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Bart Yasso Inducted into Running USA Hall of Champions

Emmaus, PA (February 09, 2007) - Bart Yasso, race and event promotion
manager for Runner's World, was inducted into the Running USA Hall of
Champions at their annual awards dinner last week in San Diego. Yasso
was recognized for his contribution, impact and dedication to the sport
of running.

Yasso joined Runner's World in 1988 to develop the groundbreaking
Runner's World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runner's
World to work with over 6,000 races representing 3.5 million runners per
year. Yasso also invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule
used by thousands around the world. He is one of the few people to have
completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to
the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon. In 1987, Yasso won the U.S. National
Biathlon Long Course Championship and won the Smoky Mountain Marathon in
1998. He has also completed the Ironman five times and the Badwater 146
through Death Valley. He has also cycled, unsupported and by himself,
across the country twice.
Upon receiving this prestigious award, Yasso said, "I have crossed over
1,000 finish lines in my running career, but none of those can compare
with the honor I felt with my induction in to the Running USA Hall of
Champions. To receive this honor, in front of the 300 most influential
people in the running industry, is something I will cherish for life."

Running USA is a tax-exempt, non-profit, association founded in 1999
devoted to improving the status of road racing and long distance running
in the United States.

Bart Yasso has written a book called My Life on the Run. Bart has incredible stories of his running exploits around the world. This book is guaranteed to be a hit with anyone who runs.

My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon (Hardcover)
by Bart Yasso (Author), Kathleen Parrish (Author), Amby Burfoot (Foreword)

Purchase the book here.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Run-Wisdom-Insights/dp/1594869413/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198032231&sr=1-1

Sarah Reinertsen was born with a congenital birth defect.  At the age of seven her left leg was amputated "above-the-knee".  At the age of thirteen, she broke the world record for the 100m dash.  At the age of thirty, she became the first female leg amputee to finish the Ford Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.  A year later, in CBS's reality television she, The Amazing Race (10) she scaled the Great Wall of China.  She has just released her memoir, "In a Single Bound:  Losing My Leg, Finding Myself and Training for Life" on GPP Life.  Her book is for sale on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble (bn.com)  But she'll also bring copies on the ship and do a reading / signing and talk on the ship.

Sarah is honored to be joining the Running Cruise for another adventure and races along the coast of Seattle, Alaska, Canada with Jerry, Bart and the rest of the gang on the Princess Cruise ship this upcoming July 2010.

Happy Running...

Always Tri, 

Sarah