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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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