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AUGUST - RUNOHIO E-NEWSLETTER

My brother, Jeff, and I were able to attend the final four days of the U. S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials. This was the fourth Olympic Trials we were able to attend. Each time I attended the Olympic Trails I was able to get a media pass, which allowed me to get close to the action as well as to attend the press conferences with the winners after each event. It is always a great happening especially when you know some of the athletes who are competing.

Check out RUNOHIO's coverage of the Olympic Team Track & Field Trials under Regional News. Each of the 8 days of competition is covered in the format - Olympic Trials Quotes and Review - http://www.runohio .com/news/index.html
Also, check out the article by Matt McGowan and Larry Eder on the Trials:
http://www.runohio.com/news/07-28-04_oly_trials- results.html

Also, an article from Robert Gary's Olympic qualifying run can be found at:
http://www.runohio.com/news/07-17-04- 0T_update.html

Also, check out the pictures from the Trails on RUNOHIO's home page:
http://www.runohio.com

The print RUNOHIO will be mailed out July 30th and will include interviews with Robert Gary, Rob Myers, Katie McGregor and Briana Shook. I hope you enjoy them and congratulations to everyone who ran in the Trials.
Check out the past articles on
Gary - http://www.runohio.com/news/08-11- 03_gary.html
Myers - http://www.runohio.com/news/03-01- 04Myers_wins.html
Shook - http://www.runohio.com/news/01-09- 04shook.html
and - http://www.runohio.com/features/07-14- 03Shook.html

Athletics (Track & Field) is one of the most popular sports around the World. Its events are the oldest form of organized sports, and are associated with the simplest physical activities - running, throwing a stone, surmounting an obstacle. These activities gradually evolved into sports events such as running, jumping and throwing events.

During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Athletics (Track & Field) events will be staged at the Athens Olympic Stadium in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), with the exception of the Marathon, the Road Walk events and the Shot-put that will be held in the Ancient Olympia Stadium. Competition will take place over the span of 11 days from August 18 to 29 (rest day on August 19).

In the Athens 2004 Olympic Games the Marathon will be run on its historic course, starting outside the Marathon stadium in the town of Marathonas and finishing in the Panathinaiko Stadium.

Keep up with Larry Eder's coverage of the Track & Field events in the Athens Olympics under RUNOHIO's National News: http://www.runohio.com

Looking for a road race to test your fitness, check out all of the August races in RUNOHIO Race Calendar: http://www.runohio.com/calendar/08-04.html

Check out last month's race results at:
http://www .runohio.com/results/searchable.html

Check out Nancy Clark's article - 2004 Sports Nutrition News from The American College of Sports Medicine:
http://www.runohio.com/features/07- 04athletes_kitchen.html

Another article of interest is Julie Bishop's - Hydrating in the Summer Heat
http://www.runohio.com/features/07- 05-04_Hydrating_in_summer.html

Also, starting in August look for our book review - The RUNOHIO Book's Review
A Closer Look at - Bob Schul's, "In the Long Run". Read it at:
http://www.runohio.com/news/07-28- 04Book_review_schul.html
Check out the final two laps of Schul's Gold Medal performance:
http://www.r unningpast.com/vintage_media.htm
Also, I was able to interview Bob at the Olympic Trials for the Running Network TV;
http://michiganrunner. tv/2004schul

I hope you checked out the latest - Featured Running Club of the Month - the Tortoise and Hare Running Club - http://www.runohio.com/news/07-01- 04_running_club.html

To have your running club spotlighted contact Matt McGowan, runohio@ee.net

Check back on RUNOHIO's home page (http://www.runohio.com) after August 5th to read the August On the Run with Matt McGowan.

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I hope you have a great month of training and racing.

Matt McGowan