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Health and Fitness Expo and Clinics

The Health and Fitness Expo will take place at the 5:00-5:50 p.m. – Lisa Bentley talk
National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, between 6:00-6:50 p.m. – Lisa signs autographs
the hours of 3 – 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5, and 9 a.m. – 5
p.m. on Saturday, April 6. 6:00-6:50 p.m. – Dick Beardsley talk
7:00-7:50 p.m. – Dick signs autographs
In addition to race packet and t-shirt pick-up, the Health
and Fitness Expo offers runners a chance to attend clin- 8:00 p.m. – Expo closes
ics, collect autographs, purchase official Credit Union
Cherry Blossom apparel and merchandise, and visit Saturday, April 6
sponsor and vendor exhibits. There will also be a compli- 11:00-11:50 a.m. – Michael Wardian talk
mentary Happy Hour from 5 p.m. until supplies run out Noon-12:50 p.m. – Michael signs autographs
on Friday evening.
Noon-12:50 p.m. – Deena Kastor talk
2019 Credit Union Cherry Blossom Run Clinic Speakers 1:00-1:50 p.m. – Deena signs autographs
include Deena Kastor, the 2004 Women’s Olympic Mara-
thon Bronze Medalist; Lisa Bentley, an 11-time Ironman 1:00-1:50 p.m. – Dick Beardsley talk
Champion and cystic fibrosis survivor; 1982 Boston 2:00-2:50 p.m. – Dick signs autographs
Marathon runner-up Dick Beardsley; and Sri Lankan
Olympic hopeful Hiruni Wijayaratne. 2:00-2:50 p.m. – Lisa Bentley talk
3:00-3:50 p.m. – Lisa signs autographs
Friday, April 5
4:00-4:50 p.m. – Deena Kastor talk 3:00-3:50 p.m. – Hiruni Wijayaratne gives tips on run-
5:00-5:50 p.m. – Deena signs autographs* ning the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile

5:00 p.m. – Expo closes

*Deena will also have her own booth in the Health &
Fitness Expo, where she will sell and sign her book Let
Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Vic-
tory.

Photo: Dan Kolansky Photo: Team Mallet

Jeff Darman, George Banker and the late Henley Gabeau
Mega-racer Michael Wardian, Arlington, VA, embraces talked about what race directing was like in the “good old
two fans at the 2018 Health and Fitness Expo. days” at the Health & Fitness Expo in 2017.
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