Description
The run starts in Old Oslo, at the Medieval Park ruins, at 14:00. The participants are not required to run, nor is there any time taken - the sheer scale of the undertaking is a challenge enough in itself (see Route below). The visited bars and pubs will often, either at their own vocation or at the loud urging of the participants, play Tom Waits records for the duration of the run.
Unlike its near namesake, the Tom Waits Run is open for participants of all genders. As with the actual run, the date is set to coincide with the first Saturday of May; however, the Tom Waits run is not organized in the traditional sense by any committee or association, although official T-shirts are usually available for sale.
A similar pub crawl of the same name is held annually in Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim and Tønsberg.
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