Health and Fitness Expo Activities

The Health and Fitness Expo will be open to the public during packet pick-up from 9:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. on Saturday only. It will feature booths sponsored by running related companies and organizations, including apparel manufacturers and retailers; nutritional product suppliers; other major races; and running clubs.

Clinics

Besides our traditional clinic with four-time winner Bill Rodgers, we are pleased to offer clinics featuring our Virtual Training Coach Kirt West, course certifier John Sissala, and other panelists. The clinics will take place in the Auditorium at the National Building Museum on Saturday. Here is the full schedule:

  • 10:00 A.M. - 11:00A.M. - Kirt West, Coach of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Virtual Training Program. The Coach will give you some final advice to get through the race in great shape and to be ready for more.

  • 11:00 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. – What Your Dollars Accomplish at the Children’s Miracle Network. Joe Dearborn, Kimberly Lane, and Sarah Canepa Bang, who spearheaded the Credit Unions’ and runners’ fundraising efforts on behalf of the 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, will share heartwarming stories about infants and children whose lives have been changed by the care they received at a CMN hospital.                      

  • 11:50 A.M. - 12 Noon - Stretch break

  • 12 Noon - 1:00 P.M. - Megan Hogan and Pat Goodwin. An emerging elite athlete and the administrator of one of the most innovative elite training teams now available for U.S. distance runners will team up to offer a state-of-the-sport talk about the prospects for U.S. distance runners in the 21st century

  • 1:00 P.M. - 1:50 P.M - Bill Rodgers. The 4-time Boston and New York Marathon Champion will talk about his life on the run. Bill will sign autographs immediately after his talk, at the Credit Union Miracle Day booth. (2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.)     

  • 1:50 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. -  Stretch break

  • 2:00 P.M - 2:50 P.M – George Banker. The Credit Union Cherry Blossom Historian and author of a book on the Marine Corps Marathon knows the local running scene like no one else. Come ask George a question about the Credit Union Cherry Blossom or anything on the local running scene and he’ll know the answer.           

  • 3:00 P.M. - 3:50 P.M. - Dan Pereless, MD. Listen to the one of the authors of a recently-issued report on running and stretching that challenged some of the conventional wisdom. To stretch or not to stretch. Dr. Pereless will help you decide.                        

  • 3:50 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. - WJLA Broadcast of the 2010 10-Mile Event. And to finish, we will show you last year’s half-hour WJLA broadcast to get you enthused about the course and ready to run.