

Terri Gray 

The Marathon Show (hosted by Maniac #1817, Joe Taricani) was first broadcast in June 2010. It’s a one of a 

kind show that spot lights the marathon and marathon runners. Maniacs have found a safe haven with this 

great show. A few times a week Joe broadcast the show live online, the shows are then made available to 

download from iTunes (via Podcast). Each week Joe features a marathoner, and often does shout outs to 

marathoners from all over. Another great part of this show is the “runners chat”, in these shows Joe gets 

three marathoners together and does a round table discussion Elaine about Green many great topics. So if you have 

already come across the show, please do. 

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


Mike 

Pruyne 

Melissa Beard 

Margaret Barrett 

Monte Pascual 

Steve 

Hopper 

Roger 

Biggs 

Heather Myers 

Ginger Gruber 

Mark 

Cartwright 

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Claire 

Carder 

Danielle Cupido 

Liz Santos 


Dana Mosell 

Eddie Vega 

Bataan Memorial Death March (3/25): Salvador Almeida, Ron Ayers, 

Dawn "TronWife" Benz, David Bernstein, Jill Bidwell, Nathan Bliss, Clint 

"Last Again" Burleson, Dallas Campion, Claire Carder, Danielle Cupido, 

Shaun Curry, Lynne "Marathon Mimi" Damron, Daniel, Steve "El 

Pinguino" Frederickson, Kansas-The "Tri Lunatic" G. J. Galindo, Carol 

Goslin, Elaine Green, Giovanni Guevarra, Matthew Hamidullah, Bill 

Hardy, Debbie Haynes, Gloria Hinton, Nicholas Juskiewicz, Ryan "Ultra 

Pussycat" Launder, Nichole Mathis, Cliff Matthews, Robert McElroy, 

Dana Mosell, Anntriniece Napper, Missy Peters, Brian Pilgrim, Joseph "Jo 

Jo Starbucks" Reilly, Bryan Revling, Liz Santos, Alice Schneider, Haley 

Siggers, Cristy Snellgroves, Chuck Struckness, Chris Thompson, David 

Thompson, Scott Thompson, Eddie Vega, Jennifer Warren 

Scott 

Thompson 

Jennifer 

Warren 

John 

Lui 

Giovanni Guevarra 

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Andy Lin 

Steve, Steve and Steve 

Jessica Archer 

Sheryl Perales 


BJ 

Farish 

Mic 

Bob Dolphin finishes marathon #500! 

Congrats Bob! 

Tony 

Phillippi 

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David Holmen and Marc Frommer 

Susie Ro 

Yakima River Canyon Marathon (3/31): Tripster Roger, Jessica Archer, Eric Barnes, Michelle Barnes, Margaret Barrett, Steve Barrick, Martin Bavuso, 

Dave Bell, Roger Biggs, Fernando Bosseloo, Ken Briggs, Mic, Jane Buck, Janet Burgess, John Burke, Adrian Call, Sonia Chan, Oliver "Oyster Engineer" 

Chapman, "Runner Lis" Cooper, Connie Corbett, Tom "Drag-on" Craven, Jerry Desmul, Bob & Lenore Dolphin, Doug Dominey, vvn Doorn, Lisa Eagle, 

Earl Fenstermacher, George Frederick, Marc Frommer, Lynn Frosch, Linda Garbo, Mo Gillis, Reed Glesne, Susan Glesne, Greg Glockner, "MAINE-iac", 

Laura Gorycki, Terri "Maverick" Gray, Paul Grinvalds, Paul Grove, Georgeta Gruescu, Rick "Road Kill" Haase, Lorinda Hagstrom, Istvan, Mary "mph" 

Hanna, Ric "the sweeper pacer" Hart, Brett Heinemann, Sharon Hendricks, "Insane Jane", Claude Hicks Jr., Paul Hoffmann, David Holmen, Rich 

Holmes, Debra Hopson Taylor, Kirk Hudson, Jodi Irey, Laura Johnson, Barefoot Jon, David Jones, Daniel Katsin, Don "The Rev " Kienz, Paulette Kosinski, 

Patti "pk" Krebsbach, *Kimpossible*, "MMKuhl", Andy Lin, Kristoffer Lindstrom, Robert 3x111 Lopez, Brian Lorenz, Roger MacMillan, Larry Macon, 

