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We have weighed various aspects of a marathon within a 1 ,000-point scoring grid. Besides the author of the article, two dozen runners at the race were randomly chosen to score the race for us (OSM = Ocean State Marathon). The results follow:

1. HISTORY/TRADITION Evaluate the race’s sense of history and tradition. [Possible points: 30 OSM score: 26]

2. ENTRY FORM Is the race entry form clear, concise, attractive, complete, an [Possible points: 20 OSM score: 20]

3. ENTRY COST : For most races, the entry fee covers between 30 and 50 percent of the cost of putting on the event. Rate the value of your dollar relative to this race. [Possible points: 30 OSM score: 29]

4. LOCALE/SCENICS

Is the race held in an area that is easy to get to and scenic and offers adequate food and housing services and nonrace activities for family and friends? [Possible points: 50 OSM score: 46]

5. REGISTRATION |s registration well organized and efficient? Does it bog down unnecessarily? [Possible points: 20 OSM score: 20]

6. PRERACE ACTIVITIES

Evaluate activities such as pasta feeds, parties, and so on, during the days before the race.

[Possible points: 50 OSM score: 35]

7. EXEO

Does the expo offer a fair number and variety of booths relative to the race’s size? Are there quality exhibitors and good guest speakers?

[P 50 OSMscore: 25]

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8. COURSE :

Take into consideration the following: degree of difficulty, certified, sanctioned, quality of road or trail surface, adequate mileage and directional markers, aid stations, medical coverage, race communications, accessibility to course for friends and family, typical weather, and so on.

[Possible points: 400 OSM score: 350]

9. RACE AMENITIES – :

This category includes race T-shirt, finisher’s medal, finisher’s certificate, adequate and efficient finish area, ease of sweatbag retrieval, showers, postrace refreshments, awards ceremony, raffles, results postcard, results book, and so on.

[Possible points: 250 OSM score: 240]

10. VOLUNTEERS

Are the volunteers experienced and adequate in number? [Possible points: 100 OSM score: 95]

TOTAL SCORE FOR OCEAN STATE MARATHON

886 points

The Rest of the Pack

Below, listed alphabetically, are other marathons profiled in Marathon & Beyond, the volume and issue number in which each race’s profile appeared, and the overall score each race received. If there is an asterisk * behind the score, it indicates that a member of the M&B staff has revisted that race and rescored it—either up or down— based on changes that have been made; the changes are briefly detailed at the bottom of the following list.

Adirondack Marathon (vol. 5, issue 2) 845 points Aspen Fila Skymarathon (vol. 4, issue 1) 863 points Atlanta Marathon (vol. 4, issue 5) 840 points Calgary Marathon (vol. 3, issue 2) 876 points Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (vol. 3, issue 6) 901 points Dallas White Rock Marathon (vol. 4, issue 6) 856 points Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank International Marathon 892 points (vol. 5, issue 3) Edmonton Marathon (vol. 2, issue 2) 814 points Fox Cities Marathon (vol. 3, issue 4) 865 points Governor’s Cup Ghost Town Marathon (vol. 2, issue 1) 795 points Grandma’s Marathon (vol. 3, issue 1) 968 points Honolulu Marathon (vol. 2, issue 4) 906 points Humboldt Redwoods Marathon (vol. 2, issue 3) 809 points Key Bank Vermont City Marathon (vol. 4, issue 2) 888 points Las Vegas International Marathon (vol. 1, issue 5) 831 points* Philadelphia Marathon (vol. 1, issue 4) 838 points

Pittsburgh Marathon (vol. 1, issue 6) 904 points

Portland Marathon (vol. 3, issue 3) 943 points Quad Cities Marathon (vol. 4, issue 3) 885 points Royal Victoria Marathon (vol. 5, issue 4) 918 points San Francisco Marathon (vol. 1, issue 2) 804 points Santa Clarita Marathon (vol. 4, issue 4) 866 points Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon (vol. 2, issue 6) 866 points Steamtown Marathon (vol. 3, issue 5) 892 points Sutter Home Napa Valley Marathon (vol. 2, issue 5) 913 points Vancouver International Marathon (vol. 1, issue 1) 851 points* Wineglass Marathon (vol. 1, issue 3) 839 points Yukon River Trail Marathon (vol. 5, issue 1) 870 points

The Las Vegas score went up due to the race moving its expo from tents at Vacation Village to one of the major downtown hotels and expanding the expo. The finish line area has also been improved: with the new finish line area, the 90-degree turn into the final 70 yards is now a thing of the past.

