Marathon Maniacs Marathons/Ultras run by #630
Maniac Mel

Seq Race Date City ST Finish
Time
Distance Bib Overall
Place
Sex
Place
Age
Place
Remarks
146 Ice Age Trail 05/11/13 La Grange WI 10:59 50 mi         Great time running with friends. Could do without the wind and hail though.
145 Eau Claire 05/05/13 Eau Claire WI 3:54:04 Marathon         First sub 4 in a long time, perfect weather with snow along the course.
144 Jailbreak 04/27/13 Wautome WI 4:04:55 Marathon          
143 Trailbreaker 04/06/13 Waukesha WI 4:13:42 Marathon         Where is spring? Snowed the night before. Fun trip with friends.
142 Backwards Fox Cities 03/16/13 Neenah WI 5:01:51 Marathon         Slow, but there was snow before and during the first half. running in the road and dodging snowplows, what fun.
141 John Dick 02/02/13   WI 6:40 50 km         Great trail run in the snow. Single digit temps made it interesting. Second year in a row my knee went out here, maybe someone is trying to tell me something.
140 Charleston 01/19/13 Charleston SC 4:14:54 Marathon         State #41. Great winter race, made it up to 65 degrees.
139 Seashore Nature Trail 50k 12/15/12 Virginia Beach VA 5:53:51 50 km         State #40 finally after a 4 year layoff. Beautiful tide water, swampy, wooded course.
138 Backwards Green Bay 11/10/12 Green Bay   4:39:02 Marathon         Another fun one.
137 Rail to Trails 11/04/12 Norwalk WI 4:00:48 Marathon          
136 Glacial trail 10/14/12 Greenbush WI 6:44:49 50 km          
135 Fox Cities 09/23/12 Appleton WI 4:26:53 Marathon          
134 Birkie Trail 09/22/12 Cable WI 4:40 Marathon          
133 Minocqua 09/02/12   WI 4:00:41 Marathon          
132 Wausau 08/25/12 Wausau WI 4:15 Marathon         Inaugural with a nice course around the city. Good job at the finish.
131 Paavo Nurmi 08/11/12 Hurley WI 4:07:53 Marathon         Beautiful day.Fastest Paavo so far.
130 Dances with Dirt 07/14/12 Devils Lake WI 5:58:55 Marathon         Great race, but I'm getting slow.
129 Run4Troops 06/30/12 Dubuque IA 4:37:15 Marathon         2nd year going to this one, about 1/3 of the marathoners were maniacs. Very hot but fun.
128 HF Maritime Marathon 06/24/12 Manitowoc WI 4:02:27 Marathon         Inaugural along the Lake Michigan coast. They did a great job for an inaugural.
127 Green Bay 6/8 hr ultra 06/16/12 Green Bay WI 6:00 31 mi         Great day, should have kept going, lost the 6 hr by a mile and a half. Lots of great people to run with.
126 Kettle Moraine 100 06/02/12 Lagrange WI 16:09:28 100 km         Beautiful day and night, first attempt at 100 miles, took the optional 100k finish.
125 Green Bay 05/20/12 Green Bay WI 4:45 Marathon         Marathon #125, Race stopped after 2 1/2 hrs. due to heat. I finished anyway but it's unofficial.
124 Ice Age Trail 05/12/12   WI 11:23 50 mi         Great but tough first 50 miler. Off the bucket list.
123 Jailbreak 04/28/12 Wautoma WI 4:05:36 Marathon         Cold, rain, sleet and wind as usual. 4 out of 4 years for this one.
122 John Dick 50K 02/04/12 North Prairie WI 6:17 50 km         Great day for a 50K, a little hilly (Kettle Moraine), a little slippery(ice), and then muddy. Fun talking to some of the runners. Fourth winter 50k in a row.
121 Windburn Six in the Styx 01/28/12 Bartlett IL 6:00 31.14 mi         Fun winter 6 hr. loop trail run. Very windy and cold but beautiful all the same. Great bunch of runners.
120 Triple D Winter Race 01/15/12 Dubuque IA 6:02 50 km         First of 2012, beautiful day for a snow 50k. Nice mostly flat rail trail thru the Iowa big hills.
119 Tuscobia Winter Ultra 12/17/11 Park Falls WI 7:48 35 mi         First winter ultra. 50k turned out to be 35+ miles. Running on snow is a leg burner. Beautiful northern Wisconsin course. Ran alone for the second half. Marathon #25, record year.
