The event has grown in reputation and stature. At this point it’s just one of those things you do in the spring in our community.

By that time the race had enough stature that it didn’t slow us down at all.

A good part of our commitment to sustainable approaches, and we’ve really encouraged them throughout our business practices, is our understanding as a mortgage lender about the permanence about the investments we make and the...

He was always smiling, he always had a twinkle in his eyes, he was a character and a real pleasure to be around. He had a charisma that could reach out to allow 12,000 people....

We have such great cooperation from all areas. From Madison Metro to the police departments. We work with medical people at the university to make sure it’s a safe event. The W Club has been...

It gets to be expensive and complicated if it goes beyond that 30 days.

Cement doesn’t burn. Wood does.

We’re actually starting people in groups of about 300. Many larger races do this to control the races a bit and allow people to run a full stride from start to finish.

For our club, that was a great influx of money that we raised to support the track and cross country programs.

About a third of our participants are walkers.

They are old documents. My impression was it was not privileged information or marked confidential. If all they need is an apology, boy, I’m sorry.

Thicket by thicket and wetland by wetland, we were losing the Greater Golden Horseshoe’s remaining wilderness and diversity of life. The greenbelt is stopping the loss of natural features and the species they host.

They brought a level of sophistication in equipment that we weren’t able to do as volunteers. That has really enhanced the run over the past couple of years.

To get somebody good, we need to be able to pay up.

On the run itself we have 92 barricades and over 300 cones.

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They were very good, but we felt we should be interviewing people a step above them. They weren’t of the caliber of people we felt we needed . . . to run this position.

From the marathon runner who took up running in his 60s, to a bestselling author who published 13 books after she turned 65, the 2005 recipients give new meaning to the terms zest for life...

We need a federal, provincial and municipal program with a focus.

We will pick those up and cover them somehow.

It’s easily acquired nine miles down the road in Bryson City, but people don’t want it here.

Last year we had 10,000 runners and every one of them had a time. It’s great technology.