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Bart Yasso at Fleet Feet Pipers Alley on Wells Sunday Morning 8am to Noon

Run with Bart and get him to sign a copy of his book "My Life on the Run"

Maybe you've driven from madison to chicago.  but thousands of people ran the distance.  I was the captiain of the first ever media relay team for the mc 200.    I invited tv and radio broadcasters, and magazine writers...  somehow convincing a group of people -- who are used to short headlines and quick soundbites --- that a long distance 200 mile relay  would be fun... we took our competitive streaks and aimed for a common goal -- making it to the finish together!    

our team.... dina and tom from wgn    john from abc  and weatherman phil from ABC   christine from fleet feet  and gail from comcast sports  liz from time out chicago and Kate from windy city   greg from nbc  and ray from us 99  

each person ran 3 times --- right through the middle of the night!!!

 

 BART   the media are pretty fit here!

 

and our ringer...  i invited the king of road racing bart yasso..he's run races on all 7 continents...  chicago is one of his favorite places to come and he's watched  our town  grow into a runner's world.

 

BART  Chicago is a huge running town now!

  

bart welcomed runners to the finish line of the mc200---  teams who has passed the baton the past 24 hours.... waited for their last runner and then ran across the finish line together...   200 miles, very little sleep and even some heavy rain...

 

BART    why would you frun 200 mile --- who in the world wouldn't  do this     so much fun   take it back to being a kid --- unique!   that's what i like about the relays

 

our team had some memorable moments and at the end of the race... we'd done more than just run---- 

 

BART runners run and make ourselves feel better challenge ourselves have a goal but in the end we're out here raising money for chrity so that's pretty special

 

OUR TEAM'S EFFORT BENEFITED THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS... BY THE WAY. YOU CAN MEET RUNNER'S WORLD CHIEF RUNNING OFFICER BART YASSO RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO --- TOMORROW MORNING AT FLEET FEET SPORTS, HE'LL BE THERE 8 AM TO NOON. DON'T MISS IT! THE FIRST 200 RUNNERS GET A FREE COPY OF HIS BOOK "MY LIFE ON THE RUN"