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[Bob]

Hi Everyone,

I've got another humorous running book in the works (previous book - "I Run, Therefore I Am - Nuts! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0736040358/)which will be a funny look at those road races that are a bit different, strange, crazy, gimmicky etc.

I would greatly appreciate if you know of any around the country (or even out of the country) then please let me know. Feel free to e-mail them to me at rschwartz@s4online.com

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Bob Schwartz

[Dan]

Thanks, I hadn't seen your book before. I added it to the running links directory.

Dan

[training2run]

Dear Bob: Back during the running boom of the 70s and early 80s, there was a guy who used to run in a Superman suit. He also helped protect poor Rosy Ruis from the press.

I can't remember his name (I'll try to find it), but there was a really fast guy who ran marathons in a "Blues Brothers" outfit. His name began with an "F:" Fanfani, Fandadago, who knows? You can probably locate him through ASICS.

There were a bunch of guys who ran backwards with a rearview mirrors. Mad Dog Mike www.training2run.com

[Distance_Guru]

I've put on two road races, one each of the two past saturdays and they have been a lot of fun although they have also been tiny. We got 17 runners last week, this week 10 there was a big race about 30 miles south that draws over a hundred which in this area is a lot of runners. It was neat this week every runner in the race won a medal for being either 1st or second in their age division. Not only that but the coarse was flat and short (it was a 5k that was only about 2.9 miles, oops ) on the upside everyones times were blazing, I also made no secret of the fact that the coarse was short so nobody would have any dillisions about there ability.
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[Dan]

Congrats. That can be a lot of work putting on events, but generally quite rewarding.

Dan