Todd McCrory, Jim McGoorty, Al " retired CMSGT, USAF" McGowan, Rich Menzel, Cyndie Merten, Little Leslie, Michele Miller, Pat Neff, Suzanne 

Nester, Ned Newlin, Heather Nugent, Bob 'BobO" OBrien, Gary Otheim, Monte Pascual, Scott Patterson, The Programmer, Sheryl Perales, Jeff "Slice" 

Pettett, tony (tp!) phillippi, Susan Pierce-Richards, "Downhill Dave" Poglitsch, Cheri Pompeo, Suzanne Potts, Mel Preedy, Cherry "Bomb", Kathy Rafish, 

Bill Ralph, Lisa "Cupcake" Reid, Cliff "quack, quack" Richards, S, sLuG w/sTaRs, Jose Jacques Rodriguez, EatDrinkRunWoman, har, Neal "Stinkerbell" 

Saxe, Shannon Schulz, Tom Scott, Sabrina, McGyver, Michael Shiach, Brian Starkey, Tim Stensen, Wendy Stensen, Richard "Obiwan" Stewart, Haim 

Strasbourger, Rob Stretz, Takao Suzuki, Gunhild Swanson, Shana "Rustynail" Tolean, Gregg Walchli, Steve "Marathon Freak" Walters, Karen Wang, CJ 

**Hollywood** Warren, Francine Weigeldt, Emily Weiler, Julie Wells, Steve White, Esther J Williams, Brett Wittner, Lisa "Mama Lisa" Wood, Prez 

Steven Yee, Guy Yogi, Marie "Mimi" Zornes 

Everyone 

wanted a 

picture with 

Bob. 


Paul Hoffman 

Lisa Wood 

Bret Bellevue 

and Mel 

Preddy 

Phillip Kriss and Heidi 

Hubler 

Malcolm 

Anderson 

Marc 

Frommer Karen Wang and Sharon Hendricks 

Dan McElrath and Tina Holme 

Michelle Barnes and 

Margaret Barrett 

Steve Barrick Scott Krell Steve Yee 

Leslie Miller 

Takao Suzuki did a great 

job of taking hundreds of 

photos along the course 

as run completed a 

marathon with Bob. 

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Friday, April 13 

Potowatomi 150m (IL) 

Santa Barbara Endurance Race 100m (CA) 

Zumbro 100m/50m (MN) 

Saturday, April 14 

Bull Run Run (VA) 

CAR Run with Charlie Marathon (CA) 

Davy Crockett Bear Chase (TX) 

Eisenhower Marathon (KS) 

Enviro(CA) 

Evergreen Squak Mountain 50k (WA) 

Gansett Marathon (RI) 

Glacier Ridge Trail 50m/50k (PA) 

Gunnison City Spring Runoff (UT) 

Hogs Hunt (TX) 

Landsford Canal Lock(SC) 

Martian Marathon (MI) 

Ozark Fitness Challenge Day One (AR) 

Potowatomi 100m/50m/30m (IL) 

San Juan Trail 50k (CA) 

Santa Barbara Endurance Race 

100k/50m/50k (CA) 

Southern Indiana Classic (IN) 

Traprock 50k (CT) 

Wild Sebastian 50/75/100m (FL) 

Sunday, April 15 

Alger Alp 50k (WA) 

Big D Texas Marathon (TX) 

Bob Green Spring Fling Marathon (WA) 

CAR Run Dove Canyon Marathon (CA) 

Crossroads of Northwest Indiana 

Marathon (IN) 

Forget the PR Mohican 50k (OH) 

Go! St Louis (MO) 

Hogeye Marathon (AR) 

Kasumigaura Marathon (JPN) 

Milano City Marathon (ITA) 

North Shore Marathon (HI) 

Paris Marathon (FRA) 

Peterson Ridge Rumble 40m (OR) 

Rotterdam Marathon (NLD) 

Too Slow for Boston Marathon (NC) 

Vernonia Marathon (OR) 

Whidbey Island Marathon (WA) 

Monday, April 16 

Boston Marathon (MA) 

Marathon/Ultra Calendar between April 13-May 20 


Blue Ridge Marathon (VA) 

Brian Mickelsen Memorial Run (AZ) 

Calico Labor of Love 100m/50m/26.2 (NV) 

Carmel Marathon (IN) 

Diablo Trails Challenge (CA) 

Double Chubb 50k (MO) 

Energizer Night Race (MYS) 

Free State Trail Run 100k/40m/26.2 (KS) 