At Vancouver, the score has gone up based on several factors: several of the bridges (major uphills) have been removed from the course as has the industrial area on the far end of the Lions Gate Bridge. In addition, the entire event has been consolidated into one area (the BC Place complex, which is one of the few remaining structures from Expo ‘’86), which contains the Vancouver Marathon offices, fitness & health expo, seminars, and the start/finish areas.

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MARATHONING LEGENDS

Ihave enjoyed your series of articles by and about Clarence DeMar and Johnny Kelley (the Younger). Have you considered publishing anything about some of the early legends of marathoning—Tarzan Brown, Frank Zuna, Chuck Mellor, Les Paulson, Johnny Miles, among others? The modern marathoner owes alot to these pioneers. Unfortunately, a majority of those running 26.2 and beyond knows little or nothing about them, which is a shame.

Tom Rownd Wheeling, WV

The great articles in your May/June edition about Emil Zatopek and Johnny J. Kelley motivated me to dig out the picture below from my archives. I took the picture in the Olympic Village in Rome in 1960, when Emil visited a small group of U.S. and Canadian Olympic distance runners. The photo shows (from left) Doug Kyle, Canadian 10K competitor; Zatopek; Johnny J. Kelley; and Geoff Watt, Australian marathoner.

I was an aspiring distance runner inthe 1950s, and Zatopek was my idol. It was areal thrill for me to meet him. My recollection is that Johnny had arranged the visit. The day we met with Zatopek, the Czech officials kept

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urging him to leave. He would say, “I must go now. Dana is waiting,” and then he’d start chatting again.

My most painful Zatopek memory occurred a few days later when we were running together on the training field adjacent to the Olympic Village. I made the mistake of telling him of my Achilles problem and that Thad had my leg in a cast during the preceding winter. To my dismay, Zatopek stopped running and started the Cyriax (transverse) massage method on my sore Achilles. I was aware of this massage method but normally gently prepared the area first. So there I was—in agony— fighting off tears of pain as my idol massaged the hell out of my tendon! As painful as this incident was to me, itexemplified Emil’s helpful, unselfish personality.

One final note about the picture: Geoff Watt died of exposure on a mountain training run in 1969. He didn’t live to see his daughter Kathy win gold and silver medals in cycling at the Barcelona Olympics. He would have been so proud.

Gordon Dickson Ontario, Canada

PERFECT TRAINING METHOD

The article “Miles Makes Champions” in your July/Augustissue affirms the elusive “perfect training method” for any marathoner. Just when I finished making Emil Zatopek my idol and had plans to rip off interval after

interval, someone says, “It’s the miles, stupid.” What I’ m left with is ahodgepodge in between and confusion. When I find what mix is right for me, I will know the answer, I suppose. Mark Matthews Farmington, MI

Rich Benyo replies: Regarding your comments about “Miles Make Champions” and Emil’s training, remember that Emil was doing 18 to 20 miles a day, but in short fast pieces with little “rest” time between them, which to his way of thinking was stressing high mileage at the same time he was doing “quality” —not an easy combination for anyone to hold for very long. It’s no accident that Emil was able to run his first marathon in 1952 at then world-record pace: the miles came together with the speed, but after what he’d already accomplished, the combination almost did him in, which very seldom happened to Emil.

