University Times

To help runners prepare for the 2003 UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon on May 4, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., is presenting UPMC Sports Medicine’s annual free marathon training seminar series.

All seminars will be 10 a.m.-noon in the LHAS Auditorium at UPMC Montefiore. A final preparations seminar will be held on May 3, 2-4 p.m., at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center.

The remaining seminars and general topics in the series include:

• Saturday, Jan. 11 — Training principles; free musculoskeletal screenings;

• Saturday, Feb. 15 — Injury prevention;

• Saturday, March 15 — Tapering before the marathon, and

• Saturday, May 3 — Final preparations.

For more information, call 412/647-RUNN (7866) or visit: www.pittsburghmarathon.org