"No, not at all," Päivi says. "We enjoyed having you here. Runners are nice people; that's the same the world over, don't you think?"
Mike Sandrock is sports editor of the Colorado Daily in Boulder, where he takes saunas and runs. He plays basketball in a pair of Air Jordans, and his book, Running with the Legends, will be published by Human Kinetics this spring.
It is with gratitude I acknowledge the author, FootNotes and the Road Runners Club of America for this intersting article.
Dear Runners, We are in grade 1 and our teacher is a runner. She collects running
numbers for our classroom
and hangs them from the ceiling. We were wondering if we could have one
of your running numbers,
please! We need numbers from 1 to 200.
We already have numbers 2, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 35, 37, 39,
45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 78,
79, 80, 83, 98, 99, 101, 110, 112, 114, 123, 132, 148, 149, 153, 167,
171, 182, 188, 197, and 200.
We use the numbers to count how many days
of school
we have had. Some of us have even memorized which numbers we have! And
sometimes we need to look at
them if we are mixed up on our numbers.
Two of our fathers are runners, but they usually get high numbers like
4728.
If you decide to send us a used running number, please write your name,
address, event and running
time on the back of the number. We will mail you a photograph of your
number hanging from our ceiling
and one of us will write you a thank you note.
We know you are the greatest people. Our teacher tells us all about you. Sincerely,
Mrs. Goodrow's Class
Parker School
104 Old Post Rd.
Tolland, CT 06084
email the teacher at; goodrow@hey.net
Okay class, my number is on the way! Lynn
