They ran all over the world.  They ran in warm places, cold places, rainy places, dry places.  They ran alone and with friends; they ran fast and slow, in an organized race and in their back yards.  They ran with the sound of each other in their ears and the spirit of each other in their hearts. 
 
The World Wide Festival of Races is a celebration, but this social networking movement does not end on race weekend.  We run together every day, all around the surface of a little blue bubble in space: and we do so with the knowledge and understanding that we do not run alone: not as long as someone, somewhere is lacing up their shoes to head out on their local roads.  We are a global community of fellow runners; and together we run.
 
Links:
 

https://sites.google.com/site/wwfor2010
http://worldwidefestivalofraces.com
http://crawllyflowersgarden.blogspot.com
 
The song “The World is Upside Down” was by A Band Called Quinn at http://www.myspace.com/abandcalledquinn