Marathon Maniacs News Letter – September / October 2006
September Highlights
·
8 new members for the month of September (354 total members)
·
Marathon Junkie Chuck
Engle wins the Pocatello Marathon
·
Annie (mal)
Thiessen is back…wins the Skagit Flats Marathon
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Sean Meissner wins
the Lake Tahoe 72 mile ultra
The Birthday Boy…..Maniac
#3 tp! Sean Meissner
crossing the tape first at the Tahoe Ultra
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The Marathon
Maniacs…at the Races
Maniacs celebrating Maniac #3 tp!'s Birthday at Pocatello Winner "Marathon
Junkie"
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello Marathon: Rick Korecki,
Larry Macon, Bill Mandler, Maniac #3 tp!, Kory Wheatley, Fiona Wright, Wayne
Wright |
Grand Teton Trail
Marathon: Terry Sentinella
Tantalus Trek 50km:Brenton Floyd
September 3
New Mexico Marathon: Robert Britain, Lauri "The Kid"
Fauerbach Adams, Larry Macon, David Malone, Dane Rauschenberg, Anne Scarazzo,
Amy Yanni
Tupelo Marathon: Angela Ivory, Cheryl Murdock, David Nemoto, Geri O'Krepki, Don Pattison, Ron Westbury
Walk in the Park 50km:
Al Harman, Van "pigtails"
Phan
Dog Days Marathon: Bill Barmore, Jim Boyd, Russ Johnson, Genia
"Tiptoes" Kacey, Mary Latta, Cheri Pompeo, Diana "sLuG"
Robinson, Scott Sebelsky, Sam Thompson, Gregg Walchli
A Maniac Gathering at the Dog Days Marathon Bill Barmore
September 4
American Discovery
Marathon: Vincent Ferraro, Larry
Macon, Amy Yanni
Heart of America
Marathon: Barefoot Rick Roeber,
Robert Bens, Tom Detore
September 8
Lost Soul Ultra
100km/100 M: Van
"pigtails" Phan
September 9
Haliburton Forest Ultras: Gene Jochen
McKenzie River 50km: Richard "Road Kill" Haase, Jeff Perry, Maura Schwartz, Steve Supkoff,
Superior Trail 50/100
mile: Keith Whited
Uncle Joe's 50km: Nathan Greene, Sean Meissner, Lisa Stranc
Bliss
September 10
Erie Marathon at
Presque Isle: Angela Ivory, Mark
Janosky, Dane Rauschenberg
Queen City Marathon: Darwin "runninguy" Weimer, Amy
Yanni
Stowe Marathon: Dave Bell, Lauri "The Kid"
Fauerbach Adams, David Goodrich, Boonsom Hartman, Larry Macon
Maniacs at the Stowe Marathon Boonsom Hartman leading the pack
Skagit Flats Marathon: Maniac #200, Jim Boyd, Kevin Brosi, Tim Bruce, Janet Burgess, May Cheng, Amanda Cohn, Bob and Lenore Dolphin, Michael Dutton, Christel Elliot, Al Harman, Robert Jacobsen, David Jones, Kurt Lauer, Shawn Lawson, Jeff Loen, Mark Looi, Jon"Coconutboy" Mahoney, Sean Meissner, Little Leslie Miller, David Murray, Pete "Hippo" Nicholson, Tim Pate, Brian Pendleton, Cheri Pompeo, Mel Preedy, Marilou Russell, David Stout, Joseph Tompkins, Maniac #3 tp!, Gregg Walchli, Karen "Sushi" Wiggins. The review from marathonguide.com: Pete Hansen, 50 of Ferndale WA, won the 2006 Skagit Flats Marathon in 2:51:13 for the second year in a row. This was also Pete's second marathon win of the year, as he won the Birch Bay Marathon in February. In the women's division, Annie Thiessen, 36 of Tacoma WA, winner of 9 2005 marathons, was first in 3:08:48. Tina Pettit, 34 of Stanwood WA, came in second in 3:20:27.
