Marathon Maniacs News Letter – June / July 2006

June Highlights

·         A record 25 new members for one month (322 total members)

·         Kent Sizer and Gayle Zorrilla win the Green River Marathon

·         Marathon Junkie Chuck Engle wins the Lake Placid and Pacific Crest Marathon

·         Van "pigtails" Phan wins the Lake Youngs Ultra

·         Nicole Mills completes the 50 state circuit at the Kona Marathon

·         Our newest Titanium (10 star) Maniac Ray Scharenbrock

·         A big welcome to one of our newest and youngest Maniac, Christina Bruce, all of 14 years old!

                     

Carol Dellinger completes her 200th marathon at San Diego's Rock and Roll.  Saucony designed a shoe commemorating the event.

 

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The Marathon Maniacs…at the Races

                   

         Dave (212) Bell                        "Stevie Ray, the Hippo and Lucky #7"                       Jeff (147) Perry               Clay (183) Hathorn

June 3 

Newport Marathon: From marathonguide.com. The Women's race was won by Dolores Bergmann, of Eureka CA, who broke the tape in 2:48:55. Penny McDermott, of Corvallis OR, took second in 2:53:35, while Mary Hanna, of Maple Valley WA - winner of the Avenue of the Giants and Yakima River Canyon Marathons earlier this year - placed third in 2:55:25.  Maniac Clay Hathorn had a great race…an excerpt of his report: Brief: Nice outing. Ran a

3:11:31, set a PR by 3:30, won some hardwood and ran a race in which I knew a few dozen of the 600 participants.

 

The NOWDeads, Maniacs and my little local group held up pretty well in a competitive field at Newport, which continues to rock as an outstanding
marathon. This was my third Newport marathon and my third marathon/ultra in three months.  My training has been strong yet I suffered a hip injury about two weeks ago (something about running 10 x 800s didn't do me too well), so I had a mix of confidence and trepidation as I toed the line Saturday. However, I've been running strong but cautious marathons for the last year, so I figured it was time to go out strong and shoot for a PR. It was as good a time as any and as good a course. My buddy David Wang (talking about a sandbagger, jeez this guy ran a 2:59 after moaning about his lack of training) said he wanted to "try to keep up with me" at the start. So we shot out. Whoa, I told him, I back out of this pace, so he took off as we entered the long straight section. I was a bit scared of that aggressive start but had the confidence from those ultras that I wouldn't falter. I wanted to find a pace group like we did last year, but ran alone for a mile or two, with Steve Yee's yellow jersey bouncing up ahead. I eventually fell in with a bunch of guys, and we formed a nice group that really helped hold a pace none of us wanted to.  I couldn't fall out of step because there were two guys behind so I just kept up. After every mile, one of us would yell out "nice mile, guys, one more." We were chatting a bit, too, but at mile 10, Jesus says "OK, now is the time to stop talking and just run." Good advice, so I put my eyes ahead and only yakked occasionally. Most of the group fell off at the halfway point but I was auto-runner mode.
           

    Jen (29)Yogi and her number 1 fan Matt        Pigtails and Mary (299) Hanna    #9 asking Sara Heskett, what happened?     #123 - "I've got cramps"

 

Boy, I was feeling good here, rounding the turn I told my friend Deb who was watching, "Don't tell anyone, but I'm on pace for a 3:06." Then I got to see everyone in the out-and-back stretch, and I felt lucky to know so many great people who giving it their all on this race. I knew I wouldn't run a negative split but I was confident I could hold my goal split (7:22) for much of the second half, ensuring my of PR city. It was a great feeling to reach mile 20 and only now "reached" my goal pace.  I was running completely alone. Unquestionably I was hurting, but felt the momentum would carry me through.  If I could keep my mind right. I began to feel sorry myself and question my chances as the miles churned on. Probably five people passed me, but my brain recalled a song I had heard early in that morning. The chorus goes "If I falter, I'll make my bid mistake." Don't fall apart, dude, not now, not this close to a PR you've had in your hand for almost three hours.

I yelled out myself at the bottom of the hill that opens mile 25. Found some strength to get up the hill and enough turnover to pass three people in the final .2 (sorry guys). Marc, Sara and the rest of us went to the awards ceremony to see our friend Ron get his age group medal and to see whether Mary got the
masters' record. And ding dang dog, I scored a third place in the 45-49 category. Very gratifying, after all the training to get such an reward. Luckily I
missed out on the crab pot. It was great seeing all the Deads and Maniacs and Portland Fit Right folks everywhere.  Other Maniacs not pictured who ran Newport include Paula Montague, Fenny Roberts, Jim Scheer and new Maniac Dick Decker.

 

The random prize drawings at Newport are top-notch and some unusual items were given away this year, such as an acoustic guitar. The first prize given away was a brand new crab-pot, which was won by none other than Chief Maniac Gopher Marc Frommer. In between, no Maniacs won the prize baskets, the multitude of gift certificates from local vendors and the unique T-shirt inscribed on the back by the infamous words "Eat Me, Suck Me, Taste Me Raw!" Of course, this shirt was made by the oyster company that was handing out free samples at mile 8 and 19.  The last prize given away…a $15 gift certificate to a Chinese restaurant, won by none other than your Chinese Prez. A few of us ate well that evening!

                       

   "I've got crabs from the pot Marc"                                                      Dave, you go ahead and consume the Fish Eyes!