GOOD TIMES AT GRANDMA’S

Thanks for the postrace gathering after this year’s Grandma’s. It’s always a thrill to hear Dick Beardsley speak. I was proud for him to have met his sub 3:00 goal. It was an honor to be in the company of such running legends as Dick Beardsley, Kathrine Switzer, her husband Roger Robinson, Rich Benyo, and John Keston, who ran a sub 3:00 hour marathon at 69+ young years. I hope some of that class has worn off on me! I just received my

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CAN OF WORMS

In a story I wrote about the Chicago ultra races of the 1980s (see the March/April 2001 issue), I indicated that the world record for 50 miles was 4:50:21, set by South African Bruce Fordyce at the AMJA Ultras in Chicago on October 14, 1984. In actuality, that time was run by Bruce Fordyce in England on September 25, 1983, as indicated by Riel Hauman of Bellville, South Africa, who corrected me in his letter headed “We Want Yiannis” in the July/August issue of this magazine. In fact, Bruce Fordyce’s time at Chicago in 1984 was 4:50:51. Or was it?

Let me explain up front how I made the error. In researching my article, I was working chiefly from two sources: the annual “All-Time Ultra Bests” lists as published in UltraRunning magazine (the latest— at that time—being on pages 57-62 of

world’s best performances as listed on Runner’s World magazine’s Web site: www.runnersworld.com/stats/ ultra.html.

Since both sources had Bruce Fordyce as the world-record holder for 50 miles, I had mistakenly assumed that the time (and venue) shown in each source would have to

be the same. Since the Web site indicates it was Chicago, and the magazine does not say, I must have noted the place from the one and the time from the other. The time must be the same time, right? I never imagined, until Mr. Hauman’s letter arrived, that the same world record could have two different times if published in more than one source.

The first thing I did was call Dr. Noel Nequin, who was then race director of the AMJA (American Medical Jogger Association) Ultramarathon along Chicago’s lakefront. His explanation came quickly: “That London time was a split time! It doesn’t count!” So, I went back to look again at the time printed in UltraRunning and, sure enough, there’s this “‘s” symbol appearing in the margin. A legend tells you this symbol denotes a “split in a longer event.”

Next, I learned via the Ultra Listserve, which distributes subscriber correspondence over the Internet, that this London-to-Brighton race also has a Web site. In addition, visitors are invited to submit e-mail if they have questions or if, forexample, they’d like to volunteer for the next race. I submitted a question. I soon received an answer from Ian Champion, who not only is the race’s current director but also directed it back then when Mr. Hauman pointed out Bruce’s “real” record was set. Notonly that, but Ian agreed to send me some computer files containing all the results from that race and also all the wild press accounts written about it.

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Unfortunately, Ian didn’t want me publicizing anything because he himself intends to write a book about it all one day. One thing I can tell you is that there were some South African runners there who ran the race as bandits, and the sponsoring British RRC (Road Runneres Club) wanted to ban all South African runners—which happened to include Bruce Fordyce. (Apparently there was even more “politics” involved than simply racing without a number. That was the time, you’ ll recall, when Nelson Mandella was still in prison and sanctions existed all over the world against the RSA and its controversial government.) Bruce possessed a British passport, and so his day was saved. Jan (and others) suggested I contact Andy Milroy, who not only serves as perhaps the most knowledgeable ultra historian but also helps UltraRunning compile its annual “best” lists. Andy, who also resides in England, was very gracious in his response:

“Jan Champion passed your e-mail on to me. The situation is this: According to the Ultra Marathon Race Handbook, whichis the accepted rule book for the sport, World Best Performances on the road can only be set on courses that have less than 30 per cent separation between start and finish. Other marks are regarded as point-topoint and if superior to the best listed mark on an eligible course are listed as a Noteworthy Performance.

“Therefore, Fordyce’s Chicago mark is the World Best Performance, and the Brighton mark is accorded Noteworthy Performance status.

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“The reasons for this are well known. The potential for wind assistance ona point-to-point course makes such marks essentially non-comparable with courses that do not have such a potential. The official best is the Chicago mark.

“Hope that is useful.

“Best,

“Andy.”

