11.   The Chinese have taken to the moon bounce the way the Botswanan runners have taken to grits.

12.   The runners took second and third on a sacrifice bunt by Darin Erstad, who was followed by Glaus.

13.   With no one out, Tom Lampkin on second and Ichiro on first, both runners took off.

14.   After skipping it for seven years, apparently for economic reasons, the North revived it last year with about a dozen foreign runners taking part.

15.   Alhaji Amu, chairman of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, said the ephedrine was apparently contained in medications which the runners had taken to relieve colds.

16.   Big Brother will be watching every step Los Angeles Marathon runners take this year, but no one seems to mind.

17.   But as dawn broke with a blue sky, runners took their morning jog on the beach road and golfers kept their tee times.

18.   From there it was driven to Cedar City, where runners again took over.

19.   Rocker tried a curveball and the runners took off on a double steal.

20.   Spanish runners took the next three places.