 

Blanchard Mt. Ultra 33 mile: Tony Covarrubias, Glenn Tachiyama

God's Country Marathon: Lois Berkowitz, Jack Heely, Andrew Moore, Cathy Troisi and new Maniacs El Hamersly and Dana "Puddles" McBride

Sunburst Marathon: Jennifer Beck, Robert Britain, Tim Chesko, Mark Janosky, Don Pattison, Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton, Lisa Spence, Ron Westbury

From the press clippings of marathonguide.com: Despite being sideswiped by a police motorcycle in the final yards of the race, twenty-three year old Justin Gillette, of Niles MI, won the 2006 Sunburst Marathon with a time of 2:30:40. It was Gillette's second win this year - he won the Athens Marathon back in April. Chad Ware, 21 of Mishawaka IN, moved up from his third place finish last year to take second place in 2:33:59, while Chuck Engle, of Columbus OH, came in third in his 22nd marathon of the year, crossing the finish line in 2:34:21.

Governor's Cup Marathon: Blaine Phillips

Salt Lake City Marathon: Brenton Floyd, Brian "Action" Jackson, Rick Korecki, Bill Mandler, Tom Neuman

Rainier to Ruston 50 miler: Christel Elliot, Robert Hester, Sean Meissner, Sam Thompson

Ridge Runner Races: Helmut Linzbichler

Squaw Peak 50 miler: Olga Varlamova

Green River Marathon: Jim Anderson, Bill Barmore, Steve Barrick,  Dave Conger, Patch Dahl, Bob and Lenore Dolphin, Steve "El Pinguino" Frederickson, Cheri Gillis, Barefoot Jon, Genia "Tiptoes" Kacey, Arthur Martineau, Gary Otheim, Stacy "PoSSuM" Lesa Overfield, Mel Preedy, Bruce Quam, Diana "SluG" Robinson, Guy Yogi. From marathonguide.com.  Kent Sizer won the 2006 Green River Marathon - setting a new course record in the process with his final time of 2:59:15. Second and third place overall went to the Women's division leaders - Gayle Zorrilla and Merita Pollard, who crossed the finish line in 3:38:50 and 3:39:30 respectively. Second place among the Men went to Eric Grenier, who crossed the finish line in 3:40:48. 
                         

Race Directors Steve (31) Barrick and Jim (47) Anderson leading the charge     Winners of Green River: Kent (222) Sizer and Gayle (235) Zorrilla      

 

June 4

Casper Marathon: Paula Boone, Steve Boone, Brenton Floyd, Dennis Spurlock. The review from marathonguide.com Krista Painter-Rudo, of Fort Collins CO, led the Women's field with her time of 3:26:04. 2005 Brookings Marathon champ Amy Yanni, of Rapid City SD, secured second place in 3:31:17, while Brigitte French, of Spokane WA, came in third in 3:36:15.
Deadwood-Mickelson Trail Marathon: Ron Knecht, David Malone, Edward McGowan

San Juan Island Marathon: Dave Conger, David Jones, Arthur Martineau, Stacy "Possum" Otter, Bruce Quam

Steamboat Marathon: Keith "Kip" Panzer

San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon: Andre Boulais, Diva Burns, Carol Dellinger, Christine Humble, Brian "Action" Jackson, Deo Jaravata, Tom Karpowich, Todd King, Tim Pate, Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton, Charles Sayles, Shannon Swartz, CJ "Hollywood" Warren. Race report from Eddie Hahn

http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/Articles/RockNRollMarathon2006byEddieHahn.htm

 

June 10

Lake Youngs Ultra: Steve Barrick, Christel Elliot, Barefoot Jon, Stacy "PoSSuM" Otter, Lesa Overfield, new Maniac Pam Brulotte and some of the Maniacs pictured below. Kudos to Arthur Martineau for a great job in his first try as a Race Director.  

                                   

Tony (11) Covarrubias           Sushi (296)             Gayle tells Pigtails…I'll race you…to the restroom!        David (287)Murray Ruth(108) Balf

 

        

Arthur (177) Martineau  Robert (97) Hester       Barb (268) Blumenthal         Genia (276) Kacey      Stan (176) Nakashima     Shawn (279) Lawson

Hatfield-McCoy Marathon: Marie Bartoletti, Lauri "The Kid" Fauerbach Adams, Brenton Floyd, Melissa Heaton, Angela Ivory, Debbra Jacobs-Robinson, Mark Janosky, Don Pattison, Michael Shilling, Darwin "runninguy" Weimer

Maryville Marathon: Amy Yanni

Teton Dam Marathon: Bill Mandler

                                                                                                                                                               

 June 11

Kona Marathon: Boonsom Hartman, Robert"srlopez" Lopez, Dan Marvin, Nicole Mills, Les Omura, Amanda and Grace Preble. Barefoot Rick Roeber's Hawaii Five - O tour:  It's been many years since I've been to the Hawaiian Islands. For more than a year now, I've been thinking about getting to Hawaii to run a marathon during my 50th year on this planet. Thanks to the help and support of my wife (who spent many hours researching flights and places to stay) we made a decision to plan a family vacation around the Kona Marathon on June 11. We arrived at Honolulu, Oahu on Saturday June 3 and spent several days getting reacquainted with the island that I had been most familiar with, back in the 70s when I was in the military. It didn't take long for me to get my bearings again and we spent several days enjoying the beauty of the island, snorkeling, boogey-boarding and having a general blast with my 16 year old daughter, a couple of her cousins, my wife, and her mother. It was a lot of fun!