Full Bloom 50k (VA) 

Greenberg Traurig Ultra Miles for Moffitt 12 

Hour (FL) 

Hyner View Trail Challenge (PA) 

Jersey Shore Relay Marathon (NJ) 

Kings Mountain Marathon (SC) 


Lumberjack Endurance Runs 

100m/100k/50m (WA) 

New Mexico Centennial Marathon (NM) 

Ouachita Trail 50m/50k (AR) 

Oz Marathon (KS) 

Rainshadow Yakima Skyline Rim 50k (WA) 

Red Mountain 50k (UT) 

Ruth Anderson Ultras 100k/50m/50k (CA) 

Salt Lake City Marathon (UT) 

SweetH2O 50k (GA) 

Sybil Ludington 50k (NY) 

Trail Mix 50k (MN) 

Wenatchee Marathon (WA) 

Zane Grey 50m (AZ) 


Bali Marathon (IDN) 

Calico Labor of Love 50k (NV) 

CAR Back to the Beach Marathon (CA) 

Earth Day Challenge Marathon (OH) 

Glass City Marathon (OH) 

Lansing Marathon (MI) 

London Marathon (GBR) 

Mt Si 50m/50k (WA) 

Old Route Relay (VT) 

Rock N Roll Madrid (ESP) 

San Luis Obispo Marathon (CA) 

Spokane River Run (WA) 

WSU 100k (WA) 


Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes (MN) 

Capitol Peak 50m/55k (WA) 

CAR Run the Canal Trail Marathon (CA) 

Cheyenne Mountain Trail Race (CO) 

Chippewa 50k (WI) 

Collegiate Peaks Trail Run (CO) 

Country Music Marathon (TN) 

Delaware Trail Marathon (DE) 

Frisco Railroad Run 50m/50k/26.2 (MO) 

Illinois Marathon (IL) 

Jailbreak Marathon (WI) 

Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon (KY) 

Leona Divide 50m/50k (CA) 

Outrun 24 Hour Trail Run (OH) 

Pine Line Marathon (WI) 

TARC Spring Classic 50k/26.2 (MA) 

Tie Dye 50k (OH) 


Big Sur International Marathon (CA) 

CAR Rockin the Marina Marathon (CA) 

Eugene Marathon (OR) 

Gettysburg North(PA) 

Lake Waramaug 100k/50m/50k (CT) 

Louisville Backside Trail Marathon (KY) 

Mount Lemmon Marathon (AZ) 

NWTR Soaring Eagle 50k (WA) 

Oklahoma Memorial Marathon (OK) 

Trail Marathon/50k (MI) 

Waterloo Marathon (ON) 

Saturday, May 5 

Brazen Western Pacific Marathon (CA) 

CAR Rock the Beach Marathon (CA) 

Evergreen Ft Steilacoom 50k/26.2 (WA) 

Greenland Trail 50k (CO) 

Ironman St George (UT) 

Lake Lowell Marathon (ID) 

Miwok 100k (CA) 

New River Marathon (NC) 

NFEC Northeast Regional 50m/50k/26.2 (NY) 

North Coast 24h Spring Edition (OH) 

OBX Ultramarathon (NC) 

Provo City Marathon (UT) 

River Towns Marathon (PA) 

Run for Kids Challenge 12h/50k (AL) 

Shiprock Marathon (NM) 

Strolling Jim 40m (TN) 

Tejas Trails Pandoras BoX of RoX (TX) 

Whiskey Row Marathon (AZ) 

Wild Wild West 50k/26.2 (CA) 

Wisconsin Marathon (WI) 

Sunday, May 6 

Avenue of the Giants Marathon (CA) 

Borneo International Marathon (MYS) 

Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (OH) 

Colorado Marathon (CO) 

Cox Providence Rhode Races (RI) 

Eau Claire Marathon (WI) 

Kalamazoo Marathon (MI) 

La Crosse Fitness Festival Marathon (WI) 

Lincoln Marathon (NE) 

Long Cane 55m/50k (SC) 

Long Island Marathon (NY) 

Maratona Brasilia (BRA) 

Mississauga Marathon (ON) 

New Jersey Marathon (NJ) 

OC Marathon (CA) 

Pittsburgh Marathon (PA) 

Potomac River Run (MD) 

Rock River Marathon (NV) 

Salzburg Marathon (AUT) 

Tacoma City Marathon (WA) 

Toronto Marathon (ON) 