118 MBG - Backwards Green Bay 11/12/11 yaB neerG WI 4:44 Marathon         Beautiful fall day running with friends. Marathon #24 for the year, getting tired legs.
117 Rail to Trails 11/06/11 Norwalk WI 4:01:42 Marathon         Marathon #23 this year, a new record. Legs were dead in the second half.
116 Haunted Hustle 10/29/11 Middleton WI 3:45:32 Marathon         More good weather and another sub 4. Lots of great costumes again this year
115 Wisconsin Dells 10/23/11 Wisconsin Dells WI 3:53:16 Marathon         Hilly course but a good cool day. Second sub 4 in a row.
114 Whistlestop 10/15/11 Ashland WI 3:43:52 Marathon         Cold and windy, rail trail, 2nd fastest time ever, too much wasted time should have PR'ed.
113 Glacial Trail 10/09/11 Greenbush WI 6:21 50 km          
112 Birkie Trail 09/24/11 Cable WI 4:38:03 Marathon         Nice cool day, great fall color, very hilly but fun.
111 Fox Cities 09/18/11 Appleton WI 4:33:31 Marathon         Had a great time at the reunion, lots of maniacs to run with. Great double weekend with Alan C.
110 North Face Endurance Trail 09/17/11 Eagle WI 4:28:22 Marathon          
109 Eisenbahn 08/27/11 West Bend WI 4:12 Marathon          
108 Paavo Nurmi 08/13/11 Hurley WI 4:13 Marathon         Beautiful cool day for Aug.
107 Grand Island Trail 07/30/11 Munising MI 4:33.37 Marathon         Beautiful island course with beach, forest, and high bluffs to run on. Most of the run was shaded. Neat ferry ride to the island.
106 Dances with Dirt-Devils Lake 07/09/11 Merrimac WI 4:45 Marathon       4  
105 Run4troops 07/02/11 Dubuque IA 4:56:34 Marathon 50 10/ 15     Fun little race on a rail trail. 5 of the 15 finishers were maniacs. Even Larry Macon found this race in the middle of nowhere. Good to run into friend Paul Fournier too.
104 Green Bay 6/8 hr Ultra 06/25/11 Green Bay WI 8:00 41 mi         Timed ultra. First time past 50K. Beautiful 4.1 mile loop trail and beautiful weather.
103 Grandmas 06/18/11 Duluth MN 3:58:21 Marathon 4820       35th anniversary of the race
102 Walk Wisconsin 06/04/11 Stevens Point WI 7:13:04 Marathon          
101 Madison 05/29/11 Madison WI 4:09:05 Marathon          
100 Cellcom Green Bay 05/15/11 Green Bay WI 4:04:04 Marathon 2566       ***** Marathon 100 *****
99 Jailbreak 04/30/11 Wautoma WI 4:16:55 Marathon         #99 Fun day running with Renee and Leah.
98 Pineline 04/23/11 Medford WI 4:06:46 Marathon         #98
97 Crossroads of Indiana 04/03/11 Lowell IN 4:05:38 Marathon   44/ 109   7/ 24 Inaugural, kind of rolling countryside,stiff wind and a long train stop at 24 miles.
96 Backwards Foxcities 03/19/11 Menasha WI 4:25:37 Marathon         Inaugural backwards Fox Cities marathon
95 Sandbox Indoor Trail 02/13/11 New Richmond WI 4:35:22 Marathon         Inaugural with 120 laps, 120 hills, 68 finishers, still kind of fun.
94 MBG 11/21/10 Green Bay WI 5:01:20 Marathon 22       Inaugural backwards Green Bay marathon. Marathon #22 this year.
93 Rails to Trails 11/07/10 Norwalk WI 3:58:34 Marathon   123/ 273     Beautiful day for Nov. in WI. First sub 4 this year. Added to my year record, marathon #21 for 2010.
92 Haunted Hustle 10/30/10 Middleton WI 4:12:02 Marathon   192/ 360     Great new Halloween marathon. Many people in costumes. New record of 20 marathons in a year.
91 Wisconsin Dells 10/24/10 Wisconsin Dells WI 4:10:36 Marathon         Inaugural, hilly.
90 Glacial Trail 10/10/10 Greenbush WI 6:30 50 km         Beautiful course but very hilly. Did 2 real nice face plants/dirt licks, possibly 9's or 10's. Roots and rocks buried under leaves are challenging.
