Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

DepartmentVol. 5, No. 6 (2001)November 20013 min readpp. 167-170

THERESA DAUS-WEBER was the 1995 USATF masters 100K champion. She is a four-time member of the U.S. 100K teams and has a 100K PR of 8:22. Theresa, the 1992 Leadville Trail 100 champion, became only the second woman in history to complete Leadville 10 times, with her successful running there in August. She is a frequent contributor to this magazine. Theresa lives in Littleton, Colorado.

FRANK MURPHY was the coach of the Rockhurst College men’s and women’s cross-country teams for five years. He practices law in Kansas City, Missouri, and is an adjunct instructor in the sociology department at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. Murphy is also the author of The Silence of Great Distance-Women Running Long, published in 2000.

MICHAEL SELMAN, a veteran of a dozen marathons, returns to the pages of M&B ona more serious note this issue. Although he considers himself just an average runner with average thoughts, he possesses an uncommon passion for the sport. Running and writing have become necessary and inseparable elements in his life, as each continues to inspire the other. He lives near Atlanta with his wife Harriet, who is an above average runner, and an above average wife. Michael has established an Internet discussion group called The Roads Scholar and invites readers to check it out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theroadsscholar.

SUPRABHA BECKJORD is a five-time finisher of the Sri Chinmoy 3100-Mile Race. She is the American record holder for 700, 1000, and 1300 miles. In 1996, she placed first for women in the Sri Chinmoy 2700-Mile Race, establishing new records beyond y Cn, 2 1300 miles up to 2700 miles. She won the Sri Chinmoy 2’ ; 6M is Seven-Day Race five times earlier in her career, and * ain she has held the world-best mark for 1000 miles. She owns Transcendence Perfection Bliss of the Beyond gift shop in Washington, D.C., and has been on the Sri Chinmoy marathon team for 22 years.

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This article originally appeared in Marathon & Beyond, Vol. 5, No. 6 (2001).

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