Bart Yasso: My Life On The Run

Rock N Roll and Vermont city marathon

bart yasso — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:05:57 +0000

The past 2 weekends have been a whirlwind book tour. Vermont City was a beautiful day I think it got a little to warm for my back of pack buddies. I was on a winning relay team I ran the first leg then handed off to some very fast runners.

Rock n Roll was the same type of weather the overcast marine layer hung around for the leaders to finish under cool temps but back of the pack runners had brilliant sunshine with warmer temps.

Congrats to all finishers wear those medals with pride.

Bart

Rock N Roll AZ discount coupon

bart yasso — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:17:48 +0000

Runners,

This is very cool , just because you know me you receive $10 off your entry fee.

When entering the Rock N Roll AZ marathon or half marathon use the coupon code BART to receive a $10 discount.

Bart

Start of Summer Midwest Swing

bart yasso — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:51:23 +0000

I was off to Chicago for a book signing at the Fleet Feet running store, then to Manitoba for their marathon and lastly Duluth, MN.

The Manitoba Marathon is one of those hidden jewels hosted by the fine city of Winnipeg. I hit this race the past 2 years and loved the whole weekend of fun activities. My speaking gigs are normally hosted at a pasta dinner, at the race it’s a runners breakfast held the morning before the race. If you want to run a flat course this course is pancake flat.

The 32^nd running of the Grandma’s Marathon named after a saloon, you don’t have to be a Grandmother to run the race. This course can be lightning fast this year it was a bit warm which slowed down the runners a tad. If you want to see how a community embraces race Grandma’s is the ultimate. Race weekend in Duluth runners rule and the race is all everyone talks about. Everywhere you go in Duluth everyone will wish you well in the race.

The day after the race a full-page picture appeared in the Duluth News Tribune showing a runner dumping water on his head. The caption read Bart Yasso cooling off during the marathon; the funny was I didn’t run the race. The race was kind enough to give a bib number and I think the runner in the photo had a number very close to mine. I spent my day hanging at the finish line greeting runners as they finished.

Bart

Vermont City and Rock N Roll San Diego

bart yasso — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:50:06 +0000

Rock n Roll was the same type of weather the overcast marine layer hung around for the leaders to finish under cool temps but back of the pack runners had brilliant sunshine with warmer temps.

Congrats to all finishers wear those medals with pride.

Bart

Sign up for the Yasso 5K!

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:26:52 +0000

Get signed up for the offical Bart Yasso 5k in Fountain Hill on Saturday July 19, 2008. Click here for the official signup form

Big Sur Marathon

bart yasso — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:20:40 +0000

Big Sur was one exciting weekend the weather was almost perfect. Some headwinds on a few sections of the course slowed down the runners down a bit. I was in one of the lead cars with Sally Smith the wind didn’t slow us down.

Dean Karnazes did the Big Sur double by running to the start leaving Carmel at 2:45am.

Congrats to all finishers !!!

Bart

Big Sur Marathon

bart yasso — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:47:25 +0000

I just arrived in Monterey for the weekend. I will be working the expo selling my book and doing a few seminars on Saturday. The weather forecast looks awesome for Sunday.

Bart

Back in Boston, book signing & banter @ Expo

bart yasso — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:27:14 +0000

Greetings from Boston, Center of the Universe for marathoners these next few days. I did a short run around the Charles this morning and now I’m at the Boston Marathon Expo in the Hynes Convention Center doing a book signing for my new book, My Life on the Run - hot of the press. After the run and before I got to Hynes, I did a a segment on Fox 25 News. Every runner from out of town must have been in bed in their hotel room with the TV on because it seemed like they all showed up at the Jet Blue booth to get my book and tell me they just saw me on TV! Today I’ll be giving a talk, Boston & Beyond, and presenting a shortened version of my slide show, Never Limit Where Running Can Take You - in Room 100 located just off of the expo floor near the Boylston entrance - 2 short seminars today, 2 tomorrow and 2 on Sunday. See my website calendar for times. I’ll also be MCing some great panels. Check out the Running Legends tomorrow. Stop by and introduce yourself. Bart

Bart’s Event Schedule

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:50:05 +0000

Welcome to My Site :)

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:54:12 +0000

Bart Yasso joined Runner’s World in 1987 to develop the groundbreaking Runner’s World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runner’s World to work with over 7,000 races representing 3.5 million runners per year.

Yasso also invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule used by thousands around the world. He is one of the few people to have completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon.

In 1987, Yasso won the U.S. National Biathlon Long Course Championship and won the Smoky Mountain Marathon in 1998. He has also completed the Ironman five times and the Badwater 146 through Death Valley. He has also cycled, unsupported and by himself, across the country twice.