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                                         Contact: (614) 421-RUNN
                                                  

      Columbus Marathon's "Run with Friends" Offer Ends August 19

Thinking about running the Columbus Marathon on October 16, 2005? If you 
and up to five of your friends sign up together to run the full Columbus 
Marathon, you will each save $5 off the entry fee from now until August 19.

Log on to www.ColumbusMarathon.com and click on the Run with your Friends link 
on the homepage to sign up for this special offer. Select the "Refer 
Friend" program then fill out your registration information. Click the "Add 
a Group Member" button to fill out each additional person's information. 
You each will save $5 and receive all the same great benefits of the 
Columbus Marathon - a finisher's certificate, an official results program, 
refreshments on the course, post-race refreshments and entrance into the 
Columbus Marathon Health and Fitness Expo.

This special offer is only available until August 19. Sign up, train, run 
Columbus together!

The Columbus Marathon is presented by Nationwide Insurance and Discount 
Drug Mart. This year's race will feature more than 5,500 marathon runners, 
walkers and wheelchair racers, 750 relay teams, 2,000 volunteers and 
100,000 spectators. For more information on the Columbus Marathon, visit 
www.ColumbusMarathon.com or call (614) 421-RUNN.




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