Each year more than 2,000 volunteers donate their time to help make the GO! St. Louis & Family Fitness Weekend a safe, positive and rewarding experience for thousands of participants and their family members, many who will be visiting St. Louis for the first time.  If you are looking for an inspiring experience, while providing community service, sign up today to join our volunteer team. Individuals and groups are both needed to assist. Event volunteering options include: water station support; packet stuffing; course monitors; start/finish line opportunities and awarding participant medals.  Volunteers will receive an official event t-shirt.
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This year GO! St. Louis has partnered with a selected group of charities to offer an opportunity to run or walk in one of the events during Marathon Weekend, while fundraising and creating awareness. The 2010 official marathon charities include: American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation , Leukemia & Lymphoma’s Team in Training, The Mission Continues, Living Water and Girls on the Run. We encourage you to visit our charity training page to learn more about each organization.

Not all of us can or want to run a marathon or half marathon, so the popular 5K Run/Walk (3.1 miles) presented by Reliv is the perfect distance. Close to 2,000 people are expected to join us on Saturday, April 10 in Forest Park for the 6th annual GO! St. Louis 5K. New in 2010 is the option to walk or run with a baby stroller.
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New in 2010 will be a host of promotions and incentives that highlight and celebrate the 10th anniversary of GO! St. Louis. More than $20,000 in prize money will be offered exclusively for the 2010 marathon event. Among the promotions leading up to the big weekend are special $100.00 registration bonuses for participants who register online for the marathon and half marathon, starting with the first overall registrant and continuing with the 1,000th, 2,000th, 3,000th, 4,000th, 5,000th, 6,000th, 7,000th, 8,000th, 9,000th and concluding with the 10,000th person to register for the event.
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Julie Lossos Wins Women's 10K Title

Former Oregon Track Club member and U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 5,000, Ryan Bak, 27, won the inaugural Halloween 10K with a course record time of 30:18. Dan Strackeljahn from Lockport, IL, who has posted a 3:59 mile, finished second in 30:49. Webster Groves, MO  resident  Adam MacDowell captured third overall, posting a 30:54. One the women’s side, Julie Lossos, 28, finished first with a time of 35:38. St. Charles, MO resident Jackie Pirtle-Hall captured second, posting a 37:02 10K. Katie Hauser, 28 from Columbia, MO finished third at 37:09.

The popular corporate wellness initiative – GO! St. Louis Mile-by-Mile Marathon is currently seeking companies that would like to introduce the program to their employees. This program debuted in 2007, and has inspired hundreds of area employees to get motivated and get fit. Last year more than 400 Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly Wachovia) completed the initiative and ultimately continued past the six-week program to compete in the Family Fitness Weekend in April. Get the program details here or email program director Mike Cosgrove at mcosgrove@gostlouis.org.