                             

                   Barefoot Rick Roeber                       Fuzzy lens?? No, Maniac speedsters "srlopez", Les Omura, Boonsom Hartman and Barefoot Rick      

 

We arrived in Kona on Thursday June 8. We did a few things on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (saving the volcanoes for after the marathon). On Saturday evening, Rebecca and I met Lee Collins and her running club at the beach next to the host hotel for a pasta meal cooked on a camp stove! Yummy! It was great talking to Lee in person after all our conversations on the Runner's World Masters Forum. (Lee was supposed to run the marathon with us but had a bit of problem by incurring some severe tendonitis from the previous weekend's Honu Half Triathlon, which she completed in under 7 hours [way to go, Lee!) Also, John Kunitake was hanging out with the Hilo group. John is the leading sponsor of the Kona Marathon every year through his UCC Kona Coffee company.

I woke before the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. It was only a half mile walk down to the start line, so I arrived in plenty of time for the 5:30 start. It was still dark since the mountains in the east prevent an earlier sunrise. I talked with several folks before the race, including Robert Lopez (resident Marathon Maniac, #111) who said that their were 4 other Marathon Maniacs running the marathon. (BTW, I am Marathon Maniac #219.) We managed to get a few of us together for a couple of pics before the start.  The marathon started at around 5:30 a.m., give or take a few minutes. (Things are pretty low-key in the islands and things kind of start and finish when folks get around to it.) The first six miles winds along Al'il Drive, the prettiest part of the course. There were plenty of seascapes and small crowds of folks to cheer on the runners. Once we started to go out on the highway, however, the crowds, along with the landscape, became bleak. The remaining 7 miles to the turn-around point are along the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and about all there is are lava fields. It is some very interesting landscape, but there is not a smidge of shade. The sun relented until approximately mile 10 for me, about 7 a.m., and when it came out it came out with a fury. The nice 70 degree start quickly became the mid 80s with an intense sun above. The aid stations were every couple of miles which made it nice -- especially since all of them were stocked with plenty of ice. They offered up water, Ultima, and Coca-Cola! Huh? Never been to a marathon where Coke was one of the energy drinks, but it sure tasted good!         Visit my website: http://www.barefootrunner.org

Back to the marathon. At about mile 10, I see this guy taking a picture of me. Holy smoke! It's Rusty Collins. owner of Metro Walk & Run in Kansas City as well as the race director for the Gobbler Grind Marathon in Overland Park, Kansas. He had brought a Train To End Stroke Team to run Kona. It was great to see him. Rusty ran with me a bit, and soon said adieu as we turned off the highway at about mile 11 and turned west into the Energy Lab area down by the Old Airport. This was the roughest asphalt on the entire course (the rest of the course had smooth surfaces). Anyway, the asphalt was rough for the two miles to the turn-around and then the 2 miles back out to the highway.  Once back out on the highway it started to really heat up. I saw Rusty again briefly and then continued on back into Kailua-Kona. I was really starting to feel the affects of the heat and ended stopping at a couple of the aid stations along the highway to rest for a minute or so and drink cup after cup of cold water and Coke. AHHHH! When we finally hit the 20 mile mark, we were heading back along Al'il Drive. The last few miles were tough. I wanted to walk but I resisted. I just kept telling myself the quote I have used so often, "Inch by inch it's a cinch!"  I headed into the last mile feeling a little stronger, and just kept the 9.5 minute pace into the finisher chute at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort Hotel. They called out Barefoot Rick from Lee's Summit Missouri as I looked at the clock showing 4:21! I'll take it, I thought. It was a hot day with a respectable time ... I'll take it! So, it was one of the hottest marathons I have run, but I survived. It was not my slowest marathon but it will always be one of my most memorable. Whenever I think of the Kona Marathon, I will think of the TV show Hawaii Five-0 and how I survived the Kona Marathon during my 50th year on Mother Earth, barefoot of course!

 

                                                   

Jacqueline Bardohl and Keith Whited            Jeff Loen                               Monte Fus and Tim Pate                            Shelleena Bunker and Kate Merrill

North Olympic Discovery Marathon: Some of us Maniacs have a streak of having done all 4 of the North Olympic Discovery Marathons. Why? It's not what you call a PR course, with a few undulating hills and the potential of warm weather. Rather, the unique beauty of the peninsula, running on a former rails to trails (and shaded), the scent of the fresh ocean breeze and the rather sparse race schedule on the second Sunday in June makes this marathon an attractive option. 

Plus the fact that many Maniacs made the trek to Port Angeles. Before the start of the race, the Maniacs congregated inside Carrie Blake Park's headquarters.

What a treat to meet Jacqueline Bardohl and Keith Whited, all the way from Virginia! And new faces "Little" Leslie Miller, Stephanie Day, Jeff Loen and

            

Stephanie (273) Day                                         Little Leslie (294) Miller                          The elusive Ted (23) Coulson      Kurt (60) Lauer

 

Rob Jacobsen.  There was even a cameo appearance by the elusive Ted Coulson, running in his first marathon in quite some time.  And a few Maniacs participating after doing the Lake Youngs Ultra the day before (Karen "Sushi" Wiggins, Stacy "Possum" Otter, "King" Arthur Martineau, Van "Pigtails" Phan and Diana "sLuG" Robinson). Obviously the ruling was that if you didn't have a Maniac nickname, you weren't doing the double!  And its always good to see Maniac regulars May Cheng, Bob Dolphin, Sue Fauerbach, Earl Fenstermacher, Monte Fus, Al Harman, David Jones, Kurt Lauer, Tim Pate, Michael Shiach and Steve Supkoff.  Amanda Cohn convinced her husband Koji to run (make him a Maniac Amanda!) the marathon.  Coming back from an injury, both Shelleena Bunker and Kate Merrill were going to walk the entire distance.  Mike Wakabayashi was also coming back from some nagging injuries, but being a true Maniac did the race anyways. The Prez and CJ "Hollywood" Warren ran the entire race together, with Doug MacLean and Eric Gierke not far behind.  And one of my favorite moments after I cross the finish line, when Lenore Dolphin gives me my well-deserved hug and drapes the finishers medal around my neck. The only Maniac we didn't meet was Brian Pendleton. Three new Maniacs qualified after completing the North Olympic Discovery Marathon: Pete Carter, Hope Fox and Christie Hayes.

