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COMMIT TO BE FIT WALKING PROGRAMJoin Northwest Medical Center Oro Valley and Commit to Be Fit in 2007Not an athlete? Not a runner? This program is for you... Get up, get moving, get started ... and Commit to Be Fit in 2007. Join Northwest Medical Center Oro Valley and All About Running & Walking and commit to WALKING the Northwest Medical Center Oro Valley 5K on Sunday, March 18, 2007. If you join the training program and register for the 5K during January 2007, you will receive a 50% discount on the price of registration ... your cost to participate in the 5K is only $15. As part of the training program for walkers, you will receive, for free:
Join us as Dawn tells her story and possibly inspires you to achieve something you never thought you could. Topic: You Don't Have to Run: Walk Your Way to Better HealthSpeakers: Dawn Heinemann lost over 120 pounds—through diet and exercise—over the course of two years in 2001 and 2002. She has kept the weight off ever since. Although she exercised during the timeframe in which she lost weight, she was not a runner. Up until a year ago, she had never run a mile. The 2006 Northwest Medical Center Oro Valley 5K was the first race in which she participated, choosing it because it is held here in Oro Valley. Dawn has a personal goal of completing the Half Marathon in 2007 with a run/walk program. John Corbett John, along with his wife Alice, own All About Running & Walking in the Safeway Plaza in Rancho Vistoso. He started walking and running at the age of 43 after being diagnosed with a total cholesterol level over 300. In the past 11 years he has walked and ran thousands of miles, lowered his cholesterol to 160 without medication and opened All About Running & Walking in 2001. As a Certified Pedorthist, John and the staff at All About Running & Walking take pride in fitting shoes, and not just selling shoes. In addition, John coaches several running and walking programs preparing people to walk or run events of any distance up to the marathon. Date: Time: Location: RSVP: Run for a ReasonArizona Distance Classic now benefits Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
JULY 2006—The 2007 Arizona Distance Classic will now benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. "I have been the national spokesperson for Team in Training since 2000, attended over 50 Team in Training events and have witnessed first hand the spectacular results the fund-raising has had on research, treatment, and patient services for people with blood related cancers", stated John Bingham, Founder of John Bingham Racing. "I wanted to do more to help! I knew that I had a unique opportunity with the Arizona Distance Classic making it a non profit event benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma society." 2007 will mark the 3rd annual running of the Arizona Distance Classic, comprised of the Valley of Gold Half Marathon, Northwest Medical Center 5K and Splendido Senior Stroll. Situated in Oro Valley (7 miles outside of Tucson) the Arizona Distance Classic is the perfect Spring Break getaway. "We at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. are proud to support events like the Arizona Distance Classic", stated Christopher Gleeson, CEO of Ventana Medical Systems. "While the number of cancer and serious infectious disease cases increase, so will the ability to perform early diagnosis and thus provide earlier intervention and more targeted and successful therapies. It is in the early diagnosis and determination of treatment that Ventana adds enormous value to patient care in our local and global communities. With the help of participants, sponsors, and volunteers, our support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society helps to insure that patients have faster results, more effective treatment, and an improved quality of life." The event begins and ends at Ventana Medical Systems campus, located in Oro Valley. The Half Marathon, 5K and Senior stroll run on neighborhood streets and highlight the beautiful Arizona landscape. "We are honored that the Arizona Distance Classic has selected the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as this year's event beneficiary", stated Donna Grogan, National Director, Team In Training. "Being the race beneficiary gives everyone the opportunity to not only compete in and complete an endurance event but also has given participants, sponsors and volunteers the opportunity to raise life-saving funds so important to the Society's mission." About The Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyThe Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, headquartered in White Plains, NY, with 66 chapters in the United States and Canada, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $483 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Last year alone, the Society made nearly 4.3 million contacts with patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals. For more information about blood cancer, visit www.LLS.org. About the Arizona Distance ClassicThe 2007 Arizona Distance Classic will take place on Sunday March 18, 2007. As with all other John Bingham Racing events, the Arizona Distance Classic includes water and Gatorade at all hydration stations, full bottles of water and Gatorade at the finish line, a four hour course with the famous Balloon Cuties and all participants receive a "BIG HONKIN' FINISHERS MEDAL"—this is the race for every pace! For more information or to register for The Arizona Distance Classic, log onto www.arizonadistanceclassic.com. The Arizona Distance Classic is owned and produced by John Bingham Racing as part of the John Bingham Racing Half Marathon Series (www.johnbingham.com). About John Bingham RacingJohn Bingham Racing, LLC is a road race marketing and management firm that was founded in 2002. The John Bingham Racing Half Marathon Series currently consists of the Arizona Distance Classic in Oro Valley Arizona, The LaSalle Bank Columbus Distance Classic in Columbus Ohio and The LaSalle Bank Chicago Distance Classic on the Chicago lakefront. All of the JBR events are celebration of athletes, young and old, fast and slow. Everyone gets a warrior's send off at the start and a hero's welcome at the finish line. And of course the BIG Honkin' PENGUIN Finisher's Medal. For more information: |
 
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