PUBLISHED 04/11/2008 LAST UPDATED 04/11/2008
Are you going to be in town for the Boston Marathon? Hey, so are we! Maybe we should get together. Here's where we'll be...
AT OUR EXPO BOOTH
We'll be at the race expo daily -- stop by our booth (#117) to say hello.
The expo, of course, is at the Hynes Convention Center; note the expo's new hours for 2008:
Fri 10 am - 8 pm
Sat 9 am - 6 pm
Sun 9 am - 6 pm
(For expo details, visit BostonMarathon.org.)
We'll be offering sweet magazine subscription deals, a Nature's Path product sampling, Moretz sock giveaway/survey, a Suunto sweepstakes, and -- last but not least -- book signings and sales.
Here are the authors you can meet:
- Bart Yasso, My Life On the Run (as available)
- Katie Neitz, RW Guide to Road Racing (ditto)
- Kathrine Switzer, Marathon Woman (Fri 4-8; Sat 12-3; Sun 12-3)
- Bill Pierce, Run Less, Run Faster (Sat 4-6; Sun 1-3)
- Carol Goodrow, Kidsrunning.com (Fri 10-Noon; Sat 9-Noon; Sun 9-1)
AT OUR SEMINARS
Also at the Hynes Convention Center. All seminars will be held in Room 100.
FridayAT THE BILL RODGERS RUNNING CENTER
2-3 pm Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
4-5 pm Duel in the Sun: Dick Beardsley
6-7 pm Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
Saturday
11 am - noon Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
noon - 1 pm Boston Legends: Amby Burfoot, Jack Fultz, Greg Meyer, Lisa Rainsberger, Kathrine Switzer, Dick Beardsley, and Joan Benoit Samuelson
1-2 pm Gatorade Hydration seminar with GSSI expert Craig Horswill, nutritionist Nancy Clark and, RW editor Michelle Hamilton
2-3 pm The Hoyts, with Dick and Rick Hoyt
3-4 pm How to Run Your Best Boston with RW Editors Tish Hamilton, Michelle Hamilton, Amby Burfoot, Warren Greene, and Bart Yasso
4-4:30 pm 26.2 Tips with Dave McGillivray, race director and Josh Nemzer, course coordinator
4:30-5:30 pm Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
Sunday
11:30 - 12 Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
12 - 1 pm Adidas Fast Women with Grete Waiz, Amy Rudolph, Jen Rhines, and moderator Tish Hamilton of RW
1-2 pm JET BLUE How to Run Your Best Boston with RW Editors
2-3 pm Adidas Training for Peak Performance with coach Greg McMillan
3-4 pm REAL RUNNERS: BOSTON with RW Editor-in-Chief David Willey, Wendy Terris, Jane Swift, Johan Otter, Ivan Castro, Alyssa Johnson, Sarah Nixon, RW Heroes of Running Lynn and Jamie Parks
4-5 pm Running Boston and Beyond: Bart Yasso
On Tuesday, April 22 - the day after the race - Bill Rodgers and our own Bart Yasso will be at the Bill Rodgers Running Center in Faneuil Hall Marketplace signing their books from 11 am to 3 pm.
The BRRC (617-723-5612) is located in the North Market Building in Faneuil Hall Market Place, in downtown Boston. There is rear access to the store on Clinton Street.
ON THE ROADS
In between expo shifts and filing stories, yes... We'll squeeze in a few runs. Just look for the tired folks wearing Runner's World apparel.
See you in Boston!
