Runner's Web Digest - April 11, 2003

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Joel Filliol of Victoria, BC, who runs CompetitionZone.com, correctly identities
the photo in our Photo ID contest as that of Julie Moss.
He wins a copy of Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book.

Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book: The Training, Diet, Health,
Equipment, and Safety Tips You Need to Do Your Best
More information on the book is available from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446679283//runnersweb/104-3129993-743512\
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In one handy, easily referenced guide TRIATHLETE MAGAZINE'S COMPLETE TRIATHLON
BOOK offers the best advice, stories, and tips from the top coaches and athletes
who have contributed to the magazine over the years. Appealing to both novices
and the most seasoned athlete, the book strikes a balance between technical
depth and beginner-friendliness by getting right down to the guidelines that all
triathletes can use. In addition, the book offers advice for the various
categories of triathletes: beginners, veterans, short-course specialists,
Ironman specialists, and others. Bearing the name of the most popular source for
information on the sport, this book is sure to become a classic among triathlon
enthusiasts.
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This week's poll is: "Which of the following events receives the best TV
coverage?"
- Hawaii Ironman
- IAAF world championships
- NYC Marathon
- Olympics
- Tour de France

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The previous poll was: "Will Paula Radcliffe set a new women's record for the
marathon in London on April 13th?"

The results at publication time were:
Yes 47
No 17
No opinion, don't care... 3
Total Votes: 67

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checking the results of previous polls.

Book of the Week: Why Die? The extraordinary Percy Cerutty, maker of champions.
This is the definitive biography of Australia's most enigmatic, pioneering and
controversial athletics coach - best remembered as coach of John Landy in his
quest to break the four-minute mile, and of Herb Elliot in preparation for the
1960 Rome Olympics.
Buy the book at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0734405405//runnersweb/002-8941064-069203\
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The FiveStar Site of the Week:
The FiveStar Site of the Week for next week is: PetePfitzinger.com.
"Pete began running as a schoolboy in Pittsford, New York. After recording a
9:33 two-mile at the age of 15, he knew that distance running was a pursuit
worthy of a lifetime of personal dedication. Thirty years and a hundred thousand
miles later, Pete's focus is on helping other runners achieve their goals.
As he rose through the national and international marathoning ranks in the
1980's, Pete began coaching other runners. After competing in two Olympic
marathons, Pete returned to college to study exercise physiology so he would
better understand the subtleties of how the body adapts to training. "
Check out his site at:
http://www.pfitzinger.com

Today, as an exercise physiologist with over 20 years of coaching experience,
Pete adheres to the principle that every runner is unique and that training
programs must be tailored to the athlete's individual strengths and weaknesses.
Send us your suggestions for our Five Star site. Please check our list
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This Weeks News:
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Lymphocytes, Immunoglobulins, And Running:
You run the best track workout of your life. Four repeat miles, and you feel
like Moses Kiptanui. You hang around in your sweat-drenched clothes, talking
splits with the other runners, and savoring the atmosphere. The next morning you
wake up with the Russian Army marching down your throat. You have the flu.
Did the track workout suppress your immune system and allow you to get sick?
The answer is not clear-cut. The immune system is a complex blend of
lymphocytes, leukocytes, immunoglobulins, eosinophils, natural killer cells, and
other beasts, each with its own unique role in protecting our bodies from
disease. Recent research from McMaster University in Ontario, however, provides
some interesting insights into running and your immune system.
In a study published in the August, 1995 issue of Medicine and Science in Sports
and Exercise, Dr. J. Duncan MacDougall and colleagues investigated the effects
of training on the immune systems of distance runners. Unlike previous studies,
MacDougall's group looked at the effects on the immune system of increasing
training volume and/or intensity, and at both acute (immediate), and chronic
(longer-term) effects. I contacted Dr. MacDougall to find out more about his
results and their implications for runners.
In this study, two groups of six runners each, trained for 40 days, consisting
of four 10-day training phases. The volume and intensity of training differed
between phases. Group 1 ran at low volume/low intensity during the 1st phase,
followed by high volume/low intensity during the 2nd phase, then low volume/low
intensity again during the 3rd phase, and high volume/high intensity during the
final phase. Group 2 followed the same protocol, but switched phases 2 and 4.
"Low intensity" meant running at 60-70% of VO2 max, while "high intensity"
involved running 1,000 meter reps at 95-100% of VO2 max every other day. "Low
volume" represented each runner's typical training distance, while during the
"high volume" phases, the runners completed twice their normal mileage.
More...from Pete Pfitzinger at:
http://www.pfitzinger.com/labreports/immune.htm