Vancouver Marathon (BC) 

Thursday, May 10 

3 Days at the Fair 72h (NJ) 

Friday, May 11 

3 Days at the Fair 48h (NJ) 

Zion 100 (UT) 


3 Days at the Fair 24/12/6h (NJ) 

50s For Yo Momma 50m/50k (OH) 

Brookings Marathon (SD) 

CAR Rock the Forest Marathon (CA) 

Dances With Dirt Gnawbone 

50m/50k/26.2 (IN) 

Elk Beaver 100k/50m/50k/26.2 (BC) 

Grand Valley Marathon (CO) 

GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf 72.7k (DEU) 

Ice Age Trail 50m/50k (WI) 

Journeys Marathon (WI) 

Lake Geneva Marathon (WI) 

Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (MN) 

Lost Lake 50k (WA) 

Massanutten 100 (VA) 

McDonald Forest 50k (OR) 

Mind the Ducks 12h (NY) 

PCT 50 (CA) 

PCTR Sycamore Canyon (CA) 

Quad Rock 50m (CO) 

Rock On Lake Perry (KS) 

Seaton Trail 50m/52k (ON) 

Sunflower Marathon (WA) 

Twisted Ankle Trail Marathon (GA) 

Zion 50 (UT) 

Sunday, May 13 

CAR Rock the Ocean Marathon (CA) 

Delaware Marathon (DE) 

Fredericton Marathon (NB) 

Prague Marathon (CZE) 

TIMTAM 50k/26.2 (IA) 

Friday, May 18 

CRUD 24h Trail Run (IL) 


Berryman 50m/26.2 (MO) 

Call of the Wild 50k/26.2 (WA) 

Capon Valley 50k (WV) 

CRUD 8h Trail Run (IL) 

CTR Horseshoe Lake 50k/26.2 (CA) 

Famous Idaho Potato Marathon (ID) 

Fargo Marathon (ND) 

Great Wall Marathon (CHN) 

Herriman Oquirrh Mountain Marathon (UT) 

Huff to Bluff Marathon (UT) 

Ironman Texas (TX) 

Jemez Mountain Trail Run 50m/50k (NM) 

Keys 100 (FL) 

Luxembourg Marathon (LUX) 

Ogden Marathon (UT) 

Scenic City Trail Marathon (TN) 

Silver State 50m/50k (NV) 

Superior Trail Race (MN) 

Watershed Preserve 12h (WA) 

Windermere Marathon (WA) 

Sunday, May 20 

Blue Nose Marathon (NS) 

Bob Potts Marathon (PA) 

Capital City Marathon (WA) 

Chicagoland Spring Marathon (IL) 

Cleveland Marathon (OH) 

Colfax Marathon (CO) 

Copenhagen Marathon (DNK) 

Dirty German Endurance Fest 50m/50k (PA) 

Green Bay Marathon (WI) 

Pasadena Marathon (CA) 

Rainshadow Sun Mountain 50m/50k (WA) 

Rhein(DEU) 

Rockford Marathon (IL) 

Run for the Red Marathon (PA) 

Shires of Vermont Marathon (VT) 

Sugarloaf Marathon (ME) 

Surfers Parth Marathon (CA) 

The Qualifer (MI) 

Woodys Red Deer Marathon (AB) 

XTERRA Oak Mountain (AL) 

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Susan Siragusa (#5086) 

Shaun Schottmiller (#5087) 

Matt Fisher (#5088) 

David "Foxy" Bayley (#5089) 

Mike Chewar (#5090) 

Sheri Giese (#5091) 

Drew Barton (#5092) 

Jeannette Brown (#5093) 

Ventura Gallegos (#5094) 

Abdul Karim Fakir Ali (#5095) 

Anders "Biking Viking" Forselius (#5096) 

Michael Canle (#5097) 

Karen Khodadadi (#5098) 

Josh Thomas (#5099) 

Steve Alexander (#5100) 

Chris Redford (#5101) 

Abbi (Abbi-Normal) Florence (#5102) 

Russ Horn (#5103) 

Heather Hankins (#5104) 

Kok Woh Chong (#5105) 

Walter Zahler (#5106) 

Orion "Wingman" Marx (#5107) 

Bethany Schramm (#5108) 

Yvette Dunn (#5109) 

Danielle Macik (#5110) 

Marty Koster (#5111) 

Bennjamin Griffin (#5112) 