89 Birkie Trail 09/27/10 Cable WI 4:29 Marathon         Inaugural for the marathon distance. Had fun running with new friend Leah on a beautiful fall day. Leah, "We laugh at the hills".
88 Fox Cities 09/19/10 Appleton WI 4:33:47 Marathon         Day 2 of double. Nice weather.
87 North Face Trail 09/18/10 Dousman WI 4:47:10 Marathon   27/ 27   2/ 22 Day 1 of double. MUDFEST
86 Marquette 09/04/10 Marquette MI 4:01:51 Marathon       1/ 1 Inaugural
85 EisenBahn 08/28/10 Eden WI 4:15:10 Marathon         Inaugural
84 Paavo Nurmi 08/14/10 Hurley WI 4:22:17 Marathon         Hot, humid, and hilly as usual.
83 Dances with Dirt - Devils Lake 07/10/10 Merrimac WI 5:55:23 Marathon         One tough hill climbing race.
82 Keyes Peak Trail 06/19/10 Florence WI 5:17:36 Marathon         Inaugural marathon. Great trail run beginning and ending on a ski hill. All logging roads with a chest deep river crossing at mile 18, boy that felt good.
81 Marathon to Marathon 06/12/10 Storm Lake IA 4:20:17 Marathon         Long rain delay at start. Had fun with maniacs and 50 Staters. Dave Bell tried to kill me with cookie overload.
80 Walk Wisconsin 06/05/10 Stevens Point WI 6:50 Marathon         3rd year at this one, walked with wife again, slow start looking at the scenery. No blisters this year.
79 Great Midwest Marathon 05/30/10 Elkhart Lake WI 5:19:07 Marathon         Inaugural race, hot, humid and hilly. Volunteers kept us alive. I just keep getting slower. :( 21 finishers.
78 Celcom Green Bay Marathon 05/16/10 Green Bay WI 4:07:01 Marathon         10 out of 11 Green Bays.
77 Des Planes River Trail 05/15/10   IL 4:16:14 Marathon         Inaugural race, with 8 water crossings due to flooding, wet shoes and gaitors are heavy. Good time staying with maniacs Paul and Mary Beth Fournier.
76 Jailbreak 04/24/10 Wautoma WI 4:01:49 Marathon   22/ 36   3 Cool and rainy again this year, but love this race. All back roads through forest and Amish country. Awesome support.
75 Navarino Eco Trail Marathon 04/17/10 Shiocton WI 4:44:42 Marathon         Inaugural race. Cool, windy, and hilly but beautiful course of lakes and logging roads. One and done, the race is not coming back next year
74 Trailbreaker 03/27/10 Waukesha WI 4:31:26 Marathon   81/ 113     Beautiful cool day, a little windy. Weird course, out and back that was paved trail for 11 or 12 miles then 1 or 2 miles out to the turn around was single track trail with lots of roots and rocks. the turn around is on top of a tall observation tower. Took a nice header off of a tree root, that was fun. Still feel slow, need more long runs to finish better. A few maniacs ran, Paul,Troy and Larry Macon of coarse. Ran the first mile or so with Larry.
73 Mercedes Marathon 02/14/10 Birmingham AL 4:32:04 Marathon         State #39 Flights cancelled the day before scrambled to make it down. Good pasta feed, great people. Cool start, slow run, no training runs over 5 miles since November.
72 Chickamauga Battlefield 11/14/09 Fort Oglethorpe GA 4:25:13 Marathon         State #38, pretty day and course, sicker than a dog all week. Almost run over by deer not once but twice. Great trip thanks to Phil Min.
71 Rails to Trails 11/01/09 Norwalk WI 4:06:33 Marathon         Beautiful trail for an out and back. Went through a 3/4 mile long tunnel out and back. Nice crushed stone surface covered with leaves. Frost at the start, chilly head wind coming back.
70 Portland 10/04/09 Portland ME 4:44:31 Marathon         State #37, day 2 of double, crashed and burned but glad to be there for Janet B's 50/100 day. Many, many 50 Staters and Maniacs.
69 New Hampshire 10/03/09 Bristol NH 4:12:23 Marathon         State #36, beautiful course , fall colors were spectacular, pretty hilly though, rained most of the day. Great trip with Dave Bell.
68 Fox Cities 09/20/09 Appleton WI 3:58:08 Marathon         Good to see a few Maniac/50 States friends. Tough day but I'll take a sub 4 any time.
