April 29

Welcome to the E-Road To Columbus!

Email blasts keeping you up-to-date with YOUR Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon on Oct. 18, 2009!

Greetings From ... Columbus!

Postcards are a great way of communicating, but they can be costly to mail. Thankfully, the Internet allows us to send documents via e-mail for far less than sending them through the mail. With that said, feel free to download our new promotional postcard for the 2009 marathon from the registration page, forward to family and friends and print out for yourself, etc. (This does beg the question: if you send a postcard via e-mail, is it still a postcard? We'll let others worry about that...)

Boston Marathon - 26.2 Miles From Columbus!

Did you happen to catch news or coverage from the 2009 Boston Marathon? Awesome! The highest finish by American men and women in years and another phenomenal experience for tens of thousands of runners from around the world, many of whom earned the right to run in Beantown right here in Columbus! Yes indeed, the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon is one of the best places to qualify for Boston! Our course is fast, our support superb, and our results of sending runners on to Boston year after year prove it! Perhaps our 30th anniversary race will be YOUR Boston qualifier? So register already – you’re ONLY 26.2 miles away from Boston!

Registration Pick-Ups!

Speaking of registration, we're proud to report that every time we send out one of our e-blast newsletters, we get a bump in our race registration. However, at some point we're going to fill up our field for the 2009 Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon long before we run out of words! Remember, until July 31, 2009, the fees are ONLY $65 for the Marathon and $50 for the 1/2 Marathon. Register online now for the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon or 1/2 Marathon to secure the BEST pricing for our 30th anniversary event!

Sponsor Spotlight: Nationwide Better Health

In each issue of our e-newsletter we will focus attention on one of our event sponsors. It is only fitting that we launch this effort with our namesake supporter, Nationwide Better Health! Click here to visit their website and learn just what these folks are all about!

Words To Run By ...

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
- Muhammad Ali