Derek (#5193) and Jennifer 

(#5194)Warren 


Katie Hines (#5113) 

John Bader (#5114) 

Jennifer Hatcher (#5115) 

Roger Teel (#5116) 

Susan Almquist (#5117) 

Jonathan Teter (#5118) 

Mitch Monroe (#5119) 

Bob Dedeke (#5120) 

Peter Langlois (#5121) 

Jordan Lynch (#5122) 

Cheryl Iseberg (#5123) 

Margaret Tollner (#5124) 

Julie Bonner (#5125) 

Nita Kay Lemay (#5126) 

Monica Abbott (#5127) 

Argenta Lucas (#5128) 

JoAnne Barnes (#5129) 

Johanna Michel (#5130) 

John Dever (#5131) 

Heather Sorenson (#5132) 

Lori Dather (#5133) 

Charles Crabtree (#5134) 

Amy Amadi (#5135) 

Donald Rosenleaf (#5136) 

Michele Parnell (#5137) 

Larry Cyz (#5138) 

Schanon Turner (#5139) 

Tiffany Menzel (#5140) 

Andrea Hillman (#5141) 

Kathleen McElhannon (#5142) 

Mark Peterson (#5143) 

Chris Boundy (#5144) 

Steve Felson (#5145) 

William 

Warthon 

(#5202) 

Troy Mitchell (#5146) 

Jackie Frederick (#5147) 

Christy Alfertig (#5148) 

Jeffrey Nelson (#5149) 

Rose Laurence (#5150) 

Peter Doyle (#5151) 

Sandy Singleton (#5152) 

Kevin Steinberg (#5153) 

John Izzo (#5154) 

Harve Truskett (#5155) 

Christine Rockey (#5156) 

Sheila LeBlanc (#5157) 

Jennie Curran (#5158) 

Lisa Masson (#5159) 

Dan Rasay (#5160) 

Cheryl Calton (#5161) 

Carla Pessoa Roy (#5162) 

Omer Womack (#5163) 

Ron Ylagan (#5164) 

Ann Steiner (#5165) 

Victoria Webster (#5166) 

Cody Dangel (#5167) 

Jaehee Kim (#5168) 

Patrick O'Diam (#5169) 

Seth Reynolds (#5170) 

Gina Pennisi (#5171) 

Robert Aberle (#5172) 

Sandra Weston (#5173) 

Ashleigh Jimmilyn Rosson (#5174) 

Jeff Chaney (#5175) 

Nicole Creech (#5176) 

Jenny Majamaki (#5177) 

Kelley Flynn (#5178) 

Dan Schultz and Craig Davidson 

John "Carolina John" Flynn (#5179) 

Omar Evans (#5180) 

Melissa Kullander (#5181) 

Scot Barco (#5182) 

Cynthia Yang (#5183) 

Stephen Warren (#5184) 

Jonathan McCoy (#5185) 

Leigh Anne Guveiyian (#5186) 

Diana Daves (#5187) 

Jeff Burgess (#5188) 

Eddy Horn (#5189) 

Caitlyn Kogel (#5190) 

Amanda Morken (#5191) 

Jason Noble (#5192) 

Derek Warren (#5193) 

Jennifer Warren (#5194) 

Janet Aguilar (#5195) 

Aaron Kingsbury (#5196) 

James Towey (#5197) 

Dan Schultz (#5198) 

Sheika Brown (#5199) 

Craig Davidson (#5200) 

Amador Rodriguez Jr (#5201) 

William Warthon (#5202) 

Bryan W. Miller (#5203) 

Jamie Winter (#5204) 

Will 'CAK7' Flint (#5205) 

Brandy Windham (#5206) 

Sara Whaley (#5207) 

John Lassig (#5208) 

Brandee Taylor (#5209) 

Wendy Blauman (#5210) 

Shantelle Leonard (#5211) 

Brenda Griffiths 

Michele 

Parnell 

(#5137) 

Jennie Curran 

(#5158) 

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Lisa Cao 

and 

Heather 

Zeigler 

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

�Titanium (10 star) Maniac: Galen Garrison, Andres Forselius 

� Platinum (8 star) Maniac: Chad Spilman 

� Palladium (7 star) Maniac: Julia Khvasechko, Andrea Spohn, George Southgate 

� Osmium (6 star) Maniac: Shane Garling 

�Ruthenium (5 star) Maniac: Paul Arroyo, Talva Parker, Barry Smith, Matthew Maday 

�Iridium (4 star) Maniac: Charli Long, Rob Distante, Danille Cupido, Kate Engster, Kinner Lastimosa, 

� Gold (3 star) Maniac: Jamie Knight, Kevin Levitt 


Jennifer Cheng, Edward Lyell, Rieko Lyell 

�Silver (2 star) Maniac: George Lockhart, Michael Rhodes, Dayna Harrison, Laura Schneider, Mary Harvey, Kelsey Kilinski, Jim Roche, 

Ned Newlin, Leslie Snyder, Jim Blake 

New Titanium Maniacs!! 

