HOW TO GET NUMBER ONE AT A RACE Find out how to get lucky! Lori Adams, RW #1, and Eileen Portz-Shovlin, RW #2 Expo before RW Half-Marathon THE BIB NUMBERS Fun to Wear, Fun to Collect A bib number can make a great event souvenir. Lots of runners collect them. Some try to get a collection in sequence. Others write their times and splits on the back of the numbers. Sometimes teachers collect them and display them in their classrooms too. Getting a number one is really special, but it doesn't happen very often so... The question of the day is, "How can you get a number one?" 7 WAYS There must be more! 1. Win the race the year before. 2. Be the race 'favorite'. 3. Be the first in alphabetical order. 4. Be the first to get your race application in. 5. Be the first to arrive at the race. 6. Contribute something very special to the race (design the T-shirt). 7. Be a kid in a kids' event where every runner gets number one. KidsRunning.Com, Classroom Number Collection It's great fun to collect running nos. Please let us know what you do with yours and tell us if you've ever gotten a number one. Email carol.kids@rodale.com