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http://www.marathonmaniacs.com Jeff “Boneman” Bollman (#1058) The Discount Dude is back in force with a number of new discounts. The new discounts have a * in front of the race name. Don’t forget the old ones though, still some good deals to be had there too. Also, don’t forget that we have a discount 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. • Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (IN) 11/5/11: http://monumentalmarathon.com • Fort Worth Marathon (TX) 11/13/11: http://fortworthmarathon.org/ • Malibu International Marathon 11/13/11: www.malibuintmarathon.com • OBX (aka Outer Banks) Marathon (NC) 11/13/11: www.obxmarathon.org • Williams Route 66 Marathon (VIP Tent) 11/20/11: http://route66marathon.com/ • *Fortitude for First Descents (DE) 12/17/11: www.racethestates.com/marathon • *Operation Jack Northwest 6 Hour Run (OR) 12/26/11: http://marathonfreak.com/operationjacknorthwestrun/ • New Years Double Marathons (Limited time discount) 12/31/11 & 1/1/12 (TX): www.newyearsdouble.com • First Light Marathon (AL) 1/8/12: www.firstlightmarathon.com/ • *The Duel Marathons & 50Ks (TX) 1/21 & 1/22/12: www.weechita.org/marathons • Miracle Match Marathon (TX) 1/29/12: http://miraclematchmarathon.org • Tallahassee Marathon (FL) 2/5/12: www.tallahasseemarathon.com • Melbourne Beaches & Music Marathon (FL) 2/4/12: www.themelbournemarathon.com Elaine Green • *Mercedes Marathon (AL) 2/12/12: www.mercedesmarathon.com • Myrtle Beach Marathon (SC) 2/18/12: www.mbmarathon.com • Arizona Marathon 2/19/12: http://thearizonamarathon.com/ • *Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon (FL) 2/19/12: www.a1amarathon.com • Cowtown Marathon 2/26/12: www.cowtownmarathon.org • *Carmel Marathon (IN) 4/21/12: www.carmelmarathon.com • Big Sur International Marathon 5/1/12: www.bsim.org • *Wisconsin Marathon 5/5/12: www.wisconsinmarathon.com • *Pittsburgh Marathon 5/6/12: www.pittsburghmarathon.com • Tacoma City Marathon 5/6/12 (WA): www.tacomacitymarathon.com • *Vermont City Marathon 5/27/12: www.vermontcitymarathon.org • *Kona Marathon 6/24/12: http://konamarathon.com/ 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!! 30
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 Hiya Prez!!! Man, I miss you. This whole 3000-miles-apart friendship stuff just isn’t my first choice, young fellow, but it is always like picking up from yesterday when I see you. Except you always look sooo much older... (oh, that’s a good one). Well, my friend, we may be in one club, this Marathon Maniacs, but boy do these folks have a range of skills, and exercise them in a smorgasboard of settings, making me see how creative and complex are the variety of differences within the one club. Last place and first place finishers, “mile 15 was a challenge” to “it isn’t tough till we get to mile 94 in some 135-mile ultra in the Deadlands,” some like it warm and some like it cold, cities and country sides, deserts and ocean sides, jogging for fun or firing up all cylinders in fierce competition. Brought home to me this month is the diversity of marathon experiences. To categorize two, look at the differences between “friendlies” and “strangers” marathons. This is wonderful stuff. I hear in Washington particularly (and plenty of other places too, no doubt), Maniacs create good, official races that emerge as intimate runs for groups of friends and friends-of-friends who hear about it, real marathons that are delightful events. Everybody knows everybody, or is within single introductions of that. Perhaps twenty or thirty runners enter; maybe the race grows over time to a couple hundred. The courses are still 26.2, but usually not on city streets, given the complications of clearances, manning roadblocks, and the like. No police, no people with sponge fingers pointing you in the right direction. A few spoken instructions at the start, and you’re off. Few volunteers are needed: sometimes the whole shebang is a one-man show. Only one or two aid stations are needed, given the loops or out-and-back nature of the courses. Besides, runners come prepared to be self-sufficient. If they forgot something they need, someone else shares for the asking. People are not racing against each other so much as running with each other. Balloon-carrying pacers floated away, evidently. Frequently the same folks appear at these. People may slow down to run a loop with an old friend just for conversation, and then resume their own pace again. Imagine having a nice visit, in the middle of a run! Hmm. Lovely, tranquil, friendly marathon runs. Shirts? Not likely. Medals? Often there are not any. Maybe the RD creates home-made ones. The big hoopla is reserved for the post-race food, which may be the best ever. The race director or their spouse might cook: individually hand-wrapped brownies, like little presents with stickers on the top, hot lentil soup, baked yams with brown sugar, or a big old pot of black bean soup, made-to-order chili, vegetarian hot dogs, butternut squash soup, my my my. People bring leftovers from Christmas to the Last Chance New Year’s Eve marathon. Prez? Those are pretty different experiences from one of my favorites: the Marine Corps Marathon, 26.2 with 23,000 strangers. It was crowded, sure, and the logistics of getting to and from require some plotting and planning not often seen this side of James Bond. I’ve set my alarm to a.m. times known only to owls. Wearing throwaway over-clothes to avoid accosting strangers for body warmth? Check! Clear running room is nil most of the race, yes, partially Steve, because this year I decided not to run with the leaders. (Heh heh heh.) So the crowdedness brings some downside differences, and travel complications are involved. On the other hand, to run past the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Memorials and the U.S. Capitol; to meet Marines from all over the country and people from all over the world; to stand at a starting line when hover craft fly over and Marines parachute in from the sky, something flavorful is added to the hoopla. The two experiences are almost completely different, but they overlap at least in two ways. One, I bumped into a few Maniacs, in particular the friendly senior runner Roger Macmillan of Canada, the tenacious Bob Dolphin, and the effervescent Diana “Slug” Robinson, who can take lemons and make the fruitiest concoction out of any experience. And, thanks entirely to our identifying Maniac singlets, I have new maniac buddies, the Happiness-is-all-in-the-attitude Floyd, and his hilarious heckling side-kick Lori, who, while laughing at 19, chided “get out of here Rev or you won’t make the bridge!” (Work on this with the wise men, Prez. In Boston cute girls kiss me. In this club, cute girls heckle me.) And two: they are both 26.2 miles, a challenge one way or another. The varied creativity in renewing our lives, and the confidence through fitness, competition, and varied experiences you have inspired, Prez, is far, far more than you three Gentlemen ever could have imagined. The old saw about how God either had an off day or a sense of humor when creating the platypus, I think, can be clearly put to rest: God was just being infinitely creative. So, too, the world of the Maniacs: such wonderful creativity and variety. Beautiful touches, too, everywhere you look. My fondest admiration and congratulations. http://www.marathonmaniacs.com Luvya, Rev dgkienz@yahoo.com 31
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