The Mystillery Literary and Athletic Association (MLAA) welcomes you to the first running of the Mystery Marathon! Your goal is to to complete the marathon by reading 26.2 mysteries during the year. (No actual running is required.) One book is equivalent to one mile, and the number of pages equivalent to the number of steps taken to complete that mile. Just read the General Information for Runners page and run your first mile! You'll be crossing the finish line to the Finishers' Column in no time!
FINISHERS:
Place Runner Days Steps 1 Tari Hann
Ohio26 5505 2 Sanacrow
Tennessee28 11201 3 Vallery
Louisiana30 6839 4 Colleen
Illinois32 9509 5 Linda B
Kentucky40 7351 6 OutsmartYourShelf
United Kingdom41 8819 7 Vallery
Louisiana Lap #227 7587 8 Bev "Flash" Hankins
Indiana59 6860 9 Tari Hann
Ohio Lap #233 6700 10 Karen A
New Mexico71 4397 11 Beth M
North Carolina75 8089 12 Avid Series Reader
New Mexico76 8134 13 Vallery
Louisiana Lap #325 6736 14 Linda B
Kentucky Lap #243 7593 15 Colleen
Illinois Lap #255 10397
Place Runner Days Steps 16 Rick Mills
Maine94 5991 17 Tina Hilbert
Ohio96 8805 18 SueC
Utah103 8471 19 Vallery
Louisiana Lap #437 8367 20 Tari Hann
Ohio Lap #362 5196 21 Jjean
Texas129 9102 22 JenneB
Pennsylvania132 8272 23 Bev "Flash" Hankins
Indiana Lap #274 7062 24 Beth M
North Carolina Lap #259 8556 25 "Zoomin" Susan Jensen
Arizona137 9281 26 Linda B
Kentucky Lap #345 7164 27 OutsmartYourShelf
United Kingdom Lap #2105 8584 28 Vallery
Louisiana Lap #536 7454 29 Colleen
Illinois Lap #368 9814 30 Karen A
New Mexico Lap #295 3747
Place Runner Days Steps 31 Colleen
Illinois Lap #420 10266 32 David Salley
New York184 8230 33 Bev "Flash" Hankins
Indiana Lap #354 6449 34 Linda B
Kentucky Lap #462 6420 35 Tari Hann
Ohio Lap #472 6376 36 SueC
Utah Lap #2103 8862
ON THE COURSE:
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MYSTERY MARATHON updated FRI JULY 26 2024 @ 8.45 pm EDT convert Runner Status Tracker Miles completed in white, showing page counts A8bhatia
Ontario312 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 B. Mills
New York288 400 449 450 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 bat "Go Speed Racer" kat
West Virginia341 352 388 352 224 240 320 320 320 369 374 406 294 289 400 336 368 320 384 384 400 416 336 352 288 274 bat "Go Speed Racer" kat
West Virginia Lap #2320 288 304 429 434 461 404 304 544 480 314 284 320 315 351 240 256 204 218 384 360 322 364 290 322 400 bat "Go Speed Racer" kat
West Virginia Lap #3272 166 162 174 180 160 165 174 185 169 130 170 182 210 202 194 206 190 189 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Beth M
North Carolina Lap #3400 400 416 417 624 386 336 320 355 352 480 224 363 362 432 384 105 432 424 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 62 Bev "Flash" Hankins
Indiana Lap #4383 330 207 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 Cindi
Illinois319 432 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Colleen
Illinois Lap #5288 279 336 329 323 340 285 293 352 309 337 364 340 444 382 342 608 383 310 287 255 321 23 24 25 26 .2 David Salley
New York Lap #2292 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Em
Georgia266 189 248 256 226 274 248 228 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Erika Morris
California340 351 419 356 443 439 494 391 467 521 329 422 369 299 305 464 224 441 422 434 248 370 392 495 25 26 .2 Jen McFarren
Texas300 257 304 352 351 317 300 186 271 191 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 JenneB
Pennsylvania Lap #2286 313 377 304 320 326 369 306 407 304 320 421 319 294 241 330 320 290 309 288 292 275 23 24 25 26 .2 Jjean
Texas Lap #2400 448 270 352 437 225 416 304 502 320 280 320 368 461 432 362 352 371 368 208 303 386 320 197 25 26 .2 Karen A
New Mexico Lap #3288 130 113 151 224 224 101 67 76 81 83 78 101 88 91 101 288 224 75 73 71 102 104 82 25 26 56 Karen "The Baroness of Speed"Baroness
Texas270 325 256 288 288 248 288 288 115 248 289 304 225 272 291 323 264 265 285 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Katey Blood
New Mexico336 306 400 508 452 427 495 389 508 354 304 306 306 307 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Linda B
Kentucky Lap #5181 294 272 440 432 257 310 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Lynn High
Pennsylvania136 155 207 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Melissa The Reading Nerd
New Jersey368 329 320 294 320 348 207 361 345 212 288 384 334 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 32 OutsmartYourShelf
The United Kingdom Lap #3338 302 240 349 320 352 323 394 366 404 401 416 430 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Priya
India288 276 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Sanacrow
Tennessee Lap #2512 484 612 237 364 186 198 416 389 576 394 496 496 288 384 416 326 355 308 369 341 370 334 326 321 313 Sanacrow
Tennessee Lap #3336 336 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 SueC
Utah Lap #2389 281 289 391 338 336 374 312 352 384 432 380 342 386 280 386 384 304 320 246 368 385 199 328 261 335 80 SueC
Utah Lap #3308 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 15 "Zoomin" Susan Jensen
Arizona Lap #2467 292 330 275 368 288 322 289 338 324 359 313 544 365 320 272 357 304 157 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Tara Taylor
Illinois355 211 304 338 320 298 325 222 320 384 341 320 384 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Tari Hann
Ohio Lap #5211 303 192 270 336 256 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Tina Hilbert
Ohio Lap #2307 304 240 305 485 353 336 368 451 383 383 320 410 308 250 176 174 175 205 353 21 22 23 24 25 26 64 Traci L.
Illinois304 320 312 320 304 256 308 362 318 320 297 209 312 320 320 301 384 320 306 107 336 299 304 280 115 288 Traci L.
Illinois Lap #2304 352 240 275 307 282 264 368 315 240 280 387 272 321 200 271 311 336 257 220 263 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Ultra
322 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Vallery
Louisiana Lap #6247 178 199 260 238 201 336 337 231 208 208 350 170 202 292 308 231 304 228 350 21 22 23 24 25 26 71 Yelle
400 352 368 313 384 285 279 416 345 331 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2 Name
Location Lap #00 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 .2
Ambiguous instructions and arbitrary rules are found on the General Information page.
Key to symbols New or updated today Update pending 0 Mile marker 000 Steps (page count) On the course! Sprint! Finish line in sight! Yay! Just crossed the finish line! Incomplete, lacks a short story (< 100 p.) for final .2 mile Tracker page (optional)
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