 

        

        Rob (282) Jacobsen                                             Sushi, sLuG, Possum and King Arthur                                  Hollywood and Doug (18) MacLean

 

Lake Placid Marathon: Lois Berkowitz, Gene Jochen, Cathy Troisi. From the press release of marathonguide.com. Now halfway through his attempt at 52 fast marathons in a year, Chuck Engle ran through his 24th marathon of 2006 at Lake Placid and notched his 13th win for the year. Engle took the lead from the start and continued on pace to finish in 2:34:39. Local runner Marc Galvin took second place in 2:40:26. Gregory Mullins of Wharton NJ, repeated his third place position in 2005 to take third place again in 2006.

 Edge to Edge Marathon: Jon "Coconutboy" Mahoney

Walk With Me Marathon: Pete "Hippo" Nicholson, Jeff Perry. The press release from marathonguide.com. Gregg Walchli of Seattle WA, won the 2006 Walk With Me Marathon with a time of 3:00:08. Walchli is the reigning champ at the Christmas Marathon and finished as the runner up for both the Ellerbe Springs and Valentine Marathons earlier this year. He was followed by Gerhard Behrens, of Corvallis OR, who took second in 3:14:02.

June 17

Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon: Eric Barnes, Tim Chesko, Brian "Action" Jackson, Marathon Junkie

Returning for a second consecutive year, Chuck Engle - having finished in 4th place in 2005 and with something to prove in 2006 - finished second in 2:44:35. Approaching the halfway point of the year, Mayor's Marathon represented the 25th marathon in 2006 for Engle and brings his record to 13 wins, 7 second place finishes, 3 third place finishes and two out of the top three.

Bighorn 50 mile: Sean Meissner (overall winner)

Boogie Marathon: Brenton Floyd

Marathon to Marathon: Todd Baxter, Robert "srlopez" Lopez, Michael Shiach, Fiona Wright, Wayne Wright. From marathonguide.com.: Tammy Marker, of Waconia MN, took top honors among the Women with her winning time of 3:31:07. She was followed by Amy Yanni of Rapid City SD - who was runner up at the Casper Wyoming Marathon earlier this month - who took second place in 3:32:51. Marilou Grundman, of Minneapolis MN, came in third in 3:42:37.

Mary's Birthday Marathon: Mary Latta, Van "pigtails" Phan, Diana "sLuG" Robinson and new Maniac James Klarich

                    

       The start of Mary's Birthday Marathon                                                      Cartwheels, the sLuG and Tiptoes

 

Midnight Sun Marathon: Bekkie Wright:

        Nordmarka Skogsmaraton -- OSLO   9:00 AM - 2:18 PM   (5:18)

 

June 17, 2006

Greetings from Tromsø, Norway. The long & short of it is 5:18 for the Nordmarka Skogsmaraton in Sognsvann (Oslo), and 5:10 for the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø. Not as fast as I would have liked, but Nordmarka was a mountainous run mostly on fireroads (actually cross country ski trails), with about 1K of rocky singletrack and the temp was about 80 degrees. Jumped on the plane shortly after that one ... grabbed a quick pre-race meal at Burger King, and put on my new Gold Party Dress for the 2nd Marathon of the day. Got lots of 'Hei ja, Hei ja' and 'Go USA' (pronounced - ewssaa), and 'nice dress' in several different languages. Did my patented cartwheel across both Finish Lines (2 for the 2nd one). Jay Seashore also ran Nordmarka

 

                             Midnight Sun Marathon -- TROMSØ  8:30 PM - 1:40 AM  (5:10)

 

                        

               Sue Fauerbach with Maniac Dick (133) Beardsley                           Marie (81) Bartoletti       The Prez with Ms. Badwater/Tuscon RD Pam Reed

 

Grandma's Marathon: It was a "black flag" day for the 2006 rendition of Grandma's Marathon. Not exactly the best conditions for running a fast race.  The weekend started with a medium-sized expo at the Duluth Entertainment Center.  Sue Fauerbach and the Prez "ran" into a totally healed Marie Bartoletti. She was part of the 5:30 pace team.  At the Marathon and Beyond booth, an always smiling Dick Beardsley was busy recanting stories of Grandma's as well as signing autographs.  One of the best part of the expo was the Spaghetti feed. Sue normally hates these but this one was one to die for. The pasta was actually delicious and the price was right ($10) Morning came and it was time to leave the cozy confines of the Spirit Mountain Travelodge for the long bus ride that would take us 26 miles north to Two Harbors.  If you ever wanted to see a gargantuan traffic jam near a race start, try Grandma's.  I didn't spot any Maniacs on the course but Eddie Hahn caught up with Sue and ran a few miles together. We don't know what happened to Eddie but surmised that the heat and humidity affected him.  My race started great but at the half marathon mark, I realized that my legs were slowly turning to jello and the turnover was getting progressively slower. At mile 23, a yellow singlet Maniac catches up to me and greets me, "Hi, I'm Jesse Leitner". Our conversation didn't last long as he was running strong and passing spent runners.  At the finish line, near the fabled aerial lift bridge, we met up with Maniacs Kevin Brosi, Robert Britain and Mike Swanson for the all important Maniac snapshot.  Other Maniacs in the race were Larry Macon and Cynthia "Draggon" Witman,

