Alan Brookes: Running the Running Business
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Open Concept
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For the past three decades, Alan Brookes, Race Director of the Canadian Running Series, has helped make Canada a racing destination. Here's what he says it takes to make an event that really has meaning for people, and that will keep them coming back.
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