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Marathon runner Jen Rhines will talk about her recent experiences in Athens at the 2004 Olympic Games Saturday, September 18, at the 2004 Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Distance Run Health Expo, being held at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, 1201 Market St.

Expo attendees will also hear from some of the top sports medicine, exercise and mental performance experts from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital that same day, as well as have a chance to take part in yoga and pilates demonstrations.

The speakers’ schedule is as follows:

• 11 a.m. - Sports Medicine Specialist Dr. Bruce Hopper
  Rothman Institute at Jefferson
  Topic: Most-Common Running Injuries
• Noon - Clinical Psychologist Dr. Anna Tobia
  Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine
  Topic: Personal Best: Enhance Your Performance Naturally by Accessing the Hidden Potential Stored Within Your Body
• 1 p.m. - Olympic Marathon Runner Jen Rhines
• 2 p.m. - Dr. Noah Rosen
  Jefferson Headache Center
  Topic: Exertional Migraines
• 3 p.m. - Certified Pilates Instructor, Alicia Bell, PT
  Staff Therapist
  Jefferson Hospital Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
  Topic: Pilates

For more information on the expo and the Distance Run, go to www.philadistancerun.org