Skagit Flats…according to Marc Frommer: I left Portland Saturday afternoon for Tacoma for
dinner with Elizabeth and then on to The tp! Inn. It was fun visiting with
Tony, especially since I am not awash in new Maniac shirts (I came back with 6
shirts from this race - 4 Maniac varieties, 1 from the race, and a Skagit
volunteer shirt since I pointed out the results of the race were a bit messed
up before it got too horrendous. The race is small, with lots of manual
compilation of times -- ah, the good ole days). Anyway, tp! and I were on the
road at around 5:30AM since it is a LONG drive up to the race. We picked up
Maniac #200, Yanghae, on the way and got to the race around 7:30 for the 8AM
start. It was cutting it a bit close
since I had to put on another layer of
sunscreen (not a cloud in the sky and no shade on the course) and hit the
bathrooms. I got to the start with a couple of minutes to spare and saw Mary H
and, in a
very pleasant surprise, the famous aNnIe, who was starting her first marathon
in over a year. By the way, she, of course, won the woman's race
in a time around 3:08 -- pretty amazing.
Now to the race. As you know, my mileage has been pitiful
with an average of about 24 miles/week over the last 8 weeks. Well, I'm living
(barely)
proof that you can finish a marathon on low mileage if you want to hurt and be
out there a long time. My plan was to attempt to run around 3:40-3:45,
which probably was way optimistic. I started off running with Maniac Mark Looi
and about 1/4 mile into the race I heard a female runner yell my name.
I turn around and there was Donna Rode, who I had not seen since the last of
our 3 H2C NoWDead teams in 1998. What a great surprise. After a running
hug (a first for me), we ran together until I asked her what her plan was. She
was running the 1/2 and said she would like to run under an 8:00 pace.
As we passed the first mile in around 7:50, I said "Oops" (or
something like that) and told her to go on her way. I tried to back off a bit
and ran with
various Maniacs during the race. I kept a fairly even pace for about half the
race and passed the 1/2 way mark in around 1:49 but my legs were already
pretty sore. On the way back, I started feeling more tired and sore and had to
slow down quite a bit. I will spare the gory details and just say I
finished in 3:51:27 -- you can do the math and see that my second half was a
tad bit slower. I had lots of time to think about what I was doing and
wondering how I spent thousands of dollars to get my Masters from Berkeley
(actually it wasn't a lot of money since I received the degree in ancient
times when the quarterly tuition was around $300) but couldn't realize that you
need to run a few miles to able to run a marathon in a decent time and
not hurt that much.
So my goal is now to get into shape by attempting to get a decent base down and
some quality training. I still might run some marathons in the near
future (I never said I was totally sane) but will go out at even a slower pace
(yeah, right). I think I might try to run a faster one, if my training
goes well, at Carlsbad in January since it is 4 months away but not before.
Looking back at my old logs, I do best when I have many consecutive weeks of
40-50 miles with good long runs on Terwilliger. Plus, I need to get a second
medium long run into the schedule, also on Terwilliger. I definitely
feel that running on those hills helps my training. I also ran my fast
marathons after running a marathon a month but with almost all of them in
the 3:40 range, after a decent base. They didn't take that much out of me and
allowed me to continue training with speedwork and/or tempo workouts. I
don't know if I will do that again but won't shy away from marathons as long as
I really treat them as training runs with even or negative splits as the
goal.
Even with the tough race (I wasn't the only one -- tp! had a goal of hitting
the 1/2 at 1:29, which he did, but I'll let him tell you the "rest of the
story"), it was a lot of fun. There was almost always a Maniac in sight
and it was great seeing Donna again. Also, seeing Annie back from her injury
and the fast Maple Valley group was fun. Mary looked good as she ran the 1/2 in
prep for her run for the money at Twin Cities. The drive to and from
is long but Motown, Crosby/Stills/Nash, and Sinatra kept me awake and singing
on the way back.
