Distance Divas More Marathon/Half Marathon Trip Itinerary
New York City Trip to the More Marathon! April 10, 2005
Thursday, April 7th
3-7 pm race expo
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers
811 Seventh Avenue at 53rd street
Friday, April 8th
12-7 pm Race Expo
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers
811 Seventh Avenue at 53rd street
8 PM Broadway show: Hairspray!
Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, with a 14 minute intermission.
Neil Simon Theatre
250 West 52nd Street
Saturday, April 9th
Rest and relax as much as possible today!!! Save the sightseeing for later!!!
1:30 PM Distance Diva group trip to the race expo and panel discussion
Note: if you cannot make the race expo to check in and get your race packet, let the
divacoach know and I can pick your stuff up for you.
2-3:30 PM Lecture/panel discussion, at the expo
Panel discussion moderator
Lauren Wallack Antonucci, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., C.D.N, registered dietitian, sports
nutritionist, founder/director of Nutrition Energy in New York City, nutrition advisor and
head triathlon coach for the New York City chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society’s Team in Training Program, member of the ING New York City Marathon
Nutrition Team, Ironman triathlete, and experienced marathoner.
Panelists
Kathrine Switzer is the author of the book Running and Walking for Women Over 40:
The Road to Sanity and Vanity. She has run 35 marathons and won the 1974 New York
City Marathon. Switzer helped lead the charge to get the women’s marathon event
included in the 1984 Olympics. Now an esteemed television commentator, Switzer was
inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class
in 1998.
Grete Waitz is a nine-time winner of the New York City Marathon, five-time winner of
the World Cross Country Championships, and was the gold medalist at the inaugural
World Championship Marathon, in Helsinki in 1983. Since her retirement from
competitive running, Waitz has become an accomplished author and global health and
fitness advocate. She serves as chairwoman of the New York Road Runners
Foundation.
Colleen De Reuck is one of the world’s best masters (40+) distance runners. She won
the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon and represented the United
States at the 2004 Athens Olympics. De Reuck competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000
Olympics for her native South Africa and holds South African records at a wide range
of distances. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and their 10-year-old
daughter.
Stephanie Young, More health director since June 2004, has been involved with health
and fitness for nearly 20 years at such magazines as Self, Redbook, and Glamour.
Articles she has edited have been singled out for awards by the Skin Cancer
Foundation, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the Endometriosis
Association. In 2000, a piece she had edited for Redbook on breast cancer was a
National Magazine Awards finalist. Young is the co-author of several health books,
including Smart Face: A Dermatologist's Guide to Saving Your Money and Your Skin
and Love Cycles: The Science of Intimacy.
Topics include:
• Getting ready for the big event
• Questions and answers
5-8 PM Pre-race pasta party and fashion show, presented by Serenity and Ryka
*A free shuttle will take us from the Sheraton to the pasta dinner, leaving between 4:30
and 5:30 pm. It will take us back to the Sheraton between 7:30 and 8:30.
SPIRIT
530 West 27th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
Free for race entrants, $10 for guests
www.spiritnewyork.com
Come dressed in your best Distance Diva wear and show off your diva spirit!
Sunday, April 10th
More Marathon and Half-Marathon!
7:15 am Pre-race pow wow at Camp Diva, in Central Park (exact location to be
determined)
8 am Race Start: Go Divas!
5:30 pm Post-race celebration and awards dinner
Camaje
85 MacDougal Street (between Bleecker and Houston; MacDougal is one block East of
6th Avenue)
www.camaje.com
Awards include:
Diva spirit award
No guts no glory award
Most improved over the course of the Distance Diva program
Most improved time from prior performance in a marathon or half-marathon
Best supporting female
Mental Attitude Awards
Best Mantra
Gimpy Gal Award
Best first time racer
Superstar Award
Best manicure or pedicure
Best case of runner's toes
Best or most creative race finish
JFF award (just f!#$%^&* finish)
Bling bling
and many more...
8:30 pm The celebration continues after dinner, with a grand dessert finale!
Tavern on the Green
Central Park at West 57th Street
www.tavernonthegreen.com
Monday, April 11th
2:00 PM Afternoon Tea
Alice’s Tea Cup
102 W. 73rd (upper west side)
www.alicesteacup.com
The
Distance
Divas
Flex in the
City!
April, 2005
See
www.moremarathon.com
for race information
Check back later for
itinerary additions
and/or changes
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