Celebrate Marathon Monday with Nike:
On MARATHON MONDAY, your bib number is more important than your social security
number. PRs get broken. So do hearts.
The most elite runners earn their chance to share a magnificent point-to-point
journey with a proud, passionate and knowledgeable crowd. It's a shared
experience. A calf-burning, self-affirming experience. And sometimes a
15-years-in-the-making experience.
It's MARATHON MONDAY. And NIKErunning.com can take you there. Through every
nuance of the course and inside the running minds of 8 incredible athletes
who've reached their goals of qualifying. You can also calculate your
course-specific splits with our elevation-adjusted Pace Calculator, and check
out what's going down at NIKETOWN Boston during Race Week.
Find out why this Monday is different from all other Mondays at NIKErunning.com.
DEDICATE A MILE
When you're standing at the starting line and thinking about commitment, who
will pop into your head? When your quads are on fire and you need that extra
push, who would never let you down?
It's your race. But you don't have to do it alone. Dedicate a Mile to someone
who inspires you. And more importantly, tell them why.
DEDICATE A MILE at NIKErunning.com.
MEET CONNIE, MARTIN AND THE NIKErunning.com TEAM
You'll also have the chance to run with two of the incredible athletes featured
on our MARATHON MONDAY site. Locals Connie Chan and Martin Duffy will meet,
greet and lead the NIKETOWN BOSTON Running Club training run on Wednesday, April
16. Plus, the NIKErunning.com Team will be at the NIKETOWN Boston Runner's
Lounge during Race Week. We'd love to meet you and find out what you think of
the site. It's meeting runners like you that inspires us to reach our Personal
Best.
We hope to see you there. - The NIKErunning.com Team
More...from Nike at:
http://www.nike.com/nikerunning/index.jhtml?loc1=beantown&loc2=ntevents&at1=yes



Anorexia: It's not going away:
Eating disorder affects 1 percent of US women.
They are still dying.
Their stories pop up on television newsmagazines now and then, when a well-known
one dies, and then it's quiet again.
Young female athletes, light and fleet and driven to excel, want to get lighter
and fleeter. So in a relentless crusade to lose weight, they starve themselves.
These women are not on a diet, they have a disease. It's called anorexia
nervosa, and it has catastrophic health consequences, including loss of
menstruation, urinary tract infections, damage to colon, kidneys, and heart, and
osteoporosis. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
More...from the Boston Globe at:
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/099/sports/Anorexia_It_s_not_going_away+.shtml



CDC Looks to Prod Americans to Exercise:
Try to take 10,000 steps a day, Dr. Julie Gerberding advised the congressmen, a
mostly graying bunch with a bit of paunch who curiously fingered the
beeper-sized step-counters she'd brought them.
It doesn't sound like much, until you consider the average person takes far less
than 4,000 steps a day. Our environment - long commutes, elevators,
computer-dominated jobs, remote controls that keep us on the couch - makes it
too easy to be sedentary.
Now instead of lecturing Americans to exercise, health officials are trying
different experiments to build fitness back into society - playing music to
entice elevator users onto the stairs, starting walk-to-school programs,
constructing sidewalks and handing out pedometers
More...from the Washington Post at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50022-2003Apr7.html