Well, of course I thought it was totally “useful” when I received it, but now there’s more to the story. Again, going back to Dr. Nequin in Chicago, he pulls out a ton of records and photographs and the most appropriate issue of UltraRunning itself, that for December 1984 showing the man himself running his Chicago worldrecord race on the cover. Inside we read the headline: “Fordyce—50 Miles in 4:50:50!”

Sure enough, the story, written by former editor Stan Wagon, shows all the results of that now-famous Chicago event and thus reveals a one-second variance with what Andy Milroy attests as the still-current World’s Best in 4:50:51, which is still 30 seconds slower than what Bruce ran the previous September in England. But that was point-to-point, and Chicago’s course was a loop. Therefore the slower time is the world’s record, which nonetheless still differs by one second from the time recorded closest to the time when it was actually run.

Upon further consultation with the man who clicked the stopwatch (one of several), Dr. Noel told me that the RRCA, USATF, IAU, IAAF, and I

guess everybody else rounds up. So Bruce’s actual time in Chicago was 4:50:50-and-a-fraction-of-the-nextsecond, which everybody doesn’t forget about but rounds to the next whole number—thus the 51. But my question is, Why didn’t they do it back then? Shouldn’t UR have done this rounding prior to publishing its next edition? It had time to do that.

Tsent an e-mail to the current editor of UR, but by press time have not heard back. But I didn’ task about that. Tasked about this: Why list times that are actually just Notable Performances and omit the true World Bests? It seems to me that, first of all, actual world records ought to be shown (Bruce’s Chicago time isn’t printed in UR) and, second, as Andy pointed out, Noteworthy Performances (such as Bruce’s London-to-Brighton time) should be noted as such—with another little symbol in the margin perhaps— and thus eliminate all this confusion.

Finally, here’s the “real” piece de resistance. You see, I also corresponded with Mr. Hauman, who kindly provided phone and fax numbers in South Africa where I might yet contact the world’s best runner of 50 miles. After a few pitfalls, I finally did succeed in catching up with Bruce. But while the rest of the official ultra world credits Chicago as his worldrecord venue, Bruce himself figures it’s England! Here’s ‘what he faxed back to me:

“Thave always believed England (London to Brighton) is the correct venue. It is listed in some Guinness

Book of World Records as such, but then the London to Brighton route has a fascination for the English, whether it is a footrace, bicycle race, or vintage car rally. In 1984 my run in Chicago was specially aimed at trying to break that record. Since the Brighton is a hilly course, I thought I could go below 4:45 on Chicago’s flat course. I nearly broke the record [4:50:21] but Iran on my own from 3 miles and my early splits drained me (57 minutes, 56 minutes [for] 10 mile splits). I agree with Andy’s sentiments, but there was no following [wind] in the °83 Brighton. Given the nature of the course and competition (Don Ritchie, Cavin Woodward, and the top South Africans) my win there was the greater athletic performance.”

So, the man who did it believes England’s right, but the officials who rule it say that’s wrong.

What else does Bruce remember about his famous visit to Chicago?

“T remember Noel Nequin with a lot of affection. What a wonderful host he was. He and his lovely wife Karina (a six-day runner) really went out of their way. They showed me the city and made my stay in Chicago one I can never forget. One amusing incident: They put me in the Ambassador West (East) Hotel, where by chance presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was to address a media conference. Her bodyguards all reached for their guns when I stumbled in, drawn, emaciated, and desperate looking. Imusthave looked like a deranged madman. (You know that lean hungry

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look that a runner has two days before a major race.) After a second or two I heard someone say, ‘He’s okay; relax. He’s just some wimp.’ Iremember the great party at George Cheung’s Chinese Restaurant and the foot massage lady from Puerto Rico! Please give Noel and Karina my best wishes.”

