July 2002

• Running USA Interview with Valerie McLean, Race Director, Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham, Alabama
  Mercedes Marathon will host the 2003 USA Men's Marathon Championships and 2004 Olympic Men's Marathon Team Trials
• Women's Elite Field Will Start First at New York City Marathon
  
• Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest 8K
  Race-day reporting by James Moreland, with photos
• "Boston Billy" to Run Kentlands-Lakelands 5K
  
• Online Swimming Program Spices Up Summer Training
  Beat the heat--crosstrain in the pool
• BAA Sets New Qualifying Standards for Boston Marathon
  Field size increased
• Inaugural North Pole Marathon Planned
  
• Sylvia Mosqueda, First American Woman at Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Miler, Races at Crazy 8's in Tennessee