                    

           Kevin (94) Brosi and Jesse (188) Leitner                                     Maniacs #1 and

 with Jesse, Robert ( 257)  Britain and Mike (288) Swanson    

 

Jun 18

Estes Park Marathon: Angela Ivory, Ruth Morrow, Keith "Kip" Panzer, Terry Sentinella, Keith Whited and new Maniac David Nemoto

Manitoba Marathon: Brian "Action" Jackson, Darwin "runninguy" Weimer

Swan Lake Marathon: Dave Bell, Michael Shiach

 

June 24

Pacific Crest Marathon: Brian Baker, Angela Ivory, James Klarich, Larry Macon, Cyndie Merten, Paula Montague, Janice Moyer, Jeff Perry, David Reid, Marilou Russell, Wendy Scott, Ed Walsh, CJ "Hollywood" Warren, Karen "Sushi" Wiggins, Prez Steven Yee and new Maniac Rich Nelly. The review from marathonguide.com.; Affected by the altitude, but still keeping his time to under 2:50, Chuck Engle won the 2006 Pacific Crest Marathon with a time of 2:49:08. Ruslan Tkebuchava, of Vancouver WA, took second place in 2:56:56, while Cameron Hanes, of Springfield OR, came in third in 2:59:24. The Women were led by Dru Carpenter, of Redmond OR, who broke the tape in 3:11:14. Heather Leutwyler, of San Francisco, placed second in 3:19:48, and Gayle Zorrilla, of Tacoma WA, came in third in 3:20:33.

 

Here's an excerpt from Barb Bumann and how her race went: Saturday morning I toed the line with my fellow marathoners (of which there were darn few, but a lot of us were Maniacs). Steve Yee asked if I planned to run a 3:45 and I hedged, having experienced the usual pre-race aches and pains and uncertainties. I had already decided I'd be happy to run 9-minute pace and break four hours. We took off and soon I was running with another Maniac from California by the name of David. It was his hope to stick with 9-minute pace but we were clipping along at 8:00-minute pace and neither of us seemed inclined to slow down. The race started at 7:30 and at that time it was still reasonably cool and I wanted to enjoy that and the early downhills on the course. Water was plentiful with aid stations every mile, and I took liberal helpings as a hedge against the heat, because the last five miles of the 13.1 mile loop the trees that shaded the course thinned out and we were running exposed to the sun.
           
          Cathy (37) Troisi and Hollywood                 David (107) Reid     Hollywood, Gayle, Larry Macon, Angela (245) Ivory, Sushi                Brian (67) Baker                  

 

At mile 12 I found an empty porta-potty and had to dash inside (the first of two stops that probably cost me close to four minutes total -- very annoying!). The half-marathoners finished and we circled around the Athletes' Village for our second turn around the course. The second time around was interesting. The course was run on a bike path that served the Sunriver Resort area, and it wasn't closed. We shared the path with the half-marathoners and more interestingly, tourists on bicycles. The adults weren't bad, but the little kids were kind of scary. At one point two little kids sped past on either side of me without saying a word. I nearly had a heart attack! :-) Anyway, it all worked out okay and I managed to avoid getting clipped by a bike.

 

The second loop I was mostly by myself, having left my fellow Maniac behind just before the halfway point. It was a relief to catch up to
the slower of the half marathoners because then I had people to focus on and pass. I maintained my pace pretty well until the last five miles --
again, that part of the course was exposed and it was beginning to get warm as the morning wore on. My pace dropped from 8:00 to 8:30 to 9:00
minutes per mile.  Still, nothing really hurt and I wasn't getting that sick feeling from being dehydrated. I actually felt pretty good!

                           
  Paula (242) Montague           Winner Marathon Junkie                               Marilou ( 285) Russell                                    Barb ( 8) Bumann


My final time was 3:51:20, good enough as marc pointed out for first in my age group. I received a nice gold medal and a beer glass :-). Many
of the Maniacs got something for their efforts. After the awards, Steve and Chris W. left to drive to Coeur d'Alene to root for tp! in the
Ironman. I changed into dry clothes and settled in to wait for husband David in the shelter of the Athletes' tent.  This is a nice place to visit and the run course was beautiful, but I doubt if we'll do this event again. It's a long way to go and I wonder if they might have spread themselves a little thin trying to host so
many events.

 

Western States 100 miler: Meghan Arbogast, Olga Varlamova. Read about Meghan's awesome Western States race. It will almost feel like you're there running with her. http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/Articles/2006WS100byMeghan.htm

Plus Olga's Race Report. http://runmoretalkless.blogspot.com/

Special thanks goes to Glenn Tachiyama for providing the photographs below, and being a pacer extraordinaire.

 

                     

   Meghan (82) Arbogast     Olga (101) Varlamova            Chief Photographer …G (10), pacing friend Chris        Lisa (15) Bliss crewing for husband Dave

June 25

Eagle 100 miler: Van Phan http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/Articles/Eagle%20100%20Mile%20by%20Pigtails.htm

CDA Ironman: Ken Blauvelt, Milos Kostic, Andrew Moore, Dennis Spurlock, Maniac #3 tp!

      

               Dennis Spurlock  Ken Blauvelt and Maniac #3 tp! finishing the Ironman                    tp!…you need to go to the gym!

 

Noteworthy Accomplishments / Promotions / Omissions / Maniac Stuff:

 

Ø       Titanium (10 star) Maniac: Ray Scharenbrock (52 marathons in one year)

Ø       Platinum (8 star) Maniac: Van "Pigtails" Phan (28 marathons in 6 months)

Ø       Ruthenium (5 star) Maniacs: Stacy Otter and Arthur Martineau for completing 4 marathons in 2 weeks (Green River, San Juan Island, Lake Youngs Ultra and NODM) and Michael Shiach for completing 3 marathons in 3 states in 8 days (NODM, Marathon to Marathon and Swan Lake).

