The Maniac Blog

Congratulations to #1446 Cathie "Nana" Johnson and #1447 Troy Johnson on being indited into the Hall of Fame this 2019 year!! Their list of accomplishments include, but are not limited to: -Completing 335+ marathons/ultras -Completing the 7 continents in 12 days -Setting TWO Genesis World Records as a team: 1. The Fastest time for a Married Couple to complete all 7 continents 2. The Oldest Married Couple to complete all 7 continents      For those who don't know, each year a small number of members are inducted into our Hall of Fame. To be eligible they must: 1. Be A Member...

This week we would like to highlight member #62 Steve Monk, and wish him a well-deserved and happy retirement. Steve joined the Maniacs back in 2004 and has been with us for the past 15 years. He was the first member to join from, America’s Dairy land, Wisconsin and finished all 50 states back in 2005. When asked how he got into running, Steve shared that he was, “more of a cyclist in the early 90’s but my work kept sending me overseas for weeks at a time and I couldn’t bring my bike.  I signed up for a marathon...

This year Hyland, The Official Cramp Relief Sponsor of the Boston Marathon, has hand-selected 18 selfless health professionals from more than 500 applications from across America to celebrate. We would like to congratulate our own Maniac member #10384 Jamie Richard from Washington state who has been chosen to be on the Hyland's 2019 Boston Marathon Healer Team.  Richard serves as a pediatric ER nurse as well as a hospital supervisor at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, WA. She has dedicated her life to improving children's health and says, "I absolutely love taking care of kids, it's the best job." She says...

This week we would like to highlight Double Agent member #3444 Briar-Rose. Briar-Rose started running at the young age of eight. Her love of running began as a simple cross-training exercise for figure skating and over time as she began running longer distances she commented, "I might as well get some bling for it." She says that what inspired her to keep running was seeing the different number of people at marathons. Whether old or young, large or small, watching individuals overcome their obstacles inspired her.  Briar-Rose has completed three 5Ks, two 15Ks, 14 half marathons, and seven full marathons. She has...