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April 28, 2009

John Stanton is a best-selling Canadian author of four books on running and founder of the Running Room, one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. John was named to Maclean’s Magazine’s 2004 Canada Day Honour Roll as one of ten Canadians making a difference in our nation for his contribution to health through fitness. He has run more than 60 marathons, hundreds of road races, and numerous triathlons,includingCanadian Ironman and the Hawaiian World Championship Ironman competition.

run run We are North America’s largest specialty Running & Walking Retailer of sporting goods, apparel and footwear.

The Running Room reputation has been built upon product innovation, quality & the knowledge of our sport.Through the input of our customers and the staff, our products have been tested & proven as products of choice. The Running Room’s unique private label products have been developed to provide customers with the best in style, functionality, fabric innovations & reasonable price. Service is an essential component of the company philosophy and is what keeps it competitive. All staff are considered Team Members and all are runners. Who else but a runner is knowledgeable about the needs of runners, as well as the products that cater to those needs? The Running Room philosophy is that if you’re out there running on the same roads as the customers, you can relate to their exact

needs. The Running Room is truly a store for runners by runners. The Running Room also offers more than the best selection of top brand name running shoes and apparel. You will find an incredible number of services that offer clinics such as Walking, Learn to Run, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K Training, Personal Best, and For Women Only Running Clinics. The tremendous success of these clinics is evident from the over 600,000 clinic graduates to date. The Running Room clinic program is committed to a lifestyle of fitness. The various programs meet the needs of those just getting into a fitness routine and to those contemplating a marathon. In addition, there is the Running Room Running Club, which has no membership fee and allows all levels of runners to run in a group setting twice weekly. The Running Room

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Hour of Walking and Running with John Stanton  Garneau location• 6:30 p.m

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Running march 2009

learn to run

You’ve always wanted to run but haven’t known where to start. Now here’s a program that will teach you about running in hot and cold weather, nutrition, goal setting, how to avoid injury, pacing and much more. This program will allow you to run comfortably without spending a great deal of time training or recovering!

for women only

This learn-to-run program was designed with the female athlete in mind. The For Women Only program will provide you with a strong foundation to develop and maintain a desired level of fitness. This program uses running, walking, stretching and health education to provide the tools for long-lasting fitness.

5K training

You have the basics the learn-to-run program, 10-week program will achieve a 5K distance. to the Running 1 run/walk program basics such as running weather, nutrition, goal avoid injury, pacing

Kinsmen • Mondays • March 16-May 25 • 6:30pm GOAL: LITTLE BIG RUN

Garneau • Wednesdays • March 18-May 27 • 6:30pm GOAL: LTTLE BIG RUN

Namao • Mondays • March 23 - May 25 • 6:30pm GOAL: LTTLE BIG RUN

St. Albert • Mondays • March 30 - June 1 • 6:30pm GOAL: ING Weekend