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Sport Psychologist and Extreme Athlete Headline Health & Fitness Expo
Mayo Clinic Experts and Team USA Minnesota Coach Among Featured Speakers
St. Paul, Minn. – September 29, 2015 – Sport psychologist and author Dr.
Joan Steidinger, and extreme athlete Dane Rauschenberg will headline the
speaker lineup at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Health & Fitness Expo
at Saint Paul RiverCentre on October 2 & 3.
Steidinger is a licensed clinical and sports psychologist who has worked
with both professional and amateur athletes in a wide range of sports,
including running, cycling, triathlon, soccer, boxing, and golf. She is the
author of the book Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate
and Compete.
Rauschenberg is the extreme athlete who ran a marathon every weekend for a
year – 52 in total – as part of a fund-raising effort. In addition to his
52-marathon adventure, Rauschenberg has used his feats to raise over
$100,000 for various organizations, charities, and programs.
The pair will be joined by Team USA Minnesota coach Dennis Barker and a
roster of experts from Mayo Clinic. Various presenters from a wide array of
Mayo Clinic expertise will partake in the Speaking Expo. They will present
on a variety of topics including injury prevention, training for the Big
Run, and fueling for performance.
Mayo Clinic is a proud sponsor of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. More
than 4,200 physicians, scientists and researchers, and 52,900 allied health
staff work at Mayo Clinic, which has campuses in Rochester, Minn;
Jacksonville, Fla; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz; and at community-based
providers in more than 70 locations in southern Minnesota, western
Wisconsin and northeast Iowa.
The Health & Fitness Expo at Saint Paul RiverCentre is an exciting part of
a full weekend of running and fitness activity in Minneapolis and St. Paul
centered on the 34th running of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. Even
non-runners can enjoy the event, which includes free coffee from Caribou
Coffee, chips from Old Dutch, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon themed jewelry
items from Scott James Sport Jewelry, exclusive Medtronic Twin Cities
Marathon apparel, and a variety of athletic retailers.
The Health & Fitness Expo opens Friday, October 2 at noon and runs until
8:00 p.m. that evening. On Saturday, October 3, the Expo is open from 10:00
a.m. - 7:00 p.m. A complete listing of expo presenters can be found here.
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About Twin Cities In Motion (TCM): Twin Cities In Motion organizes the
region’s premier running events, including the Medtronic Twin Cities
Marathon, a Top 10 U.S. Marathon. With a mission of promoting healthy
lifestyles through running events and community outreach, TCM contributes a
portion of every race dollar to local youth and professional athletes and
helps raise more than $800,000 annually with its charity partners. For more
information, visit us at tcmevents.org, or find us on Facebook and on
Twitter @tcmarathon.
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