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04/21/09
Aloha 50 States & DC 1/2 Marathon
Runners,
I wanted to send you a personal
invitation to join us on the beautiful
island of Hawai`i and run the Kona 1/2
Marathon on June 28, 2009. The Big
Island of Hawai`i is truly a place
unto itself, from the erupting Kilauea
Volcano to deep sea fishing.
Everything is available to you here in
a quiet pristine environment creating
a wonderful vacation experience for
you, your families and friends.
The Kona 1/2 Marathon is relatively
small with 300-400 runners. The race
course along the beautiful Kona Coast
shoreline gives you views of the ocean
and mountains. Great volunteers cheer
you on along the race course and a
friendly family atmosphere awaits you
at the finish line.
The Keauhou Outrigger Beach Resort,
where the start/finish line is, offers
runners a discounted rate of $130 per
night including breakfast - call the
hotel directly for the Runners Rate
808-324-2515
Remember there is a $5 discount on
your entry fee when you mail it in.
For more information regarding the
event please visit our web site:
www.konamarathon.com or email me with
any further questions. I have attached
an application to this email for your
convenience.
Come to the island of Hawai`i and have
a truly memorable race to add to your
collection.
Aloha for now,
Sharron Faff - Race Director
www.konamarathon.com
808-967-8240
raceinfo@konamarathon.com
12/12/08
2009 - Get Together (Reunion)
04/11/09 ILLINOIS MARATHON
Champain/Urbana,IL
09/19/09 AIR FORCE MARATHON
Dayton, Ohio
10/18/09 Detroit Free Press MARATHON
Detroit, Michigan
11/07/09 MIDSOUTH MARATHON
Wynne, Arkansas
12/12/08
2010 - Get Together (Reunion)
03/27/10 OLATHE MARATHON
Olathe, Kansas
05/16/10 FARGO MARATHON
Fargo, North Dakota
09/19/10 FOX CITIES MARATHON
Appleton, Wisconsin
10/02/10 BOISE MARATHON
Boise, Idaho
12/05/08
Scholarship
Scholarship applications for 2009 will
be ready at the first of the year.
This year donations were small so we
will have one $500 scholarship.
Donations-
Donations for the Scholarship Fund
are welcome and always greatly
appreciated at any time.
Send them directly to
Jerry Schaver
PO Box 167
Albany, IL. 61230
12/05/08
SEND IN YOUR STATS -
Please send your stats in by the site
where it says update your stats, or
send it by email, or by mail. I would
like to get an update from all.
12/05/08
DISCOUNTS LINK - Do not forget to look
at the half marathon discount link to
see if we have a discount for your
marathon.
12/05/08
MERCHANDISE – We have a few new thing
on the site were you can some books
and DVD
My First 100 Marathon
Run Your First Marathon
The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of
Life
Beyond Running
See Dane Run
Heading Toward the Final Finish Line’
DVD Spirit of the marathon
12/05/08
50 &D.C. MARATHON GROUP
2009 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Goes to;
Dane E. Rauschenberg
Setting a goal of running fifty-two
marathons in fifty-two weeks is a
daring thing to do. This is even more
daring when you first start planning
to do so you have only run six
marathons in your entire life.
Announcing your goal to the public
where any slipup renders the entire
project moot intensifies the pressure
even more. And if that is not enough,
perhaps you should also take time to
start a new marathon and be the race
director, add a charitable fundraising
side to your running, endeavor to
speak on the radio, television and
newspapers to raise funds and
awareness for that charity, continue
working a full-time job and maybe also
even squeeze in a personal record or
two along the way.
This year’s winner of the
HUMANITARIAN AWARD is Dane
Rauschenberg and all the things listed
above developed from a single idea.
Dane is a Penn State and Dickinson
Law School graduate and had been
working in the corporate world before
setting out on this amazing journey.
