Mentioning The Runner magazine reminds me of one of my favorites: A
laugh-out-loud article by Don Kardong on race directing which appeared in
the very last issue of The Runner before it was bought out by Runner's
World. Kardong has some of his articles republished in anthology books. I
don't know if this article is in one such book but it should be. It should
be mandatory reading for any athlete who has never seen what it takes to
organize a roadrace or track & field meet.
Ed Koch
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From: Randall Northam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Friday, October 20, 2000 7:50 AM
Subject: t-and-f: ALL TIME FAVOTITE ARTICLES??
>I think it was in The Runner and written by Rich (whose surname I forget -
I
>may even have forgotten his first name!).
>Anyway it purported to be about a young Kenyan woman who was so good she
>could take a few minutes off the world marathon record but she was forced
to
>stay at home and tend to the work. Beautifully written, terribly authentic
>and, in retrospect very funny, it turned out to be a spoof with the drops
>capitals of the paragrphs reading "April Fool" - or something like that.
>What makes it funny even now is that so many of the articles in the running
>and track and field press (and I hold up my hand here) are written in the
>same earnet vein.
>Brilliant
>Randall Northam
>
