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Road warrior: Sun, semis and snakes don’t deter cross-country solo runner. If the kids ran across America, Paul said he would too.

When Paul Stasso of Missoula makes a promise, he keeps it. The Missoula Web site designer and husband of Russell School teacher Vicki Stasso promised his wife’s class that if they completed their virtual 3,600-mile trek across the United States he would run the route. They did and so is he.

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P.A.C.E. Run 2006 is the direct result of an amazing running/walking effort by 97 kids at Russell Elementary School in Missoula, Montana. Run Paul, Run! http://www.pacerun.com/

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It’s a tough choice: Dodge trucks on 106-degree asphalt, or dodge rattlesnakes in shady brush.

On Paul Stasso’s solo run across the country, he’s opted to face down the four-wheeled threats. Jogging along the left shoulder of highways and backroads, he can at least see them coming.

“You couldn’t go sit under a bush for shade because of the snakes,” the Missoula Web site developer said Wednesday during a hero’s welcome to his hometown. “I had to make a lean-to out of a tarp for shade.”

Stasso and his wife, Russell Elementary School physical education teacher Vicki Stasso, developed a novel exercise program for Vicki’s fourth- and fifth-grade students. Every gym class, they ran a few laps around Playfair Park and totaled their collective mileage. The goal was to make a virtual 3,600-mile trek across the United States.

By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2006/07/20/news/mtregional/news05.txt

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