67 Tupelo 09/06/09 Tupelo MS 4:14 Marathon         A little warm + a little under trained = a little slow. Fun trip thanks to Phil Min and co pilot Lana. Nice to see #1 and #2 and Annie. State #35.
66 Walk Wisconsin 06/06/09 Stevens Point WI 6:13 Marathon         Cool, rainy, see your breath in June, day. Power walked 26.2 with the wife on a beautiful trail course. Walking is still hard, had a silver dollar sized blister at the end. Second year at this one, need to figure out the shoe/sock thing.
65 Madison 05/24/09 Madison WI 4:05:13 Marathon         Nice weather, hillier than I remembered. Went out with the 3:30 group, crashed and burned after the half. Felt like I walked the second half.
64 Cellcom Green Bay 05/17/09 Green Bay WI 3:39:14 Marathon 1639       Great weather new PR by 5 minutes BQ slipped away at the end.
63 Wisconsin 05/02/09 Kenosha WI 3:55:29 Marathon 463 158/ 526     Inaugural #4 this year. Great weather nice course along Lake Michigan. On pace thru 16 miles then bonk, dragged myself in under 4 hours.
62 Jailbreak 04/25/09 Wautoma WI 3:44:07 Marathon   7/ 24     Cold, windy, and rain most of the day. Nice little local inaugural. First top 10 finish, only 24 total marathoners :)!! New PR by 2 min. Finished on cold stiff dead legs.
61 Illinois 04/11/09 Champaign IL 3:49:43 Marathon 1063       Inaugural Great cool day, strong finish, good time with the maniacs, excellent support for an inaugural. Had fun running with Phil Min.
60 Mardi Gras 02/01/09 New Orleans LA 3:54:04 Marathon         State #34
59 Icebreaker Indoor 01/17/09 Milwaukee WI 4:13:32 Marathon         95 laps indoors!!! Zamboni's and figure skaters and hockey. Inaugural
58 Rock & Roll San Antonio 11/16/08 San Antonio TX 3:46:09 Marathon         State #33 6 Stars!! PR by 3 minutes Inaugural
57 Marshall University 11/02/08 Huntington WV 4:21:25 Marathon         State #32 Second day of double
56 Indy Monumental 11/01/08 Indianapolis IN 3:57:17 Marathon         State #31 Inaugural
55 Des Moines 10/19/08 Des Moines IA 3:58:39 Marathon         State #30. Great weather but a little windy at the end. Slow start with a strong finish, moved from 4:15 group to 4:00 group in last 5 or 6 miles. Many 50 staters and some maniacs, ran a little with Janet B.
54 Steamtown 10/12/08 Scranton PA 4:19:00 Marathon         Day 2 of double. State #29. Beautiful day and course. Loved the trail portion, helped me recover for a strong finish. Negative split by 5 minutes. Nice to see so many maniacs. Saw McGyver, Boonsom, Rick and met the "Rev", as well as many others.
53 Baltimore 10/11/08 Baltimore MD 4:22:04 Marathon         First day of eastern double. Went pretty well, a little crazy at the finish. State number 28.
52 Fox Cities 09/21/08 Appleton WI 3:49:55 Marathon         BQ thru 14 miles, then faded. Still ran a PR by almost 5 minutes. Great weather and a few maniacs.
51 Albuquerque 08/31/08 Albuquerque NM 4:33:49 Marathon         Second of double. State number 27. Another fun marathon with Little Leslie. Downhill killed me.
50 Pocatello 08/30/08 Pocatello ID 3:59:29 Marathon         First of double. Hard to believe my 50th marathon. Fast half down hill then the usual bonk.
49 Grandfather Mountain 07/12/08 Boone NC 4:33:52 Marathon         As tough as advertised. Beautiful mountains. Cool finish at the Highland games.
48 Walk Wisconsin 06/07/08 Stevens Point WI 6:27:14 Marathon         Walking is harder than running!!!!
47 San Juan Island 06/01/08 Friday Harbor WA 4:39 Marathon         Day 2 of first double. Great second day with the help of Little Leslie. Very scenic course. Who said it was not hilly, Brian.
46 Newport 05/31/08 Newport OR 4:08:20 Marathon         First day of first double. Nice meeting and running with Jess Mullen. Beautiful course.
45 Green Bay Marathon 05/18/08 Green Bay WI 4:06:11 Marathon          
44 Ice Age Trail 50 05/10/08 LaGrange WI 5:51:42 50 km         First 50k, first trail run. Tough trail but great cool weather.
