July 8, 2008

I’m an official Marathon Maniac!

The marathon yesterday qualified me as a bronze member of the Marathon Maniacs, so I’ve signed up and paid my dues and am officially MM #1036!!! Hurray 🙂 Now, if I can do one more marathon in a different state/province/country in the next three weeks, I can bump up to Gold membership under the 4 states/provinces/countries in 60 days rule.

On a somewhat related topic, a quote from tonight’s chapter of The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner, after he’s finished his first half-marathon:

Just two minutes, a couple of stretches and a cup of water later I am strolling round the finishing enclosure thinking, “That was all rather fun.” What is wrong with the human brain? Why is it seemingly incapable of retaining the experience of excruciating pain? I know that just five minutes previously I wanted to die and now I could cheerfully sign up to do the whole thing over again.

Hello, that is me!!!

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13 thoughts on “I’m an official Marathon Maniac!”

  1. “You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.”
    – Frank Shorter

    we maniacs have VERY short memories!!!

  2. Criteria can be found here. The reason I’m going for gold is because it only requires one more marathon, whereas to get silver I’d have to do three more just because of the time frame I did my first three in.

  3. Great job and welcome to the Marathon Maniacs! I did the S.F. Marathon this year for the very 1st time in my home state. Wasn’t it a blast to run across the Golden Gate Bridge?!!!!

    Best regards,

    T.O. MM#408
    Dallas,TX

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