Purchasing the Marble Run Book

• You'll need to locate an organization that is hosting a marble run. You can usually find a motorcycle organization in your state that hosts the event every year. Ask other motorcyclists if they know who is hosting an event and where you can purchase a book.
  
  Members of the hosting organization sell the books. Businesses that are participating in the event also have the books for sale. These books usually cost $10.00 up, depending on the organization's printing costs. The proceeds from the sale of these books goes to the organization's cause or charity.
  
  

What's In The Book?

• A marble run book is filled with places you will need to visit as you go about your marble run trips. Each page will have a business name and address in it. These businesses can be anything from bars or restaurants to gas stations or motorcycle shops. It depends on the hosting organization. All of these businesses are generally within a day's trip.
  
  There are usually small maps and phone numbers to help you find unfamiliar places. The places are listed in such a way that it is possible to visit several of the businesses in a day's time, all along the same route or in close proximity to each other.
  
  

Getting the Book Filled Out

• At each designated stop you will either spin a wheel or draw a marble from a bag. This will award you the color for this particular stop. The business owner or an employee will sign your page for you and enter the color you were awarded.
  
  You can get together with several friends who are also doing the marble run and plan a day of riding together to get your marble run stops completed. The object is to get as many of the pages filled out as possible before the end of the marble run event. The book will tell you what day and month the event closes.
  
  

What to Do With The Filled Out Book

• The organization will host an end of run party or get together. The book will tell you when and where this event is to be held. The event usually consists of a meal, live entertainment and door prizes.
  
  You will turn in your marble run book at the beginning of this event. Each marble color you have on your pages is worth a predetermined number of points. Those in charge will tally up your colors and award you the appropriate number of points.
  
  If you have been awarded the top number of points, you will win a prize or even a monetary award. Some organizations print the colors point amounts in the book, so that you have a good idea how you are doing. Others prefer to wait until the night of the event to assign a point category to the colors. Obviously, the more stops you make on the marble run, the higher your score is likely to be.