43 Kentucky Derby 04/26/08 Louisville KY 3:57:42 Marathon         Fastest in a long time, great day.
42 Olathe 03/29/08 Olathe KS 4:25 Marathon         Cold and windy.
41 Tampa Gasparilla 02/10/08 Tampa FL 4:22:17 Marathon         First hour in the dark, 6am start. Beautiful course along the bay, nice sunny day. Met a few maniacs.
40 Rock n Roll 01/13/08 Phoenix AZ 4:31:08 Marathon         Good start to the year, Ran with Little Leslie. Great Maniac pasta dinner.
39 Boyne to Boyne 09/30/07 Boyne MI 4:26:00 Marathon         New marathon, scenic, hilly, awesome support.
38 Omaha 09/23/07 Omaha NE 4:18:45 Marathon         Had fun running with Little Leslie.
37 Air Force 09/15/07 Dayton OH 4:02:26 Marathon         Great weather, great support.
36 ET Midnight Marathon 08/26/07 Area 51??? NV 5:34:39 Marathon         Night runs are way cool. Ran with Eddie Hahn. New slowest time.
35 Missoula 07/15/07 Missoula MT 4:24:37 Marathon         Hot, great time in mountains.
34 Mad City 05/27/07 Madison WI 4:47:12 Marathon         Bonk.
33 Green Bay 05/20/07 Green Bay WI 4:03:19 Marathon          
32 Lake Geneva 05/12/07 Lake Geneva WI 5:00:13 Marathon         Lost course 21-24 no water. Slowest time.
31 Fox Cities 09/24/06   WI 4:53:19 Marathon          
30 Paavo Nurmi 08/12/06   WI 4:13:39 Marathon         Pretty course.
29 Deseret News 07/24/06 Salt Lake City UT 4:23:04 Marathon         Up way too early to sit on a mountain.
28 Casper 06/02/06 Casper WY 4:24:30 Marathon         Great post race feed.
27 St. Judes 12/03/05 Memphis TN 3:56:37 Marathon          
26 Fox Cities 09/25/05   WI 4:09:48 Marathon          
25 Deadwood Mickelson Trail 06/05/05 Deadwood SD 4:01:08 Marathon         Beautiful.
24 Green Bay 05/22/05 Green Bay WI 3:59:35 Marathon          
23 Scheels Fargo 05/14/05 Fargo ND 4:15:09 Marathon         Snowed and cold and windy.
22 Little Rock 03/06/05 Little Rock AR 4:05:36 Marathon         Gov. Huckabee ran it.
21 Fox Cities 09/26/04   WI 4:08:14 Marathon          
20 Estes Park 06/20/04 Estes Park CO 4:42:52 Marathon         Altitude and blisters.
19 Green Bay 05/23/04 Green Bay WI 4:08:19 Marathon          
18 Oklahoma City 04/25/04 Oklahoma City OK 3:58:37 Marathon          
17 St. Louis 04/04/04 St. Louis MO 3:54:38 Marathon         PR
16 Chicago 10/12/03 Chicago IL 4:51:52 Marathon         Blown leg, bad day.
15 Fox Cities 09/28/03   WI 3:57:39 Marathon          
14 Green Bay 05/18/03 Green Bay WI 4:28:44 Marathon          
13 Oklahoma City 04/27/03 Oklahoma City OK 4:30:13 Marathon          
12 Santa Clarita 11/02/02 Santa Clarita CA 4:43:02 Marathon          
11 Fox Cities 09/29/02   WI 4:35:33 Marathon          
10 Grandma's 06/22/02 Duluth MN 4:14:30 Marathon          
9 Oklahoma City 04/28/02 Oklahoma City OK 4:26:20 Marathon          
8 Fox Cities 09/30/01   WI 4:26:02 Marathon          
7 Green Bay 06/24/01 Green Bay WI 4:55:08 Marathon          
6 Oklahoma City 04/29/01 Oklahoma City OK 4:55:54 Marathon          
5 Fox Cities 10/01/00   WI 4:41:45 Marathon          
4 Green Bay 06/25/00 Green Bay WI 4:38:20 Marathon          
3 Journeys 05/13/00 Eagle River WI 4:43:15 Marathon          
2 Fox Cities 09/26/99   WI 4:40 Marathon          
1 Fox Cities 09/27/98   WI 4:33 Marathon          

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