Ø       Iridium (4 star) Maniacs: Back to back marathons by Dave Conger, Bruce Quam and Arthur Martineau (Green River and San Juan Island), Barefoot KenBob Saxton (Sunburst and San Diego Rock and Roll), Karen "Sushi" Wiggins (Lake Youngs Ultra and North Olympic), Gayle Zorrilla for completing 4 marathons in 4 weeks, Rob Cowan (9 states in 2005) and Bekkie Wright (2 marathons in 24 hours)

Ø       Gold Maniac (3 stars): Lauri Fauerbach-Adams for running 4 marathons in 6 weeks.

Ø       Silver (2 star) Maniac: Jeff Loen, Tim Pate and Genia "tiptoes" Kacey for completing 6 marathons in 6 months.

Ø       200 Marathon Mark: Carol Dellinger (San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon)

Ø       100 Marathon Mark: Steve Barrick (Green River Marathon),

Ø       50 Marathon Mark: Marc Frommer (Newport Marathon), Robert Britain, Barb Bumann (Pacific Crest Marathon)

Ø       Thanks again to John Elliot for his valuable time and effort for linking marathonmaniacs.com with marathonguide.com, and establishing the race spreadsheet and bulletin board options.

           

New Members for the Month of June

 

6/01 - Janice Moyer #298 (Wellpinit, Washington): Janice was truly a Maniac before the Maniacs were born, having already completed 71 marathons in 9 states.  For the past 2 years, she has finished 12 each year, earning her Gold Maniac status.

 

6/05 - Mary "mph" Hanna  #299 (Maple Valley, Washington): Also a member of the famed Maple Valley Runners, Mary is certainly on a roll, having run 3 marathons in 9 weeks and breaking 3 hours in all three.  She won the Yakima and Avenue of the Giants and placed third at the Newport Marathon.  As a newly inducted Bronze Maniac, Mary has completed 9 marathons and 1 ultra in 3 states.

 

6/05 - Greg Mills #300 (Bellevue, Washington): Greg timed his Maniac induction to a science. By completing the Capital City and Green River Marathons in 3 weeks, Greg qualified as a Bronze Maniac. It just so happens that the badge number that Greg wears for the Bellevue Police Department is #300, his new Maniac number. He has run 9 marathons to date in 4 states and Canada.


6/05 - Dana "Puddles" McBride #301 (Telford, Pennsylvania): With the help of fellow Maniacs Jack Heely and Andrew Moore, Dana finally completed three marathons (Boston, Delaware and God's Country) in three months to become part of the insane asylum (Bronze). To date she has run 8 marathons and 1 ultra and in late September will accompany Jack and Andy for the always tough Tahoe Triple. Can you say…5 stars!

6/05 - Robert English #302 (Redondo Beach, California): Robert is a relative newbie to the marathon scene, his first being in Los Angeles in 2005.  He met Maniac Les Omura at the inaugural Reno Marathon and that's when he had thoughts about joining.  His current streak of 3 in 90 days include finishing marathons  at Los Angeles, Nashville Country Music and the recent San Diego Rock and Roll.  So welcome to the world of Bronze, Robert!

 

      

Mary (mph) Hanna     Lori Espinosa flanked by Maniacs 49 and 232      Dick Decker                                            Josh Liebman

 

6/05 - Lori Espinosa #303 (Puyallup, Washington): Lori recently ran 3 marathons (Yakima, Big Sur and Capital City) within 50 days to enable her to join the Maniac world.  She's run 2 other marathons and probably will be "pressured" into running quite a few more as she is a member of the Puyallup Y Running Club, which is well represented by current Maniacs.

 

6/06 - Shannon Swartz #304 (Phoenix, Arizona): Shannon has only been running marathons since February 2006 but has already amassed 4 marathons and two 50k ultras. Her second marathon was a small little marathon in Boston on Patriot's Day.  By virtue of her running 6 in 6 months, Shannon is a certifiable Silver Maniac.

6/06 - Raymond Scharenbrock #305 (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin): Ray is truly the "Marathon Man", being the first person to complete 8 cycles of the 50 states and D.C. (with #9 almost complete).  In 2001, he ran 52 marathons in 42 states, thus qualifying him to be our next Titanium (10 star) Maniac. At a young age of 72, Ray is looking for new adventures, so he's currently running half-marathons and ultramarathons in all 50 states. Keep up the great running Ray!
 
6/06 - Gregory Weglowski #306 (Canton, Michigan): Greg recently completed a string of 3 marathons (Martian, Country Music and Sunburst) in 64 days to qualify for Bronze induction in the Maniacs.  He has run in 5 total marathons, all in different states, with his ultimate goal being all 50 states.


6/07 - Dick Decker #307 (Covington, Washington): The amazing Dick Decker had a breakthrough race at Newport and vows "never to be beat by Maniac #9 Marc again"! His bronze Maniac initiation includes completing the Napa, Yakima and Newport Marathons. Another member of the fast and furious Maple Valley runners, Dick has a lifetime total of 25 marathons, run in 6 states and 1 Canadian province. Being a certified pilot, he gets to fly his plane to a few of these marathons.

