The Demo Site

(December 4)

Yesterday we told you about a great write-up of the running community in France, today we’re talking about runner - who teaches French.

According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Richard Strasbourg, a French teacher in New Orleans, will be attempting to set a record at the Ole Man River half-marathon by running the event…backwards!

"So, as I was browsing through the Guinness Book of World Records (2007), looking for a skipping marathon record (my friend Wanda skips on long runs) I found other records. Some were truly funny, like juggling and other stunt running records, spectacular but circus-like. And then I found a female backward running record, but no male record (for the half-marathon anyway). I went to the Guinness Web site and asked if they had one. They did not. I went to the track and gave it a try.

He’s not just hoping to set a Guinness World record, he’s also doing it raise money for charity. He’ll have two “witnesses” who will run the entire race with him – facing forward.

Good luck to Strasbourg. Here is his charity fundraising page:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=2593803&fr_id=17840&pg=personal