The quote of the day has an article that talks about Wes Santee. His fraternity brothers gave him crap because he finished poorly in a race. So he said he could beat all 28 of the frat guys in a relay race. He ran 14 miles and the other 28 guys ran a half mile each. The race became a huge deal with media attention, big crowds, and they even shut down roads. Wes won be a couple of hundred yards.
Over the years I've been involved in several of these types of things. I've even won a little money. Mostly non-running ignorant types of people or people who are threatened or jealous by runners want to "race" me.
Who else has any other stories like this?