     
    Janice Moyer        Initiation of Maniac #310    Maniacs  #27 and #20 with Hope Fox and Christie Hayes    James Klarich            Beth Berndt  

 

6/07 - Jon Walk #308 (Spring, Texas): Jon is really on a marathon roll, having recently completed the Mardi Gras, Surfside Beach, Austin and Little Rock within a span of 5 weeks to be initiated at the Gold level.  He has run 6 marathons this year and has completed 9 lifetime marathons in 6 states and DC.  Check out his website and blog. http://www.walksports.com/ and  http://houstonrunning.blogspot.com/

6/07 - Josh Liebman #309 (Coconut Grove, Florida): Josh has run 25 marathons in a little over 3 years, so he definitely is Maniac material. The Main Maniacs met him at the Tampa expo booth and must've done a good enough job to sway him to join the Insane Asylum. So far in 2006, he has run 7 marathons, but his running responsibilities are just beginning. He is also the President/Founder of the Miami Feet Running Club and is also a Team in Training Head Coach for the Miami Branch.

6/13 - Peter Carter #310 (Seattle, Washington): I know Pete quite well as we both work for King County, in the same building. I also take full blame for him becoming a Maniac. His original intention was just to run Yakima (his first race in over 30+ years) and see if he could qualify for Boston. He missed a BQ by 45 seconds so naturally wanted to run another one (or two) to both qualify for Boston and the Maniacs. By doing NODM, he ran his 3 in 3 months to qualify for Bronze induction. He also wanted to time his initiation by getting #305 since he always wears his Garmin 305 while running but it didn't work out. His house has been in remodel mode for a few years now, so its a surprise that his wife hasn't shot the Maniac Prez. He lives to write another newsletter.

 

6/14 - El Hamersly #311 (Riverside, New Jersey): Another newcomer to the marathon scene, El ran his first marathon last October (Johnstown). Since that time, he has completed 8 more marathons. And he is just getting warmed up. El recently completed an insane 4 marathons in 35 days (New Jersey, Potomac River, Delaware and God's Country) for qualify for Gold Maniac status. Way to go, El! 

 
6/14 - Gene Jochen #312 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada): Gene was opportunistic to have done the Bataan Death March Marathon this year as he met a few Maniacs and claims he has "finally found his kind of people".  He is on a great streak himself, having run 1 ultra and 4 marathons within the past 90 days, and getting faster by the race. While he is currently at bronze level, he aspires for Titanium someday. He was, as Springsteen would sing, "Born in the U.S.A.", but currently resides in Ontario (our first member from that province). But his most important stat…he owns a CAT!

6/15 - Hope Fox #313 (West Richland, Washington): Hope not only runs marathons, but has a "marathon" schedule on the domestic front, having to raise 5 children. But what a great fan club she has. Her husband comes to all of her races and all the kids say "Go Momma Go"! Having recently completed 3 marathons in 15 days (Coeur D'Alene, San Diego Rock and Roll and North Olympic Discovery), Hope qualifies for Silver status. She would have liked to have gone for Gold at the Pacific Crest but well, just couldn't quite fit it in her busy schedule.

 

6/18 - James Klarich #314 (Wapato, Washington): James was so pumped after driving 4 hours and sleeping in his car overnight in preparation for running Mary's Birthday Marathon, so he certainly belongs in the class of Maniacs. To date James has completed a combination of 34 marathons, ultras, 24 hour runs and a couple of 100 milers.  By completing    he is a   


6/20 - Beth Berndt #315 (Renton, Washington): Beth was so excited that she qualified and became a Marathon Maniac.  While only having run 4 lifetime marathons (she did the Goofy Challenge this year), her last 2 (Vancouver and Capital City) qualified her for Bronze induction.

 

6/26 - David Nemoto #316 (Houston, Texas): David ran his first marathon back in 1992 and has thus far completed 25 marathons in 9 states.  He recently ran the Estes Park Marathon in which he "ran" into Maniac Terry Sentinella, whom helped David "find the place where he can be normal again". With 3 marathons in 3 months, Dave is a Bronze maniac.


6/26 - Christie Hayes #317 (West Richland, Washington): Christie and Hope must have discussed becoming Maniacs for some time, and they didn't want to settle for bronze. Her recent string of 3 marathons (Coeur D'Alene, Green River and North Olympic Discovery) in 15 days gives her Silver status. In her lifetime, Christie has run 7 marathons in 4 states.

6/28 - Claudia Wolfe #318 (Arlington, Virginia): Claudia's daughter Jessica contacted the Maniacs and wanted her Mom to become one of the "Insane".  And why not! Claudia has twice in her running career completed 6 marathons in 6 months, qualifying her for Silver status. Her lifetime totals are 23 marathon completions in 8 states and DC.

 

6/29 - Daniel Tyukody #319 (Manhattan Beach, California): Daniel has run 4 marathons this year, averaging one per month to qualify him for Bronze status. He ran his first marathon way back in 1979 (New York) and figures he's run somewhere between 40 - 50 lifetime marathons in 5 states.  He has a proud streak of having run the Bulldog 50Km in the Santa Monica Mountains for the past 5 years.  He used to do two a year, but says now he will pick up the pace!

 

6/30 - Pam Brulotte #320 (Leavenworth, Washington): The Main Maniacs met Pam years ago at the Tri-Cities Marathon 2003 and have been trying hard to get her to join. But having to be a wife and mother of 3, owner of a brat and beer haus just seems to get in the way of racing. But finally, having completed the Yakima, Wenatchee and Lake Youngs Ultra finally qualifies Pam to join us in the Insane World as a Bronze Maniac.  Her summer is busy with a different kind of marathon…kids swim meets and in the evening serving the "dogs and brew". Her lifetime totals include 8 marathons and 1 ultra. Pam, you finally did it and made the Main Maniacs proud! 

