VETERAN RUNNER/JOURNALIST DEBUTS MARATHON E-BOOK

How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon, a practical guide to the 26.2-mile journey, has been published as an electronic book by journalist and veteran long-distance runner James Raia.

March 21, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon, a practical guide to the 26.2-mile journey, has been published as an electronic book by journalist and veteran long-distance runner James Raia.

A series of 15 self-help and service-oriented articles about running marathons, How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon examines myriad topics, the proper shoes to running etiquette, experts' training tips to race-day expectations.

A syndicated running and cycling columnist and contributor to many newspapers, news services, magazines and internet sites, Raia began to run long distances in 1983. He has completed more than 65 marathons and ultramarathons as a middle-of-the-pack athlete.

Beyond his personal experience, How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon is based on the author's more than 20 years of writing about the sport -- its nuances, its elite athletes and its trials and tribulations.

Raia, who lives, writes and runs while based in Sacramento, Calif., is also the author of the e-book The Tour Within The Tour de France. It features sports, travel and human-interest essays from the author's first six years of the covering cycling's most prestigious race. It's about Lance Armstrong, the mountains, the people and the ambiance of the event approaching its 100th anniversary this July.

For more information or to purchase How To Run And Enjoy The Marathon or The Tour With the Tour de France, visit the link: http://www.byjamesraia.com/ebook.shtml

To sign-up for Raia's two free electronic newsletters, visit the link: http://www.byjamesraia.com

To contact the author, e-mail him at RaiaRuns@aol.com

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