Asheville celebrity sightings: Gaiman runs a 5k, the Glamazon visits gallery

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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A couple of weekend celebrity sightings in Asheville: first, it looks like author Neil Gaiman ran the Runway 5k at the Asheville Regional Airport. He’s in town for a wedding. Here’s his finishing time, according to the race results:

#405
Neil Gaiman
Minneapolis MN
51
M
Chip time 31:44.6
Gun time 32:03.0

Here’s Gaiman with his wife, musician Amanda Palmer, at Biltmore Estate just after the wedding of Gaiman’s son, Michael, to an Asheville native:

And here’s a tweet from Matt over at wonderful ZaPow! gallery. Matt is making reference to Beth Phoenix, a former WWE Diva’s champion better known as The Glamazon, and the former WWE star Edge, aka Adam Copeland, who lives in Asheville:

Me with @EdgeRatedR of the WWE and @syfy’s Haven and @TheBethPhoenix of the WWE at my gallery @StudioZaPow last night!