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 25th Annual Columbus Marathon.
For more information on the Columbus Marathon check out their web site - http://www.columbusmarathon.com/main.html


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. I hope if you are not running a local race you can volunteer at that race. A registration form for the Circleville Classic is available at:
http://www.runohio.com or you can register online at:
https://www.signmeupsports.com/27615


If you're looking to enjoy a great cross-country race, check out the All Ohio Collegiate Cross Country race on October 8th in Delaware. Most of Ohio's colleges and universities will be running. The course is a great one and was one of my favorites when I was in college. The Men's Varsity race is at 2:00 p.m. and the Women's varsity race starts at 2:45 p.m. Plus, if you like to test your cross-country abilities, they have an open men's and an open women's race.


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- 04.html


Check out Nancy Clark's article - When Food is the Foe: Disordered Eating in Runners
http://www.runohio.com/features/09-20- 04Athletes_kitchen.html


Another article of interest is Julie Bishop's Running Injuries: recognition, treatment, and return:
http://www.runohio.com/news/09-20- Medical_julie_bishop.html

Next month's Julie Bishop article deals with the female athlete triad.


The October RUNOHIO On The Run with Matt McGowan is at:
http://www.runohio.com/news/10-04_on-the- run.html


If you missed the September RUNOHIO On The Run with Matt McGowan it is at:
http://www.runohio.com/news/09- 04_On_the_run.html


RUNOHIO's Book Review - A Closer Look at - "The Performance Zone is at:
http://www.runohio.com/news/09-13- 04Book_review.html
Check back later in the month to read RUNOHIO's Book Review - A Closer Look at -The Perfect Mile


The Road Runner Akron Marathon was held last weekend and the second year race was a huge success, check out the results at:
http://www.akronmarathon.org/race-results- 2004.html


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


Check out the October Running Club of the Month - River City Running Club
http://www.runohio.com/news/09-08- 04Running_club-of-month.html


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


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 -
https://www.signmeupsports.com/28761



Someone asked me a few months ago how RUNOHIO started and what was my background in running. Here is an article, which appeared years ago:
http://www.runohio.com/news/03-17- 03on_the_run_revisit.html


Let your friends know about the RUNOHIO E-Newsletter -
http://www.runohio.com/cgi- bin/enewsletter/nllistuser.cgi?listid=20


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


Matt McGowan