September 16
Air Force Marathon: Marie Bartoletti, Dave Bell, Melissa
Heaton, Mark Janosky, Don "the Rev" Kienz, Rick Korecki, Dan Marvin,
Edward McGowan, Don Pattison, Amanda and Grace Preble, John Richeson
Angels Crest 100
Miler: Andy Kumeda
Bismark Marathon: Kevin Brosi, Ron Knecht
Bohemian Alps 50
miler: Tom Detore, Angela Ivory
North Country Trail
Run: Keith Whited
Chelan Shore to Shore
Marathon: Dave Conger, Bob and Lenore Dolphin, James Klarich, Jon
"Coconutboy" Mahoney, Mel Preedy, Bruce Quam, Gregg Walchli, Jennifer
Yogi
Timberline Marathon: Jeff Perry, Steve "marathonfreak"
Walters
Walker/North Country
Races: Boonsom Hartman, Todd King
Cle Elum Trail Run: Tony (tc*) Covarrubias, Stephanie Day, King
Arthur Martineau, Van "pigtails" Phan, Cheri Pompeo, Karen
"Sushi" Wiggins
Cheri Pompeo King Arthur The Sweeper (tc!) Volunteer Don
Mukai
September 17
Dutchess County
Classic Marathon: Anne Scarazzo
Lewis and Clark
Marathon: Michael Shilling
Montana Marathon: Robert Britain, Amy Yanni
Rochester Marathon: Dave Bell
Two Bear Marathon: Jim Collins, Earl Fenstermacher, Gary Sparr
Yonkers Marathon: Gary Allen, Dean Hutchinson
Wauchau Marathon
(Austria): Helmut Linzbichler
Maui Marathon: Philip DeYoung, Monte Fus, Genia "Tiptoes" Kacey, Les Omura,
Blaine Phillips, Diana "sLuG" Robinson
Sydney Marathon
(Australia): Sue Fauerbach, Deo
Jaravata, CJ "Hollywood" Warren, Prez Steven Yee
Boonsom Hartman at the Walker Marathon "Tiptoes, Les Omura and the
"sLuG'" at the Maui Marathon
Maniacs #1, 7 and 2 at the start
of the Sydney Marathon Deo Jaravata at Sydney
September 23
Mount Diablo Fall
Trail 50km: Andrew Edwards, Jeff
Perry
Rio Del Lago 100 mile:
Olga Varlamova
San Pablo Bay Trail
Marathon: Lauri "The Kid"
Fauerbach Adams
Sierra Nevada Endurance
Run: Kate Merrill
Staten Island 6-hour
Run: Patrick Shields
Top of Utah Marathon: Mark Janosky, Bill Mandler, Blaine Phillips, Lisa Spence, Dennis Spurlock, Kory
Wheatley
September 24
Berlin Marathon: Lou Karl
Boulder Backroads
Marathon: Scott Insley, Keith
"Kip" Panzer
Clarence DeMar
Marathon: Dave Bell, Robert Britain,
Ron Bucy, David Goodrich, David Malone, Ron Westbury
Fox Cities Marathon: Tim Chesko, Cheryl Murdock, Don Pattison
Omaha Marathon: Tom Detore
Quad Cities Marathon: Todd Baxter, Angela Ivory, Ron Knecht, Dane
Rauschenberg, John Richeson, Keith Whited, Amy Yanni
Toronto Waterfront
Marathon: Gene Jochen, Gregory
Weglowski
September 26
North Face Endurance
50 (South Dakota): Amy Yanni
September 28, 29, 30
Tahoe Triple: David Campbell, Jack Heely, Eric Jensen,
Jon "Coconutboy" Mahoney, Dana "Puddles" McBride, Les
Omura, Van "pigtails" Phan, Karen "Sushi" Wiggins (Day 1)
The start of the
Tahoe Triple….
Maniacs
at the New Hampshire Marathon
Art Jacobsen, Steve Boone, Kevin Brosi, Steve
Supkoff, Stephanie Day, Rob Cowan David Goodrich
September 30
Akron Marathon: Lauri "The Kid" Fauerbach Adams,
Melissa Heaton, Mark Janosky
New Hampshire
Marathon: Kevin Brosi, Rob Cowan,
Stephanie Day, Art Jacobsen, Ruth Morrow, Steve Supkoff
Russell B. Cheney
50km: Angela Ivory, Charles Sayles
Tahoe Ultra 72 mile: Sean Meissner, Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson, Sushi
and Sean Meissner at the Tahoe ultra Pigtails
- second overall woman at Tahoe Triple
Noteworthy Accomplishments / Promotions / Omissions / Maniac
Stuff:
Ø Platinum (8 star) Maniac: Dane Rauschenberg for completing marathons in 23 states this year.
Ø Palladium (7 star) Maniac: Amy Yanni for completing marathons in 20 states/provinces this year.
Ø Iridium Maniac: Eric Jensen and Dana "Puddles" McBride for completing the Tahoe Triple.
Ø Silver Maniacs: Steve "marathonfreak" Walters (6 in 4 months), Anne Scarazzo (6 in 5 months) and May Cheng, Brian Pendleton, Joseph Tompkins and Gary Allen (6 in 6 months)
Ø 100 marathon mark: Michael Dutton (Skagit
Flats)
Ø For the Quadzilla finishers, your promotion will be mentioned in the October newsletter.
