May 18

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!

Kickoff Your Marathon Training!

The Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon Kickoff Weekend is July 18 & 19! In conjunction with the Columbus International Triathlon & Sports Festival, the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon will host different training kick-off running events including a 10-miler, a 10K and a 5K at Antrim Park and on the Olentangy Bike Path. Check out full details and registration information here.

Hey, Hey, It's Almost National Running Day!

For some, EVERY day is running day, but did you know that June 3 is the official celebration day? Go to www.runningday.org and see what it's all about!

Running With The Bands!

Music helps make running a marathon a great entertainment experience, but we can't do it without help - we are looking for great and energetic bands to line the course of this year's race! Are you in a band, or do you know of a band that would be interested in playing our 30th anniversary event? Please send an e-mail to our Entertainment Director Brent LaCount at BrentLaCount@columbusMarathon.com and he'll hit you up with all the pertinent information.

Races Are Selling Out - We Will, Too ...

If you want to be part of the 30th running of the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, now is NOT the time to procrastinate. Other fall marathons have already sold out, and ours will, too - as it has for the past three years! You know you want to take part. You know you can save money by registering early. You know you will be mad if you get shut out. So sign-up already!

Price Increase - 75 Days & Counting!

It may seem like forever and a day away, but summer is fast approaching: Memorial Day is just around the corner, June will be here soon and July will fly by as it does every year! And when that happens, the cost to run in this year's Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon will increase (if there are any spots left, that is!). Until July 31, 2009, the fees are ONLY $65 for the Marathon and $50 for the 1/2 Marathon. Register online now to get the best pricing and ensure your place in our 30th anniversary event!

Sponsor Spotlight: The Athletic Club of Columbus

In this issue of our e-newsletter we would like to bring some well-deserved attention to one of our long-time and most endearing event sponsors, The Athletic Club of Columbus. Check out their website at www.accolumbus.com and learn what makes this organization so special!

Words To Run By ...

"What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most un-profound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that?"
John L. Parker, Once a Runner