Origins of human centipede revealed

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: May 19, 2006| Author: Steve Herendeen, STAFF WRITER | Copyright information

SAN FRANCISCO -- Contrary to what some may think, Doug Peck didn't come up with the idea of the centipede -- 13 runners all connected by one costume -- for the 1978 Bay To Breakers race after an all-night kegger at UC Davis.

That's his story, anyway.

"I had run the Bay to Breakers every year since 1970 and I'd seen all of the people who ran in costumes," Peck said of the 12K race from the Bay Bridge to Ocean Beach, now renamed the ING Bay to Breakers, which celebrates its 95th ...

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