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IVE DONE 18 marathons in the past 10 years and am currently 38 years old. About halfway through my marathon career, I discovered the usefulness of visualization in reaching my race-day goals. Iridea course the day before the race to see what it’s like, then factor in a realistic race pace with the demands of the course to plan my visualization for the next day’s race. Most of the time, this works very well. My question is, What do I do with five miles left in a race if my visualized race begins to unravel? Should I be visualizing several race scenarios before the race? To me, that would seem to undermine the positive, goal-rich visualization I like to do. —Kelly Gries, via e-mail

IAM a huge fan of visualization. Let me start by telling you my story of my very first Boston Marathon. It was prior to my win in 1978, and I was obviously a bit nervous at the start. I was moving all over the place, waiting for the race to start instead of lying down and focusing on my race (mainly because I didn’t know any better).

At any rate, I was so nervous that Iwas inand out of the bathroom, where I kept seeing a woman lying down. I assumed she was sick.

I went out and told my 10 friends that there was a woman in the bathroom whoI thought was sick. The long and short of it was that the woman was Leanne Winter, from West Germany, who ended up winning therace. Iwas fortunate to come in third. Later, Tasked Leanne’s coach why she had been lying down.

He told me that visualization was a tool used by all of their coaches to help their runners. The idea was to have them focus on their race only and then to run relaxed and smooth. I tried this later in my career, and it obviously worked.

Tran 25 marathons, all under three hours, and visualization of the end of my races always served me well. Just focus, stay relaxed, change your stride abit, get into rhythmic breathing, and you will finish those last five miles with no trouble. I hope this helps.

Gayle Barron

won the 1978 Boston Marathon; she is coach for Team Spirit in Atlanta, www.teamspiritrunners.com.

DEAR LADY. To the best of this old boy’s recollection, he developed not “visualizations” of his races but “dodges” against facing the possibilities head-on. The approach reflected a kind of cowardice but, he hoped, a cowardice that would be offset by adequate training and the right intuitive moves as the race unfolded.

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Truthfully, I don’t know if the best word is cowardice. It’s probably more like the askance view you might carry into battle—beforehand, that is. Once the battle has started, you would certainly have to look things full in the face with the best acuity you can muster.

In other words, too much laying out of options excited too much nervousness in me. I preferred to think along these lines: I’m training for such-and-such a marathon on suchand-such a date. The best training plan Ican follow is my desired “visualization.” If I succeeded in that, and I respond with inspired intuition to situations that present themselves during my race, the race will go all right. I hope this helps you in some way. Good luck.

John J. Kelley was the only American to win Boston in the 1950s;

he is a regular contributor to this magazine.

WONDERFUL QUESTION. Looks like you use imagery (our preferred term for visualization) effectively, and I strongly encourage you to continue to do so. However, you have also found, through practical experience, that things don’ talways go as planned (that is, as imaged/visualized). So I would agree with the idea of other possible scenarios—but seen with a different “twist.”

Start with Plan A. This is your positive, goal-rich imagery, as you put it so well. This is what you expect will happen when you run. But also have

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a Plan B (and C and D, if needed) if something happens—a change in weather, injury, “just not your day,” whatever. This way you’re still being true to yourself in your plans, but you havea backup for that last stretch (five miles or however many are left) in case you need it.

This is really not being untrue to yourself but being realistic. As the saying goes, “Stuff happens!” Being prepared for situations where stuff does happen is the best strategy. Have a great run, and carpe diem.

Mike Sachs, PhD,

is a sports psychologist at Temple University and a member of this magazine’s Science Advisory Board;

he is also coauthor of the classic work Running as Therapy.

THE VISUALIZATION that you do is great! I did the same thing when I was running marathons competitively. also realized that in almost every marathon Iran I would hit abad stretch between 16 and 19 miles. I knew this was going to happen, so when it did I didn’t panic, because I also knew that if I could hang in there I would soon start to feel better again.

It worked! The last five miles of a marathon can be tough, no matter what you do. What has worked well for me many times is that I put out of my mind that I still have five miles left to run and break it down into one mile at atime. I know that no matter how bad I feel, Ican always go one more mile. This little system has worked wonders for me, and I bet it will work for

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you, too. Good luck in your next marathon.

