Marathon Maniac #7105

He's a maniac, maniac on the floor. And he's running like he's never run before.

Ok, so marathon running isn't anything like "Flashdance," but the song gets stuck in my head every time I have a discussion about the  Marathon Maniacs Club. The Maniacs are a group of die-hard marathoners that apply for admission and join after they achieve a certain criteria of marathon completions. This is a group of people who decided to embrace Einstein's theory that "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." However, they clearly don't want different results, and ultimately look forward to the same outcome.

I achieved my Maniac status a couple years ago when I ran 9 marathons in 9 different states in a 365 day period. It was only after Karen applied for her Half Fanatic status last week that I decided to claim my spot in the Maniac hierarchy. I'm so glad she spurned my decision to go ahead and join the asylum of crazies.

The group is well represented at marathons across the country with members wearing the bright yellow and red colors during the run, planned and unplanned meet-ups occur regularly before, during and after races, and a "reunion" race happens annually for Maniacs to meet others with the same mindset (or lack thereof). Its going to be fun to meet other maniacs at upcoming races as we attempt to improve our streak and climb the ranks of madness.

My Maniac membership number is #7105, and you can now refer to me as such. You never know, I may even respond!