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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Naperville Marathon is 18 weeks away

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Now 18 weeks away, the 2014 Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon and Half-Marathon encourages runners to begin their training programs. The races in Naperville will take place on November 9; registration and information is available at naperville26.com.

Naperville Running Company, a partner of the 2014 Naperville Marathon races, hosts a myriad of events, such as a Training Kickoff Run, Pub Runs, Sports Bra Fittings, and their semi-monthly, hour long Good Form Running Clinics, the next being July 26 at 8:30AM (register on runningcompany.com under “Races & Events”).

Additionally, NRC’s north and south stores are the starting points for weekly evening runs from now until Race Day. Runs Tuesday night start at the south store and Thursday night start at the downtown Naperville store. Each night’s runs are three or five miles and begin at 6:30PM for anyone of any age, whether training for the marathon or not. No pre-registration is required.

“Just show up!” said Monica Prestifilipo, Marathon Training Group Coordinator at Naperville Running Company. “It gets you motivated and keeps you running. It’s like a fabulous collection of chapters in a book. The chapters are like the miles we run, some filled with laughter, others with tears, others really boring and others that you don’t want to end. The characters are fun, funny, strange, sweaty, amazing and inspiring. At the end of the training season, we get to the final chapter, race day! From start to finish, our chapter, our miles, our stories, our training group!”

“Training groups and run clubs are great during the week for harder workouts – it’s helpful to do those in groups,” said ABC7 News Reporter John Garcia, who is registered to run the 2014 Naperville Marathon, “but doing the long runs together means extra support, extra motivation and camaraderie.”

In its 2013 inaugural event, the Marathon races quickly became Chicago’s premier west-suburban running events. The races showcase the city of Naperville, its parks, its great neighborhoods, its historic buildings, its vibrant downtown and draws runners from across the country.

The Edward Hospital Naperville Marathon & Half Marathon is quickly growing into the largest single-day sporting event in the western suburbs of Chicago. For more information, visit www.naperville26.com.

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