ENDURANCE SPORTS NEWS, TOUR DE FRANCE TIMES NEW ISPO MEDIA PARTNERS

Two consumer-oriented online publications with growing interest from their respective communities, Endurance Sports News (ESN) and Tour de France Times (TFT), have signed on as ispo's latest media partners in the United States.

The two free publications, published by Sacramento journalist James Raia, are distributed via e-mail to thousands of subscribers worldwide.

Ispo will work with ESN and TFT to create additional readers and exposure, while the publications will promote ispo's activities in the running_ispo and bike_ispo segments of its audience.

Endurance Sports News, published twice monthly, reports on running, cycling, triathlon and other endurance sports news from around the globe. It has been published since Apri 1, 2001.

Tour de France Times, published monthly, reports on the prestigious bicycle race and the cyclists who compete in the three-week event. It debuted June 1, 2002.

During the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France, July 5-27, TFT will be published daily from the race and will be featured on ispo.com as well as distributed to individual subscribers.

Raia, who has covered the Tour de France for the past six years, contributes sports, business, travel and human-interest articles to numerous print and electronic publications. A long-time endurance athlete, Raia has completed more than 65 marathons and ultramarathons.

Ispo, the International Trade Fair For Sports Equipment and Fashion, is the world's largest trade fair. Presented twice a year in Munich, Germany, ispo's summer edition will be held June 29 to July 1.

For subscription information or to advertise in the electronic publications, e-mail raiaruns@aol.com, phone (916) 455-8389 or visit: the web site: http://www.byjamesraia.com.

For more information about ispo, visit the web site: http://www.ispo.com.

                                 
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