Running News June 2007

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FRIDAY, 29 JUNE 2007
	Marathon Runners Subject for Heart Research
	Marathon runners are going to be subject of a heart research at Royal Perth Hospital. The research will test the runners for chemical related with heart attacks. In lieu with the research, Associate Professor Daniel Fatovich is inviting Perth Marathon participants to donate blood samples before and after next week's race. The samples will be use to determine traces of a chemical called "t Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 28 JUNE 2007
	Local host and Wife Join Missoula Marathon
	Host Monte Turner and wife Lois, will be joining 800 other runners at the Missoula Marathon on July 15. Husband and wife had been training since January for the 26.2-mile marathon. The couple even had Run Wild Missoula president Jennifer Boyer and Olympic runner Courtney Babcock as trainers at one time. The marathon will start at the Frenchtown and end in downtown Missoula. The event Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE 2007
	1,000 OC Runners Gets Free Avia Shoes
	The first 1,000 runners to register online by midnight of June 30, 2007 for the 2008 Avia Orange Country Marathon gets a 90-dollar value running shoes for free. Registration will be done online and costs $85. Those included in the first 1,000 will get free Avia Endurance running shoes. The annual event is set for January 6, 2008. Aside from the 26.6-mile marathon, three exciting events Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 2007
	Woman Runs Marathon to Raise Funds for Cancer
	A local resident from Midwest City is getting ready to run for a marathon in order to save funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Leesha Call is scheduled to participate in the upcoming 26.2 miles marathon on September 16 in Maui. Call is currently works as a medical social worker at OU Medical Center Children's Hospital. After witnessing first-hand the vital role the Societ Read Full Story
MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2007
	Two Thousand Women Run for Life
	Two thousand women joined the Race for Life at Heythrop Park yesterday. The 5 kilometer race was organized by Rosannah Dawood in order to raise 154 thousand pounds for the Cancer Research UK. Aside from the race itself runners also had to suffer through the rain and traffic. But according to Dawood everyone was in high spirits. She also added that nobody minded the wet weather nor the de Read Full Story