DC Marathon - Even During War, The Race Must Go On:
In 1995, talk show host Oprah Winfrey ran her first marathon. "If Oprah can, you
can, too!" encouraged a sign waved by a spectator at mile 16 of the 1998 Marine
Corps Marathon. The placard cheerleader was right: I was more than halfway
through my second marathon.
On the eve of my first, the friend who would drive me locally to and from the
event for which I had already driven hundreds of miles from Connecticut updated
me on race-day weather conditions like a skipping record: "It's going to rain.
Are you going to run? It's going to rain. Are you going to run?"
For me, marathoning is defined less by the time it takes to cross the finish and
more by what is required to stand at the start - hundreds of miles of training,
a bevy of short-term gratifications deferred for six months of a minutely
structured life, every facet of which centers upon preparing for a single event
that will last mere hours.
Of course I was going to run.
More...from CTNow.com at:
http://www.ctnow.com/news/opinion/columnists/hc-greenlee0401.artapr01,0,3118413.\
column?coll=hc-columnists-opinion
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Four Rules of Intensity for anaerobic workouts:
Perhaps the #1 problem hindering fitness progress and optimum health among
endurance athletes is too much anaerobic exercise.
If you want to succeed with your efforts to reach and maintain your ideal body
composition, you must not conduct anaerobic workouts indiscriminately.
Anaerobic workouts can be a powerful tool for fitness improvement, but they can
also be your worst enemy, leading to burnout, sugar cravings and an inability to
efficiently burn body fat.
Here are my Four Rules of Intensity - simple guidelines that will help you
efficiently manage energy output for continued fitness progress and prevent
burnout.
More...from Active.com at:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=9732&sidebar=26&category=triathlon



Balance training is the core of many fitness routines:
Top athletes and ordinary exercisers are training in jumping and bouncing as a
way to avoid falling down and getting hurt.
Health clubs and gyms open to professional and amateur athletes use balance
training to condition muscles and improve reflexes that keep users on their
feet.
But, although researchers think the training has benefits, they temper their
enthusiasm with warnings that balance training has limitations.
"There are all kinds of data to demonstrate that balance can be improved. It's
the technique in which they go about improving that is not well-understood,"
said researcher Walt Thompson, professor exercise science at Georgia State
University.
More...from Active.com at:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=9717&sidebar=575&category=keep_fit



Drugs and values in sports:
Last week, I wrote about the use of caffeine, narcotics and beta-blockers in
certain sports to achieve certain effects. Caffeine use is especially popular
with runners and cyclists who hope to increase the effects of maximal oxygen
consumption and endurance.
Beta-analgesic blockers are banned in such sports such as shooting and modern
pentathlon. While these drugs are medically used to prevent migraines, cardiac
arrhythmia and treat hypertension, anxiety and movement tremors, athletes use
them to reduce anxiety and nervous tension.
Diuretics were banned from the sports scene in April 1986. These drugs are
helpful to athletes who need to lose weight to meet weight limitations during
competition.
Diuretics promote weight loss by dehydrating fat that is actually 70 percent
water. Diuretic-induced weight loss may cause leg- and stomach muscle cramps. It
can hamper the body's ability to regulate its temperature, causing exhaustion,
severe electrolyte imbalance, cardiac arrhythmia and ultimately cardiac arrest
and death. One of the victims of diuretic abuse was the 1980 International
Federation of Body Builders (IFBB) Mr. Universe who died of a heart attack.
More...from ABS-CBN.com at:


Training: The best workout to maintain fitness when you're injured:
If you're a runner and a minor injury prevents you from carrying out your
regular running workouts for a couple of days, there's no need to worry: The
rest will probably do you some good.
On the other hand, if you miss more than four days of training, your fitness
will begin to fall unless you challenge your muscles and cardiac centre in some
way. So what's the absolute-best non-running workout to carry out? Should you
swim laps in the pool, race down your neighbourhood pavements on roller blades,
or lift weights in the gym?
More...from the Runner's Web at:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20030409_BrianMac.html



Team Hoyt will skip marathon;
[From the Boston Globe]
By Andy Cuneo, Globe Correspondent, 4/10/2003
After a 22-year run that has brought inspiration to participants and fans, Dick
Hoyt, 63, and his son, Rick, 31, will not be racing in the 107th Boston Marathon
April 21.
Hoyt, who has pushed Rick, who has cerebral palsy, from Hopkinton to Boston the
last 22 years, had angioplasty surgery last Friday and his doctors advised him
not to run this year.
Channel 5 anchorman Mike Lynch reported that though Hoyt and his son will not
participate, he says they will most certainly be back next year.
Lynch also reported that Hoyt and his son may come back and ''cheat a little
bit'' this year.
Besides running the Boston Marathon every year since 1981, ''Team Hoyt'' has run
in 185 triathlons and 62 marathons. Their best time in a marathon is 2 hours 40
minutes 47 seconds.