Ø Thanks
again to John Elliot for his
valuable time and effort for linking marathonmaniacs.com with marathonguide.om,
and establishing the race spreadsheet and bulletin board options.
Where in the World is "Stevie
Ray"??
(Donde esta Esteban Raymundo??)
On 8/18, I was sitting in my hotel room in Great Falls,
Montana. Just chillin, watching Without Limits (the *other* Prefontaine movie)
on HBO.
Drinking Dr Pepper. Getting ready for the next morning's Grizzly Marathon...
the first half of my fourth double this year. On track to do
55-60 in 2006. Go Stevie Ray. Woo. The
phone rang and my life changed. Big changes often come this way...without
warning, without planning. You look back, and boom, everything's different.
The lovely and talented Jennifer Lopez (no, not that one) has breast cancer. To
that point, I had managed 30 marathons in 2006. I had dealt with the aches and
pains. Slept in creepy hotels. Flown all night many times, and driven for
hours. Carbo loaded at Taco Bell because it was, seriously, the best option in
that particular town. Ran some faster races and some slower races. Put in 30-36
miles at MANY marathons because I doubled back after I finished to run in a
friend. Or two. Got bummed out by having my times posted incorrectly at a
couple races.
And on 8/18, as I was watching the other Prefontaine movie and drinking Dr.
Pepper, suddenly all of that became just a little less important. I signed up
to help the lovely and talented Jennifer Lopez (no, not that one) face scary
monsters. Just as she helped me 14 years ago when I went through something
similar. I haven't run since. Well,
I've tried running a few times during the week to stay in shape. And check it
out - I've fallen flat on my face not once but TWICE. Previously, aside from a
face plant at M25.5 of the Moab Marathon, I had never ever fallen down. Not at
Leadville, not at Haulin Aspen. But no more marathons for Stevie Ray. No more
Woo. Just boo.
This is ok. As my Best Maniac Friend (who shall remain nameless, but she knows
who she is) told me - when I'm old, helping a family member with cancer is
probably going to seem more important than running x marathons in a year. True
enough. It's also harder than running marathons. I've met a great many Maniacs
around the country over the past couple of years. Heck, I recruited a few of
you. Some day I will meet more of you...and it would appear that there are lots
more of you to meet!
So keep on running. But remember - it's just running. I felt bad for myself for
a couple hours because I lost my shot at some weird version of marathon
immortality, and I got over it. Life's funny that way. But it's also not JUST
running. It is the experience of sharing it with others you meet along the way.
I miss you, my friends, more than I miss running 3:45. And believe me, for me, a 3:45 was a pretty
damn good day. I'll be back some day... maybe two months, maybe twelve months.
I'll be way slower than 3:45. But I will enjoy it that much more. Because it's
about the people I meet. I might do 60 in a year. By that point, there will
probably be lots of people "doin it". More power to the folks who do.
I think I know now that it is about the people. For me. Keep on running. Right
now, for me, it's about the lovely and talented PERSON (no, not that one).
Please drink a beer and eat a popsicle for me at your next races. But not at
the same time.
New Members for the Month of September
9/05 - Trent Rosenbloom #347 (Nashville, Tennessee): Trent has a few streaks that qualify for Maniac Bronze induction, the latest being the completion of the French Lick and Country Music Marathon 6 days apart, or if you add Grandmas Marathon, that makes 3 in a 90 day period. His lifetime totals include 11 marathons in 7 states. You may have seen his picture on the website last month as he was standing to the left of Peggy Shashy at the Pikes Peak Marathon.
9/06 - Christopher McTaggart #348 (Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia): Please welcome our first Maniac from the "Land Down Under". All of Chris' 18 marathons have been run in this great continent (or is it a country?). But why would he want to go anywhere else to run. As Maniacs #1, 2, and 7 would attest, Australia is paradise. So g'day Chris, welcome to the Maniacs. And no worries, you are now in a safe haven where you can get respect again!
9/07 - Roman Kucala #349 (Hillsboro, Oregon): Roman has run 6 total marathons in 4 states. But that's all the info we know about him but he brings a very important message…Peace!
9/12 - Jake
Lin #350 (Seattle, Washington): Last year Jake
ran the Seattle and Honolulu Marathons to qualify for Bronze Maniac induction.
He has run a total of 4 marathons, but may moons ago ran in the Naha Marathon
in Okinawa.
9/15 - Art Jacobson #351 (Bloomington, Minnesota): A few months ago, Art completed the Delaware, Newport and Paul Bunyan Marathons to complete his quest for Marathon Maniac Bronze induction. He has run a total of 14 marathons, all in different states. He plans to run 4 more marathons in 2006.
