Sunday, December 19, 2010

Missoula Marathon Brings Jeff Galloway to Missoula

The Missoula Marathon is bringing Jeff Galloway to Missoula this January to help us kick off the 5th Annual Missoula Marathon. Galloway is here to introduce his walk/run training program. If you think that completing a half or full marathon is out of your reach, come to this talk and bring your friends. Galloway will tell you that anyone can achieve this goal using his technique. The Missoula Marathon will be providing a Galloway Training Program to help you train for the 2011 event.

Date: Tuesday, January 18th
Time: 7 pm
where: The Wilma Theater
Admission: FREE

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Missoula Marathon Listed in 10 Best Beginner Marathons

The Missoula Marathon is included in a list of 10 Best Beginner Marathons in the United States in an on-line article by Fitbie.msn.com. The article describes their choices for the 10 best marathons for first-time marathon runners. The Missoula Marathon was included in part because of the gentle course and excellent community support. The Missoula Marathon’s hand painted mile markers and free finish-line photos were mentioned as unique attributes of the event.

The Missoula Marathon is honored in a list that includes major and established events such as the Marine Corps Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Portland Marathon Las Vegas Rock’n’Roll Marathon and others.

To view the entire article, go to http://fitbie.msn.com/get-fitter/tips/10-best-beginner-marathons/tip/5. Fitbie is a new on-line publication, a partnership between Rodale Inc.--publishers of Runner's World Magazine--and MSN.