New 'Whey' To Muscle Strength:
[From UPI]
The best way to bigger muscles might be whey, say researchers at the Center for
Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport Science in Victoria, Australia. Earlier
research by the team found whey, a naturally occurring dairy protein found in
bovine milk, increased levels of muscle force and mitochondrial energy
production in rats as well producing significantly better improvements in
strength and body composition in bodybuilders during resistance training. Their
latest findings show a 100 percent whey isolate formulation and creatine
produced greater muscle fiber growth increases that transferred into significant
increases in functional strength. Dietary strategies that enhance the results of
resistance training have important implications to athletes, an aging population
and others that suffer from debilitating conditions that cause muscle wasting.



There's no masking the dangers of pain relievers:
One of the most abused drugs in America is found in the medicine cabinets of
most runners, some who have been known to pop them frequently.
The pharmaceutical industry refers to them as nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory
drugs, or NSAIDs.
We know them as aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxyn, and by their brand names, Aleve,
Advil, Motrin.
The National Consumers League is out with a new survey, conducted by Harris
Interactive, and the results are pretty sobering.
More...from the Buffalo News at:
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030406/6017427.asp




Rubberized sweat suits are useless for weight loss, can be dangerous:
The building I work in at Henry Ford Hospital is one-third clinic space for
Sports Medicine and Preventive Cardiology services and two-thirds fitness center
for employees of Henry Ford Health System and other area businesses.
Last week, while on the fitness center side of the building, I saw a man emerge
from the locker room pulling on a sweat shirt. By itself this was not odd;
however, he was pulling it over one of those rubberized sweat suits, which was
over another sweat shirt.
Having not seen one of these rubberized suits used in years, I thought everyone
knew that although rubberized suits make you sweat, all you lose is water. No
appreciably greater amount of calories is burned during exercise when you wear a
rubberized suit. And the weight that is lost due to water is usually replenished
within 24 hours.
More important, the use of these suits can be dangerous, when used during
exercise in a hot environment and in conjunction with an insufficient water
intake. Such an approach provides the right set of circumstances for a
heat-related illness, such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
While on the topic of ineffective weight loss techniques, is the following
statement true or false?
A weight-loss program that uses diet and exercise results in a greater amount of
weight loss than a program of diet alone.
I ask this question every time I speak on the topic of exercise and weight loss,
and almost every time those in attendance say true. Well, it grieves me to say
this, but if you critically look at research studies on this topic you'd learn
that the answer is generally "false."
More...from the Detroit News at:
http://www.detnews.com/2003/healthcolumns/0304/10/x04-131750.htm



He struck gold at the old Empire games:
Jim Courtright, who has died, aged 88, was one of Canada's top track-and-field
athletes, winning a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1938 British Empire
Games in Sydney.
Just getting to the meet was a marathon for Mr. Courtright, an engineering
student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. The price of a train ticket to
Vancouver beyond his means, he found work as a prisoner escort, travelling
cross-country in a converted box car while handcuffed to a man facing
deportation.
More...from the Globe and Mail at:
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030407/OBCOURT/TPO\
bituaries/



