Press Release - Flying Monkey Marathon - 4/25/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                 Introducing the Inaugural Running of the 
                   Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon

                      A Tough Little Run in the Park

Ours has become an age of flat and fast marathons on city streets and in 
urban jungles, with more focus on times, course certification, gadgets, 
charities and putting on a big show than on running. Many modern marathons 
have become spectacles rather than athletic events. But it was not always 
this way. Marathons used to be about running for the sake of running. They
were about pushing oneself beyond the physiologic limits of the human body. 
While running.

The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is meant to be an antidote. It is 
a marathon that is about running. Running hard. Running over big and 
memorable rolling hills and through dense woods. Running with other like 
minded athletes. The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is about the joy 
and pain of running a unique, and uniquely challenging--some would say
beastly--26.2 mile course in the beautiful and historic Percy Warner Park, 
nestled among the Middle Tennessee Harpeth Hills.

We will time and measure the distance, but the course will not be 
certified, we will not use timing chips, and it will not be a Boston 
qualifying event. There will be no bands, cheerleaders,
wave starts or crowds. We promise no marathon Personal Records, but we 
guarantee every runner a PR - a Permanent Remembrance of a well-earned 
marathon finish. We promise to give you approximately 26.2 tough and 
memorable miles, with a total of 2500 feet of elevation gain and loss.

Come out and join us in Nashville this fall. We look forward to seeing you.


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