From time to time, the Marathon Maniacs and Half Fanatics have been known to help pace a race. The weekend of October 16-17, 2021, the Pace Team was in Action at the IMT Des Moines Marathon/Half Marathon. Photo Credit Taylor Bradley Call, Elizabeth Aguirre, Shawn Searle Loy and Marathon Maniacs and Half Fanatics Facebook Pages
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10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 5 Part 2
October 11th Edition Because last weekend was such a big weekend in running, we are bring a bonus installment of “10 short stories” Medal Monday brings many stories of achievement for our members. Here are an extra 10 of them, as posted on the Marathon Maniacs/Half Fanatics Facebook pages. Katie Galvin HF18478 State #13 half#19#medalmondayContinue reading “10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 5 Part 2”
At the Races
Before we race, we like to do a “Family Photo” if we can. The following photos are of the Marathon Maniacs and Half Fanatics Family the weekend of October 8-11, 2021 Before the Bentonville Half Marathon (October 9th) Before the Long Beach Marathon/Half Marathon (Occtober 10th) At the Prairie Fire Marathon (October 9th) At theContinue reading “At the Races”
10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 5 Part 1
October 11th Edition Medal Monday brings many stories of achievement for our members. Here are 10 of them, as posted on the Marathon Maniacs/Half Fanatics Facebook pages. Tim Mullican (MM7665) Mo’ Bell ultra for me. I dropped down to the 50K due to my Achille’s tendonitis. We had a choice of running a 3 mile,Continue reading “10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 5 Part 1”
Prairie Fire (the race)
Jennifer Clark (MM15623 DA3643 HF16743 ) & Tracy Strub (MM999–DA2549–HF15201) took some great photos of the Marathon Maniacs and Half Fanatics in action at the Prairie Fire Marathon in Kansas on October 10th Photo Credit Jennifer Clark & Tracy Strubb
Maniacs in Chicago
This weekend had two World Marathon Majors occurring within 48 hours of each other. The Marathon Maniacs that were running Chicago and earning one of their 6 stars gathered for a group photo Sunday, October 10th. Photo Credit JM Gabriel
Maniacs in Boston
The Marathon Maniacs did their traditional pre-race Boston Marathon Picture on Sunday October 10th before race day on Monday the 11th. The was also a sighting of Main Maniac #3 Tony Phillippi who is running in the race on Monday. Good luck all! Photo credit Christine Murasaki Ainsworth
The Passing of Bob Dolphin
Last Saturday Maniac#32, Bob Dolphin, passed away at age 91. He ran his first marathon at age 51 and his final at age 84 (his 502nd marathon).Here’s some amazing accomplishments by Bob: ran a PR of 3:00:12 at age 58 (age graded time of 2:29:34) ran his final sub-4:00 marathon at age 74 (age gradedContinue reading “The Passing of Bob Dolphin”
Getting Their Star in London
This past weekend was the London Marathon. It is also one of the stops on the Abbott World Marathon Majors where you can earn one of running’s greatest prizes, the Six Star Medal. Many Marathon Maniacs earned their star last weekend. Here are a few of them. Jodi Moore MM12047 #medalmondayMarathon #49 in London. HadContinue reading “Getting Their Star in London”
10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 4
October 4th Edition Medal Monday brings many stories of achievement for our members. Here are 10 of them, as posted on the Marathon Maniacs/Half Fanatics Facebook pages. Nathan Jeffrey HF18515 Belated, and long, first ever half fanatic post, and first #medalmonday post . While running my second ever half Mud Mountain Dam Marathon Sunday, my wife was talking to aContinue reading “10 Short Stories from Medal Monday Volume 4”