Dick Beardsley

has the fourth-fastest time in the marathon for an American and holds the course record for Grandma’s; his story of that race will appear in the January/

HAVE YOU ever done one of your worst performances at a time when it was critical for you to do your best? Major losses in racing and in life have away of playing with our self-esteem. We tend to be most susceptible to feeling down when we expect to do well at a competition and end up with a poor outcome instead. The consequences can lead to anxiety, selfdoubt, self-defeating thoughts, and even long-term depression. These disappointments can be devastating, but there is no reason they need to be. There are mental-training tools that you can employ before and during the race.

First, ask yourself how you handle a difficult race situation. How do you hold up in the heat of battle when things are not going as planned? Let’s say you have set lofty goals for your next race, and you are primed to run your best marathon in a long time. You get to the race, put on your shoes, and begin to warm up. But instead of being springy and light, your legs feel like lead. As you run a few miles, they begin to loosen up, but you know the energy is not there; this may not be your day. You try to keep your chin up and stay motivated to run well. But in the back of your mind, you’re

questioning whether you should compete today.

Your Plan A in this scenario may have been to run a PR and win your age group. That goal is no longer realistic at this point. Now it’s time to move to Plan B. The question is, do you have a Plan B at this critical moment? Knowing how to shift your thinking when things are not going your way can make all the difference in your performance and consequently how you feel about the experience afterward.

Toften work with athletes who set very high goals but have no backup strategy to switch to when things don’t turn out as planned. To become a successful athlete, you need to take into consideration all the possible scenarios and see yourself as owning the tools to handle any situation. You can visualize yourself as having a great day, having a so-so day, or having a lousy day and decide what you will do to perform your best in each situation. That way, regardless of what happens, you’ ll have a way to make the experience positive.

There are several possible elements, internal and external, that can influence your race. Let’s go through some hypothetical situations and see how you might handle each of them.

Scenario A: You’re in terrific shape. You can focus on reeling in people who are in front of you, pushing the pace on the last half of the race, and going for the sprint at the finish line. You meet or exceed your racing goals in terms of time or place.

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When you are having the perfect day, you can just relax and enjoy it. Let your body do what you’ ve trained it to do.

Scenario B: You’re not feeling quite up to par on race day. Your initial goal was to run a personal record and place in your age group, but your pace is slowing after two miles and you’re unable to stay with the top group. You switch to Plan B. You say to yourself, “When the next runner passes me, I’ tuck in behind and use that energy to maintain my pace and break the wind in front. P’ll maintain that pace as long as I can. If the runner pulls away, I’ ll tuck in behind the next person who passes and let him or her pull me along.” You can use these affirmations to keep yourself motivated: “This race is making me stronger for the next one.” “T love to run this distance.” “I am in my element.”

Scenario C: You’re feeling lousy, and youcan’teven come close to your planned race pace. You go to Plan C. You keep your watch going and continue to take your splits. However, it may be best not to look at them if you feel the times are too discouraging. You can review them later. You can then say to yourself: “Okay, I’ll just focus on maintaining good running form, staying competitive, and trying to do the best time I can given my fitness today. It will still be a good training run and will help prepare me for my next race. I can make this a positive experience no matter what happens.” Your positive affirmations may include: “My body and mind are

growing stronger every moment.” “T feel grateful that Iam healthy and able to run this pace.” “I am using the energy of the other runners to carry me along.” “I will just try to stay with the runners who are keeping my pace.” Scenario D: There’s howling wind and pouring rain onrace morning. You switch to Plan D. Have the wisdom to separate the things you can’t control from the things you can. Use the wind to help you lean forward and improve your running form. Look for other tall runners to draft behind. Say to yourself, “I can’t change the weather or the other runners.” “What I can control is my own running form and my attitude.” “Everyone out here has to contend with these same conditions.” “I know I can handle this situation.” Try mentally rehearsing each of these scenarios, and then create your own versions. If you anticipate what might come up for you and develop a Plan A, B, C, and D, you’ll always have a response to any problem that may arise. You’ll be prepared to make the best of all your race situations. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, PhD,

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DON RITCHIE began running in 1960, competing for Aberdeen AAC in 440-yard and half-mile races on the track. His first marathon came in 1965 and his first ultra in 1970. He is married to Isobel, and they have two daughters, Claire and Anna. Now 56, Don and family, apart from Claire, who is now married, live in Lossiemouth, on the Moray Firth, in northeastern . Scotland. Each weekday Don runs 9.5 miles to work at Moray @olleven in Elgin, where he is a lecturer in electronics, and runs a similar distance home. His current training is geared to 24-hour events.

