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Acoustiguide Launches the New York Road
Runners Audio Guide: The Essential Guide to Training for the ING New York City
Marathon
(New York)
– Acoustiguide, in collaboration
with
Soundwalk and New York Road Runners, is launching the first series of
downloadable audio guides to help runners train for the ING New York City
Marathon, the largest one-day sporting event in the world. On November 5, the
2006 race will be run by 37,000 participants from more than 100 countries and
witnessed by over two million live spectators and another 312 million television
viewers worldwide.
The tours
weave coaching, marathon history, personal stories, and preparation tips with a
rich soundscape that captures the ambience of race day. They will be available
for sale on each of the partners’ websites in MP3 format for $10.00 for one run,
$25.00 for three, and $30.00 for all four. To access the URL directly, go to
www.nyrraudioguide.net.
“We’re
thrilled to offer the world’s first audio guide to training for the Marathon,”
said Ted Vasquez, CEO of Acoustiguide, Inc., “we anticipate that runners of all
types – from seasoned marathoners, to first-timers, to recreational runners –
will enjoy listening to these guided runs with race insiders. There’s really
something for everyone, whether they’re actually preparing for the marathon or
just enjoying a fun run in the park.”
The Coach
Toby Tanser,
a former elite runner and sub-2:20 marathoner, personally coaches each run.
Beginning at the hub of the New York running community, New York Road Runners
headquarters, Tanser leads listeners into Central Park for about five minutes of
stretching and mental preparation at the Reservoir. The pace work begins when
the coach is joined by one of four well-known guests, each one a seasoned
runner.
4 Tours, 4
Speeds
Listeners will select a training
run from one
of four options, each timed to match the individual mile per minute pace of
Toby’s guests, who include:
•
Olympic silver medalist and World Champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, a
four-time Boston Marathon winner, two-time runner up in the New York City
Marathon, and favorite in the ING New York City Marathon 2006, completing the
run at a six minute per mile pace;
•
Actor and star of television’s “ER”
Anthony Edwards, at a seven minute per mile pace, who tells Toby how
running changed his life and made him a serious competitor;
• New York’s Attorney
General and gubernatorial candidate, Eliot Spitzer, a long-time runner,
recorded on primary day in NYC at a nine minute per mile pace;
•
Supermodel Kim Alexis, mother of five, seven-time marathon runner, at a
ten minute per mile pace, about the average finishing time for the ING New York
city Marathon’s 37,000 competitors.
Each audio
guide is accompanied by a downloadable map of the associated portion of the ING
New York City Marathon course in Central Park.
Acoustiguide
Inc.'s CEO, Ted Vasquez stated, "The NYRR Audio Guide is only one example of
Acoustiguide's commitment to a growing and more diverse listening base. We seek
to harness the latest platforms to engage the widest possible audience on its
own terms; that's why we're proud to be producing web-based downloadable
programs in addition to the museum tours for which we’re known."
About
Acoustiguide Inc.
Acoustiguide
Inc. is the US subsidiary of the Espro Acoustiguide Group, a global developer,
manufacturer and marketer of multi-lingual audio and multimedia handheld
interpretive systems that are used in museums, cultural and visitor centers,
walking tours and trade shows worldwide. The Group has eight subsidiaries and a
client base of over 400 active sites, and comprises some of the world's best
known museums and heritage sites, including the Museum of Modern Art in New
York, the Orsay Museum in Paris, the Imperial War Museum in London, the
Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the
Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Royal Museums
of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, the Forbidden City in Beijing and the
National Palace Museum of Taiwan in Taipei. For further information, please
visit the Group’s websites
www.acoustiguide.com and
www.espro.com.
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