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September 23, 2005
Transe Gaule 
- Tour de Pied, Austin American-Statesman, September 19, 2005
- Going the Distance: One Hoover's EVP tackles the 725-mile Transe Gaule foot race in France, taking the term cross-country quite literally.
- Russell Secker's blog
Oh, and listen to this quote from the Austin American-Statemen article:
A kilometer from the finish line, they all stopped and gathered, the faster runners waiting for the slower ones, so they could cross together on their final leg. "It was an emotional moment and a great way to end," Secker wrote in his blog.
Wow, now that is too cool!
Posted at September 23, 2005
Comments
Hmm. They don't do that "waiting for the slow folks" at any of my races, that's for sure!
Posted by: Nancy Toby at September 23, 2005 5:34 PM
Russel's a great guy. He's also the race director for the ARC decker challenge this year (my first race comittee to be on) - everyone should come and run it in his honor! Actually, you should all run *to* Austin and then run the race. It really is an incredible story though.
Posted by: Richard at September 27, 2005 5:20 PM