9/23 - Jeff Hagen #352 (Yakima, Washington): Jeff is one of those rare distance stalwarts who prefers ultras to marathons. His incredible achievements include
running in 5-24 hour races and a 100-mile race all within a span of 6 months. He was victorious in all 6 events. With a total of 17 marathon and 83 ultramarathon finishes, his total miles run for these races is 8,174.51 miles, and his average race distance just for his 83 ultras is 93.12 miles.
9/26 - Jennifer Bruce #353 (Sequim, Washington): It’s a family affair as the last of the Bruce Clan joins the Maniac circle. Jennifer is just a few years older than sister Christina, but this vivacious "youngster" is following in her Dad's footsteps and is just as crazy about running marathons. She recently completed the North Olympic Discovery, Pacific Crest and Gateway to the Pacific Marathons to qualify for Bronze membership. Welcome, the Maniac's "First Family".
9/28 - Gregory James #354 (Hampton,Virginia):
As a member of the 50-states club, he is only 2 states away from completing the
circuit. He will achieve that dream by
running the upcoming Milwaukee Lakefront and Cape Cod Marathons. Greg
likes to "spread out" his marathons, but back in 2004, he managed 2
marathons in 2 days (New Hampshire and Maine). His lifetime totals include 54
marathons.
Art Jacobsen Jeff Hagen Jennifer Bruce with Maniac Dad Tim
Rhetorical Revelations and W(Rites)…from the
Rambunctious Rev
Mega-Maniac Annie Thiessen is back with a vengeance, ay, Steve-o? Comes back from the wilderness of medical snafus and snappos (a series of broken bones will slow down even an 11-time champion evidently, or so I thought…) to what, WIN her first return to the 26.2 test? My, but we have phenomenal friends. The bulletin board is filled again with chats of the summer’s ultra-marathons, each one deserving a storyboard all their own. Mega-maniacs impress the dickens out of me. And we have an evergrowing list of MarathonManiacs, some of whom walk in the door with phenomenal written all over them, others presenting themselves as a bit closer to mildly miraculous.
And we continue to meet an evergrowing contingent of the “Glad to be a Part of the Club, but Ohmygosh Do I Really Belong Here” variety, who I personally welcome into the few, the proud, the humiliatable branch of your wonderful MarathonManiac tree, the Mini-Maniacs! Well, I’m here to reassure my fellow Slacker Maniacers: by golly, not only are we having the times of our lives fumbling around with our gu’s and drinking what is left of the inevitably warm water with the tree leaves and bugs, but we are also, we who manage a mere handful of these 26.2 torments a year, still beating the pajamas off 998/1000ths of the rest of our society. Yup yup! And that’s a wonderful thing. Got a story for you. I’m raising a trio of good-natured sons, ages 21, 19, and 17. Note their ages. You see, they are, in their view, rather competent in their lives beyond old Dad’s abilities, of course.
Ahhh, but slow and achy as I might be, I got ‘em on one item still. To wit: the youngest (whom the doctor insists is indeed a blood relative), has scoffed frequently at this “futile”, “boring”, and “not fun” activity of mine, distance running. The three 5k’s I coerced him to enter he insists will never again darken the door of his entertainment calendar. HOWEVER, same teenager yesterday morning entered a light-hearted “triathalon”, with bikes, canoes, and running, naturally because a peer suggested it. Well, fine. Against all of his prior announcements that he would “hate” such an event, he reports how much he enjoyed it.
So, I invited him to either the next ½ marathon, or even the full marathon, on my calendar. His answer? “Dad, Dad, Dad, really, puh-lease. When is the next Super-marathon? {Glad he’s got the lingo down.} You know I won’t get out of bed for less than 50 miles….” Steve-O, I think he was trying to diss us. Now, I gave him the laugh he was looking for, but I just smiled inwardly. He can’t touch me yet! I still got ‘em beat, still got ‘em beat.
Love ya,
Ol’ Ache-y Rev
Maniac Ongoing Discounts
· $5 off
marathons put on by Bob Green (his next one is the Halloween Marathon).
· 10% off any running shoes, apparel at the Bellevue, Wa Foot Zone store (ask
for Jenny)
· discount on BITE sandals (contact Tony at tony@marathonmaniacs.com for
details)
More to come in the October/November 2006 Newsletter and to the web site soon.
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