Galen Garrison 

Anders Forselius 

500 Marathons: Bob Dolphin 200 Marathons: Diana Robinson 100 Marathons: Jane Herzog, David Dassey 

Diane Bolton, Kenneth Tenebro, 

Diana Bibeau, Tony Recker 

Steve Boone 

Laura Johnson 

Josh Owen 

Rich Menzel finished the 

Yakima River Canyon 

Marathon with Bob Dolphin. 

Lower Potomac River Marathon 

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Guy 

Yogi 

Scott Stader, 

Joshua Holmes 

Tracy Crane 

and Malisa 

Anderson- 

Strait 

Sonny 

LaForm 

Steve Walters and Bob Dolphin 


Delano Park 12 hour 

Robert 

Lopez 

Looking good Mr. Soriano! 

F R O M T H E E D I T O R … 

Charli Long 

Greenway Marathon 

Snuggling with 

Sock-money! 

Jeff Webb and 

Desiree Marek 

March was a fun month. For starters the Little Rock Marathon was a very popular one with what 

I can only assume is the biggest medal around. Others took the trip to New Orleans for a Rock N’ 

Roll event. A few weeks later there was the Rock N Roll USA Marathon and the Los Angeles 

Marathon. But I opted run for 24 hours straight in the Pacific Rim One Day Run here in the PNW. 

As many of you know the Marathon Maniacs released a book. I know many of you missed out on including a story for the book. If you have a 

story to tell send it my way. I’d be happy to include your story (up to 1000 words) and pictures can be included. 

- Steve “Marathon Freak” Walters MM#338 

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• Martian Marathon (MI) 4/14/12: www.martianmarathon.com 

• Southern Indiana Classic Marathon 4/14/12: http://www.sicmarathon.com 

• Peterson Ridge Rumble 40M/20M (OR) 4/15/12: www.petersonridgerumble.com 

• Carmel Marathon (IN) 4/21/12: www.carmelmarathon.com 

• The Oz Marathon (KS) 4/22/12: www.olathe.org/cvb/sports/Marathon 

• Jailbreak Marathon (WI) 4/28/12: http://jailbreakmarathon.com 

• Eugene Marathon (OR) 4/29/12: http://eugenemarathon.com 

• Big Sur International Marathon 5/1/12: www.bsim.org 

• Knoxville Marathon (TN) 5/1/12: www.knoxvillemarathon.com 

• Wisconsin Marathon 5/5/12: www.wisconsinmarathon.com 

• *Cox Providence Marathon (RI) 5/6/12: www.rhoderaces.com/marathon.html 

• LaCrosse Fitness Festival (WI) 5/6/12: www.lacrossefitnessfestival.com 

• Pittsburgh Marathon 5/6/12: www.pittsburghmarathon.com 

• Tacoma City Marathon (WA) 5/6/12: www.tacomacitymarathon.com 

• Vermont City Marathon 5/27/12: www.vermontcitymarathon.org 

• Casper Marathon (WY) 6/3/12: www.runwyoming.com 

Elaine Green 

• Utah Valley Marathon (MANIAC REUNION!) 6/9/12: www.utahvalleymarathon.com 

• Kona Marathon 6/24/12: http://konamarathon.com 

• Cook Park Marathon (OR) 6/30/12: http://cookparkmarathon.com 

• Stars & Stripes Marathon (OR) 7/1/12: http://starsandstripesmarathon.com 

• Make It By Midnight Marathon (GA) 7/14/12: http://makeitbymidnight.homestead.com 

