...I am a Half Fanatic!

If you’ve been reading my blog you know that I ran the Palos Verdes Half Marathon a few weeks ago.  If you want to read my recap, you can right here. This was my 10^th Half Marathon.  It was also my 3^rd Half in less than 90 days.  77 days to be exact!

By completing 3 Half’s within a 90 day time frame I became eligible for Half Fanatics! 

I am #5571!

Half Fanatics is basically a group of people who love to run Half Marathons.  There are different levels called Moons.  I’m on Neptune.  This is the lowest level.  I am hoping to “moon up” to Uranus soon by completing 6 Half’s in 6 months. 

According to the Half Fanatics website, if you can answer “YES” to any of these questions you just may be a Half Fanatic.

• Do your thoughts switch to the next scheduled race immediately after finishing a Half Marathon?
• Are you signed up for more than one race right now?
• Do you know specifics about many of the Half Marathons? Dates, courses, years run, etc.?
• Do you know the story of how the Half Marathon got started?
• Do you read books on running likeMarathon and Beyond?
• Is www.marathonmaniacs.com book marked on your computer?
• Do you look at the race schedule more than once a week?
• Do you start to feel down when you haven't run a race in a while?
• Are your closets and dressers filled with race t-shirts
• When asked about your racing from none running people, do you find yourself talking with great passion to the point that the person that asked the question regrets ever asking?
• Have you run races on back to back weekends? Or better yet back to back days?
• Have you run a Half Marathon as a training run? Or just to pace a friend?
• When asked by loved ones what your plans are for the weekend, you feel guilty telling them you’re running another half marathon so you tell them "it's only a 10K this weekend"?
• Do you plan all your vacations around a race?

Hmm, I can definitely answer YES to almost all of them!

Last week, on one of the running message boards I belong to, someone asked why people decide to join Half Fanatic.  The reason I joined was bragging rights, to commemorate my accomplishment of 3 Half’s in 77 days, to meet other runners since I usually am running by my self and so I could purchase the awesome running tops and hoodie!

I plan to wear the top at my next Half which is the Diva’s Half in Ontario, CA on December 8^th.

 If you are a Half Fanatic leave me a comment and tell me why you joined.