Protection: Textured Insoles Win High Scores:
A rough surface inside the shoes of athletes can help protect their feet, knees
and ankles, according to a new study that involved 17 members of the Australian
women's soccer team.
The study, published last week in The British Journal of Sports Medicine, found
that the women had a poorer sense of changes in the positions of their feet when
they wore their soccer shoes than when they were barefoot, but that adding a
textured insole to their shoes brought their scores back up to the barefoot
level.
More...from the NY Times at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/health/08PROT.html
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Running hall continues to drain Boilermaker finances:
Museum searches for sponsors.
Boilermaker Road Race founder Earle Reed recently presided over a meeting on the
second floor of the National Distance Running Hall of Fame on lower Genesee
Street.
The point of the meeting? To get out the word that the running hall needs help.
"The Hall of Fame has been a real challenge for us, and people need to step up
to the plate," Reed said.
Reed and the other directors of Boilermaker Road Race Inc. have good reason to
be concerned -- the six-year-old museum ended 2002 some $139,000 in the red,
continuing a downward trend over the past several years.
The directors say the hall is not in danger of closing, but help from the
running community is critical to the hall's survival.
More...from the Observer Dispatch at:
http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2003/03/26/news/19302.html



Fighting Fat Kids: Fat Chance?
We need more than lite ice-cream to help children fight the battle of the bulge.
Experts are calling for a revolution in everything from sports funding to urban
design.
"It was hard for me to walk or run. Everyone made fun of me. I didn't make it
into the netball team. I was eating fast food two or three times a week. I
didn't like the way I looked."
Being overweight makes many people self-conscious. But for 12-year-old Emily, on
the brink of her teen years, it's especially daunting. She's been obese for
almost four years and her case is not uncommon. Almost a quarter of Australian
children share her problem, a figure that has doubled over the past 15 years.
Although adult obesity rates are far higher, childhood obesity is a concern
because it increases health risks not normally associated with youth. Type 2
diabetes, for example, was almost unheard of in young people until recent years.
Now we have an epidemic of the condition, largely spurred by increasing obesity
rates.
More...from ABC Australia at:
http://www.abc.net.au/health/regions/features/fightingfatkids/default.htm



Putting it all together for the big day in Queenstown:
By Coach Brendon
A lot of athletes get themselves very fit for racing and then fall down on the
big day usually because of poor pre race planning. We all know that this usually
happens to the less experienced athletes - there is nothing like simulating your
key race or parts of your key race to ensure that you perform to your physical
potential created by your hard work. But turning up to a race venue, site
unseen, also leads to problems and this will give kiwi athletes a real edge come
next years world championships in Queenstown. Here is a brief overview of what
to expect and how your training should be modified to suit.
More...from EnduranceCoach.com at:
http://www.endurancecoach.com/Tips_For_Queenstown_Triathlon_Worlds_2003.htm




Want to slim down? Just stand around:
Prolonged sitting in front of the TV and lack of exercise can make you obese,
but that does not mean people should smash their TV sets and start running
marathons, researchers said on Tuesday.
Limiting TV time to no more than 10 hours a week and moderate exercise, such as
30 minutes a day of brisk walking, can help adults and children reduce the risk
of becoming obese and developing diabetes, one serious disease associated with
obesity.
A study showed that standing or walking around at home for two hours a day was
associated with a 9 per cent reduction in obesity and a 12 per cent reduction in
diabetes. Each hour of brisk walking a day saw a 24 per cent reduction in
obesity and 34 per cent reduction in diabetes 'The findings are not a surprise
to us, but it's nice to have the scientific data showing the relationship,' said
Dr Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health, whose study was published in
the Journal of the American Medical Association.
More...from the Straits Times at:
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/techscience/story/0,4386,182277,00.html



From Runner's World:
"There are lots of good reasons to run a marathon; you crave the
challenge; you're raising money for charity; you want to get in the best
shape of your life. But peer pressure is NOT a good reason. Just because
everyone else in your running group has run a marathon doesn't mean you
should." - Jeff Galloway

If you often develop heartburn during your runs, stash a piece or two of
gum in your pocket before you head out. At the first sign of heartburn,
start chewing. Chewing creates saliva, which will help wash down the
acid that's been churned up. Just be extra careful not to choke on the
gum if you are running hard or racing. -Katrin McDonald Neitz

"The harder you run, the more recovery you need. Hard workouts are the
bread and butter of an expert runner. These are the days when the real
training is accomplished. But without recovery days, hard workouts are
worthless: There must be easy runs in order for the training effect to
be felt."

