Pink Ears Bring Success!
It was a delight to be a guest at the Edmonton Festival. And the first time I witnessed the pink-ears-pace-bunny. More on that in a moment.
The following was in the Edmonton Festival Marathon 2000 brochure on page 3 and is a direct quote:
"Runners read voraciously about their sport. The gurus of the running world are mostly authors who pass on to the running world their knowledge, wisdom and experiences. This tradition started at the dawn of the running boom in the 70's with authors like George Sheehan and Jim Fixx and continues today. "Our guests; Joe Henderson, Lynn Seely, Jeff Galloway & Rich Benyo are wonderful representatives of the tradition. At the present time, their writing represents approximately 10% of the top sellers list at Amazon.com!
"The new kid on the trails is Lynn Seely, whose first book Running Forward ~ Looking Back was recently released into the running world to critical acclaim. One runner wrote, "I have searched long and hard for true stories that a runner like myself can enjoy and this was certainly it! I wish I could meet the author and shake her hand!" Seely is an avid runner who has come back from a significant back injury in order to pursue her sport of running in her beloved Pennsylvania Mountains. Without a doubt, Lynn is about to become a star on the running scene in Edmonton and elsewhere." (end quote)
It is a delight to be acknowledged in such fine company as the above quote indicated - and I must confess I have been feeling like a star lately. To tell you the truth though, it is when I cross the finish line of any race that I truly feel most "star-like." Any race I am able to complete is an accomplishment that I cherish. And every day I am reminded that I was not suppose to be able to ever do this again - that is - finish a race; run again; cross the finish line at a running event.
I met many wonderful runners and soon-to-be-runners in Edmonton. They came from various backgrounds and each had their own individual reason for running. For some - it was a declaration of war against the onslaught of middle-age. For others it was to set a standard and achieve something never attained before. For a lot of them, they were drawn to the new experience of running by the camaraderie of other runners. This camaraderie is prevalent in Edmonton, thanks in part to John Stanton and
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