 

                      

     Pam Brulotte with Maniacs Steve, Gayle and Lesa                  Rich and Lorrie Nelly with Mocha              Christina Bruce and Dad Tim

 

6/30 - Richard Nelly #321 (Bonney Lake, Washington): Rich is another Bronze Maniac whom has qualified by running his only three marathons in three months (Wenatchee, Capital City and Pacific Crest, all under 3:10).  Rich is also part of the Fleet Feet Racing Team in Bonney Lake.


6/30/06 - Christina Bruce #322 (Carlsborg, Washington): We weren't sure what to think when Maniac Tim Bruce informed us that his 14-year old daughter Christina wanted to become a Marathon Maniac. Yikes, awfully young to be doing marathons. But when she completed her first marathon at Yakima in a little over 4 hours, we were convinced that 3 in 3 months would not be a problem.  After completing Coeur D'Alene her heart was set on qualifying at NODM but the race committee would not let her run it due to her age. Not to be denied, she was given clearance to run Pacific Crest and passed with flying colors. Poor Dad, even he couldn't keep up. So Christina, the Maniacs welcome you with open arms. YOU GO GIRL!  Read more about Christina in next month's newsletter.

 

 

 

A Little Bit of Maniac Humor

     

 Marathoning Sucks!        I'll also have salad, soup, cheese sticks and apple pie!           Jim, I want that classic singlet…when are you putting it on Ebay?


Rhetorical Revelations and W(Rites)…from the Rambunctious Rev

Happy Summertime to you, Steve-oh of the Great Northwest!  and to all your Subjects!

 

I’ve got this brother-in-law who reminds me of Us, el Presidente de la MarathonManywacos, but whereas I think We are Nuts, I Know he is.  And if you start a sub-chapter of his kind in here, my friend, I quit!!

 

See, Bob doesn’t do these ridiculous distances horizontally. He does ridiculous distances  (sort of in the style of Ultrates...you know who you are …EngleOlgaPhilippiAndy-etcetera) vertically.  He climbs mountains.  A ridiculous number of them.  Like us.

 

He schedules his climbs. He’s got goals.  Within a year or so he will have completed climbing the highest three hundred peaks in Colorado.  (I was thinking of giving him a few stars for that one.) Those peaks are between 13,400 and 14,500 feet up (brrrrrrr), and he thinks of it as “one new peak a month for a quarter century.”  He’s gone to other continents to notch some even higher and notable mountains on his ice-ax.  (You have an ice-axe, Stevie?  Or crampons?  Mean looking things, like Middle Ages torture weapons for boots.  Keeps you from sliding down ice fields off the sides of mountains. Steve-oh, you can’t run close to me if you’re wearing them, I’ll tell you.)

 

He has pictures of himself and his friends sun-burned, exhausted, in odd clothing, waving vaguely as they complete a peak.  Hmm. The photos (don’t get dizzy now, but think deep blue skies, spectacular vistas from on high of countless sweeping, steep, dark brown mountain ranges with pointy, snow-capped peaks near and far) are compiled in photo albums with little write-ups about each trip, the route he took, and the weather he faced.  He tells of struggles trying to figure out what to eat and when, how altitude slows him down, and what sort of training must precede certain climbs. 

 

The similarities don’t end there.  Reading about the poor fellow in the Western States 100-miler who collapsed 300 yards from the finish, I was relieved to hear of his recovery.  The Race Director at Big Sur told me that the statistic is 1 of 60,000 marathon registrants bring new meaning to the dnf acronym, “did not finish”.   Don’t know what the 100-miler stat might be, but it does give one pause.  So the WS100 reminded me a bit of Bob, too.  Bob pretty much has to avoid a collapse.  Seems that there are places up in those hills where collapsing lasts 500 feet or more.  Seems collapsing isn’t healthy in either sport.

 

He sees some pretty country he wouldn’t otherwise see. So do we.  He looks forward to his next climb with much, but quiet enthusiasm. He can explain his adventures, but mostly folks don’t understand why he does it, or what he goes through to finish.  Sounds familiar.  He has a great inner sense of satisfaction during the journeys, is grateful to participate even if things don’t turn out as planned, and has a marvelous sense of accomplishment when a climb is completed well.  Yup.

 

And he learns some life lessons along the way.  He has experienced incomparable connectedness with those with whom he shares the journeys.  He has a sense of what he can accomplish, what he cannot, and yet is caught up in what he might consider trying.  He isn’t competing so much against anyone else, though comparisons are made; he strains merely against the challenges to himself, and reaps a runner’s high of joy in the process.

 

But Mr. President, he can have those vertical cliffs, with those nearly invisible crevasses below, the iffy avalanche formations above, and those little (read: Huge) “oopsie” drop-offs to the side, for my money.  See?  I go horizontal, and I come back with a shirt, a bagel, a lovely orange, and a wall full of medals.  Bobby goes vertical, and – knock on wood – so far has come back with all his toes. 

 

Methinks…we win!!  I KNOW he’d dispute this, and will chastise me thoroughly on a golf course --our one mutual sport-- someday for saying that.  But I like the idea that Heartbreak Hill is really, really wide.

 

Yes yes yes, it’s all good.  But I’m staying a Maniac.

 

Love ya,

Rev

June 30, 2006

dgkienz@yahoo.com

p.s…I’m trying to get the guy to his first marathon, (Colfax in Denver next May ends in his hometown).  Everybody give him a Push at bncole315@yahoo.com. Thanks.  ;)

 

Maniac Ongoing Discounts


· $5 off marathons put on by Bob Green (his next one is the Gateway to the Pacific 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 July / August 2006 Newsletter and to the web site soon.

The President has written…

               
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