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle
of the pack or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of
satisfaction in that." -Fred Lebow

"If you've thought about running a marathon but just can't seem to find
the inspiration to commit, go watch a marathon (such as this month's
Boston Marathon, for instance). There's nothing like watching a large
marathon and seeing the spirit of all the runners, to get you motivated
to run one of your own." -Beth Moxey Eck, senior editor




Physical Fitness Keeps Older Minds Sharp: Report:
(Reuters Health) - Staying physically fit is not only good for your body, it
also seems to help keep your mind in good shape, new study findings show.
Researchers found that adults who were most fit at the start of a six-year study
maintained their mental sharpness over time and did better in tests of their
mental function conducted years later than did their less physically fit peers.
"Physical activity appears to be good for the brain as well as the body," study
author Dr. Deborah E. Barnes of the VA Medical Center in San Francisco,
California, told Reuters Health.
More...from Reuters at:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ABA414NK1WPZECRBAEZSFFA?type\
=healthNews&storyID=2513286
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Achoo! It Must Be Spring:
Some tips on avoiding seasonal allergic rhinitis, otherwise known as hay fever.
(HealthScoutNews) -- With the arrival of spring, many people's thoughts turn to
love. Others are too busy sneezing to think about romance.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis (most of us call it hay fever) affects about 35
million people in the United States, says the American Academy of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). Workplace absences caused by allergies cost U.S.
companies more than $250 million a year.
Allergic rhinitis can be triggered by a variety of allergens. That includes
pollen, which is abundant during the spring.
Instead of spending a pleasant day strolling through the park or doing other
outdoor activities, people with hay fever are often forced to retreat indoors.
More...from HealthScoutNews at:
http://www.healthscout.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=1&id=509977



Upcoming Events:
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April 12, 2003:

XTERRA Saipan
http://www.xterraplanet.com/race/saipan.html

April 13, 2003:

Canberra Marathon - Australia
http://www.xterraplanet.com/race/saipan.html

Carlsbad 5000 - Carlsbad, CA
http://www.eliteracing.com/

Zurich Marathon - Switzerland
http://www.zurichmarathon.com/

Vancouver Sun Run - BC
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/specials/sunrun/

Microsoft Run for Reach - Ottawa, ON
http://www.breakawayskate.com/runforreach/

Demi-marathon de Montreal Half-Marathon - Quebec
http://www.runnerschoice.com/monthalf/montNEWS.htm

The Billy Taylor 15km/5km Memorial Race - Guelph, ON
http://www.theraceseries.com/

Bob Hartwell Runner's Challenge - Aurora, ON
http://www.theraceseries.com/

London Flora Marathon - England
http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/
BBC Coverage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/london_marathon_2003/2909809.stm

Rotterdam Stichting Marathon - Holland
http://www.rotterdammarathon.nl/

Athens Marathon - OH
http://www.athensmarathon.org./

Accenture Triathlon Series Final - St Kilda, Australia
http://www.supersprint.com.au/

Glass City Marathon - Toledo, OH
http://www.toledoroadrunners.org/gcm/gcmain.htm

August 1 - 17, 2003:

Pan American Games - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
http://www.santodomingo2003.org.do/

August 23 - 31, 2003:

9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Paris 2003 St-Denis, France
http://www.paris2003saintdenis.org/en/accueil.html

This Weeks Personal Postings/Releases:
We have ONE personal postings this week-

On 30 august 2003 Dave Wharton is taking runners on a running holiday
("Chasqui Tour") to Ecuador to run the Inca Trail to the Valley of
Longevity (Vilcabamba).
This includes seminars about "Extending Athletic Life" and about
the "Secrets of Longevity".
Along the way they will raise money for indigenous runners in
Ecuador. As Dave will be taking his Olympic Torch they will hopefully
get a lot of media interest.
I thought this might be of interest to your readers,
take care, Alex
details www.runnershi.com


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