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Welcome to 2:09 EVENTS - a trademark that represents high quality event management and the best training camps for runners of all abilities.

30 JUN 2008: JULY NEWS

Paul Evans Winning the Chicago Marathon Training is always at the top of our agenda and training camps is where we started 26 years ago. As many will know, our training camp team goes from strength to strength and our March 2009 camps prove the point as we will be joined by Paul Evans as a key coach and advisor. Paul has had one of the most illustrious running careers of any British male athlete of the modern era; twice an Olympic finalist at 10,000m, winner of the Chicago Marathon in 2.08.52, runner up in the New York Marathon and a 3rd place in London - pretty impressive by any standards. Paul is now a level-4 coach and works full time for England Athlete's East in a number of capacities including Norfolk Development Officer, Road Running Coordinator and Road Running Performance Work Shops. Most of all Paul is a very engaging and exceptionally modest person who will be perfect in the relaxed environment of our training weeks. We are still working with Keith Anderson for the delivery of our Autumn Marathon training camp on the Algarve from September 21 to 28 - if you can't wait until March for your chance to pick the brains of the experts then why not join Keith in September and get a boost to your fitness for races later this year. Fitness can come in a variety of ways and one of those is through the demanding winter activity of Nordic Skiing. We are off to Davos later in the month for the Swiss Alpine Marathon when the meadows will be green and full of flowers but will be returning again in January (3rd to 10th) for our second Winter Fitness Week when a completely changed landscape will greet you. There will be a mix of Nordic Skiing, Snow Shoeing and hiking in the snow on this inclusive week - the price includes all tuition, specialist equipment and half board at the excellent Hotel Bunda. Yours in sport Mike Gratton

We are very pleased to be able to present on this website a selection of events that we hope you find as mouthwatering as we do.

We take you to some of the most exciting running destinations in the world - whether your preference is a half or full marathon you'll be able to do it on the Great Wall of China, in a Kenyan Safari Park, through the Alps, a wilderness in Cyprus through sub-tropical forest in Cuba or in the Himalayas.

There are plenty of city marathons on tarmac but few compare with the ING New York City Marathon - if you're not quite ready to run in a Safari Park there's no better place to cut your marathon teeth than this exciting urban jungle where running sits comfortably with high class shopping! Our overseas events have been very carefully chosen and are amongst the best of their kind, so much so that each has been adopted by Runner's World Magazine for the Runner's World Travel Collection.

To help you prepare for your racing we have again teamed up with Runner's World for what has become the definitive Training Camp and Training support packages. Train with us on the Algarve at various times of the year, check the Garmin supported training plans on Runner's World or enjoy some personal coaching before the ING New York City Marathon.

Our UK 10km series goes from strength to strength with new venues added to our traditional winter events at Longleat and Woburn, both of which were highly praised by the forumites on the Runner's World website. With other new UK based events in the planning stage we are very excited about our programme - we hope you are too and if you need any more information about the events on the website we're always happy to questions.

2:09 Events Ltd is an ATOL bonded Tour Operator. ATOL number 9358

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