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12A • August 25, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com REMEMBERING HOOD TO COAST Authors collect memories for upcoming book By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette S EASIDE — For 35 years, thousands of runners from all over the world came to make memories at the Hood to Coast Re- lay from Timberline Lodge to the sands of Seaside. This year, two people, one of whom is a participant himself, is looking to document those memo- ries for a historical book about the event by 2018. In an effort to capture the char- acter, appeal and personality of the relay that begins at Mount Hood and travels to Seaside , authors Marc B. Spiegel and Art Garner will be at the fi nish of this year’s event on Saturday to collect per- sonal memories. “We absolutely are wanting a local feel,” said Dan Floyd, chief operating offi cer for Hood to Coast . “We’re very excited to have local memories, especially from the coastal area. You don’t have to be a participant to be in the book.” Most popular The Hood To Coast Relay re- mains the most popular relay race in the world with nearly 20,000 runners and walkers participating in three events; Hood t o Coast Relay, Portland t o Coast Walk Relay and Portland t o Coast High School Challenge. Runners and walkers are participating from all 50 states and 43 countries. This will be the fourth year the Providence Cancer Center will be the primary benefi ciary of the fundraiser. Floyd said this year’s goal will be to raise $650,000, which would bring the total amount donated to the center since 2013 up to $2.4 million. The book project started when Spiegel and his team came to com- pete three years ago from North Carolina. The intention was for the group to try it once to “check it off their bucket list,” Floyd said. But Spiegel fell in love, and after the third year told Floyd about his experience writing “Indy 500 Memories, An Oral History of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Rac- ing’,” and pitched writing a simi- lar book about Hood to Coast. This is the second book for Garner and Spiegel, who both have had a longtime passion for racing and writing about it, Floyd said. Their fi rst book sold well on Amazon . “I thought if he could do some- thing like that for Hood to Coast that would be incredible,” Floyd said. HOODTOCOASTMEMORIES.COM Marc B. Spiegel has participat- ed in the Hood To Coast Relay three times (2014 to 2016), and is planning a book of memories about the event. Eight to 1,050 teams The inaugural Hood To Coast Relay took place in 1982, featur- ing eight Oregon-based teams of 10 runners covering a distance of 150 miles in 30 5-mile legs. Now, more than 12,000 people on 1,050 teams will compete in the 199- mile event. “It should be an awesome op- portunity for us to hear from par- ticipants, volunteers, spectators and others about what it means to SUBMITTED PHOTO Author Marc Spiegel’s 2016 Image team at the Ashore Hotel. be a part of this incredible relay race across Oregon,” Spiegel said in a statement. “Being in Seaside at the fi nish will allow us to col- lect interesting, unique and fun stories about the event.” The authors will be on the beach at Seaside all day on Sat- urday and on Sunday during the awards ceremony. People can submit memories to hoodtocoast. com, Floyd said. F ounder and organizer Bob Foote said he was working with the authors to compile and pre- serve the many memories made at the event. “From talking to participants, volunteers, spectators and oth- ers every year, I know there’s an incredible sense of camarade- rie among those involved in the event, and that many special expe- riences and lasting memories have been created at Hood t o Coast,” Foote said. SUBMITTED PHOTO Th e Hood to Coast relay attracted an estimated 40,000 people to the beach in Seaside in 2014 to watch up to 12,600 runners from 1,050 teams cross the fi nish line. 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