October 2005

Good luck to everyone who is recovering from the weather over the past few months. I know some have had a hard time and I wish you the best as you deal with the issues caused by the hurricanes.

October always is a great month for running. After the hot and humid summer, October brings cool weather. Hopefully, you can take a long run this month and enjoy the fall foliage. Many runners will be testing themselves in a fall marathon. My high school cross-country team and I will be assisting with the 10- mile relay exchange zone at the 26th Annual Columbus Marathon on October 16 th.

The following week I will be helping my brother, Jeff, and my mom with the Circleville Classic 5 Miler the Saturday of the Circleville Pumpkin Show. A registration form for the Circleville Classic is available at: http://www.runohio.com or you can register online at:

https://www.signmeup.com /JC2VMK7

If you are looking for an great college cross country meet to watch check out the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships at the Methodist Theological School in Delaware on October 7th. The women start at 2:00 p.m. and the men's race is at 2:45 p.m. If you would like to run in the open races the women's race is at 3:30 p.m. and the men's open race is at 4:15. Ohio Wesleyan University will also be the host to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on November 19th.

During the summer a few friends of mine who are on the Granville Bryn Du Commission talked me into helping them lay out a cross-country course on the Bryn Du property. I helped to create a 3km, 5km, 6km, and 8km cross-country course on the property. Denison University modified the course I laid out a little and held their first home meet in Granville in seven years last month. Denison will also be hosting the North Coast Athletic Conference Cross-Country Championships on October 29th at the new cross-country course. It is a good course and with a little work can be a great course for the college as well as high school cross-country meets. I can see this course being a great course for a high school invitational, district, or regional cross-country championships.

Check out the ESPN2 original movie Four Minutes on Thursday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. For more information on the movies go to: http://espn.go.com/eoe/4m inutes

"Your whole life is driven by a need to know the limits of the human body and the human spirit. The place to find the answers you seek is on the running track. Four laps. Four minutes." Moyra Jacobson to Roger Bannister in Four Minutes.

Read the RUNOHIO Book Review of The Perfect Mile-

http://www.runohio.com/news/10-13-04-book-PERFECT- MILE.html

Looking for a road race to test your fitness, check out all of the October races in RUNOHIO Race Calendar: http://www.runohio.com/calendar/10-05.html

Information of the Arnold 5km and Arnold 5km Pump and Run which I will be helping with in March can be found at:

http://www.runohio.com/news/09-13-05Pump_and_Run- 06.html

Registration for the Arnold 5K Pump and Run starts on November 1 st and is limited to the first 600 athletes who register online. The race has closed every year at least a month before the race date. So if you want to participate register early. There is no limit for the Arnold 5K and your registration fee also gets you into the Arnold Fitness Expo free on Sunday, March 5 th (a $10 value).

Check out the 3 rd edition of "Running 101" which spotlights runners who have had a tremendous impact on the running world. I hope to spotlight one Ohioan, one American, and one foreign athlete who have helped to make running what it is today. Running 101 spotlights - Ohioan Glenn 'Jeep' Davis, Tennessee's Wilma Rudolph and Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila. Check out this article at:

http://www.runohio.com/news/09-26-05running- 101.html

RUNOHIO's Book Review by Elaine Binkley - A Closer Look at: Joan Samuelson's Running for Women can be found at:

http://www.runohio.com/news/10-05- Book_review.html

Check out the October Running Club of the Month - Ohio River Road Runners Club

http://www.runohio.com/news/10-05-club.html

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

If you missed the September On the Run with Matt McGowan you can find it at:

http://www.runohio.com/news/09-13- 05on_the_run.html

Check out all of last month's race results at:

http://www .runohio.com/results/searchable.html

XTERRA is a name associated with worldwide adventure, extreme multi-sport events and challenges that touch the soul of every participating athlete. Check out the events in Ohio - http://www.runohio.com/news/09-22- 05XTERRA.html

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http://www.runohio.com/news/03-17- 03on_the_run_revisit.html

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

Matt McGowan