For all of us who are track and field fans the next two months will be a great time. The 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field will be held July 9-18th at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento, California.
I am still trying to work on attending the final four days. However, if you want to watch all of the live television coverage here is the tentative
schedule: July 9th-11pm-1am (USA), July 10th-8-9pm (NBC), July 11th-7-8pm (NBC), July 12th-10pm-am (USA), July 15th-10pm-12am (USA), July 16th- 11pm-1am (USA), July 17th-5-6pm (NBC), July 18th-7-9pm (NBC).
Check back at http://runohio.com and go to RUNOHIO's National News on a regular bases to keep up with all of the action. Good luck to all participants in the Trials. The 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece will be August 17th - 29th.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in a State or National Track & Field Championships last month. The July print RUNOHIO will have a number of pictures from the State Championships. A special congratulations go to Minster's Sunni Olding who successfully defend her 2 mile High School National Championships at the Adidas High School National Championships. Check out all of the results on: http://adidasoutdoor.nationalscholastic.org

If you are looking for a race to test your training check out the July RUNOHIO Race Calendar. There are 30 races in the state on the July 4th weekend and over 200 races listed for the month - http://www.runohio.com/calendar/07-04.html
Race directors don't forget to send RUNOHIO your race information to be listed in our calendar - http://www. runohio.com/calendar/2001form.html

Last month I helped with two races "the Oldest Road Race in Columbus" the Columbus 10K and the Kayla Hurst Memorial 5km. Results of these races and numerous others are listed at - http://www .runohio.com/results/searchable.html
A short article on the Columbus 10K is posted at - http://www.runohio.com/news/06-07- 04Columbus_10K.html
Pictures from the Columbus 10K are listed at - http: //www.runseattle.com/columbus_10k_04/index.htm
and http://orderpicture.com/event_stat.php3? client=Fai_6354852

There are 22 races throughout the state on the RUNOHIO Grand Prix series. To check out the results and upcoming races go to:
http://www.runohio.com/other/grandprix.html
If you are looking for more information on the July and August RUNOHIO Grand Prix races go to:
http://www.runohio.com/news/06-14- 04Grand_Prix.html


I hope you checked out the June - Featured Running Club of the Month - the Over The Hill Track Club:
http://www.runohio.com/news/06-02- 04Club_0f_month.html

The July - Featured Running Club of the Month - the Tortoise and Hare Running Club will be posted soon, check back to read about this club.

RUNOHIO carries Nancy Clark's The Athlete's Kitchen articles. Did you read her article - Athletes: Abandon Atkinds, Not Carbs - http://www.runohio.com/features/05-17- 04The_Athletes_Kitchen.html

Another article of interest is - The Healthy Runner - Julie Bishop, MD http://www.runohio.com/features/05- 17-04The_Healthy_Runner.html

Check back on RUNOHIO's home page after July 4th to read the July On the Run with Matt McGowan.

The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon/10K has a new date for 2005 - http://www.runohio.com/news/06-02- 04Cleveland_Rite_Aid_Marathon.html

If you finish the Akron Marathon this fall you have a chance to win a new car - http://www.runohio.com/news/06-09- 04Akron_Mar_New_toyota.html


In August I will be helping with the Gary Smith Worthington Classic on August 1st. You can download an entry form for this race by going to RUNOHIO's home page and looking under Regional News or you can register online at: https://www.signmeup sports.com/27503

Take advantage of RUNOHIO's print 16th anniversary special subscription price of only $10....RUNOHIO is printed 8 times a year (January/February, March/April, May/June, July, August, September, October, November/December)... Your support helps provide the RUNOHIO E-Newsletter and web page. I hope you will take a few minutes and subscribe today and save $5 a year - http:// www.runohio.com/magazine/subcribe_link.htm

RUNOHIO has been covering running in Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, Northern Kentucky, Southern Michigan, and Eastern Indiana for 16 years for our print version and 6 years on the web - http://www.runohio.com Keep up with running in and around Ohio and take advantage of our special 16th anniversary price of only $10 for a year, subscribe online today at: http://www.signmeup.com/193 37

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I hope you have a happy safe 4th of July Holiday with your family and friends.

Good luck with your summer training and racing.

Matt McGowan