1 HALF FANATICS FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Race Photos ...…………….. 1 Featured Fanatic…………... 2 SportHooks…………………. 4 Half Fanatic Pace Team…. ..4 Fanatic Poll…………………..4 Upcoming Races……………5 HF Membership Criteria…...8 New Moons…………………..9 Welcome to the Asylum….10 http://www.halffanatics.com 1 Monica #1812, Aaron #1912 & Drake #10003 John #1905 & Samantha Katherine #10334 John #10536 Erin #7549, Leodis #7370, Tamara #7123, Amanda & Tabatha #7170 Jim #8807, Laura #232 & Kimberlee #177 Riorita #10665
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Featured Fanatic Calix "Fastmann" Fattmann, Half Fanatic #2287
I have been running 5ks since I was 4, so it wasn’t too surprising that I made a resolution to run my
first 10k in 2012, when I was 11. By February, I still hadn't started training and I thought (for reasons I
can't remember) “forget the 10k I'll go straight for a half marathon”. My dad, who is also a runner, was
a little sketchy about the idea, but he got me started on a Hal Higdon training plan. My dad did my
training runs with me. We started with five miles, worked our way up to 8, and then started adding
another mile each week. After the mile 11 training run, I was ready for my first half marathon.
On April 21st 2012, I ran the Garmin Half Marathon in Olathe, Kansas. My dad was pacing the 2:15
time slot and there was no way I wanted to be alone, so we decided that I would run with him. The
race started and we ran until the first water stop, which was at mile 1 1/2. This was my first real expe-
rience with a water station, as I rarely stop at them during a 5k. I wasn't thirsty, so I kinda just waited
and tried to get out of the way. My dad went in to the chaos without me knowing and next thing I
knew, he was nowhere to be found. I looked around like a maniac behind me and didn't see him and
thought "krud, he's ahead of me". I started running what felt like a 6 minute pace to catch up and I
didn't see him anywhere in sight. I took one last look back and thought "well, if he's not behind me
then he must be ahead of me”, so I just kept running. It wasn’t until I bumped into the 2:10 pacers
that I realized my dad was behind me. I figured there was no point in walking and waiting for him to catch up to me, after all, I
trained for this and didn’t want to walk, so I didn’t. I kept with the 2:10 pacers and then got the “6-mile second wind” and
thought it sure would be cool to finish a full 10 minutes ahead of my dad, but I don't think I could catch up with the next pace
group. Right as I thought that, a 2:05 pacer popped out of a porta potty and started running fast because he had to catch up to
the other 2:05 pacer. I knew it was a sign and I ran ahead and stayed with him until about mile 9 when we caught the other
2:05 pacers. I stayed with them until mile 11. I started to cramp up a little and slowed down and eventually lost them, but I
stayed strong and kept running. I finished in 2:06:17 - nearly 10 minutes ahead of my dad! It was exciting!
My dad was running another half marathon the following day and jokingly asked if I wanted
to run with him - I declined. It was at that race that he heard about these clubs called
“Marathon Maniacs” and “Half Fanatics”. We looked into it and I decided I wanted to join the
Half Fanatics. I wanted to try and join on level Mars with the criteria of running 6 halfs in 3
weeks, so my dad signed me up for a double the week after my first half marathon. The
times weren't very good, mostly because the weather was bad. The next week another dou-
ble the times improved a bit. After the second week of doubles and the third week of half
marathons I decided I couldn't do another double, so I just did one half marathon and joined
Half Fanatics at level Earth. The weeks went on and I kept running half marathons week af-
ter week. Then summer came and I had to space the races out a bit. It wasn't fun to run in
the heat. Right around September, I was looking at Fanatic criteria and noticed level Sun "52
half marathons in 52 weeks." I thought that sounded really cool and thought it would be even
cooler to do 52 half marathons in the same year that I did my first. I had lost some time, but
made it up with a lot of doubles. On April 20th, 2013, at the age of 12, I ran the Garmin Half
Marathon again as my 52nd half marathon in 52 weeks!
In November 2013, I ran my first full marathon in North Carolina. I then went on to complete
13 more marathons, at the age of 13. To date, I have run over 134 half marathons and 19 full
marathons. I am a member of the Half Fanatics, Marathon Maniacs, and 50 States Club.
Would you like to be a “Featured Fanatic”? Do you have an inspiring or entertain-ing story to share? Email me at: [email protected]!
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Anthony #10619 Erin #5820, Jann & Loan #4026
Keith #9785 Patrisha #10743
Eve #10394
Kevin #158
Deb #10206
Stephanie #2044
John #1905
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FANATIC POLL Each month there will be a “Fanatic poll”. This poll will be posted online. Please take a few moments to answer this poll. I will post the results in the next newsletter.
Last month’s question:
Do you train with a heart rate monitor?
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This month’s question:
Do you follow a training plan?
Please vote online between now and March 31st at: http://