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THEME: Running
Equipment
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Q1. Where does Kim Mannen
hail from? (Hint: See how proudly she wears her attire)
(a) Hoboken, New Jersey
(b) Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
(c) Houston, Texas
(d) San Jose, Costa Rica
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Q2. What is
the implication of Bola Awofeso's equipment?
(a) These are his sprinter's spikes, which
means that he has decided to join the sprint team instead
(b) He has taken off his bicycle seat so that he can use it
as a weapon to defend himself as he walks through the mean
streets of the Lower East Side
(c) He has taken off his bicycle seat so that no one can steal
his bicycle
(d) These are his cycling shoes and definitely not made
for walking, which means that he won't be able to run around
the track to call splits at the workout
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Q3. What is
the sad story behind Audrey Kingsley's new running shoes?
(a) These are Audrey's new shoes, displacing
those Asics yellow-black-white shoes that we have spent so
much time identifying and photographing over the last few
years
(b) This is the last time that they will be white because
everyone who saw them said that they wanted to kick some dust
over them
(c) These shoes turned out to be not as fast as the
runner, who will have to return them to the store
(d) The shoe laces were not cut down to length with
the usual tender, loving care
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Q4. Whose new
running shoes are these?
(a) Bola Awofeso
(b) Tyronne Culpepper
(c) Patrick Kluivert
(d) Mario Van Peebles
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Q5. The Ethiopian Abebe
Bikila was famous for winning the Olympic marathon by running
throught the cobble-stoned streets of Rome in barefeet. Which
of these Central Park Track Club members have NOT run a race in
barefeet?
(a) Bola Awofeso
(b) Tom Hartshorne
(c) Sid Howard
(d) Roland Soong
ANSWERS:
Q1. (c) Texas, the Lone Star
state, now better known as the home state of Lance Armstrong
Q2. (d) Could he have gone
around in barefeet? Maybe ... maybe not ... As for (c),
removing your seat does not prevent those jerks from stealing your
bicycle anyway.
Q3. (a) Farewell, our beloved
Asics, forever
immortalized in this photo.
Everyone that we heard did in fact say (b), but that does not have
to mean EVERYBODY because there has to be some warm-hearted person
somewhere. (d) is the unresolved subject of item #1 in Trivia
Quiz #10.
Q4. (b) Three out of four.
Q5. (a) Bola Awofeso
said, "The only time I go around in barefeet now is inside
my apartment." Now you know how to answer the Q2.
As for the others, they are older folks and therefore quite reckless
--- Tom Hartshorne ran college cross-country in barefeet,
while Roland Soong even played soccer without shoes.
For further information, check the Running
Barefoot website.
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