• SOGONAPMIT Marathon (UT) 7/28/12: http://afhalf.com/sogonapmit-marathon 

• San Francisco Marathon 7/29/12: www.runsfm.com 

• Moose’s Tooth Marathon (AK) 8/19/12: www.bigwildliferuns.org 

• Pocatello Marathon (ID) 9/1/12: www.pocatellomarathon.com 

• *Sun River Marathon for a Cause (OR) 9/2/12: www.sunrivermarathon.com 

• Lake Chelan Shore to Shore Marathon (WA) 9/8/12: www.lakechelanmarathon.com 

• Top of Utah Marathon 9/15/12: www.topofutahmarathon.com 

• Grand Rapids Marathon (MI) 10/12/12: http://grandrapidsmarathon.com 

• ING Hartford Marathon (CT) 10/13/12: www.hartfordmarathon.com 

• Kansas City Marathon 10/20/12: www.waddellandreedkansascitymarathon.org 

• Mount Deseret Island Marathon (ME) 10/14/12: http://www.mdimarathon.org 

• Norfolk Freedom Marathon (VA) 11/11/12: www.freedommarathon.org 

• *Fortitude for First Descents (DE) 12/1/12: http://fortitude4fd.com/ 

• Renegade Race Series (CA) Multiple Dates/Half Marathons or less: www.renegaderaceseries.com 


Jeff “Boneman” Bollman (#1058) 

Christmas might be past, but the Maniac stocking is stuffed with discount goodness! Take a peek at the new 

discounts that have a * in front of the race name. And don’t forget about the Maniac discounts at Running 

Skirts www.runningskirts.com and The Running Warehouse www.runningwarehouse.com for all your non- 

Maniac branded apparel and shoe needs and at TRY Chips www.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 web site. I 

post new ones on the Bulletin Board as the details are finalized, so keep an eye out. If you have any questions, shoot me 

an email at: jeff@marathonmaniacs.com 

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!! 

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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 ) … 

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

{To Rookies of the MarathonManiacs - A few years ago, when there were less than 500 of us, we asked Rev, 

#48, to share some thoughts in the newsletter because, well, he was a few things we are not. He is from the 

east coast. He is old…ok, not that old, but… he is creaky. And, we never get to talk to him after he finishes 

races, because, well, because we’re usually home by then. But he seemed so mesmerized by what we do in the 

club, we figured better to let him make fun of us than people who don’t try to run. So we let him write. One 

more thing: management is not responsible for the opinions of Rev.} 

Dear “Negative 1!” 

Monte Pascual! How are you, my new friend? Man, I’m glad Prez, Mr. Member # 1 himself, introduced us in Yakima last weekend! You know, you do look like 

his twin! Aww, it’s a compliment! What a coincidence having two positive guys who look alike wearing the yellow singlet! Cool moniker, Monte. “Negative 1!” 

So I usually write to Prez this time of the month to keep in touch, but thanks to some friends of ours, the Mrs. and I made the trip to Yakima and I saw Prez, so I 

thought I’d write to you today! 

Man, that Yakima! What a location, course, and reunion opportunity for Maniacs! The weekend goes by too quickly. I saw scores of people with whom I 

wanted to chat, but all the scurrying about kept us all pretty busy. A warm sense of gratitude for even the briefest talks is inevitable when folks like Claude Hicks, 

Mary “Grete Waitz” Hanna, Jane Herzog, Ray, Mel, Rick, SR, Chuck, Cowboy, the incredibly popular Janet, and Ben “Steve Boone” Franklin and the Mrs. Franklin are 

your friends. I got the coveted boost from Roger Mac, the cool Canadian, and shared a meal with #3 and Slug. I made new friends, too, like Rodolfo Lucena from 

Brazil, and Jack, Gina, and Roger from Great Britain. I even met friends of a friend who couldn’t make it (heal quickly, Keely). I made a new friend out on the course, 

as Brian “the Birds’ Best Friend” Pendleton kindly hung back, swapping stories and thoughts, masking the tightening of the tendons. Reviewing all this, maybe we 

had a week-long visit after all. One sure isn’t lonely there. 

Funny: when I got back east, speedy Emma from Long Island asked whether I’d recommend Yakima. Let me think a min… Yup! 

Yakima is like running through the great American West in a John Wayne movie, passing cattle ranches, viewing the stately mountains’ brown cliffs, rocky, 

sandy soils, and flowing green grasses, hearing meadowlarks and sensing the eagles sailing above, winding through a canyon carved out by a grand river that invites 

a tubing ride, paralleled by train tracks that invite a romantic rail ride, but? We have to run the 26 miles, because arranging for the train ride is the only detail on 

earth Lenore hasn’t thought up yet. And so we run, half way up the dry canyon slopes, where the views in every direction are majestic and intimate, creative and 

colorful, inspiring and peaceful. What a beautiful place. 

