Race Directors

If you are interested in having your race become a Featured Event on the RJ website and this newsletter or want information on advertising in our print issue:

  Email: rj@running.net  

Race directors:

Promote your race for $50 or less

How can Running Journal advertise your race for $50 or less and reach up to 50,000 runners? Volume - a lot of races promoting events across the South.

We enlarge the type in your calendar listing and make the type bold, thus making your calendar info into a promotional listing. We even put a border around it in the print edition of Running Journal.

We include a link to your race website. Runners click on your link and go directly to your site.

Your promotional listing is shown by state:

-- in Running Journal's print edition.

-- on our Running.Net website.

-- and is connected from our monthly newsletter.

Want more notoriety for your race?

Secure a low-cost banner on our website. We offer two types:

-- A large banner across our Running.Net website, which you can also place across our newsletter.

-- A rotating Featured Event banner near the top right side of our website, which is also placed on our email newsletter.

-- Display advertising in the Running Journal print edition.

We will help you promote your race at the lowest cost for your budget. Contact us at RJ@Running.Net or call "Shirley" at (423) 638-4177.

Runners:

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Running Journal has covered the South for many years. We started on a North Carolina kitchen table in 1984 and later purchased Running in South Carolina, Running in Georgia, and Racing South, which began in 1976.

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And contact us anytime. Send comments, news releases, race results, something you wrote about running, photos, or some comments to us at RJ@Running.Net. We enjoy hearing from you.

Older age group recognition is appreciated by senior runners. Example: The Vancouver Marathon and Half Marathon has added five-year age groups up to age 100 to recognize older runners. The races will be held May 5 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Running vacations allow you to enjoy time off while maintaining your mileage. You can find heritage-rich races all over the South by checking the Running Journal race calendar for the area where you want to vacation. Pick a date when there's a local race and enjoy.

Enjoying running is important. Jennifer Andress, president of the Birmingham Track Club in Alabama says "two of my favorite things in the world are running (with club members) on Saturday mornings and drinking coffee when I am done."

What do you enjoy about running? Email Bruce.Morrison@Running.Net and you may be included in Bruce's column in Running Journal or in a news brief in our newsletter.

On finishing her first marathon: "I started out running, then it was jogging, then it was jogging the downhills and flats and the intersections ... So my goal was finishing. Nothing about it was pretty. Except for maybe the girl who put that medal around my head at the finish. She was a goddess." (Lauren Chiles, social director, Knoxville Track Club, Tennessee)

If you need a training partner, contact your local running club or running store. You can find your local club or store on the Running Journal website (http://Running.Net). Just click on "Resources" and you'll find the listings. Most clubs and stores offer group runs and training programs.

The Rick "Schoonie" Schoonover Memorial Scholarship will be presented annually to the son or daughter of a Virginia Beach, VA, law enforcement official as part of the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon Weekend celebration March 15-17. The $2500 scholarship will be given to a high school senior.

Race info: http://www.shamrockmarathon.com/marathon.htm

Kentucky Derby Festival free training program for spring road races lasts 14 weeks and began Jan. 17. It prepares runners for the KDF Marathon and Mini-Marathon to be held April 27.

Race info: http://derbyfestivalmarathon.com/

Raining and you want to run? Punch holes in a trash bag. If you're in a race, use a trash bag or disposable poncho to stay dry at the start line and discard it when the race begins.

NC Roadrunners Club of Raleigh was honored by the NC Dept. of Transportation for 10 years of roadway cleanup.

Virginia Senior Games will be held May 16-17 at Newport News Park. The games are track and field events for those over age 50. Also planned are a 5K and 10K road race.

The advantage of running every day is that you die healthier. (Fleet Foot newsletter of the Gulf Winds Track Club, Tallahassee, FL)

Felton Wright is the new president of the Gulf Winds Track Club, succeeding Judy Alexander who served four years.

Next meetings:

Psychics - You know where and when.

Runners - Anywhere, anytime.

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Recovery Tips for Marathon Runners

By Carolyn Mather, RN, PhD. 

As we enter another season of marathoning, I thought I would share what I have found to be the very best recovery tips after having finished 114 marathons. Although each of us has a variety of recovery strategies, I find that the following methods work but are often not followed. Plan to try all, or at least some, of the following after your next marathon. Your body will thank you.

Don't forget to send information on your race for the print and online Running Journal Race Calender, plus this Racing South Newsletter. It's easy to list your event. Click here to submit your race details to our race calendar today.