The idea began with how he wished to
run a certified marathon each weekend
for an entire year. Dane began
researching and developing his
schedule. One marathon that fit his
schedule was the First Light Marathon
in Mobile Alabama and while inquiring
about the details of this marathon
Dane learned that the marathon
benefitted L’Arche. This simple
inquiry as to what L’Arche did set
things in motion for the charity that
would benefit from Dane’s efforts in
2006 and into the future.
L’Arche is an international
federation of communities where people
with a mental handicap and those who
help and care for them can live, work
and share their lives together. The
first community was established in
France in 1964 and has developed into
many religious and cultural traditions
around the world. The United States
has sixteen communities and two
projects. These communities rely on
donations for a portion of their
income, the moneys raised by Dane
helped the community in Mobile Alabama
with their financial needs and Dane
believes that the awareness brought to
the L’Arche communities around the
world will be a benefit for them far
into the future.
Dane dubbed his project “Fiddy2” a
play on words for the fifty two
marathons in fifty two weeks and the
financial goal of fifty two thousand
dollars. While the financial goal has
not been reached as of yet, (Dane is
currently at $44,000) Dane is hopeful
it will be reached soon. The website
www.fiddy2.org remains active and is
always accepting donations.
To promote the fund raising effort
Dane submitted blog postings, sent out
weekly press releases and received
radio, television and print coverage.
He was featured at various pre-race
pasta dinners and spoke all over the
country tirelessly about L’Arche and
its message.
The weekend of December 22nd did
not offer any certified marathons
anywhere in the world so Dane took it
upon himself to organize and be the
race director of the inaugural Drake
Well Marathon in his home town of
Titusville Pennsylvania. The race was
capped at 25 runners and consisted of
105.5 laps around the high school
track. Runners from nine states took
part in this event.
Dane had some impressive records to
his credit before his fifty- two
marathon challenge in 2006. In 2003,
he broke the course record at the
Presque Isle Endurance Classic by
completing eighty-four miles in twelve
hours for an amazing 8:30 minute mile
pace. In 2005 he won the PT Cruiser
Challenge in Tampa Florida, which was
event consisting of a 5k, 15k and a
marathon in a twenty-four hour period
where the winner had the lowest
cumulative time.
Running in 2006 took Dane to twenty
eight states, two Canadian Provinces
and the Cayman Islands. Dane’s goal
was to not simply show up at raced but
rather run at or near his peak week-in
and week-out. In his forty second
marathon of the year, he set a new
personal record by running under the
coveted three hour barrier with a
finish time of 2:59:48 in Niagara
Falls Canada. On top of that, Dane
showed you can get faster by racing
often by averaging a 3:13 for the
second half of the year after
averaging a 3:29 for the first half of
the year.
For the giving of his time and
talents to benefit those that are less
fortunate. The 50 State and D.C.
Marathon Group U.S.A. is proud to
present to Dane Rauschenberg the 2008
Humanitarian Award.
May his belief of benefiting
L’Arche far into the future continue
to be a reality.
BY Frank Jobe
12/27/07
MERCHANDISE CHANGE –
Marathon Jackets are getting hard to
get the kind we have so I got 2 new
kinds of jackets. They are about the
same. I do have Red & Navy Blue. You
can still have your name on the
jacket. Look at the Merchandise were
it said Jacket and look at it. The
price is still the same.
06/28/07
50&DC Half Marathon T - Shirt
If you would like to get a Half
Marathon T-Shirt go to the merchandise
and get a order form.
06/28/07
50&DC Half Marathon Patches
If you would like to get a Half
Marathon patch go to the merchandise
and get a order form.
06/28/07
06/28/07
EXOTIC MARATHONS
Would you like to travel to exotic
places to do a marathon? Well I have
the person for you to do just that.
Kathy Loper a runner herself for over
33 years, and has twenty-five years of
Event Directing experience. You can
join a group of running enthusiasts
from around the world on a marathon of
a lifetime in Russia, Great Wall of
China, Switzerland, Thailand to name a
few. You can get more information by
contacting: Kathy Loper Events
7801 Mission Center Court
Suite 103
San Diego, CA 92108
#619-298-7448
E-mail: kathy@kathyloperevents.com
www.kathyloperevents.com
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