Lenore and Bob Dolphin are miraculous race directors. I have seen her lists of things to do. They are handwritten, and they are encyclopedic. Their home is a 

repository of all things marathon, framed by a bank vault’s worth of Bob’s trophies, medals, and plaques. She has brought together local, national, and international 

groups of volunteers who love returning, both to there and to her, then covering their duties, and then squeezing in a long canyon run. Even Mr. Keith Henry from 

Subaru volunteers his time to drive for all sorts of errands because, as he told me, he “just likes it.” 

Another club was in attendance. 44 One Hundred Marathon Club Members (American edition) were in the field. (A woman named Lenore organizes this club. 

Guess which Lenore. Go ahead, guess.) 100 marathons? That’s misleading, Negative 1. These 44 now average two hundred and fifty-two. 252! (Mr. Macon was not 

even there to boost the number, the slacker.) I heard more ridicu… inspiring stories than I can say. But I’ve got a big tip for you, Neg: get Malcolm Anderson’s book, 

The Messengers. He brilliantly interviewed 120 runners of One-Hundred Marathons, and wrote their stories down. I know some of these people, and I read this 

incredible book, and so many stories still surprised and amazed me! Mr. Anderson was at Yakima, too, and a friendlier fellow you have never met. 

And as a loving favor to Lenore, John “The Penguin” Bingham, the 14-year columnist for Runners World, came back to Yakima to honor Bob’s triumphant 500 th . 

John is very down-to-earth, his pasta dinner speech great fun. But his improvisational comments after our race efforts were simply hilarious. 

Neg, I’m no sports reporter, but there was one fun race within the race that Engle (m) and Emmal (f) won that you can rib certain fellows about. You know we 

call the three founders (Prez Steve Yee, Tony Phillippi, and Chris “Hollywood” Warren), “The Three Wise Men.” Well, Tony and Chris raced a jaw-dropping sub-3-hour 

battle, and Tony won Low Wise Man by a couple of ticks. (Hmm. Low Wise Man. Somewhere his poor Mom is crying, “I told him to study harder.”) 

I used to think golf was the sport to enjoy in retirement, Neg, but not anymore. One, the gray heads seemed to outnumber the youngsters, and more than a 

few outran them, too. Guys like Ron Fowler at 64 ran times I can only imagine. I need to rethink the ice cream. 

Two, this gentle Dolphin fellow ran. Age has cost him quickness, but not graciousness, no sir. He took the two-hour early start. A friend 25 years his junior took 

the regular start. When the friend came within 50 yards of Bob at mile 21, he guessed he might walk in with the old Marine, right? 

Well, never lose your humility, Negative 1, never lose it. See, the friend catches the silver-haired Bob, who selflessly encourages the friend, saying, “Look at 

you! You started two hours after me, and caught me! Wow, that’s something!” 

“Man,” the friend thought, hearing this, “aren’t you tired? How are you even thinking about someone else?” And so he replied to Bob, “If I am even out here in 

25 years, then we can talk comparisons, eh?” 

They climb half the hill together. The good-hearted Jeff Hagen is accompanying Bob the whole way, so the friend stops to take a picture, and Bob continues his 

steady pace, getting a hundred yards ahead. So the younger friend set off after him. 22. 22.5. By 23, Bob has gained another hundred yards. Then he pauses, 

leaning on his knees. Clearly he will be caught now. 

Ahh, no. He straightens up before the gap is closed, and sets off again, stretching the gap 400 yards. What? So the younger man musters a jog, gets back to 

within 150 yards, but then has to walk. Surely with three miles left, he can still catch a guy who is 82. 

Not a chance. Determination, single-mindedness, pains, all are surely there in Bob, but above all of these, what surfaced? His impeccable, unshakable 

graciousness. That is Bob, this day, all days. 

Neg, isn’t glory, real glory, earned in who we are revealed to be, instinctively? I’d say, especially after earning the right to talk of ourselves at age 82, never 

mind while exhausted on a hill at a mile numbered 22, our inner thoughts might be revealed? And Bob thinks of others. 

I will tell you what… put his 500 marathons aside for a minute. If we can even just carry Bob Dolphin’s sneakers in terms of graciousness, then we did this Life thing 

all right, huh? 


Luvya, 

Rev 

dgkienz@yahoo.com 

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