Regional Features
RUNOHIO Feature Content
Keep up with all running in Ohio and the Midwest.
There are a number of new items on the RUNOHIO site including a place for photos – under Galleries - http://www.runohio.com/show/galleries, and our new Blog page - http://www.runohio.com/aggregator/sources. Also, list your race on the RUNOHIO/Running Network Searchable Calendar – http://www.rncalendar.com/creator/login.asp
The Athlete’s Kitchen - 2008 Sports Nutrition News from ACSM
(Nancy Clark, MS RD CSSD) For cutting edge sports nutrition information, the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine is the place to be! Over 5,000 exercise scientists, sports dietitians, physicians and coaches gathered in Indianapolis in May to share their latest research. Below are some of the sports nutrition highlights.
Featured Running Club of the Month - Cleveland West Road Runners Club
September 2008 - Cleveland West Road Runners Club
The Cleveland West Road Runners Club (CWRRC), located in and around Cleveland, Ohio. The CWRRC started in 1977. CWRRC accommodates all levels of running, from novice to world class.
No Cross Country Coverage on The Big Ten Network??
( By Matt McGowan )The battle between Ohio Time Warner and the Big Ten Network seems to be over. For more than a year Time Warner subscribers have heard and read numerous ads from the Big Ten Network telling us to contact our cable provider to request the Big Ten Network.
Spirit of Columbus Half Marathon
Nearly 700 runners waited an extra half hour to start the Spirit of Columbus Half Marathon as athletes had to be transported from the finish line area to the starting line in the point-to-point race. Once the race was underway a number of Ohio top athletes and a number of foreign elite runners battled for the $25,000 prize money offered by Toyota in this gradual downhill course.
Bryan Clay "The World's Greatest Athlete" by Larry Eder
In an interview the day after Bryan Clay won his Olympic gold medal in the decathlon, Bryan gave us his philosophy of achieving success in the ten event challenge for both heart and soul, " The winner of the decathlon is the athlete who makes the least mistakes." Well put, Bryan, but that gives little indication of what this amazing athlete did in winning the Beijing Decathlon, which man
Barringer sets American Record in Steeplechase
Jenny Barringer lowered her own American record in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase, the first time the event has been contested on the Olympic stage. Running a stride ahead of teammate Anna Willard (Ann Arbor, Mich.) for most of the race, Barringer finished in 9:22.26 to break her own AR of 9:22.70, set July 20 in Heusden, Belgium. Willard was 10th in 9:25.63.
Flanagan scores unbelievable bronze; Cantwell takes silver
(USATF Press Release) BEIJING - It was anything but easy for either athlete, but Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) overcame incredible odds to take bronze in the greatest women's 10,000m in history, and Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.) persevered to win his first career Olympic medal, a silver in the men's shot put, Friday evening at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium.
Team USA's men's distance runners/race walkers ready to challenge in Beijing
(Press Release) INDIANAPOLIS - Olympic Trials champions Bernard Lagat, Ryan Hall, Nick Symmonds and Abdi Abdirahman are poised and ready to lead America's men's middle and long distance competitors against the world this month at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Team USA's Women's Distance Runners/Race Walkers Ready to Challenge in Beijing
From USATF press release (Indianapolis, IN) Team USA's Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Deena Kastor, Anna Willard, Hazel Clark and Jenny Barringer are a few of the standout women's middle and long distance runners to watch for at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