MICHAEL SELMAN lives with his wife just outside Atlanta. He has been running since 1982. About four years ago, he began jotting down his thoughts on running and publishing them as “Thoughts of a Roads Scholar.” Michael was first published in a regional publication called Run and See Georgia in 1996; the magazine is now called Georgia Runner. He also created his own Internet newsletter, which he distributes to roughly 800 readers each month. He has since written more than 100 articles, most of which have been published on Internet sites, but he has also been published in magazines such as Runner’s World and FootNotes.

ERIC GRANT was born in the States but raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where he now works. He played competitive tennis in his teens, but after failing by a hair to make the tennis team at Duke University, he eventually dropped regular exercise from his life. His father has competed in more than 100 marathons since 1977, and the inspiration to follow in his father’s footsteps took a long time to trickle down. Now that he has built up a good head of steam, Eric plans to continue notching international ultramarathons.

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BENJAMIN EBERT, MD, PhD, did his PhD in molecular biology at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He attended medical school at Harvard and is now a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. Marathons have been his race of choice for nearly a decade. Most of his writing has been for scientific and medical journals. Recently he has been doing more writing for the general public, including pieces for Running Times.

ROY HERRON was the 25th-fastest on a high school basketball team of 25 players. He retains that singular lack of speed but started doing triathlons when he turned 35. He began running marathons to celebrate turning 45. Ittook 11 marathons but Roy finally qualified for Boston. Most important to Roy, though, is that sons John and Rick, age 11, and Benjamin, age 7, now run 5Ks with Roy and his wife Nancy. Roy also runs for office, serving in the Tennessee Senate. A former minister, Roy is an attorney and small businessman, and sometimes teaches at Vanderbilt University’s divinity and law schools. His books are Things Held Dear: Soul Stories for My Sons (Westminster John Knox, 1999) and Tennessee Political Humor: Some of These Jokes You Voted For (University of Tennessee, 2000).

GARY FRANCHI is a Michigan native who moved to Pueblo, Colorado, in 1977 to find open spaces, sunshine, blue skies, and an escape from the Rust Belt. He soon took uprunning and joined the Southern Colorado Runners in 1982. He has been the editor of its Footprints newsletter since 1984. He is a two-time winner of the Road Runners Club of America’s Jerry Little Memorial Journalism Award for newsletter excellence. The veteran of three marathons and two dozen triathlons, Gary considers himself a cross-training workout junkie. His writing inspiration comes from the Rocky Mountains, Jethro Tull music, and his Boston terrier, Chewta.

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WOODY GREEN lives in Lafayette, Colorado, just east of Boulder. A 1980 graduate of the University of Colorado, he has been training and living at high altitude all his life. Friends say hypoxia accounts for his loss of many brain cells. His wife Lorraine is also an avid runner. After 10 years as a high school crosscountry and track coach, Woody now teaches physical education. He is editor of the e-mail newsletter “Runner’ s Niche. Woody can be contacted via e-mail at woodyg3 @netone.com.

CHRISTINE WHITE grew up in an Eastern industrial city where women didn’t run. When several of her children became runners, she joined the crowds along the course. “I learned a lot about myself as I stood on the sidelines, year after year, watching runners and listening to runners talk,” she said. “I wondered if the runners ever thought about the spectators, especially their parents, and the impact their racing has on us.” Christine lived in central Illinois. Her writing has been featured in Sport Literate, and she was nominated for an Illinois Arts Council literary award. “Runners Talking” is from Grace Notes, a collection of essays on recognizing wisdom when and where you find it. Christine and her husband Mike died in a small plane crash in June.

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